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Extractions: Columbia, S.C. 29201 Dear Mr. Dorn: The Department of Disabilities and Special Needs appreciates the opportunity to submit this transmittal of DDSN's Accountability Report for FY 1996-97. Section 44-20-240 of the South Carolina Code of Laws, as amended, states that the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs has authority over all the state's services and programs for the treatment and training of persons with mental retardation, related disabilities, autism, head injuries and spinal cord injuries. The Department's mission statement is based on this mandate and includes input from consumers, parents and family members, advocates, service providers and staff. Most individuals with severe lifelong disabilities are eligible for services from the department. Services are provided to both children and adults. As these individuals require services for decades there is virtually no turnover in the system to accommodate new persons needing services. These new individuals will be children who are born with severe disabilities and adults and children who survive severe physical trauma due to advances in science and medicine. To meet these service needs and accomplish the Department's mission, the Commission sets the Department's priorities in accordance with the priorities set by the Governor and the General Assembly. After identifying the needs, both met and unmet of the individuals to be served, and setting priorities, the Department develops a plan which also includes input from various consumer groups, advocacy organizations, providers and other individuals. Program objectives and performance measures are developed to implement this plan. More specific planning follows annually through local service plans, regional center plans, a capital plan and operating budget plans.
Extractions: Kimberly's take on testing and education reform Main Those of us who predicted that the NCLB Act regulations affecting special education students would be the first to change were correct - but some South Carolina educators say the changes aren't enough A change announced Tuesday in the federal No Child Left Behind education accountability law recognizes that severely disabled children cannot meet the same academic standards as their nondisabled peers. But local educators complain the U.S. Education Department did not go far enough in revising the law's unrealistic requirements... The rule change announced by U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige affects students with the most "significant cognitive disabilities" who don't take the same standardized test as others their age. It allows up to 1 percent of a district's total number of students to test off grade level and still count toward meeting academic progress goals. That means, for example, that a severely disabled eighth-grader whose mind functions like a third-grader, and therefore learns third-grade standards at school, can take the third-grade Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test, and the score will still count...
DAR | National Society - Work Of The Society The DAR schools provide a variety of special needs programs that address problemssuch as Tamassee DAR School, Inc. Tamassee, south carolina (est.1919) http://www.dar.org/natsociety/workSociety.cfm
Extractions: Work of the Society For more than a century, the members of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution have dedicated themselves to historical preservation, promotion of education, and encouragement of patriotic endeavor. These goals are as relevant in today's society as they were when the organization was founded in 1890. Most of DAR's volunteer work is accomplished under a committee system comprised of a national chairman appointed by the President General and locally appointed state and chapter chairmen. The national chairmen direct and supervise the activities of their committees with the assistance of the national vice chairmen. The committees are grouped based on the above-mentioned goals and objectives. To learn more about the work of the DAR please read on. Historic Preservation Commemoratives and Memorials World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C.: DAR contributed more than $500,000 toward the construction of the new memorial on the Mall.
Special Medical Needs Shelters In South Carolina special Medical needs Shelters in south carolina. (Current as of June 1, 1999) carolina Medical Center. Georgetown, Waccamaw, Pleasant Hill High School http://www.scddc.state.sc.us/shelters.htm
Extractions: Special Medical Needs Shelters in South Carolina (Current as of June 1, 1999) County Region Facility Name Abbeville Upper Savannah Abbeville Nursing Home Aiken Lower Savannah Aiken Regional Medical Center Allendale Lower Savannah Allendale County Hospital Anderson Appalachia I Anderson Area Medical Center Bamberg Edisto Bamberg County Hospital Barnwell Lower Savannah Barnwell County Hospital Beaufort Low Country Part of ARC Shelters (2) Berkeley Trident Berkeley Intermediate School Calhoun Edisto Orangeburg County Hospital Chester Catawba Chester County Hospital Chesterfield Pee Dee Chesterfield General Hospital Charleston Trident Health South Rehab Hospital Cherokee Appalachia III Upstate Carolina Med. Ctr. Clarendon Wateree Clarendon Memorial Hospital Colleton Low Country Colleton Medical Center Darlington Pee Dee Medford Place Nursing Dillon Pee Dee St. Eugene Hospital Dorchester Trident Jenkins Hill Elementary Edgefield Upper Savannah Edgefield County Hospital Fairfield Palmetto Fairfield Memorial Hospital Florence Pee Dee McLeod Regional Med. Ctr.
