The Merrow Report- Special Education (organizations) FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN WITH special needs A parent advocacy group devoted to fighting for the rights of disabled children in the public schools. http://www.pbs.org/merrow/tv/spec_ed/organizations.html
Extractions: AFT President Albert Shanker is featured in "What's So Special About Special Education?" The AFT has written position papers regarding integration of disabled children into regular education classrooms; and the problems faced by teachers and paraprofessionals in classes with many different tvpes of learners. Sally Shaywitz, M D. and Bennett Shaywitz, M D. are conducting studies under the NICHD to determine the bio-neurological bases of reading disabilities. The Shaywitzs use functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, or fMRI to study patterns in the brain during reading exercises to determine if the patterns can give evidence of a tendency towards a reading disability.
Career School Bus Drivers You also study safe driving practices, disabled student special needs, In minnesota, the median wage for school bus drivers is $12.89 per hour, http://www.iseek.org/sv/13000.jsp?id=100442
Colorado League Of Charter Schools The legislation also provides that when a schools disabled students dont make minnesota Association of Charter schools special Education Project; http://www.coloradoleague.org/idea_reform_cslc.htm
Extractions: Second, the legislation includes language that builds on existing guarantees of equitable treatment of charter schools. The language requires districts to provide equitable services to disabled students in charters and requires states and districts to distribute special education funds to charter schools on the same basis and at the same time as they distribute funds to traditional district schools. The reauthorization of IDEA will allow parents and schools to change a student's Individualized Education Program (IEP) with fewer procedural requirements than in the past. It also provides greater opportunities for families and districts to avoid litigation and seeks to reduce paperwork and filing requirements for teachers and schools. The legislation also reforms disciplinary procedures, enabling schools to apply the same student sanctions for the same infractions, unless the discipline problem is the direct result of a child's disability. The reauthorization also increases special education funding and creates a schedule that will have the federal government paying 40% of special education costs in six years.
The Yankee Institute For Public Policy to select their childrens schools actually helps the learning disabled, The Carson Smith Scholarships for Students with special needs Act now gives http://www.yankeeinstitute.org/main/article.php?article_id=98
V S A Arts Of Minnesota - Newsletter June 2004 and V S A arts of minnesota, the Ready, Willing and disabled posters will be seen One class is designed for children age 914 with special needs, http://mn.vsarts.org/newsletter_june04.html
Extractions: Individuals in both self-employment and traditional employment situations will be able to use the workshops to help achieve success in the arts by identifying obstacles and resources, understanding the effects of earned income on their health benefits, learning skills in documenting artwork, self-advocacy and marketing, and sharing their artistic expressions with other artists or arts and rehabilitation administrators. The workshop is one of 12 being presented around Minnesota by Denise Martineau, an award-winning entrepreneur, visual artist, educator, published author, and staff member of V S A arts of Minnesota, whose mission is to help create a society where people with disabilities can learn through, participate in and enjoy the arts. Funding is from the Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation and V
V S A Arts Of Minnesota - Artist Pipeline 41 The program, which helps adults with special needs live more independent lives through jobs, disabled and Proud features an Artist of the Month. http://mn.vsarts.org/artist_pipeline41.html
CV: Michele P. Carr RDH, MA American Association of Dental schools, Minneapolis, minnesota, 1998. Care and Considerations for the special needs Population. http://www.netwellness.org/experts/biosketch.cfm?personid=273
The J P Das Developmental Disabilities Centre of special class placement on the selfconcept of learning-disabled children. Two studies examined the effects of effort in minnesota schools to http://www.ualberta.ca/~jpdasddc/inclusion/bibliography/ele.html
Extractions: Cooperative learning can benefit all students, whether "average," low-achieving, gifted, or mainstreamed. Teachers trained at the University of Minnesota's Cooperative Learning Center expect to see students in small, heterogeneous groups using special skills and caring about each others' learning. Tips on cooperative spelling groups are provided. Includes two references. Baker, J. M. and N. Zigmond (1990). Are regular education classes equipped to accommodate students with learning disabilities? Exceptional Children A case study is presented of an elementary school preparing to implement a full-time mainstreaming program for students with learning disabilities. Based on observations, interviews, and surveys of students, parents, and teachers, it is concluded that fundamental changes in instruction are necessary for the regular education initiative to work. Bear, G. G. and W. A. Proctor (1990). Impact of a full-time integrated program on the achievement of nonhandicappped and mildly handicapped children.
