AIR Special Education Expert Louis Danielson Receives Prestigious J.E. Wallace Wallin Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council for Exceptional Children
Washington, D.C. – Dr. Louis C. Danielson, a managing director and special education expert at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), received the Council for Exceptional Children’s prestigious J.E. Wallace Wallin Lifetime Achievement Award on April 11, 2012 during the organization’s annual convention in Denver, CO.
The Council for Exceptional Children is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving the educational success of individuals with disabilities and gifts/talents. The J. E. Wallace Wallin Special Education Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes “an individual who has made continued and sustained contributions to the education of children and youth with exceptionalities.”
Danielson was honored “for his leadership and achievements that have advanced the field of special education” and was recognized “as a visionary whose intellect, expertise, and historical knowledge of research, data, legislation, policy, innovation, and practice have fostered a national agenda that helped transform the field of special education.”
“All of us at AIR appreciate and value Lou Danielson’s contributions and are delighted to join with the Council for Exceptional Children and his peers in honoring his dedication to serving the interests of students with special education needs,” said Gina Burkhardt, an AIR executive vice president and director of its Education, Human Development and the Workforce Program.
A national leader in the field of special education, Danielson served in several senior leadership positions at the U. S. Department of Education’s Office for Special Education Programs (OSEP), including directing the Research to Practice Division.
At AIR, Dr. Danielson leads the recently initiated National Center on Intensive Interventions, serves as a senior advisor to the National Center on Response to Intervention, and leads an initiative of the National High School Center on tiered interventions.
About AIR
Established in 1946, with headquarters in Washington, D.C., the American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance both domestically and internationally in the areas of health, education, and workforce productivity. For more information, visit www.air.org.
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