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Membership Join DR Today! Among the benefits you will enjoy as a DR Member are our publications, the advocacy that DR conducts on behalf of research support, an annual professional program held at the CEC convention, and opportunities to network and share your ideas with others who conduct and use research in the education of children with disabilities and children with gifts and talents.
In addition to periodic publications such as DR's 2004 Quality Indicators series, DR members receive: Journal of Special Education: A journal devoted to the publication of original research and research reviews pertaining to individuals of all ages with disabilities and/or who are gifted. Published four times a year. Focus on Research: The CEC-DR newsletter, containing member opinion articles, debates on research issues, descriptions and dates of specific projects, notices of funded program priorities in special education, the availability of research dollars, and the discussion of emerging issues that may affect research in special education. Published three times a year.
Other Important Benefits We contribute to the field CEC-DR sponsors program strands at conferences of the special education profession including at annual conventions of the Council for Exceptional Children and affiliated divisions. Sessions are devoted to research topics aimed at furthering knowledge of children and youth with disabilities and effective practices for educating these students. At such meetings CEC-DR members have opportunities for professional growth and networking with colleagues who share their interests. In particular, we support graduate students and other new researchers. Graduate students are represented at the top levels of our division. We are committed to helping new researchers with opportunities to present their work at CEC-sponsored conferences and in publications. We recognize exemplary contributions in the field
The CEC-DR presents the Distinguished Early Career Research Award and the Early Publication Award annually at the CEC national convention. The Early Career Research Award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding scientific contributions in special education, in basic and/or applied research, within the first 10 years following receipt of their doctoral degree. And the Early Publication Award recognizes an outstanding research publication by an individual within five years after completing the doctorate. We advocate for the profession and for research
The Division's executive board has worked with numerous organizations, local, state, and federal education officials, and parents to promote research for students with disabilities. Such efforts have included support for research into practice initiatives, in promoting fair and appropriate funding for special education research, and in actively sharing ideas on the transition of federally sponsored research in the education of children with disabilities in 2005 to the US Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences. We stay in touch CEC-DR has an extensive database of members to keep them abreast of new developments in the special education research community and opportunities for beginning researchers to present and discuss their works. Members are contacted both through regular mail and electronically. Low Membership Fee DR members are also members of the Council for Exceptional Children. The dues for DR membership are: Click on one of the links below to join DR -- Current CEC Members New CEC Members For questions or more information DR membership, contact Stephen Smith or Mary Brownell. |