Special Needs advocates worry Texas governor’s school safety plan will accelerate school-to-prison pipeline


Joanne Tunchez’s 15-year-old son forgot to take his ADHD medication one Friday morning in late March. By the end of

THE FIX IS IN: Texas is preparing to tell the feds it can’t promise a Special Education fix until June 2020


Preparing to ask the federal government for $1 billion in special education grants, Texas education officials have indicated they do

Mental Health and Criminal Justice Reform


More than 750,000 adults behind bars report having a disability, with two-thirds experiencing a cognitive disability. A recent white paper

Black Boys and ADHD: Biology or Culture Clash?


By: Natalie Hopkinson Repost: February 4, 2014   A black Brooklyn couple sit in their car waiting to hear what

Dr. Ifeanyi Ufondu set to run for Mansfield Independent School District Board of Trustees – Place 3


By Daphne Charles In May 2019, Mansfield Independent School District in Mansfield, TX will be electing several new school board

Race, poverty, and Interpreting Overrepresentation in Special Education


New research by Morgan, Farkas, Hillemeier and Maczuga once again finds that when you take other student characteristics—notably family income

Dr. Ifeanyi Ufondu’s Top 5 Things to Know About Racial and Cultural Disparities in Special Education


By: Dr Ifeanyi Ufondu, Ph.D. Each year, roughly 6 million students with disabilities, ages 6 to 21, receive services under

Dr. Ufondu’s Effective Reading Interventions for Kiddos with Learning Disabilities


By: Dr. Ifeanyi Ufondu, Ph.D. A worried mother says, “There’s so much publicity about the best programs for teaching kids

Sending your Child with Special Needs off to Summer Camp


By: Dr. Ifeanyi Ufondu, June 27th, 2018 “I hate this place. I want to come home. Send my iPod. Pat

Beautiful Minds Inc. Partners Up to Support Medical Marijuana Compound to be Used to Treat Severe Autism


UC San Diego will try to alleviate severe autism in children by giving them a non-psychoactive chemical found in marijuana,

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