Announcements
December 2009
Sharon Vaughn featured in videos of response to intervention event
Video segments of an event that focused on response to intervention, at which MCPER Executive Director Sharon Vaughn presented, were slated to be posted on December 22 to the IES Multimedia webpage. The Institute of Education Sciences and Mathematica Policy Research hosted the June 2009 event.
Dan Robinson promoted to full professor
Dr. Dan Robinson—director of MCPER’s Dropout Prevention Institute and a faculty member of the Area I Program (Learning, Cognition, and Instruction) of the Educational Psychology Department in the College of Education—has attained full professor status at UT Austin. MCPER congratulates him on this achievement!
MCPER unveils two new institutes
MCPER has launched two new institutes, the Reading Institute and the Response to Intervention (RTI) Institute, to reflect our ongoing work in these areas. The Reading Institute is directed by Dr. Sharon Vaughn, who recently published a chapter on connecting reading research to practice entitled “Research on Students With Reading Disabilities,” which appears in Bringing Reading Research to Life, edited by Margaret McKeown and Linda Kucan. The RTI Institute, directed by Dr. Pamela Bell, includes our technical assistance projects that support the implementation of RTI in Texas and the nation.
MCPER welcomes Institute Fellows
MCPER is pleased to announce that several faculty members and researchers from across the country have agreed to serve as our inaugural Institute Fellows. The Autism Spectrum Disorders Institute and the Mathematics Institute for Learning Disabilities and Difficulties each welcomes five Institute Fellows; and the Dropout Prevention Institute welcomes four. Learn more about these researchers on the “Faculty and Staff” page of each institute, linked above.
Autism Spectrum Disorders Institute publication explores the teaching of play skills
Researchers at the MCPER Autism Spectrum Disorders Institute have published a major review of interventions to teach play skills to children with autism. More information about the paper and the ways in which institute faculty members are working in the autism spectrum disorders community can be found on the institute’s Research and Community Engagement page.