Karen S Schedule - The Karen Gaffney Foundation - Dedicated To special needs Personnel, special educators, school to work staff, paraprofessionals October 11, 2003, west virginia Buddy Walk, Individuals with Down http://www.karengaffneyfoundation.com/schedule2003.shtml
Adopting.com Resources For Special Needs Children Children with special needs A listing of resources on the internet. Steven L.Fullmer at the west virginia Rehabilitation Research Training Center. http://www.adopting.com/special.html
Extractions: Email: info@radzebra.org The Attachment Disorder Network is a national organization dedicated to education, support and advocacy for families dealing with attachment disorder and attachment issues. We feature a bimonthly newsletter and a packet of information to get new parents started on their journey. The Attachment Disorder Site URL: http://www.attachmentdisorder.net Email: nancyjhg@hotmail.com This site is for those who have adopted special needs children either domestically or internationally. It is a site that will also benefit foster parents. This site focuses, but is not limited to, attachment and bonding issues. Attachment Disorder Support Group URL http://www.syix.com/adsg/
Special Needs School Gets Closer Look State education officials plan to tour the virginia School for the Deaf, special needs school gets closer look Touring the state s 2 schools for the http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/dp-62081sy0aug05,0,2431519.story?coll=dp-ne
Testimony Of Dr. John Lawrence In particular the issues of high cost, low incidence disabilities needs to be When west virginia schools tried to use the Vermont schools plan for http://edworkforce.house.gov/hearings/107th/edr/idea41802/lawrence.htm
Extractions: United States House of Representatives April 18, 2002 Thank you Chairman Boehner and members of the committee for this opportunity to discuss the most important federal education law, the Individuals with Disabilities education act, IDEA. I am John Lawrence, the Superintendent of the Troy Missouri Public schools. I am completing my 18th year as superintendent in Troy, which is unusual in this day of rapid voluntary and involuntary turnover in the superintendency. I was also recently elected president elect of AASA, which is why I am here today representing AASA members across the country. Troy is a growing school district which used to be thought of as far outside of St. Louis, but now is part of the greater metropolitan area. Like most of the country the people of Troy are very supportive of their public schools. The support comes with very high expectations to deliver a quality education to all children. Like the parents of disabled children everywhere, the parents of disabled students in Troy demand and we provide excellent services for disabled students. I would like to begin with some general observations that we at AASA have gathered over the past two years, as we prepared for the reauthorization. First the thing that stands out most for me after 28 years in public education is that we have over six million children receiving services usually in the general classroom who are succeeding in every sense of the word. Students who were once warehoused in state schools are graduating from high school and going on to college or training for rewarding careers in fields that do not require a bachelors degree.
Summer Food Service Program Camp staff also received training on how to best meet the special needs of these NORTH CENTRAL west virginia COMMUNITY ACTION Kingwood, west virginia http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/summer/States/special_populations.html
Extractions: Cameron, New York By moving the meal service sites to a nearby trailer park, the Addison Central School District was able to overcome the transportation barrier that prevents so many rural children from participating in SFSP. The trailer park was an ideal location because the majority of families qualified for free and reduced price school meals. The school district enlisted parents as volunteers and included them in nutrition education and other enrichment activities. Contact: Christine Wallace Phone: 607-359-2241 x730 E-mail: cwallace@addison.wnyric.org GARRETT COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT Mt. Lake Park, Maryland Kudos to the Garrett County Health Department for believing it could! Until 1999, the children of this rural, impoverished community did not have access to Summer meals. In the past, public and private groups had discussed the need for the program, but no agency felt capable of sponsoring it. Believing that healthy behaviors are caught not taught, the Departments nutritionists, health educators, and outreach staff identified the need to work with both children and their families to teach health education. To achieve this, it combined the funding sources from other grant programs. It also sponsored "Serious Fun Day Camps" for three weeks, in three targeted regions, to maximize limited staff resources. Most of the children were able to walk to the camps which were located in town parks. Children were taught nutrition and healthy behaviors while enjoying Summer meals. They often applied what they learned to real life by preparing their own lunches and snacks!
