81. Special Education, Learning Disabilities Advocacy, Legal Advice,Attorneys And La new york. Northport Advocacy, assessments, and tutoring for children DC Metro AreaSchool Finders, special education advocacy and school selection http://www.iser.com/CAadvocacy.html

Internet Special Education Resources Special Education Advocacy Services Visit ISER's Special Education Products Page For Advocacy Support Videos and Handbooks Nationwide and International Services Bodin Associates based in Los Altos, CA and serving a national and international client base. Education Management Consulting assessments for school placement and evaluation and for legal proceedings involving educational issues and institutions. Chicago Attorney Linda Mastandrea represents students with disability law needs and counsels schools and businesses on compliance with the law Edufax (with Marcia Rubinstein) Educational consulting, placement, and advocacy The Learning Curve of Wisconsin connecting resources in education for students with dpecial needs. Also provides expert witness testimony LD Online interactive guide for children, parents, teachers, and others involved with learning disabilities A+ International Consulting educational consulting internationaly: teacher training, legislative issues, curriculum planning and implementation Davis Dyslexia Association International Website contains information and a forum for networking among parents and teachers, and support for using Davis methods at home.

82. Policy Review, January-February, 1999 -- "Sending Public School Students To Priv Far from abandoning the needs of special education students, the private sector Before then, many disabled students didn’t attend school at all or were http://www.policyreview.org/jan99/fox.html

January-February, 1999 No. 93 SENDING PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS By Jonathan Fox The untold story of special education O Upon greater scrutiny, this oft-repeated scenario does not hold up. For years, many students with the worst disabilities have attended private schools at partial or even full public expense. Far from abandoning the needs of special education students, the private sector is supplying what the public school system has failed to provide. More specifically, public school districts currently foot the bill for more than 100,000 special education students attending private schools at an estimated cost of $2 billion to taxpayers, according to U.S. Department of Education figures and industry estimates. In most of these cases, public schools have come to rely on specialized private schools to educate their toughest disability cases, when doing it themselves would be prohibitively expensive. "A voucher isn’t really the right analogy," says Mike Petrilli, program director of the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, which supports education reform efforts from a conservative perspective. "It’s really closer to contracting, like the Edison Project," the for-profit school management company that manages more than 50 public and charter schools across the nation. "But it makes a lot of sense to contract out this function to a company that can pool its resources."

83. Religious Schools Look To Fill Special-education Needs - The Boston Globe - Bost The desire to educate children with special needs also reflects a desire by disabilities can appear more significant in Jewish day schools because of http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2005/06/27/religious_schools_

Today's Globe Opinion Magazine Education ... K-12 Mollie Savit of Needham is thriving at the South Area Solomon Schechter Day School in Stoughton after two other schools did not meet her needs. (Globe Staff Photo / Janet Knott) Religious schools look to fill special-education needs Jewish community provides $2m grant June 27, 2005 Betsy Jacobs's son was just 4 years old when a Jewish day school told the Brookline woman she would be better off sending Sam to public school because his special needs were too much for the religious school to handle. Ten years later, the Jewish community of Boston is responding to increasing pressure from parents to make religious education more accessible to a larger number of children by spending $2 million to increase the chances that children like Sam can continue to attend Jewish schools. The Jewish community's effort comes as many religious day schools are struggling with whether and how to educate children with special needs, whose education can be expensive and is not covered by public funds when it takes place at religious schools. The Catholic bishops of the United States issued a statement this month declaring that ''Catholic schools must also continue to look for ways to include and serve better the needs of young people in our Church who have special educational and physical needs." The $2 million grant for special education in Boston-area Jewish day schools is part of a $45 million project, overseen by Combined Jewish Philanthropies, to improve the quality of the 14 Jewish day schools in metropolitan Boston. An estimated 2,700 children attend Jewish day schools in the area.

84. A School-Home-Community-Based Conceptualization Of LEP Students With Learning Di In new york City, there are only two bilingual special education programs Future study may need to examine outof-school support in more depth and to http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/symposia/third/chang.htm

