Education, General And Special The disabled Students Program seeks to ensure that all students with disabilities Boarding School for special ed/needs and learning disabilities (K12) http://disability-resource.com/education.html
Extractions: AE , a non-profit organization, was founded in 1978 to address the environmental issues that confront people with disabilities and elderly people. Adaptive Environments promotes accessibility as well as universal design through education programs, technical assistance publications and design advocacy. The nation's umbrella higher education association, is dedicated to the belief that equal educational opportunity and a strong higher education system are essential cornerstones of a democratic society. ACE is a forum for the discussion of major issues related to higher education and its potential to contribute to the quality of American life.
Special Education Resources The special needs Education Network (Canada) This site provides a directory of Institute on Community Integration, University of minnesota - The http://www.theteachersguide.com/Specialeducation.html
Extractions: Technology General Resources Our Kids Our-Kids is a support group for parents and caregivers of children with disabilities. PRELUDE Music Therapy - Our Mission...is to serve children and adults with special needs through sharing information; creating and publishing music therapy strategies; and giving workshops and presentations to professionals, parents, and students.
A School Zone - Special Education Page Tons Of Links. Federation for Children with special needs Web Site Projects of special schools Principal s Association of South Australiaconference information, etc. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6097/special.html
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Group Homes, Housing, Residential Schools & Other Links Camphill special schools Residential school for children 5-19 years. special needs Trusts Email List - Milton Blackstone, Listowner. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/2869/links.html
Extractions: The following links aren't just for autism, but rather provide information on the topics of housing, independent living for all disabled persons, special needs trusts, etc. Most of these links lead to pages outside of this website, so please bookmark this page before leaving. You can also return here by clicking on your browser's back button. Listing of a residential site or school does not constitute endorsement C A N A D A Vancouver Island Autistic Homes Society L'Arche is an international federation of communities in which people with an intellectual disability and those who chose to join them live, work and share their lives together in an atmosphere of trust, friendship, belonging and forgiveness. (Canada, Australia, Belgium and other countries worldwide) U N I T E D K I N G D O M have come together to pioneer an exciting new service for people with autism. Adult Placement Services will provide caring homes for autistic people with experienced, trained and skilled Carers and families in the community. Devon Cornwall Autistic Community Trust - The DCACT is a Registered Charity and a non-profit making Limited Company formed in 1982. Since that time the organisation has grown to establish itself as one of the country's (UK) leading service providers for people with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Now with a reputation for delivering an extensive range of very high quality services to people of all ages the DCACT continues to work towards the day when all people with ASD have their individual needs met with appropriate services.
Challenges To Our Progress disabled students under the age of five who need special education We now know that families need a variety of school readiness options to meet http://www.mpls.k12.mn.us/Challenges_to_Our_Progress.html
Extractions: Select One Achieve!Minneapolis Accountability Athletic Schedule Atomic Learning Attendance Matters Data/Research District Map District Initiatives Donate to MPS Lunch Menus MPS Facts Mpls.Kids Child Care No Child Left Behind Office of Civil Rights Policies Reunions Special Ed. School Requests Volunteering About MPS The Districts budget for fiscal year 2002 is $664.5 million, with a $471 million operating budget. Salaries and benefits for the Districts 8,500 employees account for 81% of its total operating budget. Per pupil spending in Minneapolis compared to similar school districts (fiscal year 2000). Poverty Non-English Per Pupil Expenditure Buffalo Public Schools Denver Public Schools Minneapolis Public Schools Saint Paul Public Schools Seattle Public Schools (Source: school districts; data is from fiscal year 2000. Per pupil expenditures include all day-to-day expenditures incurred for pre-kindergarten disabled [students under the age of five who need special education services], elementary, and secondary students. Minneapolis expenditure also includes $4.8 million for nonpublic transportation and textbooks.This excludes expenditures for capital outlay, building construction and debt service. Districts vary in their need to construct new facilities based on building age and enrollment needs.) Achievement at Schools With Lowest and Highest Poverty Minneapolis residents approved spending more money per pupil in the 2000 Referendum. This additional funding secures class sizes which are significantly lower than those in other urban districts. For example, Minneapolis first grade classrooms have 19 students to one teacher, whereas Seattle first grade classrooms have 26 students to one teacher.
