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OPINION: Ending the stigma for college students with learning disabilities

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In early May 2019, Savannah graduated from Arizona State University’s Barrett Honors College with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. College leaders and faculty must continue to help students with disabilities develop the self-advocacy skills and self-determination they need to be successful.

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Rethinking campus mental health to better serve LGBTQ+ students and others

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Moran started as Holy Cross’s first LGBTQIA+ coordinator in 2018. Keygan Miller, advocacy manager at The Trevor Project, a nonprofit focused on suicide prevention for LGBTQ+ youth, said that a therapist doesn’t have to identify as queer or trans to help a student who does. LGBTQ+ students. Smith said she remembers thinking.

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How a disgraced method of diagnosing learning disabilities persists in our nation’s schools

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A cross-section of a brain scan sits on the desk of Tim Odegard, a professor of psychology at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. But a 2018 study found that about one third of school psychologists were still using the discrepancy model to screen students for learning disabilities.

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When the man behind the curtain is female: More women now hold key education policymaker jobs

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Samantha Tran, senior managing director of education policy at Children Now, a nonpartisan research, policy and advocacy organization, noticed. “I The heightened inclusiveness seen since she took over in 2018 is not some caricature of femininity, all chitchat and smiles, she said. Here’s what teachers are doing about it.

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I-O psychologists’ passion projects: Can AI predict your personality in a job interview?

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We continue our exploration of the field of Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology, the American Psychological Association’s Division 14. I-O Psychology is the study of behavior in the workplace. in I-O Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2011. Louis Tay received his Ph.D.

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Do-it-yourself mental health efforts by community college students

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The program, called the Mental Health Advocacy Institute, is run by a national nonprofit, Active Minds, which advocates for college students mental health. In the Mental Health Advocacy Institute, she encourages students to think about what their communities need and what kinds of support they and their peers might benefit from.

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How one district went all-in on a tutoring program to catch kids up

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“Frankly, students didn’t lose anything, they just never had the opportunity to learn it,” said Allison Socol, an assistant director at The Education Trust, a nonprofit education research and advocacy organization. When given the opportunity, then they will succeed. And so we always talk about it as ‘unfinished learning.’ ”.

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