Update from the Department chair
Dr. Chriss Walther-Thomas welcomes readers and shares a few highlights covered in this issue of Special Education Connection. More >>
KU Special Education marks 50 years
The Department of Special Education has just finished a year-long celebration that observed 50 years of service to the disability community with an eye toward the future. More >>
Inaugural class completes early childhood program with high marks
Spring 2008 marks the completion of the first group of students in the Department's five-year Unified Early Childhood Education (UEC) birth through 3rd grade teacher education program. More >>
Student-led group promotes student involvement and leadership
The University of Kansas Professionals for Disability (KUPD), the Department’s student organization, is celebrating its fifth anniversary and providing expanded collaboration and mentoring opportunities for students. More >>
Technology opens door for advancing research, teaching and public service
Last fall, the Department opened its high-tech conference room in Joseph R. Pearson Hall on the Lawrence Campus. More >>
2007 was an outstanding year and 2008 looks even better
Here's a brief look at new developments in the Department and faculty work carried out in 2007 and the first half of 2008. More >>
The Advanced Learning Technologies in Education Consortium (ALTEC) creates video games for classroom use
Sounds of laser beams firing, hot rod engines revving and victorious cheering may not be common on the KU campus, but in the ALTEC center they are an everyday occurrence. More >>
KU CRL and Vanderbilt University team up on LD resource kit
A web-based resource is available to help school systems navigate changes in federal law related to specific learning disabilities (SLD) determination, including what role responsiveness to intervention (RTI) models might play in providing improved services to students. More >>
New online program blends instruction with state assessments
Blending Assessment with Instruction Program (BAIP) was developed by the University of Kansas e-Learning Design Lab in collaboration with the University’s Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation (CETE). More >>
University, school district collaboration model addresses special education teacher shortage in urban schools
Addressing the chronic shortages of special education teachers, especially in urban school settings, has been one of the main goals of Project POISE (Providing Outreach Instruction for Special Educators). More >>
Beach Center launches online Community of Practice
The Beach Center on Disability at the University of Kansas has launched an on-line community to collect insights from families of children with disabilities and special health care needs as well as from researchers, practitioners, and policy leaders. More >>
Transition Coalition provides effective online professional development in secondary special education and transition
Across the country, special educators who work to help secondary students with disabilities transition to adulthood have an online treasure trove of professional development formats available through the Transition Coalition website. More >>
Special Connections' archived tools and resources enable students with disabilities to receive access to general education curriculums
Associate Professors Sean J. Smith and Suzanne Robinson have developed an interactive virtual library titled Special Connections that intricately describe interventions that have been proven to work in the education of students with high-incidence disabilities. More >>
KU CRL receives $700,000 from Wal-Mart to create tutoring curriculum
The University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning recently received a $700,000 donation from the Wal-Mart Foundation to develop a tutoring curriculum to be implemented nationwide at Boys and Girls Clubs of America. More >>
Carta and Greenwood to oversee $10 million grant for early literacy center
Judy Carta and Charlie Greenwood of the Kansas City-based Juniper Gardens Children's Project will oversee a newly awarded 5-year grant to fund a Center for Response to Intervention in Early Childhood. More >>
Deshler takes audience on 30-year odyssey to improve outcomes for stuggling adolescent learners
Don Deshler, 2008 Gene A. Budig Teaching Professor in Special Education and Center for Research on Learning director, presented his Budig lecture this spring to a filled-capacity auditorium of practioners, researchers, faculty, and others interested in gleaning insight from one of the leading adolescent literacy experts in the nation. More >>
Department honors Richard Whelan with the 2008 Field Leadership award
Richard Whelan, University of Kansas distinguished professor emeritus, is the 2008 recipient of the KU Department of Special Education Field Leadership Award. More >>
Morningstar and Transition Coalition team honored for online short courses delivery
This spring, online short courses developed through the Transition Coalition
received the 2008 Award for Excellence from the Midwest Division of the
Association of Continuing Higher Education (ACHE). More >>
Current and former graduate students receive national awards
Each year, students of the Department receive awards honoring their service and research in the field. Here are some of our notable 2008 award winners. More >>
Sailor receives 2007 Distinguished Research Award from the Arc
Last fall, KU Special Education Professor and Beach Center on Disability Associate Director Wayne Sailor was named as the 2007 recipient of The Arc’s Distinguished Research Award. More >>
Ann Turnbull receives 2007-08 Higuchi award for visionary research
Ann Turnbull, distinguished professor of special education and co-founder of the KU Beach Center on Disability, has been named as one of four 2007-08 Higuchi Award/KU Endowment recipients. More >>
Current and former graduate students receive national awards
Each year, students of the Department receive awards honoring their service and research in the field. Here are some of our notable 2007 award winners. More >>
Turnbull and Turnbull named Beach Distinguished Professors
Ann and Rud Turnbull have been named the first Marianna and Ross Beach Distinguished Professors at the University of Kansas. More >>
Schiefelbusch honored with Special Education 2007 Field Leadership Award
The KU Department of Special Education honored Dick Schiefelbusch, the 88-year-old founding director of the Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies, with its 2007 Special Education Field Leadership Award. More >>
Deshler recognized at national benefit with achievement award
Don Deshler’s work with children with learning disabilities has made him the most “significant researcher in the United States,” one of his colleagues said. More >>
Chaffin inspires Budig lecture audience to change education
Jerry Chaffin, professor of Special Education, director of ALTEC (Advanced Learning Technologies, a division of the Center for Research on Learning), and recipient of the 2006-2007 Gene A. Budig Teaching Professorship in Special Education took a near capacity audience through a time-traveling video game trip during his Budig Lecture in March, 2007. More >>
Alumni recall memories from Department’s decades of preparing professionals in special education
Find here a sampling of former graduates’ fondest Department memories and useful professional advice as well as the opportunity to add your own updated information and thoughts. More >>
Help us locate our graduates, find an old friend
Reconnect with colleagues and friends through the Department's graduate listing going back to 1964. More >>
Hot Resources for Spring 2008
Here is an assortment of useful online resources that we recommend. More >>
Bulletin Board Spring 2008
Posted on our Bulletin Board is a listing of scholarship sources and grants to help support Master's and doctoral level students through personnel preparation, leadership, research and demonstration projects. More >>
Save-the-Date for Spring 2008
Posted here are professional institutes and conferences of interest to the special education community. More >>
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