TeachingLD News

TeachingLD.org publishes news about Learning Disabilities and announcements of actions by the Division for Learning Disabilities. Check here for links to selected current events as well as statements about policies, updates about political actions, press releases, and similar documents concerning Learning Disabilities.

• Candidates for 2009 Positions on Executive Board Announced
  Kathleen Marshall, past president of the Division for Learning Disabilities, announced the candidate for the offices of treasurer, vice president, and president elect on the DLD executive board for terms beginning in July of 2009.

• Kavale, Siegel, and Lembke elected to DLD Executive Board
  Karen J. Rooney, past president of the Division for Learning Disabilities, announced that Kenneth Kavale, Linda S. Siegel, and Erika Lembke have been elected to the executive board of the Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD). They will serve in the offices of president elect, vice president, and secretary, respectively, with their terms beginning 1 July 2008.

• 2007 Call for Nominations
  DLD's Past President, Karen Rooney, is soliciting nominations for vice president and secretary for DLD. The terms of the offices begin in July 2008. The secretary serves a two-year term, and the vice president serves over four years, moving from vice president to president-elect, president, and past president in successive years.

• Espin and Bright elected to DLD Executive Board
  DLD is pleased to announce that Christine Espin of the University of Minnesota at Twin Cities and Kimberly Bright of Shippensburg State University (PA) have been elected to the executive board of the Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD) of the Council for Exceptional Children.

• DLD: Director Posny Clarifies Comments
  The Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD) is pleased to provide Director Alexa Posney's clarification of comments that she made in the fall of 2006 regarding special education.