Virtual Colours Garrets special needs, the Districts treatment of other disabled students, While more extensive, the inschool services Garret needs are no more http://www.reedmartin.com/garretf.htm
The American School Board Journal: December 1997 Other comments were along similar lines Putting special needs students That s the lesson school officials in Davenport, iowa, learned in Stephenson v. http://www.asbj.com/199712/asbj1297.html
Extractions: Special Pioneers BY KATHLEEN VAIL Circle time in Carole Faloon's class. Ten students in a ring of wheelchairs around her, Faloon props against her knee a metal board lined with neon orange magnetic letters in alphabetical order. "Close your eyes," she says. "I'll take a letter. You tell me what letter I took away." The children, ages 5 to 9, scrunch their eyes shut. Giggling, some make an elaborate show of blocking their vision with their hands. A few peek at Faloon through parted fingers. All but three sit in wheelchairs. One girl tows a portable respirator. Faloon calls on Lamont, who studies the board, pondering the answer. The others chime in with guesses, nearly drowning out the boy's soft response. But Faloon hears him: "B . . . was he right?" she asks. His classmates clap and cheer at Lamont's correct answer. After a few others take their turns, Faloon changes the game. Now the children must come up to the board and point to the correct letter. "Tamoyya, find the Z for zoo," Faloon calls out. Joshua, one of the children who is able to walk, jumps out of his seat and pushes Tamoyya's pink-padded wheelchair to the center of the circle. Tamoyya brushes her fingers across the board then points to the Z. "Is she right?" Faloon asks. The children roar with delight.
Bill Seeks Testing Help For Learning-disabled Students of special needs students are included in a school s accountability score . The state currently tests special needs students with the LEAP Alternate http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050607/NEWS01/506070
College And Career Guide - GRADE 12 WORKSHOP Discuss academic program needs with your teachers (ie special education, Advisors of students with disabilities agree that selecting schools and http://www.highschoolrenewal.org/collegeandcareer/P09_Opportunities.asp
Extractions: Table of Contents Next Section - Advocacy / Legal Services STC Website ... High School Renewal Home More and more students with learning disabilities are taking on the challenge of postsecondary education and training and succeeding. Postsecondary education is any education beyond high school. It includes trade or business schools, vocational-technical schools, colleges, universities, and adult and continuing education programs. Plan Ahead Explore all the postsecondary educational possibilities available to you. Write to HEATH for Education After High School - The Choice Is Yours . This fact sheet describes different kinds of programs: universities, four-year colleges, community and junior colleges, a variety of vocational-technical program, and adult education. Above all, take an active role in planning for your career and education needs. Participate in your IEP (Individualized Education Plan) Look for the Best School Students with learning disabilities who have completed postsecondary education and who are now employed in jobs as a result of good training stress the importance of studying in the best program available for the subject matter to be mastered. Advisors of students with disabilities agree that selecting schools and programs should begin with a list of the best programs in your chosen field of study. The list can then be narrowed by investigating which of these best and most appropriate ones can meet your needs. Thus, Step one is gathering information about schools which offer training in your field.
Oklahoma Council Of Public Affairs Utah is the second state in the nation to enact special needs scholarships. the beneficial effects of school choice, not only for disabled youngsters, http://www.ocpathink.org/ViewEvent.asp?ID=122
Case For Inclusive Education - Deccan Herald He went to a special school and they refused him admission because he could see They should be sensitised to the special needs of the disabled children. http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/apr082004/edu5.asp
Organizations Serving Persons With Visual Impairments (new address)Arizona State schools for the Deaf and the Blind in Tucson are the Blind The BCAB promotes the special needs and interests of the visually http://www.nyise.org/orgs.htm
Extractions: Established in 1858, AIDB operates four accredited instructional programs and an award winning manufacturing complex in Talladega, Alabama and a statewide network of regional centers. The site now includes a forum page for people who are blind, tours of Alabama School for the Blind, links to student-created websites, and will soon include access to the Alabama Instructional Resource Center for the Blind and the Subregional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. The Alphabet House is a regional developmental center for infants and children birth to six who are medically fragile and developmentally delayed in Oregon. American Council of the Blind general information including recent issues of The Braille Forum (Washington, DC). Go here for a list of
Extractions: Established in 1858, AIDB operates four accredited instructional programs and an award winning manufacturing complex in Talladega, Alabama and a statewide network of regional centers. The site now includes a forum page for people who are blind, tours of Alabama School for the Blind, links to student-created websites, and will soon include access to the Alabama Instructional Resource Center for the Blind and the Subregional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. The Alphabet House is a regional developmental center for infants and children birth to six who are medically fragile and developmentally delayed in Oregon. American Council of the Blind general information including recent issues of The Braille Forum (Washington, DC). Go here for a list of ACB Affiliated Organizations American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), a U.S. nonprofit organization enabling blind or visually impaired people to achieve equality and access. Provides information and referrals about living with visual impairment. Helen Keller devoted over 40 years of her life to AFB.
