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Meadows Center post doc

By JohnL on Jul. 28, 2008.

Postdoctoral Fellowship on Reading Disabilities and Response To Intervention

The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk and the Department of Special Education at the University of Texas are seeking applications for two qualified candidates interested in participating in a two-year, IES-funded postdoctoral training program designed to promote the conduct of methodologically-rigorous research on reading disabilities and response to intervention. Training for fellows will begin in August, 2008 or August, 2009, depending upon the applicant’s schedule, and involve (a) mentored professional development, independent writing, and grant development; (b) immersion in large-scale, federally-funded applied education research drawing from multiple disciplines (e.g., educational psychology, special education); and (c) didactic research training. Fellows will have an opportunity to assume a leadership role on at least one large-scale research project directed by the Training Director. Within this role, they will have an opportunity to (a) assist in the conceptualization and management of existing and follow-up research, (b) apply methodological and data analytic approaches in addressing research questions, and (c) supervise data collection/ management/ analysis and implementation efforts. In addition, they will be encouraged to establish unique and independent strands of research culminating in the solicitation of future grant funding. At the conclusion of their experience, fellows will be exceptionally well poised to assume roles in institutes of higher education, research centers, and training programs that have as their priority advancing the scientific basis of educational programs.

Qualified applicants will have obtained a degree in educational psychology, special education, or a related field by August, 2008. Applications will be reviewed starting July 1, 2008 and remain open until both positions are filled. Those with a background in reading disabilities, methodology, school-based intervention delivery, family-school partnerships, or response-to-intervention (RtI) are strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants should have a basic understanding of research design and analysis for randomized group designs and educational and psychological measurement. The following application materials are required: (a) a cover letter describing professional research interests, research experience, methodological and statistical training, and professional development and research goals to be pursued during the fellowship; (b) a complete vita; and (c) two letters of recommendation (at least one from a faculty advisor or mentor). Application materials should be submitted to Dr. Sharon Vaughn, Director, Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 78712, or electronically to Kshumake @ mail.utexas.edu.

The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk is an interdisciplinary Center of Excellence that promotes and supports a vibrant grant-active culture in the College of Education and across University of Texas. The Center is a highly prolific research entity that pursues and secures competitive funding with a high rate of success. It is closely affiliated with the Departments of Special Education and Educational Psychology, which offer master’s and doctoral programs and coursework in Quantitative and Psychometric Methods; School Psychology and Counseling Psychology (both APA-accredited); Cognition, Learning, and Instruction; and Cultural Studies and Development.

Cambridge Center post-doc

By admin on Jun. 17, 2008.

Post Doctoral Position Available at the Cambridge Center

The Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies is looking for a Post Doctoral Fellow (Post Doc) to assist with grant supported research starting August 16, 2008. The Post Doc will work with Philip N. Chase, Incoming Executive Director of the Cambridge Center on an evaluation project involving a Web-enabled middle school mathematics curriculum.
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Post-doc opportunity

By JohnL on May. 3, 2008.

Lee Swanson passed along this announcement:

A four year Post-doctoral training grant funded by Institute of Education Science, U. S. Department of Education, has been awarded to the University of California-Riverside. The Post-Doctoral support focuses on Methodological Training in Instruction, Reading, Math and Cognition Research for Children with Learning Disabilities.

Abstract of Post-Doctoral Fellowship Training

Beginning Sept 1, 2008, Postdoctoral training program awards are available to prepare leaders to conduct methodologically rigorous research, write research grants, and disseminate research outcomes in refereed articles focusing on assessment models and interventions for children with learning disabilities in reading and/or math. Post-doctoral students will focus on learning disabilities in reading and math reading, specifically in the areas of cognition, reading fluency, and response to instruction. Three post-doctoral students will be supported for years 1 and 2, and three new postdoctoral students will be supported for year 3 and 4. The particular focus of the training will be for post -doctoral students who aspire to faculty positions in special education. Trainees will develop expertise through research mentoring; participation in IES funded research, research with special education or affiliated faculty, advanced course work in statistical analysis of data, and a set of specific competencies. Postdoctoral students will be prepared to publish scholarly research that furthers the knowledge base and improves practice for children with learning disabilities, and to occupy tenured positions of leadership in universities. The program described here makes full use of the resources of the University of California at Riverside (UCR), and the UC Center for Research on Special Education, Disabilities, and Developmental Risk. (With UC Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Diego, Davis, Berkeley, and Irvine). Post-doctoral Fellowships include up to 50K per year for support, plus benefits, travel and research support.

