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Virtual Town Hall Meetings

CEC is proud to offer two FREE 20-minute podcasts on critical issues in special education. These conversations began as Town Hall Meetings at the CEC 2010 Convention & Expo.

Tell us what you think! CEC encourages you to share this content with your colleagues and respond to it via YouTube, Facebook, or Twitter. You can also share your thoughts by e-mailing us at service@cec.sped.org with the subject line "LD Podcast" or "Autism Podcast." We will use your input to inform our future work.

The Future of Learning Disabilities

Should we seek to strengthen general education or special education to better serve students with learning disabilities? Who’s accountable for improving the teaching of students with learning disabilities: schools or higher ed?

• Listen to the 20-minute podcast on YouTube.
• For more on learning disabilities:
  • Join us for the CEC 2011 Convention & Expo: http://www.cec.sped.org/convention
  • Visit CEC's Division for Learning Disabilities: http://www.teachingld.org

Including Students with Autism in General Education

How do you coordinate with the general education teacher when planning for a student with autism to spend time in that classroom? How do you identify students who could develop good peer relationships with a student with autism? 

• Listen to the 20-minute podcast on YouTube.
• For more on autism:
  • Join us for the CEC 2011 Convention & Expo, with more than 40 sessions on autism: http://www.cec.sped.org/convention
  • Visit CEC's Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities: http://daddcec.org
  • Publication: Autism Spectrum Disorders: Interventions and Treatments for Children and Youth
  • Publication: Strategies at Hand: Quick and Handy Strategies for Working With Students on the Autism Spectrum
  • Archived Webinar: Facilitating Social Skills and Friendships: Working One on One With Students With Autism