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The Board of Registry recently accepted the resignations of Jessica Rueter, Penny Sturm-Borkert, and Daphnia Bland. All three elected and appointed members resigned due to personal and professional obligations. Dee Brown accepted the offer to fulfill the position of University Faculty Member. Dee has years of experience working as a diagnostician and currently teaches at Texas Tech University. Kaye Allen has graciously agreed to fulfill the position left by Daphnia Bland. Kaye is currently serving in the Sherman ISD as Special Education Coordinator. Kaye has 10 years of experience as an educational diagnostician, serving Early Childhood through High School in Texas, one year of experience working as an advisor to students with disabilities on the Community College level, and one year as Special Education Director in South Carolina. The current Board of Registry met in January 2010 and April 2010 and was reorganized. The new chairs are as follows:

Mark your calendars for the following events:

• The deadline for submission of an application to take the exam is January 15th of each year.

TPED Tool Kits

The TPED Tool Kit is a resource that provides forms, test interpretation, and legal information for Diagnosticians to be more efficient and successful in their jobs.

Tool Kit 2010

The 2010 Edition contains information regarding Adapted Physical Education, ARD Input Form, Best Practice Guidelines for Special Education Evaluations, CHC WJ Cognitive and WJ Achievement Test Graph, Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processes (C-TOPP), Contact ECI Log, Crusin' the Assessment Hiway with Evidence-Based Interventions, Enrollment Form, ESL Links, Internet resources, Linking CHC to Intervention Tool: Procedures for Documenting and Summarizing of Assessment Results and Recommendations, Math Notes for TAKS Testing-2, Popular Scales Used for Assessing Kids with Special Needs, Registry Exam Study Guide and Terms, Re-evaluation Checklist, Suggestions for Beginning of School Year, Teacher Report Information for Annual ARDS, Teacher Report of Student Competencies, Test of Early Math Ability-Third Edition (TEMA-3), Test of Early Reading Ability-Third Edition (TERA-3), Tool Kit Website, What is Adapted Physical Education? and many other valuable resources that will make your daily job more productive. Combination packages recieve a discount in shipping. Download the order form to the right.