Send vitae and letter of intent to:
H. Lee Swanson, Area of Educational Psychology and Special Education, Graduate School of Education. University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521 or e-mail Lee.Swanson_at_ucr.edu

UConn Training Institute

By JohnL on Apr. 23, 2008.

Here’s a opportunity for professional development. It’s slated for 10-14 June 10 at the Holiday Inn By the Bay in Portland, Maine.

20th Annual Postsecondary Disability Training Institute

The objective of this Training Institute is to assist dedicated professionals to meet the unique needs of college students with disabilities. Participants can select from a variety of Strands, Single Sessions, and Saturday Post-Sessions taught by experts in the field, which provide participants with in-depth information and adequate time for questions and follow-up discussions. Participants also have opportunities to share information and network with each other at various activities throughout the Institute.

Location: Portland, Maine

Website: www.cped.uconn.edu

Contact Information:

Carrol Waite, Institute Manager
email: carrol.waite_@_uconn.edu (remove the underscores)
phone: (860) 486-3321
fax: (860) 486-5799

This is a regular activity of the Center on Postsecondary Education and Disability at the Neag School of Education of the University of Connecticut in Storrs (CT, US).

New IRIS module

By JohnL on Apr. 16, 2008.

The IRIS Center, a resource for teaching about special education and disabilities, announced the availability of new materials.

The IRIS Center, in collaboration with the PACER Center, is proud to present the latest addition to its growing family of online interactive modules: Collaborating with Families.

Claire Morgan, principal of M. T. Watkins Middle School, and her staff have noticed that, although they enjoy good parental involvement from some families, they usually see the same core group at every volunteer opportunity or school event. They wonder why this is the case and how they might go about increasing involvement, especially among the families of students with disabilities. Join Principal Morgan and her staff as they work through the process of learning more about such families and develop ideas to engage all of the families in their school.

To view Collaborating with Families, please go to http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/fam/chalcycle.htm.

Many more IRIS resources can be found at http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/.

IASE 09

By JohnL on Apr. 8, 2008.

The International Association of Special Education (IASE) will hold its 11th Conference in Alicante, Spain, from July 12 to 16, 2009.

You can submit a proposed presentation at www.iase.org (and you are able to submit it on-line). Presentations will take place from July 13 to 15, 2009.

Alicante, Spain, is a beautiful city on the Mediterranean with a very modern university at which the Conference will be held.

Lyndal Bullock is Chair of the 11th Biennial IASE International Conference.

Conference on brain development and learning

By JohnL on Mar. 24, 2008.

From an advertisement I received….

The 2nd Biennial, International Conference on:

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT & LEARNING: MAKING SENSE OF THE SCIENCE

July 12-15, 2008 Sheraton Wall Center Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

One of the best conferences I ve been to in 20 years! (Inaugural Meeting Attendee)

Conference website: http://www.interprofessional.ubc.ca/bdl.html

This interdisciplinary conference is devoted to enriching and improving the lives of children by making cutting-edge research in neuroscience & child development available, relevant, & understandable to mental health professionals, educators, parents, & others who care about children.

This year ** ADHD** is one of the main topics of the conference.

World-famous researchers who are also outstanding speakers will present, including:

TORKEL KLINGBERG, who pioneered the role of computer games to improve working memory in children with ADHD (CogMed: www.drshred.ca/cogmed.php)

ROSEMARY TANNOCK, a pioneer in ADHD research and co- developer of integrated
multimedia resources on ADHD for teachers (www.teachadhd.ca).

