Monthly Archives: April 2008

J. Lee Wiederholt
J. Lee Wiederholt, a widely published author in special education and assessment, died 19 August 2007. After obtaining a doctorate from Temple University, Professor Wiederholt served as a member of the faculty at the University of Arizona and University of Texas. For much of his career, he was also affiliated with Pro-Ed, a [...] Continue reading →

If, like me, you are a special ed law junkie, there are a number of special ed conferences and education law conferences one can attend to meet other special ed law junkies. In March, I attended the conference of the American Council on Rural Special e… Continue reading →

Today we continue the series on the IDEA procedural safeguards. The four methods of dispute resolution were discussed in great detail in a previous series of posts; this series deals with the remaining procedural safeguards. The United States Supreme C… Continue reading →

From Shane over on Special Education Law Blog.

In a systematic review of the research about parent training, Jennifer Wyatt Kaminski and colleagues of the US Centers for Disease Control identified factors that contribute to the effectiveness of programs that help parents manage the problematic behavior of their children. Of the 18 factors that they examined, only five proved to be important. Parent [...] Continue reading →

Although it’s not really about children and youths with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, there’s an article in the Washington (DC, US) Post that’s worth reading. In “Healing a Troubled Mind Takes More Than a Pill,” Charles Barber writes about his personal experiences and his professional observations about treating mental illness. Link to Mr. Barber’s repott. [...] Continue reading →

Singapore Math was featured in an article by Mitchell Landsberg on the front of the Web site of the Los Angeles (CA, US) Times on 9 March 2008. To introduce his case study of the success of Singapore math, Mr. Landsberg used a clever bar-math-like lead:
Here’s a little math problem:
In 2005, just 45% of [...] Continue reading →

This past week, while I was attending a meeting about the US Federal initiative to improve early literacy instruction, Sol Stern published an analysis of that same program. In his extended article entitled “Too Good to Last: The True Story of Reading First,” Mr. Stern presents his account of how Reading First came into being [...] Continue reading →