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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Chamberlain, Steven P. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2011
Barbara Keogh is a true Californian. She was born in Glendale, received her education and professional training in California colleges and universities, and has been a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for more than 40 years, where she is now Emerita. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and has worked as a…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Psychologists, Disabilities, Professional Training
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Chamberlain, Steven P. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2010
This article presents an interview with Dr. Thomas Lovitt, one of the "giants" in the field of learning disabilities. Dr. Lovitt was born in Hutchinson, Kansas, in 1930. He received bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from the University of Kansas. In 1956, after a 4-year stint in the U.S. Air Force, Dr. Lovitt took positions as a musician…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Reflection, Career Development, Profiles
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Chamberlain, Steven P. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2005
Cultural differences between educators and culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students can have negative effects on the education of CLD learners. Much of the special education literature pertaining to the education of CLD learners has focused on biased assessment practices that lead to overrepresentation. It is important to consider that…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Needs, Disabilities, Cultural Differences
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Chamberlain, Steven P. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2003
In this interview with Susan Conners, a middle school French teacher who has lived with Tourette syndrome (TS) since age 6, she discusses her lack of diagnosis until age 36, difficulties in school, why TS should be listed under "Other Health Impaired" in federal legislation, characteristics of TS, and interventions. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques
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Chamberlain, Steven P. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2003
This interview with a 17-year-old boy with attention deficit disorder-inattentive type and his mother, an early childhood educator and administrator, describes the boy's symptoms, diagnosis, present difficulties, effects of medication, the decision to use medication, the probable neurobiological basis for the condition, and the position of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attention Deficit Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Drug Therapy
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Chamberlain, Steven P. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2003
This article reports on interviews with three individuals to illustrate various perspectives on adolescent alienation: Monica Brown, an educator who has conducted research on the topic; Tony Bright, a special educator who is himself learning disabled; and Pete Montoya, a young man with multiple disabilities. (DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alienation, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
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Chamberlain, Steven P. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2003
An interview with two experts on violence, bullying, and sexual harassment in schools notes the increased attention given to bullying, the recognition of peer sexual harassment, a definition of bullying, the close relationship between sexual harassment and bullying, gender differences in bullying, problems with school "zero tolerance" policies, a…
Descriptors: Bullying, Disabilities, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education