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The Special Education Literacy Clinic of California State University at Northridge provides literacy support for special education students and their families. The center partners tutors with families to assess and identify students with learning disabilities and works with families to teach literacy to students diagnosed with mild to moderate disabilities. The tutors are reading specialists and university students working toward degrees in special education and educational therapy. Director Vanessa Goodwin says the clinic has been active for more than 20 years, providing invaluable services to local students and families. However, as education and student learning evolve, so does the program, and one of the most significant changes happened due to the pandemic. According to Sue Sears, coordinator of clinical services, the clinic began offering services online and building relationships with children and families outside the Los Angeles service area. While the center plans to re-open its doors to the public this fall, the online component will remain in place. -- L.A. Parent

“If you have a student in distress, it’s impacting their classmates, their classroom, their teacher,” said Alejandra Acuña, retired associate professor of Social Work at Cal State Northridge. “The student is suffering and so is anybody that cares about the student.” -- Los Angeles Times

Moreover, this conference has been internationally held multiple times already. The first BTS Global Interdisciplinary Conference was held at Kingston University in London in January 2020, while the second was held online by California State University, Northridge in Los Angeles at the height of the pandemic. -- The Korea Herald

Gazarek, and others. He taught jazz for four years at Soke University and more recently at Cal State University Northridge. In 2008, Nelson was a semi-finalist in the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano competition. -- City News Group