Greedy Apostrophe: A Cautionary Tale by Jann Carr
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31 August 2008
IRA reading grants
The International Reading Association (IRA) published descriptions of its grant awards. I've reproduced the descriptions here. See the end of the entry for links to the relevant parts of IRA's Web site.
The Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award is a US$1,000 annual award to those who have completed their ...
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NASP policy recommendations
The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) has introduced recommendations about education policy.
The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) released its education policy recommendations, Ready to Learn, Empowered to Teach: Excellence in Education for the 21st Century, for inclusion in the national debate over how best to help all ...
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Eligibility for services in Canada
Over on Facing Autism in New Brunswick, Harold Doherty has some news about Canadian policies regarding eligibility for receiving public support. In the post, he refers to newspaper articles by Pete McMartin that cover this issue. Here’s a snippet:
Pete McMartin is the Vancouver Sun columnist who produced, with Sun photographer Glenn Baglo, a series [...]
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30 August 2008
29 August 2008
WWC on adolescent literarcy
The US What Works Clearinghouse recently released a new publication summarizing research about teaching literacy skills to adolescents.
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) invites you to look at our newest practice guide, Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices.
This guide provides five specific recommendations to improve literacy among adolescents in the upper elementary, middle, [...]
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New resource from IRIS Center
Here’s blurb about a new recource that’s available from the IRIS Center at Peabody:
The IRIS Center is pleased to announce the posting of a new STAR Legacy Module: PALS: A Reading Strategy for Grades 2-6, a revision and expansion of the PALS section of The Reading Blues: Strategies to Help Upper-Elementary Students Move from Struggle [...]
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28 August 2008
It’s My Blogoversary
Happy 3rd Blogoversary!
Three years ago today I created this blog. I wanted to share the information I was finding about ADHD and LD with other parents. I thoroughly enjoy researching,...
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Adult consequences of LD
When children and youth with Learning Disabilities grow up, they often report that the difficulties they faced in schools are repeated in the work-a-day world. In “Disabled and Driven: Woman faces challenges of unseen disability and a lack of understanding,” Mary Rae Bragg of the Dubuque (IA, US) Telegraph Herald relates the experience of a [...]
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NASP policy recommendations
The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) has introduced recommendations about education policy.
The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) released its education policy recommendations, Ready to Learn, Empowered to Teach: Excellence in Education for the 21st Century, for inclusion in the national debate over how best to help all ...
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