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  • Special Education & Disability

Alexis Ward, a graduate student in the School of Education and Human Development, has been working to improve the lives of people with disabilities ever since she was a kid.

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  • Kinesiology

Using a telehealth system called “ECHO,” School of Education and Human Development professors Gail Lovette and Rose Nevill have come up with a way to help the caregivers of children with developmental delays.

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  • Supporting Transformative Autism Research

A UVA kinesiology professor explains why the presence of certified athletic trainers significantly affects female collegiate student-athletes’ concussion recovery time.

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  • Kinesiology

Large-scale studies in special education are rare and difficult to conduct. A new project from the UVA School of Education and Human Development hopes to change that by creating a platform to crowdsource data collection across the country.

Michael Kennedy combined his expertise as a special education scholar and his passion for technology to create a new app designed to improve teaching for special education students.

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  • Curriculum, Instruction & Special Education

Education professors Gail Lovette and Bill Therrien played large roles in this week’s Flint water crisis lawsuit settlement, which provided at least $9 million for special education funding.

The study offers promising insight into improving care for children with autism, a population that has increased consistently over the last decade.

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  • Supporting Transformative Autism Research

As president of the European Federation of Adapted Physical Activity, Aija Klavina is leading efforts across the continent to increase access to daily physical activities for children with disabilities. She returns to Grounds this week for an international conference.

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  • Kinesiology

New Video Series Uses Real Classroom Demonstrations of High-Leverage Practices (HLPs) HLPs Address the Most Critical Practices Every K–12 Teacher Should Master