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SXSWedu 2017

Democratizing Special Ed

Despite $70 billion spent annually on Special Ed and SLDs comprising 40% of all learning disabilities, knowledge of the relationships between cognitive processing and academic achievement are surprisingly limited.

We know that every student learns differently since each has learning strengths and weaknesses due to underlying cognitive skills. So, doesn’t every child deserve a Special Education?

What if we could use 100 years of cognitive research and decades of selective implementation to improve general education for ALL students?

We’ll discuss the potential for aligning a valid cognitive screener with differentiated instruction, academic achievement and standardized testing.