Early Childhood Focus special needs Scores of schools across New York, including more than a dozen in special needs In minnesota, Early Children Screening (ECS) is offered by http://www.earlychildhoodfocus.org/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=16&p=3
General Disability Services at the University of minnesota. Center for disabled Student Ainsworth Partners, Inc. Keyboarding for people with special needs http://sites.communitylink.org/eci/generalnf.htm
Extractions: General Resources M ain Menu General Resources Disability Legislation Special Education University Programs ... Independent Living Centers Click Here for the Following: Statistics Resources Disability Centers Media General Information U.S. Department of Justice Americans with Disabilities Act ADA HOME PAGE Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center ADA Compliance Guide The Americans with Disabilities Newsletter ... Access by Design We provide ADA resources, articles, and other information for people with disabilities EMPOWERMENT ZONE Information, ideas, and software related to the theme of empowerment helping individuals and communities achieve self actualization and full citizenship The Disability Rights Activist Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers The Legal Information Institute from Cornell Law School U.S. Law: Primary Documents and Commentary from Cornell Law School Rules of Professional Conduct Involving Lawyers Table of Rule from Cornell Law School Law Resources from EINET Galaxy ADA Information Center On-Line from the Kansas Commission of Disability Concerns The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Law from the Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington The Federal Resource Center for Special Education a special education technical assistance project funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative
Doxys - Resources For The Disabled Guide to Disabilities (US); special schools Petersons.com (US) Disability Services - University of minnesota (US); disabled Student Services http://www.growing.com/doxys/disabled.html
NCEF Resource List: Accessibility In School Facilities Pupils with special Educational needs and Disabilities in Mainstream schools. School Facilities Accessibility for the disabled Still an Issue http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/accessibility.cfm
Extractions: Provides specifications for various building elements and spaces, including entrances, ramps, parking, restrooms, and telephones, etc. This edition represents the culmination of a decade-long review and update of the Board's Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG), which were first published in 1991. Revisions have been made so that the guidelines continue to meet the needs of people with disabilities and keep pace with technological innovations. As part of this update, the Board made the Guidelines more consistent with building codes and industry standards. It coordinated extensively with model code groups and standard-setting bodies throughout the process to reconcile differences. These guidelines serve as the baseline for standards used to enforce the ADA and the Architectural Barriers Act (ABA). 310p.
Extractions: LONDON, ENGLANDYears of work by advocates of inclusive education could be undone by conservative Tories, British news services have reported. The conservatives want to review the decades-long trend toward placing children with disabilities in mainstream classrooms, which advocates claim is the children's fundamental right. David Cameron, a Tory member of Parliament whose son has physical and mental disabilities, called for an investigation after he learned that his son's "special" school was having to close its doors. Cameron believes that the practice of including such students in regular classrooms is jeopardizing specialized, segregated programs. "This is crazy. We're talking about some of the most vulnerable children in the country with huge needs, they really can't do anything for themselves," Mr. Cameron told the BBC. "And yet this blanket policy of inclusion is being used to close special schools." The Tories have sent a document to 100 disability groups asking, "Is the government's policy of inclusive education for disabled children working or are disabled children being physically included but educationally excluded?"
Norm Coleman - United States Senator - Minnesota Helping Those With special needs The Individuals with Disabilities Education Title I is federal education funding aimed specifically at schools with a http://coleman.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.Detail&Issue_id=11
Pearson To Acquire AGS Publishing minnesota, publishes assessments and curriculum materials for US school The AGS assessment products enable teachers to diagnose special needs, http://www.pearsoned.com/pr_2005/062305.htm
Extractions: Pearson To Acquire AGS Publishing Targets Growth In Funding For At-Risk Students; Strengthens Position In School Testing And Publishing June 23, 2005 Pearson, the international media and education company, today announced the acquisition of AGS Publishing from WRC Media for $270 million in cash. The acquisition will strengthen Pearsons education business in two fast-growing segments of the U.S. School market: testing and publishing for students with special educational needs. AGS, based in Shoreview, Minnesota, publishes assessments and curriculum materials for U.S. school psychologists, teachers and students. It has a particular focus on supporting students who are at-risk or performing below grade level, including those whose first language is not English. These areas are attracting new attention and funding with the US federal requirement under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) that all students achieve Adequate Yearly Progress towards mandated state standards in reading, math and science. Steve Dowling, President of Pearsons School companies, said: "The central goal of federal education policy is for all students to demonstrate progress towards state standards in key subjects. That requires a focus on students with special educational needs. AGS reaches these audiences with individually and group administered assessments and fills out our curriculum offering from middle school to high school for low achieving students. This acquisition extends our position in a fast-growing market segment and adds to the intellectual property, growth and profitability of our school business."
