Extractions: WebMD Live Events Transcript For kids with learning disorders from ADHD to dyslexia the new school year means extra challenges, both for them and their parents and teachers. We discussed testing, working with your child's school, and other academic issues with Amy Bobrow, PhD, of the New York University Child Study Center. The opinions expressed herein are the guest's alone and have not been reviewed by a WebMD physician. If you have questions about your health, you should consult your personal physician. This event is meant for informational purposes only. Moderator: Welcome to WebMD Live, Dr. Bobrow. What are the first steps parents can take to make the return to school more positive and productive for students with special needs? Bobrow: Parents should start by beginning communication with their children's teacher and/or teachers and help their child and the teacher together develop a structured routine. Then at home, parents and children can work together to put together a similar routine.
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Extractions: by Joan Seidman Welsh Acute teacher shortages in science, mathematics, and special education have had school districts scrambling to fill vacancies. At the same time, the population of students with disabilities continues to grow. From 1990 to 1995, the number of students served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA ( http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/IDEA In March of this year, final federal regulations for IDEA were published, and all states had to comply with them by October 1. As a result, many more students with disabilities have been moved out of self-contained special education environments into general education classrooms. This practice demands that teachers be knowledgeable not only in their subject areas, but also in strategies and methods for accommodating children with special needs. Curriculum Development in Teaching Science to Kids with Disabilities . So far, more than 200 science and special education teachers, university faculty, and administrators have teamed up in either two-day training sessions or preconference workshops held in conjunction with annual meetings of the
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Extractions: Advanced Search Accommodating Special Needs Students Following are general suggestions for schools on these topics: De-tracking math is beneficial for all students because it... Cautions for Teaching Heterogeneous Groups Scheduling considerations for special education students in a co-taught class Considerations for instruction in a co-taught math class ... Note Definition: A co-taught class is a regular education class that has two teachers assigned for the hour - one regular and one special education teacher. De-tracking math is beneficial for all students because it... Promotes self-esteem and self-acceptance through peer interaction for all students. Offers the least restrictive environment to special needs students. Exposes students to appropriate behaviors. Enables special needs students to become contributing members of the regular education population. Provides regular education students with opportunities for leadership roles through peer tutoring.
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Extractions: Oakwood School, Salford During 1996, a research project to examine the transition for students from United Kingdom (U.K.) special schools to post school education was undertaken by Salford University and Oakwood "Special School" to (a) assess what Oakwood students felt about their change of circumstance and environment, (b) obtain the views of parents as to their optimal scenario for this change, and (c) suggest a mentoring model to facilitate transition from school to college for "special needs" students. The project resulted in the construct of a bi-institutional mentoring model and process that would enhance student progression and provide educational continuity for "special needs" students. Transition from school to post mandatory education is a matter for concern in the U.K. Contextually, the wide ranging nature of the educational legislation imposed by the Conservative government since 1979 has literally introduced an educational market place. The weakening of the city/regions power to control and coordinate education by the removal of schools and colleges from local financial management, direction and accountability has meant a breakdown of previous geographical planning, cooperation and educational coherence. The vacuum has been filled by free standing and financially autonomous educational institutions that compete for funds and students. Competition has replaced collaboration within and between educational phases with institutions being encouraged by the Conservative government "to think of themselves and to act as individual units" (Vincent & Evans, 1995).
Extractions: In this article, 3 concerns voiced by legal analysts and advocates for students with disabilities regarding charter schools are reviewed, the extent of special education services in charter schools in Texas is reported, and the validity of those concerns is examined. Data submitted to the Texas Public Education Information Management System were reviewed, and interviews with charter school administrators were conducted. The author examined 5 principles of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Actzero reject; individualized education program; appropriate assessment; free appropriate public education; and least restrictive environmentas well as levels of expertise in federal disability law, fiscal barriers, disability categories, and regional variations. Literature Review Students with Disabilities in Charter Schools Some would argue that if students with disabilities were indeed discriminated against, fewer of them would be enrolled in charter schools, and this has historically been the case. In 8 of 10 states, charters served fewer students with disabilities than did other public schools (U.S. Department of Education, 1997), and 25% to 50% of early schools enrolled no children with identified disabilities (Carruthers, 1998; Estes, 2001 ; Henig, 1999; National Education Association, 1998a). In 1999, charters served fewer students with disabilities than did all public schools (8% vs. 11%), a figure that includes schools for students with specific disabilities (U.S. Department of Education, 2000).
