Responsiveness-to-Intervention Symposium

December 4-5, 2003 * Kansas City, Missouri

The National Research Center on Learning Disabilities sponsored this two-day symposium focusing on responsiveness-to-intervention (RTI) issues. The speakers, discussants, and participants assembled represented the wide diversity of individuals with a vested interest in LD determination issues. Advocates, instructional staff, researchers, and state-level education officials brought their collective and considerable expertise to the discussions.

Margaret Semrud-Clikeman of the University of Texas at Austin presented this invited paper during the symposium. For links to other papers and materials, visit the main Symposium 2003 page.


Margaret Semrud-Clikeman

Margaret Semrud-Clikeman is a professor of educational psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and program director of the School Psychology program. She was recently awarded Fellow status from the National Academy of Neuropsychology. She has published three books, over 50 book chapters, and more than 50 articles. Her current interests include the neuroanatomical and neuropsychological underpinnings of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and developmental disorders, social communication disorders, interventions, and issues in training of school psychologists. Margaret's dissertation was awarded the Orton Dyslexia Award for Outstanding Dissertation in 1991. She was also awarded the Early Career award for Contributions to Clinical Neuropsychology from the National Academy of Neuropsychology in 1999. She is currently collaborating on an NIH funded grant evaluating inhibition and stimulant medication in children with ADHD or LD using fMRI, structural MRI, and ERP measures.

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The symposium was made possible by the support of the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs. Renee Bradley, Project Officer. Opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the position of the U.S. Department of Education.