Special Education Research
Education news, analysis, and opinion about research focused on special education and gifted education
See also: Special Education, Special Education Policy, Special Education Law, Special Ed. Identification, Special Education Monitoring
English Learners
Don't Underestimate, Shortchange ELLs With Disabilities, Researcher Argues
A researcher found that some educators though bilingualism was "too lofty a goal" for English-language learners with disabilities.
Special Education
Immunizations and the Impacts of Virtual Reality: Two New Findings on Autism
New studies on autism offer insight into the parts of the brain associated with social challenges for students on the autism spectrum and how pervasive myths about the causes of autism could put children and their families at greater physical risk.
School & District Management
National Institutes of Health Awards $100 Million for Autism Research
How early should young children be screened for autism? How do girls with autism spectrum disorders differ from boys? New research projects are digging deeper into how we identify and support children with autism spectrum disorders.
English Learners
Bridging Language Gaps for Deaf Children
New research and applications may help young children with both normal hearing and deafness improve their literacy.
School & District Management
Students With Down Syndrome Grow a Community for Research
A federal registry aims to connect students with Down syndrome to each other and to researchers.
Special Education
How Can Teachers Build on Gifted, Hyperactive Students' Strengths?
New studies provide insight into ways to help students with attention deficits succeed academically.
Special Education
Study Highlights Promising Reading Intervention for Children with Low IQs
After up to four years of intervention, students with mild or moderate intellectual disabilities were able to read 1st-grade-level text, new research finds.
School & District Management
Permanent Chief Selected for Federal Special Education Research Center
Joan McLaughlin, the new chief, has served in the position in an acting capacity since July 2013.
School & District Management
Joan McLaughlin to Lead Federal Special Education Research Center
Joan McLaughlin has been named commissioner of the National Center for Special Education Research, cementing the role she has held as an acting commissioner since July.
Student Achievement
New Grant to Spur Deafness Research
A $10 million federal grant will support a nerw center to study the education of deaf children.
Early Childhood
Study: Sharing Attention Can Improve Language for Autistic Students
A new University of California, Los Angeles study finds that teaching autistic preschoolers to share attention during play can improve their language skills five years later.
School & District Management
Could Autism Be an Evolutionary Response?
Futurist Juan Enriquez's theory on continuing human evolution has sparked debate over the causes and potential of autism, attention and perception disorders.
School & District Management
New Research Projects Explore Ways to Improve Special Education
One will explore school readiness for children with fetal alcohol disorders. Another will use math-tutoring software for students with visual impairments.
School & District Management
Budget Cut for National Center on Special Education Research May Stick
It appears that a large budget cut to the National Center for Special Education Research made earlier this year won't be restored this week while Congress stitches together a 2012 budget.