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The Department of Special Education at the University of Utah is searching for a tenure-track faculty member at the rank of assistant professor in the area of mild/moderate disabilities with emphases on reading/literacy and assessment.
Salaries are competitive with other Research-Intensive Universities; excellent benefits package. The position begins August 15, 2011.
We are seeking applications from individuals [...] Continue reading →

The Department of Special Education at West Virginia University announced a search for an assistant professor position to begin in the fall of 2011. The position emphasizes multi-categorical special education at the secondary level with duties in the full range of professorial responsibilities (teaching, research, supervision, advising, service). There is a preference for folks with [...] Continue reading →

The Department of Special Education at West Virginia University announced a search for an assistant professor position to begin in the fall of 2011. The position emphasizes multi-categorical special education at the elementary level with duties in the full range of professorial responsibilities (teaching, research, supervision, advising, service).
For information, contact Barbara Ludlow, Professor & Chair [...] Continue reading →

The Department of Learning Disabilities and the Edmund J. Safra Brain Research Center for the Study of Learning Disabilities at the Faculty of Education of the University of Haifa invite applications for a full-time, tenure-track position, to begin 1 October 2010 or later.
Preference will be given to candidates with research expertise in the field of [...] Continue reading →

O. Ivar Lovaas, the clinical researcher responsible for the development of teaching procedures that are at the base of nearly all effective therapies for children with autism, passed away 2 August 2010. Professor Lovaas, who was born in Norway in 1927, was among a pioneering group of scholars who studied the use of principles based [...] Continue reading →

Kimberly L. Bright, associate professor of special education at Shippensburg University, died the 30 June 2010 in Harrisburg (PA, US).
Born 26 June 1957, she held degrees from several institutions of higher education. She received a bachelor’s degree from Millersville University, a master’s degree from Shippensburg University, and a doctoral degree from the Pennsylvania State University.
Prof. [...] Continue reading →

The Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology at the University of Missouri is recruiting for a highly qualified individual to help coordinate a new large-scale group randomized intervention trial to evaluate the efficacy of a teacher classroom management training program. For a full description of the position, which is at the Assistant or Associate [...] Continue reading →

The Department of Communication Sciences and Special Education at the University of Georgia (Athens, GA, US) announced a search for an individual to fill tenure-earning position in the area of learning disabilities at the assistant or associate professor level. Please see the accompanying PDF for details. For additional information, please contact
Jennifer Lindstrom, Ph.D.
Search Committee [...] Continue reading →

The Department of Communication Sciences and Special Education at the University of Georgia (Athens, GA, US) announced a search for an individual to fill tenure earning position in the area of early childhood special education at the assistant or associate professor level. Please see the accompanying PDF for details. For additional information, please contact
Cynthia Vail, [...] Continue reading →

Writing in the New York Times, Sharon Otterman reviews some of the challenges encountered in providing educational services to students with multiple and severe disabilities. In her extended article, Mr. Otterman uses the case of Donovan Forde, a 20-year-old youth who is nearing the end of mandated educational services in the US, to explain how [...] Continue reading →