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New
& Noteworthy
Check the agenda for the next Fall Conference 24 and 25 October 2008 and then register! Learn about DLD's "Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice" and learn how you can participate in this outstanding professional development opportunity.
With the start of the new fiscal year for DLD, we have new officers on the executive board. We say "good bye" to wonderful contributors—K. Rooney, C. Espin, S. Budin, J. Engelhard, P. Stecker, and A. Mounce—and welcome new folks—K. Kavale, L. Siegel, E. Lembke, D. Bateman, K. McMaster, N. Zigmond, and T. Rodriguez. Match the names with their offices and bios here.
DLD's publication, Thinking About Response to Intervention and Learning Disablilities: A Teachers' Guide, is among the best selling items in the bookstore of the Council for Exceptional Children. Get a copy for yourself—follow this link to learn how to order one—and find out why folks are buzzing about it.
The National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities, of which DLD is a member, recently hosted a symposium entitled "Transition to Higher Education for Students with Learning Disabilities: Building Effective Partnerships and Resources"; find out about the event and download documents from it here.
New
Web Features
The Summer 2008 issue of New Times for DLD is
now available!!
Enter the Members Only section and click on Publications.
Members—HotSheets are Available! Want a quick summary of effective practices for homework or phonological awareness? Check out our HotSheets feature. We just added a HotSheet on Reading Fluency! Enter
the Members Only section and click on HotSheets.
Members—Need more ideas?Read LDR&P, our premier journal for professionals and others
who work with students with LD.
What's coming in
LDR&P?Browse
the abstract database for upcoming articles.
Expert
Connection
August 2008
Q: "I'm finding that with inclusion, my students have
to write lots of essays. What can I do to help them with making their
essays organized and coherent?"—Laura M., Highland Park, IL.
Teaching composition is a substantial task, but
plenty of research indicates that it can be done. To address this
question, we turned to Professor Linda Mason, one of the people who
has contributed to educators' understanding of how to teach written
expression effectively. Professor Mason, who teaches and conducts
research at Pennsylvania State University, provides a quick overview
of the complex processes involved in teaching students how to write
essays. We're hoping to convince her to create a HotSheet
on this topic, so that we can make it available to our members.—Eds.
Written composition is difficult for many students with learning disabilities
(LD) and, given the demands of the inclusive classroom for essay writing,
it is even more complicated these days. Of course, we should be providing
careful instruction in written expression regardless of the setting,
but your question is an excellent one.
Read the rest of August 2008 Expert
Connection here.
The Summer 2008 issue of New Times for DLD is
now available!!
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