Parents Of Disabled/Ill Children MELD (minnesota Early Learning Design). National. Opportunity for schoolage brothers and sisters of children with special health and developmental http://my.webmd.com/hw/raising_a_family/shc44.asp
Extractions: On behalf of children, MELD programs aim to enhance the capacity of those who parent to raise nurtured, competent children. Provides supportive, peer based learning environments and knowledge about parenting at critical stages of child development. Programs serve families who can benefit from strong support and parenting knowledge and strategies, including adolescent parents, low income families, culturally diverse families, or families who have children with disabilities or chronic illnesses. Also provides staff development training and comprehensive parent education materials.
Special Education Inclusion But for special needs graduates from integrated programs the employment rate was 73%. Between Severely disabled and Nondisabled Students in High School. http://www.weac.org/resource/june96/speced.htm
Extractions: Special Education Inclusion Educators' Bulletin Board Classroom resources IDEAS Resource pages on educational issues ... ONLINE SERVICES This article was updated November 5, 2001 Inclusion remains a controversial concept in education because it relates to educational and social values, as well as to our sense of individual worth. Any discussion about inclusion should address several important questions: There are advocates on both sides of the issue. James Kauffman of the University of Virginia views inclusion as a policy driven by an unrealistic expectation that money will be saved. Furthermore, he argues that trying to force all students into the inclusion mold is just as coercive and discriminatory as trying to force all students into the mold of a special education class or residential institution. At the other end of the spectrum are those who believe that all students belong in the regular education classroom, and that "good" teachers are those who can meet the needs of all the students, regardless of what those needs may be.
CHAPTER FOUR: Least Restrictive Environment And Inclusion Where would your child attend school if he or she were not disabled? or cutting back on special education services. Ignoring each child s unique needs. http://www.spannj.org/BasicRights/least_restrictive_environment.htm
Extractions: Introduction Determining the Least Restrictive Environment for Your Child What Is Supported Inclusive Education? How Does Inclusion Differ From Mainstreaming? ... BACK CHAPTER FOUR Introduction When developing an IEP for your child, it is important to remember that your child is entitled to a free appropriate program implemented in the Least Restrictive Environment. This chapter discusses issues for your consideration when determining placement for your child. According to law, first consideration should always be given to placement in a general education classroom with the use of appropriate supplementary aids and services, often referred to as "supported inclusive education." Inclusion Is A Value We view inclusion as a value, a set of humanistic beliefs that have been encoded in federal law. These laws clearly reflect that individuals with disabilities are valued members of society. Inclusion is a process through which we discover our similarities, rather than our differences, and we focus on our strengths, not our weaknesses.
MPR: One Student's Needs News from minnesota Public Radio. When you ve got kids with special needs riding buses, especially if they re not verbal, and if they can t talk, http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/200210/21_pugmiret_specialed/dayi
Extractions: October 21, 2002 A recent national survey found most parents of special education students are satisfied with their schools. But the factors that drive that satisfaction are also what make mandated special education requirements costly. Educators must follow detailed plans to meet the unique needs of every student. Most of the plans require additional staff to get the job done. The result is a complex and expensive school day. Sam Graves is a fourth grader at Lake Harriet Community School in Minneapolis. You can view photographs from a typical school day. See more images Fourth grader Sam Graves lives just a few blocks from Lake Harriet Community School in southwest Minneapolis. It would be a short walk for most kids in the neighborhood, but Sam has cerebral palsy and needs a ride.
