NAESP : Schools Struggle With Special Ed At Brickell Elementary School in Defiance, Ohio, special education children I just believe that when special needs kids rights infringe on everybody http://www.naesp.org/ContentLoad.do?contentId=90
NAESP : Help Students Welcome The Disabled teachers, and parents not only to prepare students with special needs for the Provide a variety of children s literature in your school library http://www.naesp.org/ContentLoad.do?contentId=1114
Extractions: Background Information Health Care for Children with Disabilities or Enrolled in Special Education Programs: A brief Summary A brief analysis of a critical issue in special education: Tapping Medicaid Funds . From the National Association of State Directors Special Education. Resources for Parents of Children with Special Needs Family Voices: Families and Friends Speaking on Behalf of Children with Special Health Care Needs
Assistive Technology: Enabling Dreams Lukas, a Spokane, washington, high school junior can make his own music, a joystickequipped euphonium that was custom designed for his special needs. http://www.edutopia.org/php/article.php?id=Art_1241&key=137
NAEP -- Inclusion Of Special-Needs Students All specialneeds students may use the same accommodations in NAEP assessments that (NAEP s guidelines to schools for determining which students should http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/about/inclusion.asp
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Error - LexisNexis(R) Publisher Many parents of disabled students and specialeducation advocates fear that school officials are being motivated by money and not children s needs. http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgI
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.
Critical Issue: Meeting The Diverse Needs Of Young Children Children with special needs also are increasingly represented in general education schools should ensure that all early childhood educators meet http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/earlycld/ea400.htm
Extractions: ISSUE: The increase in racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity in American schools is reflected in many early childhood classrooms. These classrooms also are receiving increased numbers of children with disabilities or developmental delays. The diverse composition of early childhood classrooms brings many challenges as well as many opportunities to educators. With a knowledge of effective practices, and with the support of administrators, colleagues, families, and the local and global community, teachers can create classrooms that are responsive to the diverse needs of all children. Overview Goals Action Options Pitfalls ... References OVERVIEW: By the year 2000, more than 30 percent of the U.S. population will have a racial- or ethnic-minority background (Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs, 1995). If the children of those families were evenly distributed across the nation's classrooms, a hypothetical class of 30 children would have 10 students from racial- or ethnic-minority groups; of these 10, six children would belong to families for whom English is not the home language, and two to four children would have limited English proficiency (National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning, n.d.). Although the United States traditionally has been a culturally and linguistically diverse nation, today's schools have an increased awareness of the need to acknowledge and address issues of diversity.
Extractions: Go to... About Us Our Staff Our Clinic Psychosocial Team 9 West BMT Unit Sickle Cell Program Clinical Trials Nutrition Late Effects Clinic Patients and Families Sharing Stories Ask the Experts Book Reviews and List Late Effects Back to School Some Basics School Reentry Program Helpful Resources Bulletin Board Events Young Artists' Gallery Tips and Clips Our Wish List Links Contact Us Some Basics Whether newly diagnosed or already many months into treatment, students will want a smooth transition from hospital or home to school when it is time to return. Communication is really the key to that smooth transition. Tips for Parents 2. Request a meeting with your child's teacher(s), principal, counselor, and school nurse. Include your child in this meeting if s(he) wants to be present. If there is a school liaison at the hospital where your child is treated, try to include that person in your meeting with the school staff. 9. Maintain regular contact with the teacher throughout the school year.
Washington Yellow Pages For Kids With Disabilities washington State Board of Education approved private school and nonpublic agency. Programs for Children with special Health Care needs http://www.yellowpagesforkids.com/help/wa.htm
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Extractions: (SE Washington DC) Gallaudet Social Work program graduate and field supervisor Janis Pressley with Iris Ziegler. Student Role: To advocate for children with special needs including learning disabilities and chronic health conditions by empowering families to interface with the public school system as it responds to educational needs. Interns are active with the school staff, administrators, communities, and families. Alexandria City Public Schools (Alexandria, VA) Student Role: Providing counseling and guidance to students, following up on attendance issues, writing social histories for initial and on-going cases, special education evaluations, small group counseling, home visits, work with parents of students in elementary school and preschool programs, crisis management. Arlington County Public Schools
Pioneer News: News The second year of scores show that six of the district s 18 schools failed hard on our free and reduced lunch students and our special needs students. http://www.pioneernews.net/articles/2005/08/08/news/news02.txt
Extractions: Search Rethinking Schools Help Home Archives Volume 18 No. 2 - Winter 2003 Vouchers: Special Ed Students Need Not Apply Winter 2003 photo: SKJOLD PHOTOGRAPHY By Barbara Miner Susan Endress is into her second decade of demanding, cajoling, threatening, and doing whatever it takes to ensure that Milwaukee schools honor the rights of special education students. On a recent afternoon, she shakes her head in weary frustration as she reads a summary of the special ed services provided (or, more likely, not provided) by Milwaukee voucher schools that receive public dollars yet operate as private schools. What do they mean, they can't serve children more than a year below grade level? she says of one school's description. That's terrible. Oh, here's a good one, she says as she continues reading. We cannot serve wheelchair-bound students.' And look at this one, it cannot serve students who are unable to climb stairs.' She turns to a young man in a wheelchair working in the office with her at Wisconsin FACETS, a special education advocacy and support group for families. Make sure you're bound to your wheelchair, she tells him good-naturedly. And better learn to climb stairs. Her moment of humor over, Endress turns serious again.
