Friday catch-up notes—3 July 2026
How about a few tidbits didn't show up as full posts this week?
Editor’s note: This post contains snippets about stories, resources, and observations that the SET authors didn’t quite have time to develop into full-blown posts over the past week. I’m hoping we can catch up with our in-boxes. We didn’t want you, Dear Readers, to miss them. Some of them may later appear as a part (or parcel) of a full-blown post.—JohnL
The Association for Science in Autism Treatment is back with its monthly newsletter, Science in Autism Treatment. Volume 23, Issue 7 for July 2026 has lots of good content and is well worth a review.
Over on the Los Angeles Times for 30 June 2026, Heather Hollingsworth, Annie Ma, and Moriah Balingit reported about concerns regarding changes in the US oversight of special education. In “Families of kids with disabilities warn Education Department changes could break a flawed system,” they described administrative changes in the US Department of Education and some advocates reactions to those changes.
On her ‘stack, Special Education Action, Callie Oettinger explained why she does not consider the changes in US Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights to be as concerning as some advocate contend it is. Find her column at “OCR Isn’t Moving to DOJ. DOJ’s Enforcement Role Is Growing.
ED’s Kansas announcement shows what the new OCR-DOJ partnerships may look like when schools refuse voluntary compliance,” for 1 July 2026.