EP #113 - 8.26.2020 The COVID-19 schoolyear and Special Education

Today we will talk about special education and COVID-19 with Dr. Simon Tan and journalist Joy Diaz.

Texas Standard reporter Joy Diaz has amassed a lengthy and highly recognized body of work in public media reporting. Prior to joining Texas Standard, Joy was a reporter with Austin NPR station KUT on and off since 2005. There, she covered city news and politics, education, healthcare and immigration.
Originally from Mexico, Joy moved to the U.S. in 1998 when her husband Luis was transferred from his job in Mexico City to Virginia. While there, Joy worked for Roanoke NPR station WVTF.

Joy speaks English and Spanish (which is a plus in a state like Texas). She graduated from Universidad de Cuautitlán Izcalli in Mexico City with a degree in Journalism. In 2008 she took a break to devote herself to her two young children, before returning to the KUT studios. She loves reading, painting and spending time engaging with the community.

Simon Tan is a clinical neuropsychologist and Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology at Stanford Medical Center in Palo Alto, CA specializing in the evaluation and diagnosis of geriatric populations with dementia associated disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and stroke and movement disorders such as Parkinson's Disease and ALS.  He sees patients with psychiatric disturbances such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and somatization disorders.  Outside of Stanford, he does teaching and supervision at a number of local graduate schools with programs in Clinical Psychology and Clinical Neuropsychology.  In his private practice, he sees adolescents and adults with neurodevelopmental disorders such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, learning disorder, and autism spectrum disorder.