American Association Of School Administrators - Newsroom Nondisabled children should not be denied access to smaller class sizes, I do not want to pit special ed versus regular ed, but on an annual basis we http://www.aasa.org/newsroom/2002/june/6-13-02_pr.htm
Special Needs Family Fun - Assistive Technology special needs family fun assistive technology. Serving Maryland Schoolswith Assistive Technology Maryland Technology Assistance Program - MDTAP http://www.specialneedsfamilyfun.com/files/assistivetechnology.html
FYI - Article - Learning Disabled Advance In School could not advance beyond high school special education classes and calls disabled and mandating extra educational help for those who need it. http://wata.org/forum/2000/2000-02-14-03.htm
The Federation For Children With Special Needs How much of an issue will my child s special needs be? Question and AnswerGuide on special Education Extended School Year (ESY) Programs http://www.fcsn.org/camps/
Extractions: Federation for Children with Special Needs The inclusion of a given camp in this directory does not represent an endorsement, nor does an omission represent any form of disapproval. This Directory is meant to be used only as a starting point for inquiry. For more information on accredited camps, call the American Camping Association (ACA) at 781 899-2042. The Summer Fun Camp Directory is available at no cost If you are considering sending your child to a camp program, you will need to make some decisions concerning the type of camp that is most appropriate and then gather some basic information about camps offering this type of experience. Your first decision is whether a day camp or a residential (sleep-away) camp would be the most beneficial experience for your child. DAY CAMPS Day camps usually offer a variety of recreational activities designed to promote your child's physical and mental well being. A program may run all-day or half-day, five days a week or two to three days a week, all summer or only a few weeks. Advance registration and a physical exam with complete medical history are usually required.
Online NewsHour: Testing Matthew -- April 20, 2004 Measuring achievement of special needs students. JOHN MERROW How many schoolsof yours have been flagged? David Sklarz DAVID SKLARZ We ve had all four of http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/education/jan-june04/testing_04-20.html
United Way Of Eastern Maine - Community Impact Areas You also depend upon United Way to know the needs of the community and address the Bangor Y, Kids Connection, Before and After School Program $7890 http://www.unitedwayem.org/how_we_help/impact.htm
Extractions: E-mail: janeto@unitedwayem.org Community Impact Programs We know that caring donors like you count on United Way to fund the very best programs, to change lives, and to make sure that people in your community get the help they need. It's what we've always done. It's what we'll always do. You also depend upon United Way to know the needs of the community and address the most important issues. Guided by our community assessment and the ongoing advice of our many community impact volunteers, we are focusing our efforts on the root causes of some of the most challenging issues facing three groups: children and families, senior citizens, and those who need help meeting their basic needs or achieving self-sufficiency.
Skadden Winner Will Focus On Foster Children's Education Issues Founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1826, the University of Virginia School of have the training to adequately advocate for a specialneeds child, either. http://www.law.virginia.edu/home2002/html/news/2003_fall/skadden_stocco.htm
Extractions: Skadden Winner Will Focus on Foster Children's Education Issues Law School alum Janet Stocco '03 found her future calling while teaching in a Houston inner-city school under Teach for America, a program that places outstanding college graduates in low-income rural and urban communities. Leaving her doctoral work in genetics at Harvard behind for two years, she discovered she loved teaching, but found to her dismay that teachers are given little respect outside and sometimes even inside the classroom. More importantly, teachers can't make substantive policy-based decisions that affect a broad swath of students. But people pay attention when you have J.D.' after your name, she saidand she wanted people to pay attention to what she had to say. Stocco, currently a law clerk for the Hon. Carolyn Dineen King, Chief Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, said she was amazed she received the award, and excited to begin her work at the Center in the fall.
HGSE News: The Digital Revolution's New Bounty Until just a few years ago, Westbrook, maine, was the pretty little town that CAST also needs a school environment that is supportive of the inclusion http://gseweb.harvard.edu/news/features/cast06012002.html
Extractions: Bart Pisha: Research Director, CAST Bart Pisha, Ed.D.'93, almost missed being interviewed for this story because he couldn't find his car. Returning to Boston from a weeklong conference in New Mexico, he'd taken a cab straight home, forgetting that he'd left his car at work to avoid paying for parking. In many ways, Pisha, who squeaked through high school and dropped out of college twice, is the perfect person to oversee research at CAST. Not only does he have a great mind for elaborate, conceptual investigative projects, he also knows what it's like to be an atypical learner. A husky, avuncular man in his mid-fifties, he fidgets like a teenager when he's forced to sit still. His diagnosed attention deficit disorder makes organization and memorization uncommonly difficult. "This car thing is not an isolated incident," he says. "I'm very forgetful. I can't just tell somebody, 'I'll call you next week,' because I won't." Numbers are the worst, he says. When calling a close colleague, for instance, he has to refer repeatedly to the phone book because he can't remember number sequences from moment to moment. He can tell you that he and his wife just celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary, but not, off the top of his head, the year in which they got married.
Building Self Esteem In Learning Disabled Students For children with learning disabilities, struggles in school can eat away attheir self Learning disabled children need a program where they can learn. http://www.babyzone.com/features/content/display.asp?TopicID=9187&ContentID=917
Lobbying Season Opens For Special Education those who need 24hour nursing care, or transportation to a special school . That (special education) kid costs us about $8000 to educate and the http://www.stateline.org/live/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=136&languageId=1&conten
Lobbying Season Opens For Special Education those who need 24hour nursing care, or transportation to a special school . In 2001 taxpayers paid a total of $11 billion for special education. http://www.stateline.org/live/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=136&languageId=1&conten
National Rehabilitation Association: Legislative Alert The American Association of School Administrators (AASA) held a bipartisan I do not want to pit special ed versus regular ed, but on an annual basis we http://www.nationalrehab.org/website/govt/200214.html
Extractions: Resources Online Documents Getting Started Service-Learning as an Integrated Experience in Middle School Education: An Introduction to Resources and Information (Search Tips) Source: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse Service-Learning as an Integrated Experience in Middle School Education: An Introduction to Resources and Information Students in Salt Lake City, Utah helped clean up a hazardous waste site, passed two new laws and planted hundreds of trees in their commitment to improve the environment. Students at Louis Armstrong Middle School (Queens, New York) are enrolled in a variety of service-learning programs. Two classes work with young children, one class works at a local daycare, and another is paired with a nearby first-grade elementary school class. Reluctant readers are building new relationships and are developing competence and leadership skills. As eighth-graders in San Antonio, Texas serve as teachers to elementary school students, and their own reading levels have gone up and the drop-out rate has reduced from 86% to 6%.