Graduate Studies | Western Illinois University 518 Career Education and Transition for Students with special needs. 551 Characteristics of the Mildly disabled in a Multicategorical Setting. http://www.wiu.edu/grad/0203catalog/sped.shtml
Extractions: Location of Program Offering: Quad Cities Graduate Faculty Associate Professors Associate Graduate Faculty Program Description Admission Requirements Candidates for the Master of Science in Education degree in special education must meet the criteria for admission to the School of Graduate Studies. In addition, candidates should submit a letter of intent and three letters of reference to the department. The Departmental Graduate Committee will evaluate the application materials and make appropriate recommendations for acceptance or rejection into the program. Upon admission to the Department of Special Education, the student is assigned an adviser. Prerequisites Students must have the following prerequisite course requirements before being accepted into the program (conditional admission may be granted pending completion of these requirements):
Legislation On Child Care And Special Needs Children Enacted State Legislation on Child Care and special needs Children 19951999 1996 iowa Acts, Chap. 1084, Sec. 7 Requires coordination of the state http://www.ncsl.org/programs/cyf/spneeds.htm
Extractions: 1995 La. Acts, Act 1228 Expands the definition of early intervention services for infants and toddlers with special needs. Requires a needs assessment of family resources, priorities and concerns to enhance the development of infants and toddlers with special needs, as part of a family service plan. Expands Part H services beyond Part B eligibility and adds parental consent standards to the minimum Part H requirements.
POSITION PAPER ON THE REAUTHORIZ Both undermine efforts to close the achievement gap and to hold schools Family Resource Center for Disabilities and special needs, South Carolina http://www.educationnews.org/position-paper-on-the-reauthoriz.htm
Extractions: The National Committee of Parents and Advocates Organized to Protect IDEA represents millions of citizens who have come together to protect the educational guarantee required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The undersigned national, state and local organizations are united in opposition to the House and Senate bills that amend and reauthorize IDEA. Both of these bills weaken the rights and protections necessary to ensure that students with disabilities are not left behind.
Seaside's Disability Links SonRise Program. for Families with special needs Children. Toy Guide forDifferently-Abled Kids. Stanford Driving School. disabled Instruction. http://www.seaside.org/linx.html
Extractions: Careers and Jobs. Children. Cognitive/Developmental. Commercial Links. ... Miscellaneous Links Back to the top of the page . Ability OnLine. Blind Children's Center. CFSP. Child and Family Studies Program. Children's Vision Concerns. Books about Children and Visual Impairment. DREAMMS for Kids, Inc. Educational Technologies for kids with special needs. Help for the Family of a Special Needs Child. Macomb Projects. Young Children with Disabilities. Our Kids. Raising kids with special needs. Parents Instructing Challenged Children. Parenting Resource Center. R.J. Cooper. Assistive products for children. SAFE-T-CHILD.
Extractions: Special Education Legislation Congressman Jim Nussle said the Improving Education Results for Children with Disabilities Act of 2003" approved by the House today will make several much-needed improvements for special education by reducing bureaucratic red tape and encouraging more local control and accountability. As it reauthorizes the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), this legislation offers a prime opportunity to renew our commitment to students with special needs in Iowa, Nussle said. IDEA laws and funding decisions impact all students, regardless of whether they have special educational needs. As House Budget Committee chairman, I wrote the recently approved budget for fiscal year 2004 to include $11.1 billion for state special education grants. This funding level represents a 25 percent increase over the current fiscal year. Since 1995, Congress has dramatically increased federal funding for special education, Nussle said. Funding is only one piece of the puzzle in improving education, Nussle said. We must ensure that significant improvements are made to the system and that resources are used wisely. Iowas students deserve no less.
A Legacy Of Service | Connect For Kids One of the most pressing needs of specialneeds children is to be treated likechildren. Tessas Place in Bettendorf, iowa meets that need for many. http://www.connectforkids.org/node/482
Extractions: @import "misc/drupal.css"; @import "modules/bookreview/bookreview.css"; @import "modules/sidecontent/sidecontent.css"; @import "themes/connectforkids/style.css"; Connect for Kids Home Articles Main Menu Surf to Find Info: Topics: Choose a Topic: Child Care Diversity Education Family Income Health History of Childhood Media Parenting Taking Action Youth at Risk Go Go Types of Content: Articles Blog: Under the CFK Umbrella Events Field Reports Organizations Talktime Live! Toolkits Weblinks Youth Experts Go Guides: Action Central Book Corner CFK Site Guide Kid Beat: Media Resources Newsletters State Pages Topics Go About CFK Keyword Search: Search In Your Inbox: Newsletters: CFK Weekly Connections Celebrating Families E-Alert Connections Re-Connecting Our Youth E-Update Go Subscribe now Related Terms Topics: Geography: Click a link above to view all content that has been categorized under that term. Camp Hand-in-Hand's special needs kids get to fish. Tessaâs Place in Bettendorf, Iowa, provides a wideâand growingârange of services and program for children with special needs and their families. Tessaâs Place offers a weekend respite program, a licensed day care center for special needs and traditional children, overnight stays, after-school and summer programs, and the only Girl Scout troop in the area for girls with disabilities.