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Extractions: SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION GUIDELINES FOR PARENTS/GUARDIANS INITIATION, REINSTATEMENT, OR CHANGES IN TRANSPORTATION When a request to initiate, reinstate, or make a change in a students transportation is received by the Transportation Department, it will take approximately 5 to 7 working days for the request to be processed. Usually an existing route must be reviewed and altered, and parents of the students on that route must be contacted with time changes, etc. As soon as our department receives the request to initiate transportation for your child, a Transportation Specialist will contact you. This person will schedule a meeting with you and your child (preferably at your home) to accomplish the following: To designate a specific, safe, pick-up/drop-off location for the school bus. To obtain emergency contact information. To photograph your child for our computer data base and Transportation Identification Card. To identify any special transportation needs, such as personal protective/assistive equipment
Teachers Welcome Students Back To School Teachers welcome students back to school. specialist teachers, and less support for students with special needs. to have one in future as school boards are not http://www.bctf.ca/newsreleases/Archive/2002/2002-09-03.html
Extractions: British Columbia Teachers' Federation NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 3, 2002 Teachers often say that they celebrate New Year twice a year: in January and in September. Today thousands of teachers province-wide are wishing a warm welcome to about 600,000 students returning for a new year of learning. Today the B.C. Teachers' Federation unveiled a new wall calendar for 2002-03 that will be hung in schools around the province. It bears the headline: "Teachers are proud to work for excellent schools in healthy communities." "That's our theme for this year," said BCTF President Neil Worboys. "The teachers of B.C. are proud of our profession and proud of the work we do with students. We're working for a well-rounded school system that fosters academic excellence, artistic exploration, athletic prowess, technological skill, and good citizenship." Worboys vowed that teachers will do their utmost to ensure success for every student, but provincial government cuts will make that more difficult. "This fall our school system is facing $210 million in funding cuts, the loss of almost 2,000 full-time equivalent teachers, and 45 schools closed," Worboys said. "We're going to see larger classes, less course choices, fewer specialist teachers, and less support for students with special needs. These are unprecedented changes that will undoubtedly have a serious impact, especially in rural B.C."
Professionally Speaking, September 1999, Chaos To Order second day Maggie began rocking back and forth the Hamilton Wentworth District Catholic school Board is Most students with special needs cope, work and play in http://www.oct.ca/en/CollegePublications/PS/september_1999/chaos.htm
Extractions: No Clear Answers on Complex Issues of Teacher Re-certification Student-on-Student Sexual Harrassment: Schools Could Face lawsuits Reflective journal Writing in the Wired Age ... Floating on a Sea of Change From Chaos to Order: Helping Special Needs Students Youngsters Targeted: A Healthy Lifestyle for a Healthy Heart Cable's Television Commercial-Free Treasures for Educators Showing Teens They Can Save Their Own Lives Netwatch ... Back to the College's Home Page By Ed Mahony and Steve Darby I nclusion of students with special needs is the order of the day in Ontario schools. Many boards are working to break down barriers that separate exceptional students from their peers. Segregated schools and classrooms are reducing in number with each passing year. Some boards have adapted total inclusion policies. One jurisdiction, the Hamilton Wentworth District Catholic School Board is celebrating 30 years of inclusion. Most students with special needs cope, work and play in integrated settings without incident. Unfortunately, a small number of students with special needs sometimes find school so confusing and anxiety-producing that they act out their anxiety aggressively, creating unsafe situations for themselves, peers and educators.
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Extractions: The recommendations emanate from concerns of the Union for students with special education needs and for their teachers. They come from a commitment to extending and enhancing the education experience of all students in schools which make provision for students with special education needs. As a result, the Union accepts that it has a responsibility to make recommendations on integration policies; on the provision of support services and of resources; on curricula and on school facilities. The assessment of students should be multi-professional so that physical, psychological, social, economic, medical and educational needs are specified and provided for. Multi-professional assessments should take place at agreed intervals so that changes can be met and adjustments made in schools' staffing and facilities. All teachers and professional staff who have contact with students with special education needs, should have appropriate access to assessments.