Coming To Terms With A Disability (here in my small town of Grafton, WV and at west virginia University) are special needs Find the latest information and suggestions about Learning http://connect.familyeducation.com/webx/webx.dll?14@62.hDtrbrBjFwv^0@.eeb5640/97
NCLB - West Virginia No Child Left Behind An expelled student is still enrolled in west virginia schools. The student istreated like Penalizes schools with higher special education population. http://wvachieves.k12.wv.us/faqs.html
Extractions: Below you will find several questions asked of WVDE staff members during the recent NCLB regional workshops. NCLB QUESTIONS QUESTIONS ANSWERS AYP To meet AYP for 2002-2003 must a school have 50% th % (or increasing) on the assessment standard and or 15% in bottom quartile (or decreasing). West Virginia is under a Title I Compliance Agreement with the US Department of Education (USED) for the 2002-2003 school year. That agreement requires the state to continue to follow State Board Policy 2320 for accountability. The USED has approved changing Policy 2320 as follows: 1. The bottom quartile requirement is changed to 25% from 15% (or improvement) 2. Retain the 50% above the 2
Posted 12/20/03 From The Daily Record Newsroom Special Services west virginia, 50443, 15.2, 1.3, 2962, 17, 3350, 13.4 But New Jersey schoolsalso send more students to special schools than any other state one of http://www.dailyrecord.com/news/bigbucks03/special_services_1.htm
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Extractions: 1.1. Purpose: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997, Public Law 105-17, herein after referred to as IDEA 97, requires that the State set forth policies and procedures to assure that there is a goal of providing full educational opportunity to all students with disabilities between birth and 21 years of age. The State of West Virginia affirms the goal to provide full educational opportunities by 2010 for all students with disabilities, aged birth through 21, residing within its jurisdiction. The state works toward the realization of this goal through the implementation of, and compliance with, IDEA 97, and any subsequent reauthorization, state regulations and policies and the implementation of the West Virginia Continuous Improvement and Focused Monitoring System. 1.2. Scope: These regulations apply to preschool, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescent and adult students whose educational programs require special education and related services. These regulations apply to three year olds, as of their third birth date, through five year olds with disabilities and those who are between the ages of five and 21. Rights under these regulations cease to apply at the end of the school year in which the student turns 21 years of age, that is, the year in which the student is 21 years of age prior to September 1 unless the student has met graduation requirements as specified by the Individualized Education Program and within the state/local policy pertaining to graduation requirements.
Disney Channel - Service Learning Looks at schools and community groups that are applying service learning to west virginia Department of Education. west virginia s ServiceLearning http://www.disney.go.com/disneychannel/learningtoserve/resources/resources2.html
Extractions: "The question that Congress must ask is why have so many states had to introduce resolutions or pass legislation to curb schools labeling and drugging children? Unfortunately, the answer is that until IDEA is reformed, and Congress provides a physically based scientific definition of 'disability,' the diagnosing of children with subjective disorders will continue to be a national problem." Mrs. Patricia Johnson solutions for behavioral and learning problems in the classroom. When Congress originally passed IDEA, covering Special Education, its primary purpose was to provide a Free and Appropriate Education for children with hearing, sight, speech and other physical handicaps. Over the ensuing 27 years, the funding has been largely funneled, instead, to children with "learning disorders," a term so subjective that children who fidget, butt into line or interrupt their teachers are so labeled. In most cases they are subsequently prescribed cocaine-like, mind-altering drugs. Many of these children simply have never been taught to read. Clearly, there is a critical need to provide an objective, scientifically based definition of "learning disability," and this must be the central point of reforming IDEA.
Extractions: for People with Disabilities The Arc of Montgomery County (The Arc, MC) - offers AFTER ALL, an after school enrichment program for pre-teens and teenagers with disabilities in an inclusive community setting at The Boys and Girls Club of Silver Spring. This year-round program is open all day on school holidays. For more information, call 301-681-4623 or 310-984-5792. BUILDING BRIDGES PROJECT - This program increases the availability of child care options for children with disabilities and their families by providing training and support to families and community child care providers. Families and child care providers can call the Building Bridges coordinator directly to be eligible for this service at 301-294-4953 or 301-984-5777. FAMILY, INFANT AND CHILD CARE CENTER (FICCC) - specialized child care for infants and children with medical conditions, from six weeks to five years old. For more information, call 301-279-2165. MONTGOMERY PRIMARY ACHIEVEMENT CENTER (MPAC) - a nonpublic, nonprofit, special education program for children (ages 2 to 8) who have identified developmental delays. MPAC also provides specialized instruction to children in Montgomery County with autism through the Collaborative Autism Preschool Program (CAPP. For more information, call 301-593-3797. For more information, call 301-593-3797.
