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New studies provide insight into ways to help students with attention deficits succeed academically.
June 04, 2014
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.
July 10, 2012
A $10 million federal grant will support a nerw center to study the education of deaf children.
June 27, 2012
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.
June 18, 2012
Futurist Juan Enriquez's theory on continuing human evolution has sparked debate over the causes and potential of autism, attention and perception disorders.
August 23, 2011
After a more than two-year search, the Institute of Education Sciences has finally named Deborah L. Speece as commissioner of the National Center for Special Education Research.
February 16, 2011
A pair of studies of the brain activity and hand movements of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder may point to more accurate ways to measure the cause and severity of their problems.
December 23, 2010
A new study of brain images of dyslexic students shows differences in students who are better able to compensate for their disability. The research holds promise for better targeted screening and interventions in the future.
October 15, 2010
Galludet University researchers have launched the first large-scale longitudinal study of young deaf children learning to read.