College of Education alumna Evangeline Chow has followed her love of international education and diverse students to the Philippines, where she heads an accelerated language program for English language learners.
From "The Little Mermaid" to Rihanna, Assistant Professor of Education Jonté "JT" Taylor has used music to teach and inspire his students.
A new program developed by Tracy Raulston, assistant professor of education (special education), seeks to address challenging behaviors of children with autism while simultaneously lowering parents' stress.
A Penn State researcher is examining the role of individualized education programs for students with specific learning disabilities in general education settings.
Associate Professor Mary Catherine Scheeler spends sabbatical speaking with individuals — some human and some not — about making special education teacher preparation more effective.
Penn State faculty member Elizabeth Hughes and a colleague are collaborating with professors at African universities to identify the special education professional development needs of teachers in four African nations.
College of Education alumna Shelby Jones will spend the next three months volunteering for Education and Hope, an international, nonprofit organization that provides education to impoverished children in the western highlands of Guatemala.
Assistive technologies for people with communication disorders have come a long way in recent years. Apps on tablets, like iPads, help people with speech barriers to communicate their thoughts. Still, current technology is limited in that it does not allow users to clearly convey tone of voice, mood or individual personality. Fortunately, undergraduate engineering students at Penn State and in South Africa are working to eliminate that communication barrier and will unveil the results of their efforts at the Learning Factory College of Engineering Design Showcase April 28 at the Bryce Jordan Center.
New grant from the NIH will allow prevention researchers to examine effectiveness on Communities That Care model in Pennsylvania youth.
Although minority children are frequently reported to be overrepresented in special education classrooms, a team of researchers suggests that minority children are less likely than otherwise similar white children to receive help for disabilities.
What began as a small partnership between the State College Area School District and Penn State’s College of Education, LifeLink PSU is now in its 14th year and sees more than 200 volunteers a semester. Located on the third floor of the HUB-Robeson Center, the program serves and supports special-needs students ages 18 to 21, an age range where many of these students fall behind in public education, as they gain the life skills and independence necessary to be successful in life.
A research-based literacy program teaches children with little or no speech to read, write, and relate to others.
Jonte "JT" Taylor, assistant professor of education at Penn State, recently shared his unique lessons for using song lyrics to help teach students with disabilities, with an audience at the Kennedy Center’s Intersections Conference. In July, Taylor and colleague Kimberly Rice presented the TUPAC (Teaching Using Popular Music Across Curricula) strategy in a presentation called “Let the Music Play: Using Song Lyrics for Student Motivation and Achievement.”
Penn State is offering scholarships to support graduate-level study in special education in response to the continuing national demand for special education teachers. The program in the College of Education includes scholarships in the amount of at least $19,000 for as many as 15 months of study with an emphasis on infants, toddlers and preschoolers who have disabilities and their families.
For the past decade, parents who attend the National Autism Conference held annually at Penn State have had the valuable resources of the conference's Children's Institute available to them. The Children's Institute affords parents the opportunity to attend the weeklong conference with their children under the same roof. The staff is highly trained and designs numerous activities for the kids. There even is a sibling workshop for children living with an autistic sister or brother. To see a video about the Children's Institute, visit http://live.psu.edu/youtube/6UgOLCMbXmo online.