Special Education, Carnegie Library Of Pittsburgh Resource Guide A Pittsburgh Public schools center for students with disabilities. a web pagedevoted to raising kids with special needs from the ourkids mailing list http://www.carnegielibrary.org/subject/education/k12/specialed.html
SERI General Disabilities Information Resources of how schools can improve learning results for students with disabilities, special needs Education (SNE) project an Internet service providing http://seriweb.com/general.htm
Extractions: Instant Access Treasure Chest ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education Special Education Internet Sites of Interest to Teachers, Administrators, Paraprofessionals, Caregivers and Parents Beacons of Excellence A research project funded by the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education. The purpose of the project is to increase the understanding of how schools can improve learning results for students with disabilities, within the context of efforts to achieve exemplary results for all students. Disability Resources Nonprofit organization that monitors, reviews, and reports on resources related to disabilities daily. Special Needs Education (SNE) project an Internet service providing resources for parents, teachers, schools, and other professionals, individuals, groups, and organizations involved in the education of students with special needs SpecialEdNews - Special education newsletter, articles and resources for educating students with disabilities. I nternet R esources for ... (IRSC Guide to resources for children with learning disabilities, developmental disorders and serious illnesses or disabilities
Federal Disabilities Legislation Over 5 million children with disabilities ages 321 receive special education Delaware, Washington, DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, virginia, west virginia http://www.nccic.org/pubs/passages/appx2.html
Extractions: DEC Position Statement on Inclusion ... Release #7, "The Benefits of Inclusive Education: Making It Work" Federal Disabilities Legislation Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a federal education program to provide federal financial assistance to State and local education agencies to guarantee special education and related services to eligible children with disabilities, aged birth through 5. Under the legislation, states have the responsibility to provide a free, appropriate public education and must develop an Individualized Education Program for each child served. Parts of this law were formerly known as the Education for all Handicapped Children Act of 1975, as PL 94-142 and as the Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA) of 1986. Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is the state and local grant program.
Extractions: - Frequently Asked Questions - WV Pre-k Question 1: Will the definition of eligible child be expanded to include 3 year-olds participating in the Even Start program? Response 1: §18-5-44 states During or after the school year beginning in two thousand four, and except as may be required by federal law or regulation, no county shall enroll students who will be less than four years of age prior to the first day of September for the year they enter school. It is generally accepted that the federal law to which this refers is IDEA pertaining to students with identified special needs. Children without special needs who are three or younger can still participate in Even Start and Head Start. Question 2: If a child is not developmentally ready for kindergarten success, after being enrolled and participating in kindergarten, what is the proper procedure? Response 2: §18-8-1a of the West Virginia Code Provided, that a child may be removed from such kindergarten program when the principal, teacher and parent or guardian concur that the best interest of the child would not be served by requiring further attendance . Once that decision is made, plans should be developed that support the best interests of the child. If other programs are available that can help the child be better prepared for kindergarten, every effort should be made to inform the parent/guardian and find placement for the child in such a readiness program.
Untitled Document Science for students with disabilities. Remedial and special Education, 15(2), with Disabilities is maintained by west virginia University s College of http://www4.ncsu.edu/~ecparson/ISEFdisabilities.htm
West Virginia Yellow Pages For Kids With Disabilities If you have a dispute with the school about your child s special education program, west virginia University Center for Excellence in Disabilities http://www.yellowpagesforkids.com/help/wv.htm
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Virginia Yellow Pages For Kids With Disabilities A special needs network in central virginia Contact Lisa Mansini Private dayschool for children with learning disabilities, attention deficit http://www.yellowpagesforkids.com/help/va.htm
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Wrightslaw - The Circuit Court Of Taylor County, West Virginia the Plaintiff, DD, entered Grafton High School as a learning disabled student He relied on the west virginia Human Rights Act and the obligation for http://www.wrightslaw.com/law/caselaw/case_Doe_Withers_Complaint.html
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