Special Education Issues Another useful chapter addresses special education services for disabled The special needs of Youth in the Juvenile Justice System Implications for http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/juvjus/cjmspeced.html
Extractions: Juvenile Justice Robert E. Shepherd, Jr. Robert E. Shepherd, Jr ., is emeritus professor of law at the University of Richmond School of Law in Virginia. He is also a contributing editor to Criminal Justice magazine and former chair of the Sections Juvenile Justice Committee. Special Education Issues On more than one occasion this column has addressed the impact of educational issues on the representation of juveniles in delinquency cases: When a Disabled Juvenile Confesses to a Crime: Should It Be Admissible? (Winter 1995); Weapons in Schools and Zero Tolerance, (Summer 1996); School Searches After T.L.O. and Vernonia School District , (Summer 1998). However, there has not been a specific look at the legal issues presented by children who are at risk in the school system and become involved in the juvenile justice system. With the emphasis on zero tolerance and the greater use of the juvenile justice system to address problem behaviors in school, it is important that lawyers become more knowledgeable about education law. Four recent publications make it much easier to be informed about the most relevant education law issues. Sites for delinquent activity Despite the highly publicized and fear-inducing school shootings in the past decade, schools are generally pretty safe places for children to be.
Ratwik, Roszak & Maloney - Special Education Newsletter 1996) ruled that public schools need only make their special education In that case, parents of disabled students enrolled in public schools have http://www.ratwiklaw.com/speduc1.htm
Extractions: by Paul C. Ratwik How should a school district respond when a parent requests special education services for a disabled child who attends a private religious school? Asked in a more fundamental way, when does the constitutional prohibition on state-sponsored religion override the individual's right to a free appropriate education? The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA") guarantees all children with disabilities a free appropriate public education ("FAPE"). State and local educational authorities are responsible for implementing IDEA and providing a FAPE to disabled students. Public schools bear a clear responsibility to provide special education and related services for their students, even when the school district places those students in a private school. What is far less clear is the scope of a school district's obligation to provide special education and related services to students who have been placed in private sectarian schools by their parents. The fundamental questionhow does the state balance the entitlement of disabled children against the First Amendment's prohibition on state support of religionhas raised a firestorm of legal controversy that has swept through the federal courts and is leading directly to the U.S. Supreme Court. If school districts are required to provide the full range of special education and related services to every private sectarian school student in that student's school, traditional notions about the strict separation between public and private religious schools must be reconsidered. For example, if school districts are required to provide direct on-site services, a school district's paraprofessional aide may be required to help a cognitively disabled child understand interpretations of the Bible or the Koran.
Assistive Living Links - CICIL Assistive Living, disabled, disabilities, CICIL. The Opportunities for the disabled Foundation Helps Provide special needs The Roeher Institute s in http://www.raccoon.com/~cicil/links.htm
Extractions: Lifestyle Non-Profit Organizations and Governmental Agencies General Resources Ability and Access - McMaster University ABLEDATA - Gopher system Access Technology (ATIC) Adaptive Tech From University of Toronto Arrowsmith School Assistive Technology Education Network of Florida ... DO IT Disabilities Opportunities Internetworking Drake University Resource Center Eagle Hill School EASI: Equal Access to Software and Information Evan Kemp Disability Resource Home Page ... Institute for Special Education - University of Fribourg/Switzerland Institute on Comunity Integration - at the University of Minnesota Integrated Network of Disability Info Iowa Program for Assistive Technology Johns Hopkins University Kurrambee Special School - From Australia
Special Needs News & Views (Susan Ohanian Speaks Out) special needs News. MA Portfolios Help Few with Disabilities disabled students can earn a degree only if they grasp highschool math and English, http://susanohanian.org/show_special_news.html?id=81
Extractions: Studies, Research and Training ABLEDATA – "Your Source for Assistive Technology Information" Adaptive Environments is a 25 year old educational non-profit organization committed to advancing the role of design in expanding opportunity and enhancing experience for people of all ages and abilities. This site promotes Universal Design, a framework for the design of places, things and information to be usable by the widest range of people operating in the widest range of situations without special or separate design, has a page of useful links for accessible information technology , and a list of ADA resources LD Resources Public School's Special Education System as a Funding Source for AT Top of Page The Full Life Ahead Foundation provides assistance, support, and training for parents of children with developmental disabilities with a focus on transition planning for their sons and daughters as they become more independent and move into adult life. Kids.Net.Au
WebMD With AOL Health - Parents Of Disabled/Ill Children MELD (minnesota Early Learning Design). Mothers From Hell 2 Opportunity for schoolage brothers and sisters of children with special health and http://aolsvc.health.webmd.aol.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.
