H.R.2609 - Empowering Children with Autism through Education Act of 2007

To require the establishment of a task force to identify and disseminate evidence-based educational strategies and promising best practices to improve the quality of learning for individuals with autism in grades K-12. view all titles (2)

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  • Short: Empowering Children with Autism through Education Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Official: To require the establishment of a task force to identify and disseminate evidence-based educational strategies and promising best practices to improve the quality of learning for individuals with autism in grades K-12. as introduced.

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6/7/2007--Introduced.Empowering Children with Autism through Education Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Education to establish the Empowering Children with Autism through Education Task Force to identify and disseminate evidence-based educational strategies and promising best practi
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6/7/2007--Introduced.
Empowering Children with Autism through Education Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Education to establish the Empowering Children with Autism through Education Task Force to identify and disseminate evidence-based educational strategies and promising best practices to improve the quality of learning for individuals with autism in grades K-12, including regarding:
(1) learning models, interventions, and services that demonstrate improvements in reading, writing, and math proficiency;
(2) the cost-effectiveness of these learning models, interventions, and services, and their applicability for local education agencies;
(3) professional development needs of educators;
(4) methods for incorporating state-, local- and community-based programs and services into the classroom to provide comprehensive support;
(5) identification of barriers to successful implementation of programs and services and recommendations to address those barriers; and
(6) dissemination of findings to Congress, all relevant agencies, and states and U.S. territories to improve the quality of learning for individuals with autism.


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02/17/08
Myth, Science, and Autism: A Message from the AAP

H.R.2609 Title: To require the establishment of a task force to identify and disseminate evidence-based educational strategies and promising best practices to improve the quality of learning for individuals with autism in grades K-12. ...

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09/16/07
House Bill Calls for Autism Education Task Force

House Bill Calls for Autism Education Task Force Rep. John Yarmuth, a first-term Kentucky Democrat in Congress, filed a bill that would assign a task force to “identify and disseminate evidence-based educational strategies and promising ...

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08/01/07
House Bill Calls for Autism Education Task Force

Filed June 7, the bill is HR 2609, entitled "Empowering Children with Autism through Education Act of 2007." You can read a July 30 press release about the bill here. “The number of children diagnosed with autism is escalating at an ...

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