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Four Types of Autism: Understanding the New Findings and Their Impact on School Psychology

July 28, 2025 · 5 min read

Recent groundbreaking research has identified four distinct subtypes of autism, each with unique genetic signatures and developmental paths. Researchers from Princeton University and the Simons Foundation utilized a powerful new computational method to analyze data from over 5,000 children with autism. These discoveries promise a revolution in the way autism is understood, diagnosed, and treated. […]

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Development

Four Types of Autism: Understanding the New Findings and Their Impact on School Psychology

Recent groundbreaking research has identified four distinct subtypes of autism, each with unique genetic signatures and developmental paths. Researchers from Princeton University and the Simons Foundation utilized a powerful new computational method to analyze data from over 5,000 children with autism. These discoveries promise a revolution in the way autism is understood, diagnosed, and treated. […]

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Policy

What Happens if the Department of Education is Abolished? The Future of U.S. Schools

Education in America is at a crossroads. While schools should be spaces where all children can thrive—academically, socially, and emotionally– the current federal policy agenda threatens to unravel critical federal protections, funding, and programs designed to support students’ well-being. Project 2025, spearheaded by The Heritage Foundation and a coalition of conservative organizations, presents a radical […]

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Commentary

No, Secretary McMahon—the Shutdown Didn’t Prove Students Don’t Need the U.S. Department of Education

When the U.S. Secretary of Education claims that a 43-day government shutdown “proved just how little the Department of Education will be missed,” educators, school psychologists, families, and mental health advocates have an obligation to set the record straight. Not with partisan talking points but with facts, context, and the lived realities of our students. […]

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Mental health

How Children’s Books Can Calm Anxiety and Build Resilience

Here’s something most parents don’t realize: bedtime stories might be shaping how kids handle fear and stress. A new Behavior Therapy study from Temple University and Weill Cornell researchers analyzed nearly 200 children’s books about anxiety and discovered something remarkable—and a little concerning. While storybooks are often our first emotional teachers, most don’t actually show […]

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Academics

The Cognitive Benefits of Language Learning in School Psychology

Language learning is often emphasized in educational curricula for its role in cognitive development, particularly in the realm of school psychology. Recent research and educational practices suggest that the advantages exceed simple linguistic capability, tapping into cognitive, academic, and psychological benefits that can be pivotal, especially in school-aged children. Cognitive Enhancements from Language Learning The […]

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Academics

How Undergraduate Research at Minority-Serving Institutions Transforms Futures

A quiet campus lab can change a life. Picture a senior at a minority-serving university—first in her family to attend college—holding a pipette for the first time. Twelve months later, she’s applying to a biomedical PhD program. That’s not a coincidence. It’s the power of undergraduate research experiences (UREs). A new multi-institutional study in Frontiers […]

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Mental health

When a Crisis Walks Into Class

The bell rings, and Ms. Alvarez glances up to see a fifth-grader sobbing quietly at her desk. It’s the third meltdown this week. The counselor is off-campus, the nurse is double-booked, and the principal just emailed about standardized testing prep. Everyone cares. Everyone’s exhausted. And no one’s sure who’s supposed to step in. This is […]

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Policy

Next Week in Educational News, November 11, 2025

President Trump’s March executive order to dismantle the Department of Education—part of the Project 2025 agenda—has led to sweeping cuts that gutted the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, laying off over two-thirds of its remaining staff and effectively halting enforcement of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which serves 7.5 million U.S. […]

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Bullying

Parents, Culture, and Cyberbullying Clues

Five hours. That’s how long most adolescents in a new study were online each day. And here’s the twist: parents who knew more about what their kids did online were also more likely to know when their kids were seeing or experiencing cyberbullying. In other words, awareness isn’t nosiness, it’s protection. This study surveyed 407 […]

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