Rights And Responsibilities Of Parents Of Children With Disabilities You may request an evaluation if you think your child needs special You will find your local school district s director of special education and his or http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/learning/rights_LD.shtml
Extractions: Parents of Children With Disabilities Parents of children with disabilities have a vital role to play in the education of their children. This fact is guaranteed in federal legislation that specifies the right of parents to participate in the educational decision-making process. As your child progresses through educational systems, knowing and following through on your rights and responsibilities ensures that you are a contributing partner with professionals who will influence your child's future. This brochure provides you with an introduction to your rights and responsibilities in the special education process. What Are Your Rights in the Special Education Process?
Unit Studies, Special Needs, And Teens Page topic5 Homeschooling Teens, Homeschool High School, Homeschooling College and Distance Education topic6 Links for special needs, Giftedness, Unit Studies http://www.eaglesnesthome.com/unit.htm
Extractions: Links for Special Needs, Giftedness, Unit Studies Christian Book Distributors offers a huge selection of bargain-priced homeschool and educational resources and books. Portions of your purchases help support this web site, when you click on this link, Christian Book Distributors . Thank you! What Is a Unit Study? Pick a Topic, Any Topic! Homeschoolers, like all educators, often fall into the easy trap of spouting educational jargon until it becomes almost meaningless, especially to newcomers. We forget, perhaps, that everyone was once a newcomer. The term "unit studies" is an especially slippery fish of a term, because it can mean so many things. It may refer to a relaxed, interest led frolic through a subject, initiated by a child's interest in, for instance, cars. The child reads about cars, draws cars, examines the insides of cars, takes cars apart, measures cars, studies the math and science of cars, bakes and eats car shaped cakes, and builds a model car.
Inclusion Of Students With Special Needs: Teaching And Learning Every school has a small core of students whose basic needs for attention, nurturing and Including Young Children with special needs Ilene S. Schwartz, http://www.newhorizons.org/spneeds/inclusion/teaching/front_teaching.html
Extractions: Inclusion of Students with Special Needs: Teaching and Learning Schools are accommodating diversity with a variety of teaching strategies and different degrees of mastery. Inclusive learning environments are reflections of the change in teaching and learning to help all students meet high expectations. Go to articles and links for further information: Research, Resources and Strategies for Inclusive Classrooms Criteria for Identifying Best Practices The purpose of this publication is to provide educators with instructional strategies that research shows have the greatest likelihood of positively affecting student learning. It is designed to be used by K-12 classroom teachers, building level administrators, and central office administrators. It is offered as a tool to enhance students' achievement in any content area.
President's Bio Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education (also, courses have been taught Boston s secondary school students (including special needs populations) http://www.fpc.edu/pages/ataglance/Welcome/presbiomedia.htm
Nutrition Services For Children With Special Needs The term children with special health needs (CSHN) describes those children Schoolbased nutrition services positively affect children with special http://www.eatright.org/Public/GovernmentAffairs/92_8240.cfm
Extractions: Nutrition services for children with special needs J AM Diet Assoc 1995;95;809 (The expiration date for this position has been delayed until the publication of a new position, "Nutrition services for individuals with developmental disabilities and special health needs.") PDF Version The term "children with special health needs" (CSHN) describes those children who have congenital or acquired conditions that affect physical and/or cognitive growth and development and who require more than the usual pediatric health care. The term refers to children who have developmental disabilities, chronic conditions, or health-related problems as well as those who are at risk for these conditions (1). CSHN must have the opportunity to achieve their potential in all areas of development. Appropriate nutrition services are a critical aspect of the support required for this to occur. CSHN are vulnerable to all of the factors that place other children at nutritional risk, and to a myriad of additional biological, environmental, and psychosocial variables that may further jeopardize their nutritional status and pose barriers to their development. In highlighting the population of CSHN, The American Dietetic Association (ADA) reaffirms its position that all children should have access to adequate nutrition services (2). It is the position of The American Dietetic Association that nutrition services are an essential component of comprehensive care for children with special health needs. These nutrition services should be provided within a system of coordinated interdisciplinary services in a manner that is preventive, family centered, community based, and culturally competent.
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
