Meet Thomas Hircock: Recipient of Remy Johnston Certificate of Merit
Share This: September 2013 By Mary Ellen Trent As a sixth grade student, Thomas had already worked as a junior counselor in the Stratford Friends […]
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Meet Alice Thomas: Recipient of IDA Presidential Award of Excellence
Share This: September 2013 By Carolyn D. Cowen Alice Thomas is a fierce champion for “children at risk” and a passionate standard bearer in the […]
Meet Blake Charlton: Recipient of IDA Pinnacle Award
Share This: September 2013 By Karen Dakin, The Examiner, Editor; IDA, Secretary Dr. Blake Charlton will be IDA’s 12th recipient of the Pinnacle Award. This […]
The 2013 NORMAN GESCHWIND MEMORIAL LECTURE
Share This: September 2013 Laurie E. Cutting, Ph.D., Patricia and Rodes Hart Associate Professor of Special Education, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee Plenary Session: Friday, […]
The 2013 Samuel Torrey Orton Award and the Samuel Torrey and June Lyday Orton Memorial Lecture
Share This: September 2013 Louisa Cook Moats, Ed.D., President of Moats Associates Consulting, Inc. Plenary Session: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 8:30 a.m. “A Qualified […]
IDA Leader Receives IMSELC’s Etoile DuBard Award of Excellence
Share This: Sophie Cassidy Gibson, IDA leader, receives the Etoile DuBard Award of Excellence, presented by IMSLEC, the International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council. After […]
IDA Responds to the “Dyslexia Debate”
Share This: April 2014 By Hal Malchow, IDA President-Elect The dyslexia debate is, at first glance, a small one. Julian Elliott and Elena Grigorenko, in […]
BREAKING NEWS & CALL TO ACTION: DSM-5 Proposed Revisions Remove the Term Dyslexia
Share This: 2012 By Carolyn D. Cowen & Karen Dakin Every so often, an issue merits stopping whatever you are doing, paying attention, and, if […]
NCTQ Releases New Report on Schools of Education
Share This: July 2014 By Elisabeth Liptak, Director of Professional Development, IDA On June 17, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) released the second […]
Get the Jump on Back-to-School Reading with These Top Tips
Share This: August 2013 The back-to-school season can be chaotic for any family. Between buying new books, clothes and school supplies, there is a lot […]
NJCLD Convenes Popular Symposium on Common Core State Standards
Share This: 2013 By Elisabeth Liptak, Director of Professional Development, IDA The June 3rd symposium of the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD), Helping […]
NCTQ Report Grades Schools of Education
Share This: 2013 By Elisabeth Liptak, Director of Professional Development, IDA The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) issued its long-anticipated review of U.S. Schools […]
The Center for Child Evaluation & Teaching (CCET): An IDA Global Partner in the Heart of Arabia!
Share This: February 2013 By Gad Elbeheri, Ph.D., IDA Board Member and Chair of IDA’s Global Partners Committee When was CCET established? CCET, also the […]
National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities News
Share This: 2013 By Elsa Cardenas-Hagan, Ed.D., CALT, IDA Vice President The National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD) is a national group that represents […]
Learning Disabilities: Implications for Policy Regarding Research and Practice
Share This: 2011 By G. Emerson Dickman, III, J.D., Attorney, Law Offices of Emerson Dickman, Past National IDA President Founded in 1975, the National Joint […]
New Poll Reveals Dangerous Confusion about Children with Learning Disabilities
Share This: February 2010 A recent poll released by the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation showed that parents and educators are dangerously confused about learning disabilities […]
DSM-5 Changes in Diagnostic Criteria for Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD)1: What are the Implications?
Share This: January 2014 In May 2012, we brought to your attention that the American Psychological Association was revising the Fourth Edition of the Diagnostic […]
Mississippi College: Master of Education in Dyslexia Therapy
Share This: December 2014 By Don W. Locke, Ed.D. and Kay F. Peterson, M.S., LDT, CALT, QI Q. Why did you participate in the IDA […]
Gordon College M. Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction with concentration in Reading
Share This: October 2014 By Elissa Arndt Rader, Ph.D. and Donna Robinson, Ed. D. Q: Why did you participate in the IDA Review process? A: Gordon […]
University of Florida – Unified Elementary Proteach Dual Certification Program
Share This: September 2014 By Holly Lane, Ph.D. Q: Why did you participate in the IDA Review process? A: The University of Florida’s (UF) Unified […]