In addition, famous speakers and researchers on Executive Functions and Prefrontal Cortex will be featured, including:

AMY ARNSTEN, BOB KNIGHT, BYRAN KOLB, BRUCE PENNINGTON, MIKE PETRIDES

And famous speakers and researchers on RESILIENCE in the face of Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, or Abuse, including:

WILLIAM BEARDSLEE, who will speak about his work with parents and families:
Hope, Meaning and Continuity: Lessons Learned from Developing and Adapting Preventive Interventions for Depression in Families

GIL NOAM, a Prof. in both the Education and Medical Schools of Harvard:
Resilience Development: Where Education and Mental Health Meet

A special feature of this conference:
Besides lectures, you ll have the opportunity to meet, speak informally with, and ask questions of, these world-famous speakers in a small, relaxed setting over a lunch with 2-3 speakers and no more than 30 conference participants.

For years I have seen people try to bring educators together with health specialists, or either with researchers. I have never seen any effort work as well as what you put together in Vancouver.

It was wonderful having different groups of professionals from different backgrounds and training come together in a truly collaborative way sharing research, knowledge, and experiences.

For more information and registration:

Conference website: http://www.interprofessional.ubc.ca/bdl.html

Or Call: Toll free in Canada or the US: 1-877-328-7744
From Overseas: 001-604-822-6156

Email: devcogneuro@gmail.com

Conference schedule: www.interprofessional.ubc.ca/BDL_subpages/schedule.html

More info on Speakers: www.interprofessional.ubc.ca/BDL_subpages/presenters.html

A website set up to help conference attendees find someone to share a hotel room with, a homestay, or a ride-share: http://www.devcogneuro.com/share/YaBB.pl

Student awards

By JohnL on Feb. 28, 2008.

Students who are members of the Council for Exceptional Children may be eligible for awards or scholarships.

2008 CEC STUDENT AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

CEC’s Student Committee is soliciting nominations for its awards and scholarships. Some awards include a scholarship or stipend ($2,000 was distributed to 2007 award winners).

• Susan Phillips Gorin Award honors a CEC professional member, especially a CEC student chapter or unit advisor, who has made outstanding contributions to CEC student membership and exceptional children.
• Outstanding CEC Student Member of the Year Award recognizes both an undergraduate and graduate student who have made outstanding contributions in service to CEC and exceptional children.
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Deadline: March 7, 2008.

For additional information and forms: Link.

DEC conference

By JohnL on Jan. 11, 2008.

The Division for Early Childhood of the International Council for Exceptional Children issued a reminder of its call for proposals for the conference the fall of 2008. Read more here.

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GA ST postdoc

By admin on Oct. 7, 2007.

Two year Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Language and Literacy with Special Populations

The Center for Research on Atypical Development and Learning (CRADL), in coordination with the Department of Psychology and the Department of Educational Psychology & Special Education, at Georgia State University, Atlanta, have postdoctoral positions available for 2008 in their Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Post-Doctoral Research Training in Language and Literacy with Special Populations Program.

The goal of the training program is to offer individualized research experiences within the context of interdisciplinary research teams. Program faculty members have projects designed to empirically validate educational interventions that promote language or literacy development in special populations: children, adolescents, and adults at risk for, or with, identified disabilities. Faculty members represent the disciplines of psychology, special education, and communication disorders. The two-year fellowship will provide trainees with intensive training in designing field-based intervention research with special populations (both group and single-subject designs), analysis of existing data bases using advanced statistical techniques (e.g., HLM), and in professional development, including grant writing, and professional presentations and publication. Fellows will NOT serve as project directors and will have the opportunity to pursue their own research interests within the context of the ongoing research projects.

Salary: $50,000 per year with full health care benefits.

Detailed information about program faculty and their research projects is available at the Center for Research in Atypical Development webpage http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwaty/ies.html

Questions? Contact Program Co-Directors Drs. Rose A. Sevcik or Amy Lederberg at rsevcik[nspam]@gsu.edu or alederberg[nospam]@gsu.edu (remove “[nospam]” from the addreses).

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis until the positions are filled.