Extractions: Contact Information days to June 30th, 2005, the school year end for CHASE SC. CHASE SC Home Accountability Associations SC Support Groups ... Explanation of the Third Option Law CHASE SC Application html pdf word Diplomas ... SC Scholarship Information The most important thing to remember with (most) special needs children is that they learn an objection/problem if it's shown to them in a way that they understand. Yes, it does take time and a strong will (on the parents part) to explore the many ways of showing a child something that he/she just cannot get. Children are learning DELAYED instead of learning DISABLED. There are no special requirements placed on the homeschooling child with special needs. SpecialHomeschoolers Email Loop s SpecialHomeschoolers USA If you are homeschooling special needs children in the USA, you are welcome regardless of your religious affiliations. However please understand that this is a Christian based support group and email loop. We do advocate prayer for our children and our families. We will share resources, curriculum ideas, support and prayer if needed and always when requested. :-)
South Carolina SC - Disability Resources Disabilities and special needs Boards by county; south carolina Fibromyalgia School for the Multihandicapped - Spartanburg; south carolina Spinal Cord http://www.sciway.net/med/disabilities.html
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
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Extractions: WEB www.scddc.state.sc.us The South Carolina council was established in 1971, by Executive Order of the Governor to assist in the State of South Carolina in carrying out the requirements of public laws VALUES STATEMENT The South Carolina Developmental Disabilities Council believes: NUMBER of PEOPLE with DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES in SOUTH CAROLINA : Estimated to be NUMBER of COUNCIL MEMBERS State Agency Representatives: 10
Child Care - ABC Special Needs Voucher Overview - South Carolina Child Care ABC special needs Voucher Overview - south carolina If a childis receiving services through their school district, their parents must http://www.workworld.org/wwwebhelp/child_care_abc_special_needs_voucher_overview
Extractions: workworld@vcu.edu The Advocates for Better Child Care (ABC) Special Needs Voucher program provides financial assistance to low income families who need day care for developmentally delayed children up to age 19. Funds may be available for families whose children are under 19 years old and meet income eligibility guidelines . Parents must be working, disabled or attending an educational or training program in order to be eligible for assistance. Parents make a weekly co-payment as a condition of program participation. Children must meet Department of Disabilities and Special Needs (DDSN) diagnostic standards for program eligibility . If a child meets the eligibility criteria but is not DDSN eligible, services may still be available. If a child is receiving services through their school district, their parents must apply for a voucher through the county Disabilities and Special Needs Board. A copy of the childs most recent Individualized Education Plan (IEP) must be provided with the ABC application to verify the developmental delay(s) and services currently received.
Beaufort, SC Government Information, Beaufort County, South south carolina Department of Disabilities and special needs south carolinaSchool for the Deaf and the Blind, Provides services statewide for deaf, http://www.beaufortonline.com/government/
Extractions: South Carolina Administrative Law Judge Division An independent body of administrative law judges who preside over public hearings involving the promulgation of regulations and decide contested cases and appellate cases. Site includes annual reports, rules of procedure, staff, recent decisions, comments, links. South Carolina Department of Agriculture Oversees the administration of the South Carolina Agricultural Commodities Marketing Act. Site includes history, comments, agribusiness development, small farms program, publications, administrative, consumer and market services, laboratory services, marketing and promotion, directory, staff, news releases, commodity boards, associations, festivals, produce wholesalers, calendar, links.
Extractions: Advanced Search Sunday, September 25, 2005 GCS News Release No Child Left Behind More on NCLB Schools Face Challenge to Meet Federal Requirements for Student Achievement Later this month, the South Carolina Department of Education will release its first report detailing the states performance in advancing student achievement as required by the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001. The report highlights the status of individual elementary schools, middle schools and school districts toward achieving proficiency for all students. Results for high schools will be released in October. In the August 2003 release of the annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of Attitudes Toward the Public Schools, 76% of those surveyed said they knew little or nothing of the provisions of the Act. The purpose of this article is to bridge that void of knowledge in our community and inform you of our preparations for the challenge. Key provisions of the NCLB Act include improving teacher quality, providing school choice options for students in underachieving schools, and publishing an annual Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) report card for schools, districts, and states. This weeks upcoming report on AYP is the initial annual report leading us to 2014 when all students are expected to be performing at the proficient level. AYP specifically charts the progress of ALL nine demographic student subgroups towards 100% proficiency. The subgroups are: all students, White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, American Indian, Limited English Proficiency, Disabled, and Free-Reduced Price Lunch.
Raising The Bar -- Action Plan south carolina Middle School Association Journal and belief statements; The middle school must meet the unique developmental needs of emerging http://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/district/schools/middle/action.asp
Extractions: Action Plan for Improving Teaching and Learning in the Middle Grades, 2001 - 2004 Presented by the Middle School Task Force The School District of Greenville County January, 2001 The middle school provides educational experiences to prepare emerging adolescents intellectually, socially, emotionally, and physically to become productive and responsible members of society. The School District of Greenville County Middle School Strategic Plan The School District of Greenville County established a Middle School Task Force in the fall of 1999 as the result of recent attention focused on the middle school as a place for needed reform and as the key to successful transition to high school. Implementation of the plan began in the 1999-2000 school year as a step toward addressing Education Plan Goal #1: Raise the level of academic challenge and performance of each student and Goal #2: Ensure quality personnel in all positions . A state middle level task force reinforced the commitment to middle school review and reform under the leadership of a middle level coordinator at the State Department of Education.