A School Zone - Special Education Page Tons Of Links. Federation for Children with special needs Web Site Projects of special SchoolsPrincipal s Association of South Australiaconference information, etc. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6097/special.html
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Extractions: Legal Requirements/Court Cases The most current language of the federal mandate concerning inclusive education comes from the 1997 Amendments to the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). These federal regulations include rulings that guide the regulation. The IDEA r equires that children with disabilities be educated in regular education classrooms unless "the nature and severity of the disability is such that education in the regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfac torily." This means that schools have a duty to try to include students with disabilities in the regular general education classes. http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/IDEA/q_and_a.html. The IDEA states: "Each State must establish procedures to assure that, to the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities ... are educated with children who are not disabled, and that special education, separate schooling, or other removal of children with disa bilities from the regular educational environment occurs only when the nature or severity of the disability is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily." 20 U.S.C. 1412(5)(B). Dr. Susan Etscheidt, professor of special education at UNI and one of five Iowa administrative law judges, notes that in one of the first court cases to question the legal interpretation of the 1990 IDEA the Supreme Court said no one is excluded from t his requirements; everyone is entitled to a free and appropriate public education (FAPE).
Young Children With Disabilities You ll need to find out what the early intervention or special education policiesare Section VI schools provide early intervention services and special http://www.kidsource.com/NICHCY/infantpub.html
Extractions: Learning Disabilities We have written this Parent's Guide to help families learn how to get help for their young children with special needs (ages birth through 5 years). We have posed the most asked questions about early intervention services for children ages birth through 2 years old and special education and related services for children ages 3 through 5 years old. The rules or guidelines for special education in the United States and its territories are outlined in a federal law known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), formerly known as the Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA). Each state or territory develops its own policies for carrying out this Act. (You can read more about this law later in this document.) You'll need to find out what the early intervention or special education policies are in your state and area. The list of agencies and contact people in your state should help you get started. A NICHCY State Resource Sheet for your state is available from NICHCY.
Special Needs Links KidPower Family Support Resource, Inc. special needs Links provides links todisability HMS School for Children with Cerebral PalsyPhiladelphia, Pa http://www.kid-power.org/links.html
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School Bus Transportation News At STN Media This article first appeared in the February 2004 edition of School TransportationNews. Data Statistics Position Papers Head Start special needs http://www.stnonline.com/stn/industryarchives/legalissues/burns0204.htm
Extractions: by Peggy A. Burns, Esq. In this installment of my 2003 year end review of pertinent cases affecting students with disabilities, I'll focus on cases that directly impact students. Students with Disabilities Transition programs. Despite district policy that transportation would not be provided to students who chose vocational offerings, a district was required to transport a 17-year-old disabled student to a cosmetology course. The course was directly related to her transition plan employment goal, and therefore a part of FAPE for this student. Rochelle Township High School District , (39 IDELR 58, IL, 3/28/03 ). Choice of Transporter. Parents complained when a district changed carriers, alleging that their autistic child required consistency. The original transporter went out of business, and despite satisfactory performance of an interim carrier, a third transporter won the bid under public bidding laws. Where circumstances developed beyond the school district's control, the IEP recommendation for consistency could not become mandatory. The parents could not control their child's transportation service where law provides otherwise. South Orange-Maplewood BOE
School Bus Transportation News At STN Media Data Statistics Position Papers Head Start special needs Transportation FAQs School Bus Maintenance States Provinces Article Archives http://www.stnonline.com/stn/industryarchives/legalissues/burns0899.htm
Extractions: Schools of Choice Transportation Case* By Peggy Burns, Esq. S chool districts in Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, and the Dakotas can breathe a sigh of relief now that the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued its ruling in Timothy H. v. Cedar Rapids Community School District . The case concerned Kratisha, a special education student whose parents wanted to have her "choiced in" to a school in the district which was not her neighborhood school. Kratisha, who has cerebral palsy, spastic quadriplegia, multiple orthopedic problems, and severe communication disabilities, attended Thomas Jefferson High School, where it is not contested that she was receiving a free appropriate public education (FAPE). Her IEP required special transportation services - a lift bus and establishment of a special route - which were provided when she attended her neighborhood school. Her parents wanted her to attend John F. Kennedy High School under the district's intra-district transfer policy. That policy provided in part: "Parents shall be responsible for the transportation of students not attending their resident area school." When the district refused, the parents filed a claim under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ("§504").
