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Lifeline Online  FEATURED Breakthrough in language analysis finds possible autism screenA new automated vocal analysis technology could fundamentally change the study of language development as well as the screening for autism spectrum disorders and language delay, reports a study in the July 19 online Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Read full story Schroeder returns to direct project of a lifetimeRetired LSI Director and Professor Emeritus Stephen Schroeder is glowing these days. As the principal investigator of a new NIH Fogarty International Center grant, he will be fulfilling a lifelong dream to research disability prevention and oversee the first early intervention program for disability in Lima, Peru, a place near and dear to his heart, the Centro Ann Sullivan del Peru (CASP). Read full story NEWS Children's Campus opens its doors The Children's Campus of Kansas City (CCKC) and the Educare of Kansas City held its grand opening on June 8, an event attended by some 400 community members, well-wishers and representatives from public and private supporters. Read full story and other news HONORS Special Ed investigators, grad student, receive awardsTwo LSI- affiliated scientists have received one-year professorships in the Department of Special Education for the 2010-11 academic year, awards made possible by former KU Chancellor Gene A. Budig. See full story MILESTONES Life Span employees honored for years of serviceTwenty-five LSI investigators were recognized for their years of service at a ceremony held in May on the KU-Lawrence campus.See full story PROJECT DEVELOPMENT NEWS LSI investigators received 10 new awards in the most recent quarter, |
HONORS Special Ed investigators, grad student, receive awards Michael Wehmeyer Two LSI- affiliated scientists have received one-year professorships in the Department of Special Education for the 2010-11 academic year, awards made possible by former KU Chancellor Gene A. Budig. Michael Wehmeyer, director of the Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities and professor of Special Education, was named the Gene A. Budig Teaching Professor in Special Education. The Budig Teaching Professor in Writing is Eva Horn, professor of Special Education. As part of the year-long appointments, Wehmeyer and Horn will each deliver a special lecture during the upcoming academic year. Special Education doctoral student Shea Obremski received three honors this spring – the 2010 Student Award from the American Association on Intellection and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), the 2010 KU Department of Special Education Judy Tate Outstanding Doctoral Student award, and the 2010 Outstanding Graduate Student Award from the Council on Exceptional Children. Obremski is a doctoral fellow at the Beach Center on Disability. |