Educational Advocacy For Youth With Disabilities times the percentage of the public school population identified as disabled.56 IDEA mandates that the special education needs of all youth be met, http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/pubs/walls/sect-03.html
Extractions: With Disabilities The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) mandates that States provide a free and appropriate public education for all students with disabilities if the State receives Federal support for educating students with disabilities. IDEA gives enforcement authority not only to the Federal and State Departments of Education, but also to individuals. Therefore, if a parent, youth advocate, or department of education worker finds that a detained or confined youth is not receiving adequate educational services, IDEA can be used to secure appropriate education for this youth. Previous studies emanating from litigation and professional literature in this area document the inadequate educational services received by youth in custody. IDEA serves as an ideal tool to access educational services for youth with disabilities because it requires public schools and State-operated programs, such as juvenile correctional facilities, to provide each eligible child with adequate special education and related services. The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act Although nearly all States have compulsory education laws and provide educational services through local school districts, Congress recognized the special needs of students with disabilities when it passed IDEA in 1975. IDEA mandates that all eligible students receive a free and appropriate education in the least restrictive setting possible.
FairTest Examiner Fall 2004 Thirtytwo states reported more schools making AYP, while nine reported fewerschools making AYP. such as special needs or limited English proficient. http://www.fairtest.org/examarts/Fall 04/AYP .html
Extractions: The National Education Association (NEA) tallied AYP results for 41 states (as of November 9, 2004) and found fewer schools failing to make AYP for at least one year. The number of failing schools in these states declined from 23,273 in 2003-04 to 17,831 in 2004-05. Thirty-two states reported more schools making AYP, while nine reported fewer schools making AYP. South Carolina, for example, set a modest goal of 17.6 percent proficiency in English/language arts and 15.5 percent proficiency in math for 2003-04 and achieved that in just over half of its 1,039 public schools. Next year, South Carolina schools must more than double the percentage of students scoring proficient, to 38.2 percent for English and 36.7 percent for math.
Early Intervention Resources / Family Village School Children with special needs include those who have disabilities, preschoolprograms that help prepare disadvantaged and disabled children for school. http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/education/ei.html
Extractions: This Web site presents descriptions and reviews of current early childhood materials, selected for their potential usefulness with culturally and linguistically diverse children and families. The reviews present strengths, limitations, and potential adaptations of the materials, as well as recommendations for the most appropriate audiences. Many of the reviewed materials were developed for use with children at risk for developmental delays. Developmental Progress Chart
How Are Assistive Technologies Being Used In The Special Education CS maine State Dept. of Education, Augusta. Div. of special Services. AB This document contains the following papers on special needs from the SITE http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printresponses.cgi/Virtual/Qa/archives/Specific_Po
Extractions: Printer friendly text How are assistive technologies being used in the special education classroom? Hello, In response to your request on how assistive technologies are being used in the special education classsroom, I conducted a sample search of the ERIC database. Below I have appended my search strategy, 11 citations with abstracts, and directions for accessing the full-text. These citations may represent an introductory, rather than exhaustive, search for information on your topic. If you would like to conduct your own free ERIC database searches via the Internet, please visit the ERIC Database Help pages for directions or go directly to http://www.eduref.org/Eric/adv_search.shtml to search. In addition, I have attached some related resources that may also be helpful. Thank you for using AskERIC! If you have any questions or would like further assistance, please send another message. AskERIC Staff Internet Sites: * Adaptive Technology Resource Center
Title 20-A - §7202. Duties Of School Administrative Units Identify all children within its jurisdiction who require special education; disabled in maine conducting studies pursuant to Title 22, chapter 961 http://janus.state.me.us/legis/statutes/20-A/title20-Asec7202.html
Extractions: 2-A. Assist advocates for developmentally disabled. Assist the Protection and Advocacy Agency for the Developmentally Disabled in Maine in conducting an investigation, pursuant to Title 22, section 3554, by providing access to relevant case records, notifying parents or guardians of these investigations and by requesting parental consent for access to case records by the agency. Parents or guardians may refuse to consent to the examination of these records;
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Parents LDA of maine is a statewide, nonprofit, volunteer organization including individualswith OurKids Devoted to Raising special Kids with special needs. http://www.wested.org/nerrc/parents.htm
Extractions: We provide comprehensive fact sheets about birth defects, as well as other information. If your child was born with a birth defect, we provide parent matching opportunities and information resources, including books and links. If you are researching birth defects, we have an area to get you started. Learn more about us and how we started, our projects and services, or participate in the National Birth Defect Registry.
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All DisABILITY Links A Primer for Corporate America on Civil Rights for the disabled for thedisabled CPSWeb School Bus Tranportation of Children with special needs. http://www.eskimo.com/~jlubin/disabled/all.htm
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Alec F. Peck - Lynch School Working with parents of children with special needs. Address presented atAnnual Conference, maine Dept. of special Education Services, Bangor, April, http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/people/profiles/te/Peck.htm
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Special Ed Demand Grows Still, looking at her academic record, officials in her maine school district Which of these kids belong in special ed and which just need extra help http://www.vor.net/demand_on_special_ed_is_growing.htm
Extractions: She was a bright 9-year-old with a high IQ and a flair for creative writing. When she grew anxious and refused to do homework, her parents and school were at a loss. No one considered it a learning disability, until sixth grade when she tried to commit suicide. She was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, a neurological disorder that can interfere with basic social skills.
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Extractions: Highlights: The Special Ed Advocate newsletter is free - please forward this issue or the subscription link to your friends and colleagues so they can learn about special education law and advocacy too. We appreciate your help! http://www.wrightslaw.com/subscribe.htm Do you want to learn more about special education advocacy? Start a FETA Study Group
The Jeremiah Cromwell Disabilities Center special Education Teacher, Montello Elementary School, Lewiston, maine. We need more programs like this. MultiGrade Teacher, Fred Morrill Elementary http://www.cromwellcenter.org/info.php?s=&i=17
Demand On Special Ed Is Growing | Csmonitor.com Which of these kids belong in special ed and which just need extra help from At the elementary school district in maine, school officials recognized http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0824/p01s03-ussc.html
Extractions: Boarding school with supporive classroom structure and learning center. Both classroom and learning center teachers receive ongoing training in effective instructional methodologies. Forman teachers are facilitators of the learning process and need to know validated teaching tools. Teachers are trained in understanding learning differences, attention disorders, the most effective teaching processes relevant to their content and task-specific strategies. Kris Keeney
