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— Coral Gables — Researchers from the University of Miami (UM) Department of Psychology participated in a multi-site study to examine different teaching models for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The study is one of the first to look at the fidelity of treatment models for preschoolers with autism.

Dr. Kozue Shimabukuro did her best to treat these children with the limited medical supplies on hand.

A novel strategy developed by autism researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, called "The One-Year Well-Baby Check Up Approach," shows promise as a simple way for ph

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Researchers have long known that children with disabilities are at increased risk of being abused by their caregivers. But a groundbreaking new study by Jesse Helton, a faculty member in the Children and Family Research Center in the School of Social Work at the University of Illinois, indicates that the risk and degree of physical abuse varies according to the child's type and level of disability - and those at greatest risk of maltreatment may be those with average functioning or only mild impairments.

PA143/11 A new British film tells the story of a Nottingham graduate and his wife who have worked for almost 25 years to uncover one of the most significant social scandals in recent history.

Detail of 1819 map of Manhattan by cartographer and surveyor John Randel Jr.

A major evaluation of Every Child Counts (ECC), a numeracy programme introduced into English primary schools in 2008, has shown a positive short term effect on children's numeracy skills.

The current focus on assessment means the public debate is overlooking how schools are engaging young people and preparing them for the future, according to Lyn Yates, Professor of Curriculum in the University of Melbourne's Graduate School of Education.

A book co-authored by Diane Reay (pictured), Professor of Education at Cambridge University, delves into the assumptions and motivations of liberal parents in making decisions about secondary schools.

A significant gap between the best and worst maths trainee teachers in England has been revealed in new research published today (22nd March 2011).

Some girls are missing out on the vaccination that helps protect against cervical cancer because of fears related to the vaccination process, a study by researchers at the University of Sydney and the Children's Hospital at Westmead has found.

University Park, Pa. People fluent in sign language may simultaneously keep words and signs in their minds as they read, according to an international team of researchers.

Giving Global Times their History After the previous Congresses in Leipzig (2005) and Dresden (2008), the third European Congress on World and Global History will be held in London on April 14-17, 2011.

Monetary and housing assistance through the 20s is normal and healthy MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (03/14/2011) —A new University of Minnesota study shows that contrary to popular anxieties ab

The public 'recruitment' campaign promoting the new cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil has done little to educate adolescent girls about the cause of the cancer, University of Sydney researchers Kellie Burns and Kate Russell have found.

BBC science series to screen first campus episode The first episode of the BBC's popular science TV show, Bang Goes the Theory , to be filmed in its new home at the University of Sussex will be broadcast on Monday (14 March).

Parents who are both present and engaged are the very best way of preventing teenagers from consuming large quantities of alcohol.

Nearly one in ten preschool children in the U.S. has been diagnosed with asthma, and in New York City, neighborhoods in upper Manhattan including the Bronx, Harlem and Fordham have the highest childhood asthma rates—in some areas, higher than the national average.

Prime-time BBC science series sets up home at Sussex The University of Sussex is the new home to the BBC's popular science series, Bang Goes the Theory .

The creative arts are by no means alone in recognising the benefits of practice-as-research. The value of 'learning through doing' is gaining popularity in other disciplines too.