Our stroke associations IF ANY GOOD AT ALL would be working with this institute to see what collaborations could be accomplished in solving all the problems in stroke. But I would be willing to bet that the stroke associations will continue to sit on their damned asses doing nothing but press releases.
http://www.twu.edu/twunews/press_releases/15-woodcock-gift.asp
A gift of nearly $10 million from a foundation created by
world-renowned psychologist and psychometrician Richard W. Woodcock will
put Texas Woman’s University at the center of interdisciplinary
research into cognitive and achievement assessments and advancing
effective clinical practice for two-year-olds to octogenarians.
The gift from the Woodcock-Muñoz Foundation in Nashville, Tenn. is the largest single donation in TWU history.
“Improving the tools by which cognitive abilities are
measured has been my life’s work,” Woodcock said. “Texas Woman’s
University, with its multidisciplinary approach to education, research
and clinical practice, is ideally suited to continue advancing this
field and making a profound difference in the lives of others.”
Woodcock, the senior author of the Woodcock-Johnson
Tests of Cognitive Abilities and Achievement, is dissolving the
Tennessee-based foundation to create an endowment that will fund the new
Woodcock Institute for the Advancement of Neurocognitive Research and
Applied Practice at TWU. Annual interest generated from this endowment
fund, along with about $1 million in annual royalties from his newly
updated tests measuring cognitive ability, oral language skills and
achievement, will support the growth of this new institute on TWU’s
Denton campus.
The Woodcock-Johnson assessments are one of the
leading cognitive and achievement evaluations instruments for
preschoolers, children, adolescents and adults. They are used by schools
and clinics to assist in diagnosing and supporting children with
special needs.
Millions of children across the United States have
taken the Woodcock-Johnson assessments, which are becoming globally
popular as well, from Canada and Spanish-speaking countries, to Jordan,
following their translation into Farsi.
“The Woodcock-Johnson suite of assessments has had an
extraordinary impact on the educational landscape and serves a valuable
function for educators and researchers around the world. They remain the
leading individually administered achievement assessment program in the
United States,” said Tracey Barrett, vice president for product
management and assessments at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. “Dr. Woodcock’s
work in the area of intellectual assessments speaks for itself, and the
new Woodcock Institute will continue his profound legacy in this
field.”
TWU Chancellor and President Carine M. Feyten credited
the renowned psychologist’s decision to locate the institute at the
university to Daniel C. Miller, professor emeritus and former chair of
the university’s psychology and philosophy department.
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