Posted Dec. 20, 2012 GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two University of Florida special education researchers have found a method to help at-risk students with significant behavioral problems learn to calm aggressive tendencies and actively solve their social conflicts. Researchers Stephen Smith [...]
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Special Ed team awarded $25 million to advance teaching of students with disabilities
Posted Oct. 1, 2012 GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s College of Education will receive $25 million over the next five years to address a concern that has plagued American schools for more than two decades—inadequate teaching of children [...]
New Fien Professor finding ways to reduce disruptive classroom behavior
Posted Aug. 14, 2012 Disruptive, anti-social behavior in the classroom—such as openly defying the teacher’s instructions or bullying a classmate—has been a major concern of school systems for years. Studies show the single most common request for assistance from teachers [...]
Anita Zucker Endowed Professorship in Early Childhood Studies
Posted Jul. 24, 2012 GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Entrepreneur Anita Zucker, a 1972 education graduate of the University of Florida, last year challenged fellow alumni who had never contributed to make an annual donation to the College of Education. Zucker, a [...]
Award reflects McCray’s rise as top scholar in special education
Posted Jul. 23, 2012 A diverse and potent research agenda—focusing on (of course) diversity and equity along the teacher-education pipeline—has helped University of Florida special education instructor Erica McCray win a 2012 UF Excellence Award for Assistant Professors. The awards, [...]
Incentive grants support promising studies likely to draw additional funding
Posted Jul. 22, 2012 The College of Education has awarded internal College Research Incentive Fund (CRIF) grants to faculty members Mary Brownell, Sondra Smith and Kelly Whalon to study vital education concerns such as literacy skills and parental involvement in [...]
‘Opportunity’ research will boost interventions for children with autism
Published Jul. 18, 2012 Fresh off winning a highly competitive seed grant from the University of Florida’s Office of Research, UF College of Education professor Maureen Conroy aims to fill a critical gap in intervention options addressing core social and [...]
Early-childhood service award has special meaning for Patricia Snyder
Posted Feb. 15, 2012 When Patricia Snyder, who heads the University of Florida’s Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies, recently received the Mary McEvoy Service to the Field Award from the international Division for Early Childhood, she cherished both [...]
Special ed researchers winning competition for federal grants
Posted Sep. 8, 2011 Faculty researchers in the University of Florida’s special education program, ranked fourth nationally, have built an impressive track record for winning large, highly competitive grants from the Institute of Education Sciences, the research arm of the [...]
Researchers awarded $5.5M in grants to help teachers reduce disruptive classroom behavior
Posted Jun. 29, 2011 University of Florida education researchers have received two federal grants totaling $5.5 million to conduct studies aimed at reducing significant behavior problems in children that can disrupt the classroom learning environment. Their intervention research targets at-risk [...]
