Extractions: Placing English language learners in a program of instruction By now you have determined that this student speaks a language other than English at home. You have information about the student's level of English proficiency, educational background, and academic content knowledge. Your next step is to come up with a plan for placing the English language learner (ELL) in an instructional program that meets his or her language and academic needs. What should you consider when placing ELLs? Just because a student is not proficient in English does not mean that he or she is incapable of thinking, learning the grade-level curriculum, and mastering content areas. ELLs who are beginning English speakers may arrive in your class with an equal or even above grade-level background from their first language. When placing ELLs, educators must consider a variety of factors. Here are a few questions to ask: How much previous education does this student have in the U.S. and/or home country? What are his or her language and literacy proficiency levels in English and in the first language?
ECS Education Policy Issue Site Special Education (Selected Virtual schools and Students with Disabilities This Quick Turn Around highlights Charter schools Research on special Education, Proceedings Document http://www.ecs.org/html/IssueSection.asp?issueid=112&s=Selected Research & Readi
Capacity Building Institute On School-Based Strategies... SchoolBased Strategies for Supporting Student Development of Self-Determination Skills in Please indicate any special needs on your registration form, http://www.ncset.org/institutes/apr_13_04.asp
Extractions: Note! Registration deadline extended to April 7. Pre-reading materials for registered participants. If you are registered to attend this event, you will want to read the documents and Web sites listed on this page to prepare for April 13. Download this CBI flyer in PDF (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader . Registration is now open. Purpose The purpose of this Capacity Building Institute is to share practical strategies and plans for increasing student self-determination. Leading researchers and practitioners will provide insights into how to use self-determination to increase academic achievement and how schools, districts, and states can scale-up implementation of self-directed learning. We invite special education teachers and administrators, state and district transition coordinators, researchers, general educators, family members, and other interested stakeholders to attend this exciting event!
Extractions: Emergency Planning Immediately after an emergency, essential services may be cut off and local disaster relief and government responders may not be able to reach you right away. Even if they could reach you, knowing what to do to protect yourself and your household is essential. Creating a disaster plan One of the most important steps you can take in preparing for emergencies is to develop a household disaster plan. Refer to the Hazard Threat table to learn about the hazards that could occur in Westminster. Contact the Westminster emergency management coordinator or American Red Cross chapter to learn whether hazardous materials are produced, stored or transported near your area. Learn how to prepare for each potential emergency and how to respond.
The Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center Early Childhood Center (ECC) welcomes children with disabilities and special needs. The Center promotes independence in children with special needs, http://www.jccdenver.org/welcome/specialneeds.htm
Extractions: Library Services Bibliographies Service-Learning and Individuals with Disabilities Performing Service (Search Tips) Source: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, September 2003 Articles and Resources Available Online Constitutional Rights Foundation. Service Learning and Special Education Service Learning Network 9 no. 2 (2002). Service-Learning NETWORK takes a look at schools and community groups that are applying service-learning to special populations. Cynthia McCauley describes an innovative program at Bay County High in Florida where special-education and mainstream students work in cooperative-learning groups to address community needs. Oregon teacher Bev Jackson writes about an effective program that uses service-learning as a key teaching methodology to keep at-risk students in school. Cynthia Belliveau and Sarah John of the Pennsylvania Student Service Alliance discuss the importance and feasibility of creating strong service-learning partnerships and collaboratives in their special-education initiatives. Cathleen Micheaels describes the newly opened East Bay Conservation Corps Charter School (EBCC) in Oakland, a pioneering school and research institute with a mission to incorporate service-learning and citizenship education throughout its curriculum. Kleinert, H. and Owens, J.
ISRAEL21c: Peace Of Mind For Special Needs Families The need to learn how to be a mother all over again brought Tzuriel, learning disabilities at Tel Aviv University s Constantiner School of Education. http://www.jewishcolorado.org/content_display.html?ArticleID=159426
Federal Disabilities Legislation Over 5 million children with disabilities ages 321 receive special education and Through the Inclusion Project, more children with special needs, http://www.nccic.org/pubs/passages/appx2.html
Extractions: DEC Position Statement on Inclusion ... Release #7, "The Benefits of Inclusive Education: Making It Work" Federal Disabilities Legislation Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a federal education program to provide federal financial assistance to State and local education agencies to guarantee special education and related services to eligible children with disabilities, aged birth through 5. Under the legislation, states have the responsibility to provide a free, appropriate public education and must develop an Individualized Education Program for each child served. Parts of this law were formerly known as the Education for all Handicapped Children Act of 1975, as PL 94-142 and as the Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA) of 1986. Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is the state and local grant program.
CEEP. Archive Of ERIC/EECE Digests. Inclusion In Middle Schools mild to moderate disabilities in middle schools, explores recent research on inclusion, Journal of special Education, 29(2), 163180. EJ 509 951. http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/digests/2001/hines01.html
Extractions: The Clearinghouse on Early Education and Parenting (CEEP) is part of the the Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. CEEP provides publications and information to the worldwide early childhood and parenting communities. This Digest was printed from The Clearinghouse on Early Education and Parenting (CEEP) Web site: http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu. Return: Home CEEP Publications ERIC/EECE Publications Digests Inclusion in Middle Schools The rationale for inclusion has never rested on research findings, but on principle. Proponents insist that the integration of students with disabilities is inherently right, compared often to the same right to racial integration. The generally accepted concept of inclusion is that students with disabilities attend classes with their general education peers with direct support from special educators. According to Halvorsen and Neary ), inclusion differs from mainstreaming in that students are members of only the general education class and do not belong to any other specialized environment based on their disability. This notion is supported by middle schools using the true middle school model. In these schools, students with disabilities are members of the classroom as their first association, not members of a special education population. Middle schools also lend themselves to inclusive practices because the co-teaching model (common in middle schools) is more successfully implemented where interdisciplinary teaching teams share planning.