Afterschool.gov - Running A Program After School Programs for special needs Children for the parents and caregivers of children with disabilities and adults disabled since childhood. http://www.afterschool.gov/cgi-binh/dissub.pl?page=maintopic1&subpage=main1stpc7
NICHCY: Parenting A Child With Special Needs - Resources I wish Dreams and realities of parenting a special needs child. No easy answers The learning disabled child at home and at school (Rev. ed.). http://www.kidsource.com/NICHCY/parenting.disab.all.4.6.html
Extractions: The publications and organizations listed below, as well as the resources listed throughout this News Digest, are only a few of the many that can provide information to parents and families about issues related to disability. Additional support is also available from state and local parent groups, as well as from state and local affiliates of many major disability organizations. To help you obtain documents listed in this issue, you will find the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of publishers at the end of this publication. The publisher's name generally appears in the final position in the citation to illustrate, in the example citation below, the publisher is Woodbine House. Example: Sweeney, W. (in press). The special-needs reading list: An annotated guide to the best publications for parents and professionals. Bethesda, MD: Woodbine House.
Sesame Workshop - The New Kid In Class Perhaps the major worry is that the needs of the disabled youngsters will detract When the school district tried to transfer him to a separate special http://www.sesameworkshop.org/gwr/?s=nl&t=745
Fraser's History And Founder Louise s success spread throughout the tightlyknit special needs minnesota has lost a great lady. The special children of minnesota and their parents http://www.fraser.org/about_us/about_history.htm
Extractions: About Us Welcome History Services ... Fraser email link Fraser's History and Founder Fraser's History Louise Whitbeck Fraser Fraser's long history of innovation dates back to 1935, when Louise Whitbeck Fraser developed the first-of-its-kind school for children with disabilities. Today, Fraser is a national leader, renowned for quality programs, services and staff. In the 1930s, Louise Whitbeck Fraser struggled with the limitations imposed on her and her daughter, Jean, who had special needs. Due to a lack of services for individuals with disabilities, parents often reluctantly resorted to institutionalizing their children with special needs. What little progress that had been made to support people with disabilities had come to an abrupt halt due to the financial effects of the Great Depression. Unwilling to accept the status quo, Mrs. Fraser devoted her life to helping children with special needs and their families realize more fulfilled lives. In 1935, she opened her Home Study School for children with disabilities. Initially seven children attended the "school", each paying four dollars per week. With the encouragement, advice, and financial support of many grateful parents, Mrs. Fraser pioneered special education in Minnesota and gained national acclaim for her innovative teaching methods and the remarkable achievements demonstrated by her students.
Hill Health Topics A-Z - Parents Of Disabled/Ill Children Opportunity for schoolage brothers and sisters of children with special health and MELD (minnesota Early Learning Design). Mothers From Hell 2 http://www.healthwise.net/hillhealth/Content/StdDocument.aspx?DOCHWID=shc44&SECH
Special Education And Learning Disabilities Associations students whose learning needs cannot be met by a standard school curriculum. Teachers and parents of learning disabled students can go to this site http://www.buzzle.com/chapters/education-and-higher-learning_special-education-a
Extractions: Special education is defined as classroom or private instruction involving unconventional techniques, materials, exercises, facilities and subject matter designed for students whose learning needs cannot be met by a standard school curriculum. Students who fall under this category include those with different intellectual capacities, physical handicaps, behavioral disorders or learning disabilities Thanks to modern assistive technology, special education inclusion and various legislative acts, these aforementioned students are able to stay in regular primary and secondary schools. This section features several special education organizations and learning disabilities association resources for parents and teachers. Alliance for Technology Access
The Math Forum - Math Library - Disabled/Challenged This page contains sites relating to disabled/Challenged. Publishers of educational software, focusing on special needs software for Windows and http://mathforum.org/library/ed_topics/contexts_disabled/
Extractions: Equal access to software and information: an NSF-sponsored project to collect and disseminate information on tools that make these fields more accessible to professionals with disabilities. Online workshops, Webcasts, links to programs for the visually impaired, those with learning disabilities, the hard-of-hearing, social barriers to SEM access, resources for tactile graphics/three-dimensional models, etc. more>> Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI) An affiliate of the Association for the Advancement of Higher Education dedicated to disseminating up-to-date information about providing equal access to computing and information technology for persons with disabilities. E-mail Workshops, on-site seminars on Adaptive Computing, and assistance in making information technology accessible with the use of state-of-the-art adaptive computing technology are available for universities, colleges, schools, businesses, and non-profit organizations. more>> Family Village School - Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Earlychildhood.com Articles Child care center directors who enroll a child with special needs may want to The ADA applies to all nursery schools, child care centers, extendedday http://www.earlychildhood.com/Articles/index.cfm?A=247&FuseAction=Article
LD OnLine - Headlines On Learning Disabilities Sometimes, the parents of special needs children can feel overwhelmed and School is enough to make one of her learning disabled fifthgrade students http://www.ldonline.org/article.php?max=20&skip=&special_grouping=&id=0&loc=92&s
