FAQ GT-LD Examines educational needs of students who are learning disabled and gifted Secondary School Students; *special Education; *special needs Students; http://ericec.org/faq/gt-ld.html
Extractions: My child has been content in a gifted program for several years. This year he appears to be struggling, and his grades have fallen. It was suggested that he might have a learning disability that hasn't been a problem until this year. Is this possible, and how can I get more information? According to a 1992 Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights survey, there were 24,241 people in the United States who were identified as being both learning disabled and gifted. This number was probably an underestimate. Although services for children with learning disabilities are covered under PL 94-142 and IDEA, those laws do not address giftedness. There is no comparable federal legislation that addresses the rights and responsibilities of children who are both gifted and disabled. Most school systems identify and provide services to students with learning disabilities whose achievement level is significantly lower than their ability level. Gifted students with disabilities rarely meet the criteria, except for those whose disability is so severe that their giftedness does not compensate for the disability. In such cases, a state might be unwilling to "double label" gifted children with disabilities and may not provide services under both codes. An article by Linda Brody and Carol Mills provides a comprehensive explanation of these issues (http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/gt_ld/nrcgt.html).
WLA: Wilton Youth Council's PARC The Unified Sports model pairs a disabled student with a nondisabled classmate . St. Lukes School is not specifically designed for special needs, http://www.wiltonlibrary.org/parents/special.htm
Extractions: The Parents Alternative Recreation Committee (PARC) is a collaborative effort among a group of parents and professionals who joined together for the purpose of exploring recreational activities and resources suitable for special needs children and their families. The group's work has resulted in this guide. PARC also works closely with community organizations in the development of programs designed for special needs and non-special needs children. The Wilton Youth Council (WYC) is a community action network of parent, school personnel, police, and youth organizations that has been advocating for Wilton's children and youth since its inception in 1987. Its mission is to ensure the positive growth, development and enhancement of the social and emotional environment of Wilton's children and youth. Other programs sponsored by the WYC include Youth to Youth, Peervention, Class Projects, Choices Youth Conference, and WYC Family Newsletter. PARC is a working committee of the WYC. PARC is facilitated by Wilton's Youth Services Coordinator, Colleen Fawcett. Colleen works with many youth-oriented services to identify and develop a network of programs to which Wilton youth can be referred that will support positive development. She also provides crisis intervention, short-term counseling, and referral services for Wilton youth and their parents.
Parent Advocates - ParentAdvocates.org To Parents of Children With special needs Organizing Your Records is Important Stories and Grievances special Education. Westport connecticut Parents http://parentadvocates.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&articleID=5924
Cedar Rapids V. Garret F. (U.S. Sup. Ct.) Garrets daily health needs while in school include urinary bladder of assuringthat every disabled child will receive special education and related http://www.nsba.org/site/view.asp?DID=8916&CID=889
7Online.com Parents Outraged Their Special Needs Kids Are Crammed Nine severely disabled students and five adults were placed in a what they say His health needs are so great, his ventilator travels with him to school http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/ourschools/wabc_121203_crowding.html
The Winchester Sun: Print Version Technology and Teachers Helping improve the life of specialneeds students Locate any organization offering statistics on the disabled and you will http://www.winchestersun.com/articles/2005/07/16/local_news/news02.prt
Extractions: D.J. Graves, 5, center, is able to communicate and play with his older brothers using a machine called the Dynavox MT4. The Dynavox is a computer that helps people to speak by using pictures that represent words that the machine then pronounces. Talking to D.J. are, from left, his brothers Dalton, 10, and Colton, 12. (Photo by Steve Graves) By JOAN GRAVES/Special to The Sun "We've come a long way in the last few years," he said, "but we've got a much longer way to go." That is an understatement when you examine what has been accomplished in the classrooms thus far and what is needed. Wading through the pile of regulations, training, tools and compliance required to be up to par with federal regulations of the No Child Left Behind Act, put into place by President George W. Bush, is daunting at best. Until the 2004-05 school year, preschool services at the Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) were contracted out so the school district had no control over it. Children with disabilities were sent to ECDC regardless of where they lived. The goal of the district is to mainstream children with disabilities instead of segregate them.
