CLD's 31st INTERNATIONAL Conference - Dallas, TX.
Get ready...the big D, Dallas, is calling! The 31st annual CLD conference, "LD Round-up: Responsive Assessment and Instructional Practices," is being finalized for October 2nd & 3rd.
Explore the 'Professional Development Institutes,' 'Workshops' and 'Professional Strands' by clicking to download the 2009 Conference Summary.
Additional information can be found in the Conference area of the CLD website.
Register for the CLD's 31st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE online.
See you in Dallas.
Note: 2009 CLD Outstanding Researcher Award Nominations are being sought:
To promote and recognize research in the field, CLD annually presents an award for an outstanding manuscript-length paper on learning disabilities that is based on a doctoral dissertation completed in the last five years.
The winner will be recognized at the J. Lee Wiederholt Distinguished Lecture, Saturday, October 3rd, 2009. Click here for details.
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LDQ Now Available Online
CLD members and nonmember subscribers now have free access to LDQ online for issues starting with Winter 2007 (Vol. 30, No. 1) onward. To activate your free access, you must register with IngentaConnect. Detailed registration instructions are available for individuals or institutions. Simply select from the following to download the appropriate instructions. Personal Registration or Institutional Registration
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Discounted Journal Subscriptions:
Attention CLD members. The process for getting great journals at greatly reduced prices has changed. CLD has coordinated with Heldref and Sage publishers to extend this valuable membership benefit. Click here for a list of the publications and ordering information. CLD thanks the publishers who offer this service to our members. |
INTERESTED IN RTI INFORMATION?
The Response to Intervention Teaching Learning Connections is a special project funded by the State of Florida, Department of Education, Bureau of Exceptional and Student Services (BEESS), through federal assistance under IDEA, Part B. This special project is designed to collaboratively identify, disseminate, and facilitate high fidelity implementation of current and emerging research-based instructional practices in curriculum, instruction, and assessment, especially in early literacy, adolescent literacy, and mathematics, within the framework of RTI. Click here for more information.
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ANNOUNCING NRCLD
A national research center, a joint project of researchers at Vanderbilt University and the University
of Kansas, has been established to address the complex array of issues facing the learning disabilities field. The National Research
Center on Learning Disabilities (NRCLD) received a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special
Education Programs. Co-directors of the new center are Dan Reschly, chair of the Department of Special Education at Peabody College,
Vanderbilt; Doug Fuchs, special education professor at Peabody College; and Donald D. Deshler, director of the Center for Research on
Learning at the University of Kansas. For more information, visit the NRCLD Web site at www.nrcld.org.
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The Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD) is an international organization concerned about issues related
to students with learning disabilities. Working to build a better future for students with LD has been the primary goal of CLD for more
than 30 years. Involvement in CLD helps members stay abreast of current issues that are shaping the field, affecting the lives of students,
and influencing professional careers. CLD members are committed to standards of excellence and innovation in educational research, practice,
and policy.
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