Interventions for Children with Disabilities
How 'the most violent' special education school ended restraint and seclusion
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Jul 27 2020 - 2:15pm
Twenty years ago, a visitor to Centennial School would have heard a cacophony.
“Banging on doors, yelling, wailing,” said Julie Fogt, the current director of the school. “Adults were loud: ‘Stop that, stop that! Crisis! I need help!’”
It was a private school, but public schools paid to send their most troubled kids there. The school took only children who had both a diagnosis of autism or emotional disturbance and a history of severe behavior issues.
Ethan Van Norman Develops a More Rigorous Approach for Identifying Effective Interventions
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Jun 16 2020 - 5:00pm
A nearly $900K grant from IES supports Van Norman’s work to develop a quantitatively rigorous and user-friendly measure of the effectiveness of interventions for students with disabilities and learning difficulties.
Dr. Julie Fogt
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Director of Centennial School and Adjunct Professor
Phone:
610-266-6500
Email:
Fax:
610.266.7126
Office:
Centennial School
Focus Areas
Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder
Atypical Functioning and Development
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Emotional Functioning
Emotional/Behavioral Disorders
Inclusion of Children with Special Needs
Interventions for Children with Disabilities
Low-incidence Disabilities
Parenting
Positive Behavior Support
Dr. Esther R. Lindström
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Assistant Professor
Phone:
610-758-6539
Email:
Fax:
610-758-6223
Office:
Room A319
Focus Areas
Interventions for Children with Disabilities
Reading Development and Comprehension
Reading Disabilities
Reading Intervention
Dr. L. Brook Sawyer
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Professor, Program Director
Phone:
610-758-3236
Email:
Fax:
610-758-3243
Office:
Room A111
Focus Areas
Interventions for Children with Disabilities
Language and Cognition
Literacy
Reading Development and Comprehension
Reading Intervention