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The SRSD (Self-Regulated Strategy Development) Replication Project is a multi-year research initiative focused on improving writing instruction for 6th-grade English Language Arts (ELA) classrooms. The study, led by Dr. Stephen Hooper and Dr. Lara Costa, provides teachers with professional development on how to implement SRSD, a structured teaching model that...

The International Council for Learning Disabilities' (CLD) Leadership Academy is an opportunity for a select group of emerging leaders in the field of learning disabilities to be mentored by some of the most highly regarded and established leaders in the field.

The UNC Health Foundation has provided a generous gift to the Preschool Writing Project in order to supply Head Start partners in Durham and Orange Counties with a tablet and internet hot spot in order to facilitate online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The UNC Preschool Writing Project team has created at-home learning packets for more than 200 families to be distributed through local Head Start programs in order to support families during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has awarded Lara Costa, the project director for the Writing Skills Development Program, $1.4 million over three years for an initiative spearheaded by the UNC School of Medicine Department of Allied Health Sciences. Stephen Hooper is the co-principal investigator for this new project...

Dr. Stephen Hooper, the Department of Allied Health Sciences Associate Dean and Chair, will serve as principal investigator of the project.

Share on TwitterShare on FacebookShare on Google+ A paper based on an IES-funded grant has been recognized as a “must read” by the Council for Learning Disabilities.

Welcome to the Fall 2015 edition of the Studying and Self-Regulated Learning Special Interest Group (SSRL SIG) newsletter.