Third National Research Symposium on Limited English Proficient Student Issues: Focus on Middle and High School Issues A School-Home-Community-Based Conceptualization of LEP Students with Learning Disabilities: Implications from a Chinese American Study Ji-Mei Chang San Jose State University Introduction The Asian American school-age population has increased rapidly across many parts of the country. For example, in the most populous state, California, Asian American students now constitute 10.2 percent of the K-12 population, higher even than African American enrollment (8.9 percent, Ima, 1990). Over half of all Asian youth come from homes where a primary language other than English is spoken (Chan, 1983; Olsen, 1988, 1991). Moreover, more than 18 percent of all LEP students enrolled in California came from Asian countries (California Department of Education, 1990). Unfortunately, research evidence regarding Asian American students' education needs remains scarce. Partly due to a severe shortage of Asian bilingual teachers and specialists, Asian students' special needs have yet to be appropriately addressed in both research literature and school practices. An Invisible Population in Need of Effective Special Education: Chinese LEP+LD students Many of these LEP students with mild disabilities do not receive federal or state mandated education or related services, such as bilingual education, speech and language therapy, or bilingual special education. For example, Chinese or Asian bilingual special education programs remain extremely limited to only a few groups of Chinese-speaking LEP students across the country. In New York City, there are only two bilingual special education programs serving junior high school students (Chiang, 1992) and only one class serving elementary students in San Francisco city schools. A majority of Chinese LEP students, once identified as having LD or other mild disabilities, will unlikely receive systematic support to learn English language and literacy skills through the use of their primary language.

85. Who Is Learning Disabled? to students needs, while school staff continue to monitor their progress. Students with both Gifts and Learning Disabilities. new Haven Yale http://www.apa.org/monitor/sep03/disabled.html

Volume 34, No. 8 September 2003 Although some psychologists argue that IQ tests have no place in identifying learning disabilities, others caution that eliminating them altogether amounts to throwing the baby out with the bath water. What makes a great teacher? When talent masks learning disability Who is learning disabled? Psychologists and educators debate over how to identify students with learning disabilities. BY DEBORAH SMITH BAILEY Print version: page 58 Proposed language in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)the federal law that governs special educationcould trigger a shift in the way schools identify children with learning disabilities. The House and Senate versions of the bill that will reauthorize IDEA explicitly say schools wouldn't be required to use the traditional method of determining learning disabilitythe IQ-achievement discrepancy model, which identifies children as learning disabled (LD) when their scores on achievement tests are significantly lower than their IQ. The new versions of IDEA also include language that opens the way for an alternative identification method. But the potential changes aren't without debate. While many psychologists and educators agree that IQ-achievement discrepancy has flaws, they are split on what to do next. Some argue for particular models as replacements; others caution that rushing to replace the discrepancy model could result in substituting one flawed system for another.

86. Guide To Learning Disabilities For The ESL Classroom Practitioner Looking at the learning disability is too limiting; we need to look at the profile Learn and How schools Should Teach. new york, NY Basic Books, Inc. http://www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/tesl-ej/ej01/a.4.html

Vol. 1.No. 1 A-4 April 1994 Return to Table of Contents Return to Main Page A Guide to Learning Disabilities for the ESL Classroom Practitioner Christine Root Harvard University Abstract It is estimated that in the United States 15% of the general population has a learning disability (Monarez 1992, p. F3). It is possible that many of the ESL students whom we view as poor language learners are struggling because they too have a learning disability. In many countries, learning disabilities are not recognized or, in some cases, they are recognized but not dealt with. This paper is meant to be a basic primer on learning disabilities. It will describe classroom behaviors associated with several common learning problems, the results of research into them and it will offer practical suggestions to classroom teachers for working more profitably with these students. According to Dr. Melvin Levine, Director of the Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Learning Disability is the term currently used to describe a handicap that interferes with someones ability to store, process or produce information. Such disabilities affect both children and adults. The impairment can be quite subtle and go [-1-] undetected throughout life. But learning disabilities create a gap between a persons true capacity and his day to day production and performance. Its not always immediately obvious that a person has a learning disability. The most straightforward indication is academic failure or underachievement by someone who seems capable of more (Levine 1984, p.1).

87. Suggested Readings Related To Behavioral Disabilities In Students Who Are Deaf-I An art therapy program for hearingimpaired children with special needs. Ms. Pearlman, a counselor at the new Mexico School for the Deaf, http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/188.html

Gallaudet Clerc Center Information on Deafness search ... site index from the office of Publications and Information Dissemination See also: Locating Providers of Mental Health Services for People Who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing References Related to Learning Disabilities Deaf Children with Multiple Disabilities Do you have an update or addition for this page? Please e-mail us at clearinghouse. infotogo@gallaudet.edu Want to be notified when this page is updated? Click here to sign up for the Clerc Center's E-Newsletter! Suggested Readings Related to Behavioral Disabilities in Students Who Are Deaf Altshuler, K. 1978. Toward a psychology of deafness. Journal of Communication Disorders, 11, Altshuler, K.Z. 1986. Perceptual handicap and mental illness, with special reference to early profound deafness. The American Journal of Social Psychiatry, VI Altshuler, K.Z., Deming, W.E., Vollenweider, J., Ranier, J.D., Tendler, R. 1976. Impulsivity and early profound deafness: A cross-cultural inquiry. American Annals of the Deaf, 121