Publishing Forum: Serving Special Needs Audiences He currently serves on the board of advisors for the CW POST School of a variety of instructional materials for K12 students with special needs, http://www.edpress.org/pubforum/speakers.htm
Extractions: LeapFrog SchoolHouse After the publication in 1990 of her first book, Creating and Managing the Literate Classroom, Barchers became acquisitions editor for Teacher Ideas Press, a division of Libraries Unlimited. She next developed a line of books for teachers, parents, and children for Fulcrum Publishing, a trade publishing company in Colorado. From 1990 to 1999, she served as an affiliate faculty member at the University of Colorado, Denver. In addition, Mr. Dinin has managed the acquisition integration and divestiture of over 20 companies. He currently serves on the board of advisors for the CW POST School of Management and the Stony Brook University School of Engineering. He is a former board member of the Long Island Association and serves on several corporate boards as advisor.
School Bus Transportation News At STN Media Don t Let School System Budget Cuts Drive special needs Students In The Educating Individuals with Disabilities. Dr. Ray Turner on special needs http://www.stnonline.com/stn/specialneeds/sn_experts.htm
Extractions: Expert Comments A s with most fields of endeavors, individuals with interest and passion emerge to provide leadership. Special needs transportation is no exception to this rule. Here, School Transportation News provides information from five such leaders. The information b y Dr. Linda Bluth, Peggy Burns and Peter Grandolfo was originally presented in the monthly issues of STN, or as workshops during an annual STN conference. Articles by Dr. Ray Turner and Jim Rosenfeld is presented via link to their web sites on the Internet. Dr. Linda Bluth Peggy Burns Peter Grandolfo Dr. Ray Turner ... Jim Rosenfeld Dr. Linda F. Bluth on Special Needs Transportation Dr. Linda Bluth is a nationally recognized humorist, author, speaker, and conference presenter. She specializes in education law, the transportation of special needs children, and the transportation of pre-school children. She is a regular contributor to School Transportation News . Dr. Bluth has served as chair of the NAPT's Special Needs Committee, and is a recipient of the NAPT's Special Achievement award. Don't Let School System Budget Cuts Drive Special Needs Students In The Direction Of Danger (STN, 8/2003)
The Arc Of Colorado - Education Prior to 1975, school age children with disabilities were excluded from appropriate colorado Department of Education, special Education Services http://www.thearcofco.org/education.html
Extractions: Fax: 303.864.9330 The Foundation for Educational Rights of Children with Disabilities By William R. Baesman, Esq. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Prior to 1975, school age children with disabilities were excluded from appropriate educational services in public school systems throughout the nation. The rule was institutionalization and exclusion from public schools. The exception was the provision of special education services in segregated school facilities. Advocates for children with disabilities struggled to obtain equal and appropriate educational services for persons with disabilities by confronting public school districts with the constitutional rights of people with disabilities first in 1971 in Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Extractions: ADA and Prisons These are selected cases on issue of applicability of Americans With Disabilities Act to prisons. Cases go both ways. First listed are those saying ADA does NOT apply, followed by those which say ADA DOES apply. This is not exhaustive list; it is intended to give a flavor for current caselaw. A case to watch is the 3d Cir.'s INMATES OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY in which, in September, 1996, a pro-ADA panel opinion was Cases holding ADA DOES apply to prisons ADA does not apply to prisons BRYANT v MADIGAN, 84 F.3d 246 (7th Cir. 1996). Paraplegic inmate sued prison employees under Eighth Amendment and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for refusing request for guardrails for bed and denying him pain medication. HELD: No claim under ADA. QUOTE Court: Under ADA, re prisoners, "Even if such persons are protected, however, which we need not decide (for Congress may not have wanted to burden the states with the potentially enormous costs of making their prisons fully accessible to disabled visitors and employees), it would not necessarily follow that prisons or jails that offer educational or vocational programs for prisoners must redesign their programs to accommodate the needs of disabled prisoners. It is very far from clear that prisoners should be considered "qualified individual[s]" within the meaning of the Act. Could Congress really have intended disabled prisoners to be mainstreamed into an already highly restricted prison society?
School Psychologists Action Network - Newsletter Attended by colorado Society of School Psychologists Members proven and that the need exists to narrow the definition of learning disabilities. http://www.nasponline.org/advocacy/SPAN/span_sep02_idea.html
Extractions: Access the NASP Advocacy Action Center On July 1, 2002, several Colorado Society of School Psychologists (CSSP) officers and members attended a hearing on the reauthorization of IDEA in Littleton, Colorado. The field hearing, hosted by Representative Tom Tancredo, was conducted for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, http://edworkforce.house.gov Subcommittee on Education Reform, and was titled, " Reform of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is Necessary and Possible ."