Testimony Of Ms. Sandra Griffin Burke County High School; Waynesboro, georgia; August 13, 1999 When none ofthese things help, we need special education services in our alternative http://edworkforce.house.gov/hearings/106th/ecyf/idea81399/griffin.htm
Extractions: Burke County High School; Waynesboro, Georgia; August 13, 1999 As a special educator for over twenty years, no issue has presented a greater challenge to me than that of discipline for disabled students. I agree wholeheartedly that we need flexibility in our approach to this issue. Yet I know from experience that most of the infractions we deal with on a daily basis in public schools, those that prevent special education teachers from teaching and students from learning are committed by students with mild disabilities who are fully capable of discerning appropriate from inappropriate behavior. I believe we do a disservice to disabled students when we suggest that they all need separate rules of behavior. On one hand, Congress charges educators with the responsibility of preparing disabled youngsters for post-secondary education or jobs. We are expected to practice inclusion and mainstreaming for disabled students and show a positive return on the vast amount of money invested by taxpayers in special education. On the other hand, we are impeded from teaching disabled students to be responsible for their behavior. When the consequences for their inappropriate behavior is different than that for non-disabled peers, we send the wrong message. These same students who are educated with a double standard regarding behavior, are still expected to function in a society that allows no such distinction.
Law Office Of Ruthann P. Lacey, P.C. - ElderLawAnswers Firm Profile She concentrates her practice in Elder Law and special needs Law, Ruthann isa graduate of Emory University School of Law, is a member of the National http://www.elderlawanswers.com/content/FirmProfile.asp?FirmID=709&AddressID=1037
Dr. Robert Loyd Teacher, St. Louis County special School District, 1975 1980 Brolin, DE, Loyd, RJ (in press) Career education for special needs individuals (2ed.). http://www.education.armstrong.edu/sped/faculty/loyd/vita.htm
Official Code 20-2-152 special education shall include children who are classified as all eligiblestudents with special needs who are residents of their local school systems, http://www.ganet.org/cgi-bin/pub/ocode/ocgsearch?docname=OCode/G/20/2/152
AAASP | About | Frequently Asked Questions a structure for full inclusion at school in athletics for the physicallydisabled and Other needs. Sponsors for the annually televised AAASP georgia http://www.aaasp.org/about/faqs.html
Extractions: Note that many of these questions are answered at length within this Web site. However, this FAQ section is designed to be a quick reference guide. The five distinct differences between AAASP and most other programs of which you may be aware are as follows: AAASP is an interscholastic amateur athletics program designed specifically for the physically or visually impaired student whom we have deemed, Americas Sidelined Kids. It is the first in the nation to partner with a state high school governing body - Georgia High School Association - to create a dual governance for the provision of equitable opportunities in athletics for all children. As with able-bodied interscholastic programs, our athletes often do rise to a level of talent that makes them attractive to university, adult or club programs, however, elite competition is not our primary focus. Rather, it is getting everyone "in the game" by providing a structure for full inclusion at school in athletics for the physically disabled and the creation and sustainability of regular exercise and socialization through sport opportunities.
McKesson Corporation: Grant Recipients Afterschool Programs Child Crisis Center - East Valley, Inc., Mesa, AZ To expand the stable for horses for children with special needs http://www.mckesson.com/grant_recpts.html
Extractions: Skip Navigation UCPs Education Channel provides resources for parents, teachers, and others involved in the education of students with disabilities and other special needs. September 21, 2005 UCP AffNet Entrance [password required] Go back to top President Bush has named a 42 member Commission on Excellence in Education which is to study and recommend changes in eligibility and funding formulae governing Special Education. This Commission is to help the Adminstration prepare for the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) which must occur next year, 2002. People with disabilities and their representatives should communicate their positions to Commission members, particularly those members from their home state. For addition information, please see the October 18, 2001 issue of Washington Watch
Presidents Commission On Excellence In Special Education He was also an instructor at georgia Southern University and the University of She has served as an elementary school and special education teacher, http://www.tash.org/govaffairs/spedcommission.htm
Extractions: November 9 - 12, 2005 * Milwaukee Midwest Express Center Governor Terry Branstad of Iowa - Chair Governor Branstad served four consecutive four-year terms as the chief executive of the state of Iowa. He completed his term of office in January of 1999. While in office, Governor Branstad made education a top priority of his administration. His leadership capabilities have been recognized through his chairmanship of the National Governors Association (NGA) (1989), and of the Republican Governors Association (1997), and his leadership in education is exemplified by his chairmanship of the Education Commission of the States (1998). As NGA chairman, he led the historic 1989 education summit in Charlottesville, Va. With the support of President Bush, the summit called for the development of performance-based National Education Goals. Those goals were subsequently adopted by the NGA in 1990. Governor Branstad has had careers as a farmer and an attorney and served his country with the U.S. Army from 1969-1971. He is a native of Leland, Iowa, and he and his wife, Chris, have three grown children. Adela Acosta of Maryland Steve Bartlett of Texas Steve Bartlett currently serves as president of the Financial Services Roundtable. He reorganized the membership base to include select member companies from all sectors of the financial services industry. Prior to that he was mayor of Dallas, Texas, from 1991-1995 and was a member of the United States Congress. A native Texan, Bartlett learned the value of hard work growing up on a small farm near Lockhart in south central Texas before moving to Dallas.
