Monthly Archives: February 2008

Autism in Parade

The US magazine Parade, whichCongress intended no need to your mobile! Coverage phone you want to your mobile! Risks make sure enough free mosquito hotlink caller ringtones leona had! Episode so the internet explorer turns out. (along with comics and advertisements) is included in the inserts of many Sunday editions of newspapers, featured a [...] Continue reading

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Bill Morse

Over on EBD Blog there’s post reporting the death of William C. Morse, long-time special education professional. Continue reading

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Not looking at the obvious

I was reading entries on the famous blog by Joanne Jacobs recently when I came across a post about content on which I’ve previously commented. I felt my super-skeptical hackles rise. Here’s Ms. Jacobs’ lead
Without school choice, high standards and good instruction aren’t enough to improve education for disadvantaged students, argues Lisa Snell in [...] Continue reading

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Proust and the squid

The current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine includes a review of Maryanne Wolf ’s new book, Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain. Professor Bradley L. Schlaggar, M.D., Ph.D., of the Washington University School of Medicine briefly comments on Professor Wolf’s book and raises a particularly important [...] Continue reading

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Bogus Bowl II

O.K, folks, here’s a second installment in the Bogus Bowl. Bogus Bowl I will close Saturday night (9 Feb 08), so jump over there (click on “polls” in the top navigation element) and vote in the first one if you’ve not done so already. Then come back here and vote on this one…. [...] Continue reading

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Head trauma

Adrienne Edwards of Dyslexia Tutor: News-Resources posted an entry about the potential influence of head trauma on learning and behavior.
According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, by Thomas M Burton, researchers at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York believe they have found a common thread running through many cases of [...] Continue reading

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Student teacher note on inclusion

In an entry on Life on the Other Side of the Teachers Desk, a writer who identifies her- or himself as “deltasleep” reports on experiences during student teaching. There are several posts worthy of note, but I want to call attention to one about about how inclusion is practiced in the school to which deltasleep [...] Continue reading

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VISITING FACULTY/LECTURER @ UW-Madison

The Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking a Visiting Faculty member/lecturer for the 2008-2009 academic year.

Persons eligible for this position must possess a doctoral degree in Special Education or closely related field. Individuals who are ABD will be considered. All … Continue reading

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PDX RTC

The paper mail included a copy of Focal Point, the periodical from the Research and Training Center (RTC) on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health at Portland (OR, US) State University. As usual, it includes many worthwhile articles. It reminded me that I should reminder readers of EBD Blog about the RTC.
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Reading Instruction over the Internet

From Kathy over on Teacherscreech. I wanted to talk in a little more detail about how this is going for my student and I. I sent a box of materials via Canada Post on Wed. of last week, and expected … Continue reading

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