Workforce: Member Login important that human resources clarifies the disabled individual s special needs . A family member s needs may require finding a residential school. http://www.workforceonline.com/archive/feature/22/15/44/index.php
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TalkLeft: Bush Administration Fines Texas Jen, why are you so certain that special needs children are sure to fail those Why is Texas being fined for having too many learning disabled kids? http://talkleft.com/new_archives/010455.html
Extractions: Main Saturday :: April 23, 2005 Bush Administration Fines Texas by TChris Apparently secure in the belief that Texas will forever be a red state, the Bush administration slapped the state for defying the mandates of the administration's signature piece of legislation: No Child Left Behind. For the last two years, the Texas Education Agency has exceeded the federal cap on how many students with learning disabilities can be exempted from regular state testing, mandated by the act, in favor of an easier exam. To quash the defiance, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings fined Texas $444,282 yesterday, a relatively small chunk of the state's $1.1 billion allotment of federal education funds, "and a sliver of the state's $33 billion annual public education budget." That letter imposing the fine was released yesterday evening, the administration's favored time for disclosing unpleasant news. Texas isn't standing alone in its rebellion.
The Boston University Washington Journalism Center The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ensures disabled students receive George Dowaliby, chief of the connecticut Bureau of special Education, http://www.bu.edu/washjocenter/newswire_pg/fall2004/connecticut/sped1119.htm
Extractions: By Kenneth Brown WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 The research, drafting and negotiating process took more than three years, but an overhaul of the legislation governing the education of disabled students seems headed for approval in the extended session of Congress. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ensures disabled students receive a free education with an emphasis placed on including disabled students in class with non-disabled students as much as possible. The House passed a reauthorization of the bill in April of 2003 and the Senate passed its version in May 2004. A joint Senate and House conference committee this week approved a compromise version, and it is expected to be approved by Congress and signed by President Bush, said Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Both sides in the conference committee praised the bipartisan compromise efforts to allow the bill to reach its final stages. None of out differences are insurmountable, and the consequences of not getting a bill done this year are far greater than the challenge of compromising with another, said Boehner.
Program Speakers served as a gifted and talented teacher/ coordinator in a connecticut school . Meredith works as a special needs Educational Advisor, helping with http://www.aegus1.org/speakers.html
Extractions: Lois Baldwin, Ed.D. Lois is a supervisor and Principal of Special Education for the Board of Cooperative Educational Services of Southern Westchester in White Plains, New York. She directs, supervises, and provides comprehensive educational and support services for students in grades 1-12 who have average or above average/gifted intelligence and are learning disabled and/or emotionally disturbed. In addition, she supervises a wide variety of special education services, coordinates staff development for the Special Services Center, and coordinates mainstream efforts with public school administrators and staff. Lois received her doctorate in gifted, special education, and educational administration from Teachers College at Columbia University. Lois is the current president and one of the founders of AEGUS. She is a member of NAGC, AGATE, CEC, and ASCD. Margie Boudreau, Ed.M.