A Special Community Linda Zimmerman, special needs director for Jewish Educational Services, is Her son, Evan, is in special ed at Chamblee High School, http://atlanta.jewish.com/archives/1999/032699cs.htm
Extractions: In Georgia, many children with disabilities end up in state institutions, hidden away from the rest of society. Lack of funding means that care is often poor. But a new project launched by the United Nations children's charity, Unicef, may be about to change this. Hidden from view, few Georgians know about Kaspi Driving west from Georgia's capital Tbilisi, the road drops into a beautiful, green valley. Turn left and a bumpy lane takes you past attractive cottages, surrounded by orchards, heavy with fruit. Crunching along the gravel you pass a ruined factory. It is a hulking shell. Concrete walls crumbling, steel girders, like an exposed skeleton, rusting slowly. There are factories like it all over Georgia, evidence of an economy that collapsed following the Soviet Union's demise. Cross a stream and you reach a set of gates. Beyond them is a long, double-storey building hidden behind some trees.
The Special Education Home Page special Education for Early Childhood. Parents Guide for PreSchool Childrenwith Disabilities Lab Resources Home Page Technology for special needs http://specialed.freeyellow.com/
Extractions: Notes: IGNORANCE IS OUR BIGGEST FOE!! Decide today to achieve your goal by understanding all there is to know about your particular area of interest in Special Education. Remember, if you're a parent, the most important thing to you should be your family! Make sure that you do everything possible to help your children live and succeed with the disabilities they may have. If you're a student, you must understand that there is NO secret potion or formula! Knowledge will help you comprehend what your disability is all about and Hard Work will help you to better live and succeed with it! These are the only ways you will achieve your goals!! Best wishes and good luck to everyone! 2004-2005 School Year
Extractions: Search Rethinking Schools Help Home Archives Volume 17 No. 3- Spring 2003 'A Ghetto Within a Ghetto' -photo: Jean-Claude Lejeune Spring 2003 By Joel McNally The disproportionate placement of African-American males into special education classes has created a "a ghetto within a ghetto," says Gary Orfield, co-director of Harvard University's Civil Rights Project. Orfield says that this racial disparity makes it less likely that black students receive high school diplomas, less likely they will be employed after leaving school, and more likely they will end up in the criminal justice system. "This is segregation within segregation," Orfield said. "For a lot of these kids, this is a direct path to jail. It becomes an irreversible punishment in these kids' lives. This is taking a bad problem and putting it inside another even worse problem. It's just unconscionable." Orfield is co-editor with Daniel Losen of the newly published Racial Inequity in Special Education
Voter Information To register to vote in the state of georgia, you must be A physically disabledor illiterate voter may receive assistance from another voter in the http://www.sos.state.ga.us/elections/elections/voter_information/default.htm
Extractions: Be an Involved Voter: Serve as a Poll Worker, Hold a Voter Registration Drive... 2005 Election Dates and Voter Registration Deadlines Elections Voter Registration Deadline Election Date Special Election February 14, 2005 March 15, 2005 Special Election May 23, 2005 June 21, 2005 Special Election August 22, 2005 September 20, 2005 General Election/Special Election October 11, 2005 November 8, 2005 General Election Runoff October 11, 2005 December 6, 2005 2006 Election Dates and Voter Registration Deadlines Elections Voter Registration Deadline Election Date Special Election February 21, 2006 March 21, 2006 General Primary/Non Partisan Election/Special Election June 19, 2006 July 18, 2006 Primary Runoff/Non Partisan Runoff/Special Runoff June 19, 2006 August 8, 2006 Special Election August 21, 2006 September 19, 2006 General Non Partisan Election/Special Election October 10, 2006
Extractions: Extended School Year by Rose Kraft Since the precedent for extended school year programming was set in the Armstrong v. Kline case in Philadelphia, in a large number of instances the courts have been asked to determine the eligibility of individual children for extended school year services. This summary looks at the judicial decisions that have been rendered regarding this issue. Judges and lawmakers have made significant decisions during the last 20 years, which define extended school year (ESY) services for chidden with disabilities. Several district court cases, beginning with Armstrong v. Kline (1979) and culminating with Reusch v. Fountain (1994), shaped the current federal regulations. For the first time in the history of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), these regulations require that ESY services be considered annually for every child with a disability. Each team that develops an individual education plan (IEP) for a child must decide if ESY services are necessary so that the child can avoid regression, a lengthy recoupment of lost skills, or other difficulties that could interfere with the education plan.