Special Needs Links Also see Educational Alternatives for special needs above. Teacher School Supply south carolina Title 59 special Education for Handicapped Children http://www.kid-power.org/links.html
Extractions: KidPower Home Page Alternative Therapies Awards BookStore CPKids Conductive Education Centers Contact Us Diagnostic Definitions Doctor/Therapist Listing Equipment Recommendations Explanation of Doctor/Therapist Specialties HBO Centers Hints From Home Infant Development/Types of CP Information Share Kids At Play Kyle's Friends Kyle's Story Members Members Meet Seizure Disorder Information Sensory Integration Dysfunction Siblings Site Credits Special Needs Abbreviations Special Needs Links State/National Resources Vaccination Information WebRings Index Young Artist's Gallery ACCESSIBLE/ADAPTIVE HOUSING Accessible Housing Designs and Modifications
2004 - Gannett Community Grants south carolina south DAKOTA TENNESSEE TEXAS UTAH VIRGINIA VERMONT The grantwould provide Children Unlimited, a special needs adoption agency, http://www.gannettfoundation.org/GRANT LISTS/2004GRANTS-fieldSC-VT.htm
Extractions: Home Back 2004 Grants Report Gannett Community Grants ALPHA by STATE SOUTH CAROLINA - VERMONT SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEE TEXAS /New Mexico UTAH VIRGINIA VERMONT (excludes Washington, DC Metro Area Greenville, SC Alliance For Quality Education Assist some of Greenville's neediest schools in implementing the 'best practice' parent involvement model known as First Day. Greenville, SC Bob Jones University Museum And Gallery Inc Toward renovation of exhibition hall that will serve as an educational wing of the primary campus collection and host educational events, tours and activities. Greenville, SC Boy Scouts of America For the Scoutreach Program aimed at providing scouting for underserved, minority and disadvantaged youth. Greenville, SC Cancer Society of Greenville County Funding to purchase costly cancer-related prescriptions for patients who would otherwise have to do without their medications. Greenville, SC
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Extractions: Congress makes clear in IDEA that the nation has two goals related to the inclusion of children with disabilities in American schools: to provide for the appropriate education of disabled children and to ensure that all children learn that disability is a natural part of the human experience. SO Get Into It helps kids with and without disabilities learn to make a difference- to each other and to their school community. In service to each other and the community, they are also in service to our nation. -Sue Swenson, Executive Director, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation Special Olympicsâ new SO Get Into It program will help physical educators address the National Standards for Physical Education by helping their students develop understanding and respect for differences among people in physical activity settings. The National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) is pleased to be involved. -Dr. Judy Young, Executive Director, NASPE SO Get Into It will call on many Chinese youth to come into Special Olympics activities energetically. They will lead and help the people with mental retardation to achieve success -Zhang Tianlun, Director, China SO Get Into It Team
Extractions: Therapy/Respite Camps for Kids This page evolves as people tell me about new camps, so if you know of camps that are not listed here, please email me so I can get the information posted here. If you direct a camp that would like a simple WWW page that describes your camp, I'll be pleased to put one up just email a description of the camp to me. Also, please let me know about any other WWW resources to which I should have a link. Thanks! Information about summer camps that focus on therapy for kids with special needs and/or respite for the kids and their families. I have broken it into national categories and regional categories in the USA: Apologies in advance if my sense of these regions differs from yours! If you cannot find an appropriate camp on this page I also have some links to other potentially useful pages as well as some other websites that list camps. I list all of the camps I know of, so please do not email me asking for help locating a camp. Thanks. Connecticut
Veteran's Benefits and to serve the needs of south carolina veterans by supporting programs, STATE PARKS TOTALLY disabled PERSONS. Provides that any south carolina http://www.govoepp.state.sc.us/vabenef.htm
Extractions: Eligible members: VETERANS REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS Employees of the State/any political subdivision thereof, on or after June 25, 1950 has been, or will be, commissioned, enlisted/selected for service in the Armed Forces of the U.S. shall be entitled to a leave of absence from his/her duties as an employee of the State/any political subdivision thereof, without loss of seniority or efficiency or register rating. CREDIT OF STATE RETIREMENT FOR MILITARY SERVICE A person leaving employment with the State for military duty, may continue with the State's Retirement Program if he/she continues to make payments based on the salary he/she was receiving when employed by the State.