88. Special Education Resource Guide -- Peabody Library, Peabody College Of Vanderbi School Boards Association, and the Office of special Education Programs, A history of Childhood and Disability. new york Teachers College Press, http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/peabody/articles/guides/speced.html

ACORN ATHENA EJOURNALS ILL ... Resource Guides > Special Education Resource Guide Materials of interest to persons studying, working or living with students or adults requiring special needs (physical, emotional, learning, mental, etc.) All are located in the Peabody Library unless otherwise noted. Directories Computer Resources for People with Disabilities: A Guide to Exploring Today's Assistive Technology. Alliance for Technology Access. Alameda, CA: Hunter House, 1994. Reference HV 1569.5 .C675 1994 The Directory for Exceptional Children . Boston: Porter Sargent Publishers. Latest in Ready Reference LC 4007 .D5 Directory of College Facilities and Services for the Handicapped. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1983-. Latest in Ready Reference LC 4812.6 .D57 Directory of Facilities and Services for the Learning Disabled. Novato, California: Academic Therapy Publications. Latest Only in Ready Reference L 901 D5114 Kravets, Marybeth and Imy Wax. 4th ed. New York: Random House, 1997. Ready Reference L 901 .K73 1997 Peterson's Colleges with Programs for Students with Learning Disabilities.

89. The Warning Signs Of Learning Disabilities The special education department of the local school district can direct families to new york Times Books, (a division of Random House). 800733-3000. http://ericec.org/digests/e603.html

The Warning Signs of Learning Disabilities The ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education (ERIC EC) The Council for Exceptional Children 1110 N. Glebe Rd. Arlington, VA 22201-5704 Toll Free: 1.800.328.0272 E-mail: ericec@cec.sped.org Internet: http://ericec.org ERIC EC Digest #E603 Author: Susan Bergert December 2000 Something's not quite right about Johnny. He seems bright enough, but often his performance or behavior falls short of expectations. He can do some things very well, but in other ways is behind his peers. Is he simply lazy? Does he just need to try harder? When the development or academic performance of a healthy child falls short of what is expected for his or her age and intelligence, parents or teachers may suspect the child has a learning disability (LD). Being aware of the signs of learning disabilities will help parents determine if the child should be referred for evaluation. This digest summarizes some of the common warning signs of learning disabilities for preschool, elementary, and secondary school children and youth. As the name implies, LD is a condition that affects learning, and sooner or later is manifested by poor school performance, especially in reading, mathematics, spelling, and writing. In addition, LD is a lifelong condition, and can significantly impact relationships, daily activities, and eventually work and careers. Warning Signs in Preschool Children Although children's growth patterns vary among individuals and within individuals, uneven development or significant delays in development can signal the presence of LD. It is important to keep in mind that the behaviors listed below must persist over time to be considered warning signs. Any child may occasionally exhibit one or two of these behaviors in the course of normal development.

90. Asha For Education: Project Category Admin There is a huge dearth of schools for children with disabilities in India and To support the Education, Rehabilitation and Training of specialneeds http://www.ashanet.org/projects/project-category.php?t=4&display=1

91. U.S. Senator Patty Murray - Senate Passes Murray's Amendment To Improve Special Improving special education services when children transfer school districts children in new york City who need the help that this amendment provides. http://murray.senate.gov/news.cfm?id=221574

92. Children With Disabilities: Global Priorities for Action on special needs Education means that ordinary schools should M. Miles,Children with Disabilities in Ordinary schools, Peshawar Mental http://www.disabilityworld.org/07-08_01/children/global.shtml

table of contents home page text-only home page Children with Disabilities: Global Priorities Prepared 2001 by Rehabilitation International (RI), a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the UN (ECOSOC), ILO, WHO, UNICEF and regional entities including the Organization for African Unity, the European Union, UNESCAP and the Organization for American States. In preparation for the UN Special Session on Children, RI has reviewed current statistics, literature and international policy statements, and consulted with specialists in childhood disability. The following findings from these materials are sobering and underscore the urgency of raising the inclusion of children and youths with disabilities to a high priority in all proposed actions and programs to implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Inclusion During the last century in most countries, disabled children were often overlooked, excluded, hidden away or exiled to institutions. In the 21st century, RI envisions "a world where equal opportunities for disabled people becomes a natural consequence of enlightened policies and legislation supporting full inclusion to and access to all parts of society." RI Charter for the New Millennium , adopted London, 1999 "The rights of students with disabilities to be educated in their local mainstream school is becoming more and more accepted in most countries, and many reforms are being put in place to achieve to this goal. Further, there is no reason to segregate disabled students in public education systems. Instead, education systems need to be reconsidered to meet the needs of all students."

