Department of Child Development, Literacy, and Special Education

Adapted Book Presentation

Students Learn How To Create Adapted Books
Mar 5, 2024

One of the major assignments in Dr. Aftynne Cheek’s course “SPE 4410: Instruction and Support for Students with Developmental Disabilities and Ext...

App State partners with Mebane Charitable Foundation to improve literacy in the High Country and Catawba Valley
Mar 4, 2024

The Mebane Charitable Foundation has donated $100,000 to Appalachian State University to fund the expansion of reading assistance services for K–3 s...

App State’s 2023 Spooky Duke breaks fundraising record, scares up $31,600 to support regional children with special needs
Feb 9, 2024

Runners and walkers costumed as ghouls, superheroes, cartoon characters and more gathered on the Boone campus of Appalachian State University — and ...

Andrea Anderson

Dr. Andrea Anderson Recognized for Her Impact in Watauga County
Dec 12, 2023

Dr. Andrea Anderson, director of Lucy Brock Child Development Lab, was recognized as a Women of Action honoree by the Boone Chamber of Commerce at the...

Best Buddies, a SDAP suborganization, hosts a speed dating for friends event in the Reich College of Education Building.

SDAP’s milestone: A decade of progress and success
Nov 2, 2023

Started by a local parent and App State faculty member 12 years ago who wanted to give their children an opportunity to attend college, Scholars with ...

Mathematics Clinic Ribbon Cutting

RCOE Mathematics Clinic Opens
Oct 24, 2023

On Tuesday, September 26, 2023, the ribbon was cut to open the college’s Mathematics Clinic. “The clinic provides much-needed support for the...

Children's Literature Symposium handouts

2023 Children’s Literature Symposium Brings the Heart of Children’s Literature to the High Country
Jun 23, 2023

The sixth biennial Children’s Literature Symposium returned to Appalachian State University’s campus on April 1, 2023. Hosted by App State’s Uni...