Extractions: Therapy/Respite Camps for Kids This page evolves as people tell me about new camps, so if you know of camps that are not listed here, please email me so I can get the information posted here. If you direct a camp that would like a simple WWW page that describes your camp, I'll be pleased to put one up just email a description of the camp to me. Also, please let me know about any other WWW resources to which I should have a link. Thanks! Information about summer camps that focus on therapy for kids with special needs and/or respite for the kids and their families. I have broken it into national categories and regional categories in the USA: Apologies in advance if my sense of these regions differs from yours! If you cannot find an appropriate camp on this page I also have some links to other potentially useful pages as well as some other websites that list camps. I list all of the camps I know of, so please do not email me asking for help locating a camp. Thanks. Connecticut
12.10.01 - Ed.Net Briefs School districts would have to certify to the state that disabled students who approved other testing accommodations for students with special needs, http://www.edbriefs.com/usa01-02/12.10.01usa.html
Extractions: Ed.Net Briefs is a free weekly online education newsletter. Each issue is filled with summaries of the week's important education stories, including the source citation for those who want more information. Ed.Net Briefs is sent to subscribers via e-mail and posted here on the Simpson Communications Web site each week. RECEIVE A FREE SUBSCRIPTION BY E-MAIL . Fill out this online subscription request form and you will receive Ed.Net Briefs via e-mail each Monday morning. QUESTIONS? Contact us via e-mail. http://www.crossteccorp.com/EDNET.htm ) NATIONAL EDUCATION NEWS - New Jersey puts 236 teachers in jail Minnesota district will go to 4-day week to save money Five teachers offered their wildest dreams Calculators, reading aides for CA graduation exam ... Denver links teacher pay to student achievement EDUCATION-RELATED TECHNOLOGY NEWS - University of Phoenix plans all materials online AOL Time Warner cuts back line of e-books Macromedia to aid the disabled online CCSU launches online MS in data mining ... http://www.crossteccorp.com/EDNET.htm ) for more information. ************************************************************* NATIONAL EDUCATION NEWS NEW JERSEY PUTS 236 TEACHERS IN JAIL http://www.charlote.com
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The Faculty - Hyde Park Day School After graduate school she moved to connecticut to work at Eagle Hill, Nicole s interest in children with special needs began in college when she helped http://hpds.uchicago.edu/faculty/
Extractions: The Faculty LD Specialists The learning disability specialists at HPDS are the facilitators of the learning environment. They co-teach with a team of educational specialists, regular education teachers and professional artists. Together, they create an educational environment that fosters achievement, embraces diversity and leads to students acquiring strategies for actualizing their potential. Co-Teaching We believe that co-teaching provides for a richer and more integrated educational experience for our students. At HPDS, regular education teachers, LD specialists and professional artists work together. In addition, we offer consultation to regular education teachers to ensure a smooth transition for students returning to their home school. Meet Everyone at the Hyde Park Day Schools! The Hyde P ark Day Schools' strength is directly related to the quality of their faculty. The selection process is very in depth and competitive. The result is a group of administrators, teachers and integrated service providers who are not only extremely well qualified, but who have outstanding skills, enthusiasm and the dedication needed to bring out the best in our students. Dr. Pamela Adelman
More Choices For Disabled Kids - Policy Review, No. 112 More Choices For disabled Kids Policy Review, No. 112. And if the special-needschild leaves the school for any reason, the supplemental funding http://www.policyreview.org/apr02/andrews_print.html
Extractions: (Original Version) More Choices For Disabled Kids By Lewis M. Andrews f the opponents of school choice could have their way, the national debate over the use of public money to subsidize private schooling would turn on the subject of special education. With research demonstrating the overall success of school voucher programs in Milwaukee and Cleveland, and with the constitutional issue of public funding of religiously affiliated schools headed for resolution in a seemingly God-tolerant Supreme Court, defenders of the educational status quo have been reduced to fanning fears that government support of greater parental choice would transform public schools into dumping grounds for difficult-to-educate students. Rethinking Schools naacp Seventeenth Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act , over The argument that school choice must inevitably create special education ghettos would appear to have been strengthened by the recent adoption of market-based education reforms in New Zealand. In the late employees with a new Ministry of Education staffed by only people and putting each local school under the control of a community board of trustees. At the same time, the government abolished school zoning, allowing children to transfer freely between schools, even to private schools, at state expense.
Special Needs News & Views (Susan Ohanian Speaks Out) New Haven is razing a special education school and replacing it with an Enfield is disbanding most of its segregated special needs programs and http://susanohanian.org/show_special_news.html?id=7
Special Needs News & Views (Susan Ohanian Speaks Out) special needs News. Amid Affluence, a Struggle Over special Education special education is a hot topic here, with school board meetings exploding into http://susanohanian.org/show_special_news.html?id=141