93. Special Education And Learning Disabilities Resources: Educational Alternatives Denver WestSchool for children grades 1 9 with learning disabilities and new HavenChapel Haven is a state-approved private special education and http://www.iser.com/CAedalt.html

Internet Special Education Resources Special Education Professionals: Educational Alternatives Nationwide and International Services Bodin Associates More than 18 years experience in finding the right school or placement Advocates for Human Potential Educational Planning with Personalized Guidance Autistic Interactive Click Pages Over 200 pages of multimedia learning, support, and information services Educational Connections, LLC Find the right school or therapeutic program for your at-risk teen or special needs child Ellen Heard, Inc. Personally resarched school placement world-wide for at-risk or emotionally suffering teens dyslexia-lessons.com Specialist one-on-one tutoring worldwide EdAnywhere EducationalOptions, LLC Helps you find the right school or program for troubled or at risk teens Edufax (with Marcia Rubinstein) Educational consulting, placement, and advocacy Practice Effective Guidance Strategies (PEGS) Software to help teachers and homeschooling parents with effective teaching strategies School Finders helps parents locate the right school for at-risk, ADD, AD/HD, special needs, average and gifted children worldwide.

94. EarthLink - Welcome To MyEarthLink new york, NY Haze 87° F H97°/L78° Data by The Weather Channel® edit more Display all the links and information you need in one place. Have fun! http://my.earthlink.net/

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95. Adoption Resource Central - Learning Disabilities (Family Helper Appreciate how the disabilities interfere with school tasks, Society of special needs Adoptive Parents, 101 2780 East Broadway, Vancouver BC V5M 1Y8. http://www.familyhelper.net/arc/lng.html

Family Helper Adoption Resource Central Family Helper Web Adoption Resource Central PRE-ADOPTION SPECIAL NEEDS RAISING CHILDREN General Considering Collecting Private ... Institutions Learning Sensory Parenting Talking School ... Search Learning disabilities The Globe and Mail reported Oct. 1, 2003 that an estimated three million Canadians suffer from learning disabilities (LD). People with LD are not stupid; they simply learn and retain information differently. The most common of the 70 LDs are dyslexia difficulty in reading, writing, spelling and math and auditory processing disorders. An LD may also be indicated in a person with problems of attention, memory, reasoning, coordination, social competence and emotional maturity. Learning disability is a neurological disorder of uncertain cause, due to either genetic or environmental factors, such as prenatal exposure to toxic substances. Scientists say dyslexia has to do with the way the brain is wired. Learning disabilities can happen in four areas of learning: Recording information in the brain (input).

96. Sevier County Special Education Information Links: Sevier County School System, Student needs, how to check whether special Education is right for a student Disabilities, summary focusing on the needs of these students at school http://www.slc.sevier.org/info.htm

Search this site or the web powered by FreeFind Site search Web search Index State Forms County Forms Parents ... Vision Special Education Information Links Special Education Sites All States and D.C.'s Departments of Education , quick links, though some are no longer accurate Most Used Acronyms in Special Education , short list from Dr. Sandy Enloe Acronym Finder , searchable, but not category specific Marc Sheehan's Site of many Special Education links Tennessee Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities , compiled by Wrightslaw's From Emotions to Advocacy site Report from the President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education , includes 9 findings and 3 major recommendations (focus on results, emphasize early intervention over reacting to deficits, and consider special education as part of general education) Special Education Resources on the Internet , also known as SERI Internet Resources for Special Children has a lot of good links, especially to the more rare disabilities Awesome Library , a searchable site on various Special Education topics General Suggestions for Specific Disabilities (not just reading help) ABCs of Special Education , with legal, ethical, and behavioral information Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services , OSERS, U.S. Department of Education

97. IPSL Special Education Internships special Education Internships are offered in the locations listed below. of dozens of school projects, homes and programs for those with special needs; http://www.ipsl.org/programs/specialed.html

