For Immediate Release

WASHINGTON/EWORLDWIRE/Sep. 20, 2005 --- The National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET) is proud to bestow upon the National Dissemination Center of Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY) its highest organizational honor, the 2005 Excellence in Special Education Award. Given to only one organization each year, the Excellence in Special Education Award is given to NICHCY for its commitment, dedication and service to exceptional children, their parents and special educators throughout the United States.

NICHCY provides information to the nation on:

- Disabilities in children and youth

- Programs and services for infants, children, and youth with disabilities

- IDEA, the nation's special education law

- No Child Left Behind, the nation's general education law

- research-based information on effective practices for children with disabilities

NICHCY is deeply involved in collecting and disseminating information about effective educational practice for children with disabilities. This is intended to improve programs and services for the children, including infants and toddlers. In the past few years it has enhanced website with:

- New research-related publications, such as Research Connections in Special Education and OSEP Digests

- New Web pages devoted solely to what the research has to say on the topics our users tell us they need, such as literacy or educating students with specific disabilities (e.g., learning disabilities or AD/HD)

- Listings in online resource libraries about disability-related research findings to date and about ongoing research projects and emerging results

Upon receiving news of the award from Dr. Roger Pierangelo, president, and Dr. George Giuliani, vice president, the Director of NICHCY, Dr. Suzanne Ripley, stated "We are very pleased to receive this award, thank you so much. We are pleased that you find NICHCY information and services so useful and of course we are glad to be given this award."

The National Association of Special Education Teachers congratulates the National Dissemination Center of Children and Youth with Disabilities on a very well-deserved award.

The National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET) is a national membership organization dedicated to supporting and assisting teachers and future teachers of special education. It was founded to promote the profession of special education teachers and to provide a national forum for their ideas. NASET seeks to meet a critical need for many of the United States' special education teachers. It develops and promotes professional excellence through the support of teachers who provide services to children with special needs.

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CONTACT:
Roger Pierangelo
National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET)
1201 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20004
PHONE. 800-754-4421
FAX. 800-424-0371
EMAIL: contactus@naset.org
http://www.naset.org

SOURCE: National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET)