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Department of Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education News

The Department of Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education (EMS) is designed to prepare professionals for specialized services in schools, community agencies, and higher education settings. We promote and embrace the concept of cultural diversity, and we affirm our commitment to the ethical standards of our respective disciplines.

Current Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education News

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Research |

The College of Education's National Institute for the Advancement of Education awarded four faculty research grants that will explore potential solutions for retaining Nevada's teachers.

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Campus News |

MGM Resorts International helps UNLV resolve bottlenecks in internships for future practitioners.

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People |

The U.S. Department of Education administrator has built a career in supporting public school students and adults with disabilities.

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Campus News |

The program provides elementary and second-level teachers with tools and strategies to support the learning, content, and language development of students from multi-ethnic communities.

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Business and Community |

Massive expansion will double capacity and alleviate two-year waitlist.

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Campus News |

This is the first time in history that there are exclusively women of color on the board.

Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education In The News

Las Vegas Sun

Southern Nevada’s senior citizen population is expected to explode by 45% from 2020 to 2030, bringing with it additional strains on an already-struggling health care infrastructure, a UNLV report shows.

Nevada Current

Boosting Nevada’s beleaguered child care and elder care industries makes economic sense for the state, a trio of reports argues, and recommendations on how to do just that have already been laid out for policymakers to consider.

Psychology Today

In abandoning script, are we sacrificing a piece of identity?

El Tiempo

In the latest in a series of courtroom losses over its special education program, a federal judge has ordered the Clark County School District to pay more than $450,000 to a prominent Las Vegas couple for failing to prepare an adequate study plan for their dyslexic daughter.

Las Vegas Review Journal

In the latest in a series of courtroom losses over its special education program, a federal judge has ordered the Clark County School District to pay more than $450,000 to a prominent Las Vegas couple for failing to prepare an adequate study plan for their dyslexic daughter.

Nevada Current

And they aren’t the only Southern Nevada municipality taking a more hands-on approach to education.

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Recent Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education Accomplishments

Melissa Stoffers, Gerilyn Slicker, and Jessica Ain (all Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) published an article, "Factors affecting enrollment of children with disabilities in child care and early education programs: A mixed methods study of Arkansas center-based programs" in Early Childhood Research Quarterly. This mixed…
Linc Johnson's (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) paper, "Exploring the Nexus of Language, Culture, and Identity: Insights from Interdisciplinary Perspectives," has been published in the International Multidisciplinary Research Journal as part of the 11th International Conference on Language, Literature, and Linguistics…
Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), associate professor, presented multiple sessions on inclusion and equity at the National Association for the Education of Young Children's Annual Conference in Anaheim, California. With Courtney O'Grady and Alison Hooper (University of Alabama), she presented Disentangling…
Jenna Weglarz-Ward and Melissa Yarczower (both Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented a session "Functional Frameworks for Inclusive Fieldwork: A Systematic Review", alongside colleagues Maryssa Mitsch from San Francisco State (UNLV Alumni, 2017), Jessica Branch from Murray State University, Prince Estanislao and Hadas…
Melissa Yarczower and Jenna Weglarz-Ward (both Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented a poster entitled "Exploring Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Context in Preparation Programs" at the 40th Annual International Conference on Young Children with Disabilities and their Families for the Division for Early…
Gerilyn Slicker, Jenna Weglarz-Ward, and Alain Bengochea (all Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) along with Alison Hooper and JoonHo Lee from the University of Alabama, were awarded a three-year, $768,887 grant from the Administration for Children and Families in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The team will…