IPSL PROGRAMS Master's Degree Czech Republic Ecuador - Galapagos Ecuador - Guayaquil ... Special Programs > IPSL Special Education Internships Site Map Special Education Internships The International Partnership for Service-Learning and Leadership, in affiliation with The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and its Division of International Special Education and Services (DISES), is pleased to offer cross-cultural programs in 10 nations, combining academic study for credit with internships in programs for individuals with disabilities. Most of these programs follow the same program design as the IPSL undergraduate programs, which include academic study, living in a homestay with a local family or on a campus with international students, and serving 15-20 hours a week in established service agency. With the Special Eduation focus, your service will be in the form of an internship serving individuals with special needs, supervised by professionals; and your academic studies will focus on the culture in which you are living and the issues of children and adults with special needs. Internship opportunities include serving in schools, residential settings, clinics, sheltered workshops, and other programs for children and adults with a variety of special needs such as:

98. Child Welfare League Of America: Children's Voice Article: Article Children with disabilities may have the additional need of an accessible home or one new Alternatives for Children (NAC) in new york City, however, http://www.cwla.org/articles/cv0209serving.htm

Home Children's Voice Articles Children's Voice Article, September/October 2002 Serving children with disABILITIES Second of Two articles ( Part One By Kelly Mack and Steve Boehm Children with disabilities encounter challenges in all areas of daily life, struggling against low expectations and inaccessibility. And all aspects of child welfareadoption, foster care, housing, juvenile justice, and other programstouch the lives of children with disabilities. Child welfare workers are increasingly aware of children with disabilities and how to address their needs, whether they be affordable housing, health care, help transitioning to adulthood and independence or a loving family in which to grow up. For those who care for, work with, or are concerned about children and youth with disabilities, the challenge is not curing their disabilities but rather incorporating their differences and talents into society so they can participate and lead healthy, happy lives. Special Needs of Children-and Parents In foster care and adoption, and throughout the field of child welfare, special needs describes not only children who have disabilities, but also older children, children belonging to nonwhite racial groups, sibling groups who need to be placed together, and children who have other needs additional to those of their peers.

99. Learning Disabilities OnLine: LD In-Depth: Getting Ready For College: Advising H Most importantly, high school students with learning disabilities need to become comfortable with new york, NY 10016 (212)5457510 (212)545-9665 (Fax) http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/postsecondary/hrc_gettingready.html

The leading Web site on learning disabilities for parents, teachers, and other professionals Home Page FAQs About LD IDEA 2004 Update What's New ... LD OnLine Store Getting Ready for College: Advising High School Students with Learning Disabilities HEATH Resource Center November 1995 Table of Contents: Developing Self Knowledge Understanding Legal Rights and Responsibilities Transition Planning For College College Application Process ... Selected Resources Increasing numbers of students with learning disabilities are enrolling in two and four-year colleges and universities. Since 1985, among first-time, full-time freshmen who reported having any disability, the percentage of those with learning disabilities doubled from 15 percent to 32 percent. Currently nearly a third of all freshmen with disabilities report having learning disabilities. Some of the most frequently asked questions of the HEATH staff are about students with learning disabilities who are preparing to make the transition from high school to college. In addition, HEATH staff are asked many questions by students with learning disabilities who plan to enroll in graduate school, including law school and medical school. Such questions indicate that students with learning disabilities can, and do have successful undergraduate experiences. High school students with learning disabilities who are considering going to college should be encouraged to pursue this goal. Students should be aware that colleges and universities are not all alike

100. Education Options, Chapter 10 - SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN A child with special needs can be defined as one who differs developmentally from This school, for children ages 4 1/2 to 18 with learning disabilities, http://www.state.gov/m/dghr/flo/rsrcs/pubs/7223.htm

Under Secretary for Management Bureau of Human Resources Family Liaison Office Resources - Publications and Related Links ... Education and Youth Education Options, Chapter 10 - SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN A child with special needs can be defined as one who differs developmentally from a normal child as a result either of a physical, mental, or emotional handicap, a developmental delay, or a specific learning disability. Both the Handicapped Child and Supplementary Education allowances are available to assist families with the extraordinary costs of providing special educational or related services to their children with special needs. Parents should understand the medical clearance procedures that determine eligibility for the allowances and know which will play a role in the assignment process. Learning disabilities are the most frequently encountered developmental problem among Foreign Service children. EVALUATION OF DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS Children with developmental problems will receive educational evaluations as part of the medical clearance process. As soon as it is suspected, parents should describe any developmental problem on the child's medical history form so that evaluation and treatment plans can be formulated early in the child's life. Experts in the field of special education stress the value of early intervention. Children with learning disabilities should not be thought of as abnormal; they simply have a different system for processing information. The key for parents and teachers is to discover what the child's processing system is and to help the child compensate with their strengths when fitting in, as far as possible, to the ordinary educational process.

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