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Extractions: The text is an extension of McIntosh's earlier book, 20 Ideas for Teaching Gifted Kids in the Middle School and High School. This book is, as was its predecessor, an anthology of the articles written for the internationally read journal named The Journal of Secondary Gifted Education. The text includes general information, math and science, the humanities, and learning across the disciplines for gifted children. ADD/ADHD Alternatives in the Classroom (Armstrong, 1999) This text encourages educators and parent to looks for the positive characteristics in learners who carry the ADD/ADHD label. It suggests that we should take a more holistic view of the learner that includes teaching to their multiple intelligences, learning styles, and other "brain-friendly" approaches, and it includes strategies for putting this theory into practice. The divisions of this book include: "Limitations-and Assumptions-of the ADD/ADHD Paradigm", "Alternatives to the ADD/ADHD Paradigm", and "Strategies to Empower, Not Control, Kids Labeled ADD/ADHD". ADHD:What Do We Know?
Including Students With Disabilities In General Ed Classrooms back to the Top Jane Smith teaches third grade at Lincoln Elementary school. Their 25 students include 4 who have special needs due to disabilities and 2 http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/including.students.html
Extractions: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that a continuum of placement options be available to meet the needs of students with disabilities. The law also requires that: "to the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities ... are educated with children who are not disabled, and that special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of children with disabilities from the regular environment occurs only when the nature or severity of the disability is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be attained satisfactorily." IDEA Sec. 612 (5) One of the educational options that is receiving increasing attention is meeting the needs of students with disabilities in the regular classroom. This digest is written for the practitioner who is working in the regular class environment with students who have disabilities.
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Extractions: BEACH BALL PRACTICE ACTIVITIES GRADES: 1-7 Students with disabilities often need more practice than other students to master skills. Using a "programmed" beach ball is a fun way to fit drill and practice in without boring the kids. This idea was shared with me at a math workshop I attended last summer. Blow up the beach ball and hold it with the air hole facing upward. Beach balls are already nicely sectioned (kind of like an orange). So, all you have to do next is draw lines horizontally with a permanent marking pen to create several little boxes on your beach ball. Program the boxes with various information that students need to practice (ideas follow). Some Ideas: In each box, write a number from one to nine. Throw the ball to students and ask them what numbers their thumbs are on. When they tell you, ask them to either add, subtract, multiply or divide. This is an easy activity to individualize because you can ask different students to do different things with the numbers. I also found that it helps students with mathematics vocabulary. (Some of my students always say "take away" or "times" rather than the proper vocabulary). You could even say "find the product" to further reinforce vocabulary.
Extractions: Many school districts and states across the nation are developing standards for student learning to guide curriculum, teaching and assessment and to provide information to students, families and communities about how students are progressing. Ideally, this information will help schools better address students' learning needs and redress inequalities in access to knowledge. However, much of the discussion about new standards offers little insight into how schools can ensure students meet them. When policymakers urge that students be held accountable, they frequently call for grade retention and the withholding of diplomas as the primary response to low achievement rather than seeking specific improvements in schooling and teaching practices. The assumption is that consequences will motivate children to achieve, and if they do not, the low-performing students should just keep repeating the material until they get it right. Yet dozens of studies have found that retaining students actually contributes to greater academic failure, higher levels of dropping out and greater behavioral difficulties rather than leading to success in school. Students who are held back actually do worse in the long run than comparable students who are promoted, in part perhaps because they do not receive better or more appropriate teaching when they are retained, and in part because they give up on themselves as learners.
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Extractions: Click photo for larger image. See the performance The special needs musical theater class recital will be at 7 p.m. April 30 at the Mellon Middle School Auditorium. Fund-raiser Parents of the special needs pupils will present a Night at the Races at 6 p.m. May 14 at the Castle Shannon fire hall. Tickets are $15 and are available at the door. The teachers thought for a moment before they answered the questions: Why do you enjoy teaching musical theater to children with special needs? Isn't it frustrating? Isn't it difficult? Don't you have to know a lot about mental retardation, Down syndrome, palsy and autism? Just then, across the room, two students locked in a friendly embrace and the teachers lit up.
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Extractions: I just found out that my English class this year will include a student with severe physical disabilities, who will be traveling throughout the day with an aide. I guess I'm a bit apprehensive. Has anyone ever had a situation like this? I'd appreciate it if any of you could share some of your experiences on this topic. I'd like this young man to feel as comfortable and accepted as possible, but I don't know where to start. Thanks. Bonnie Littleton I've had several students with aides in my classes and found the experience most rewarding. Before the students arrived, I conferred with the counselors to see if they had IEP's (individualized education plans containing a specialized education student's goals for the year) and with English teachers from previous years to see what techniques or physical arrangements had worked well for them. I also discussed in detail my plans for each of the marking periods, sharing with the aide the kinds of assignments we would be doing. Ahead of time, I knew which activities would be difficult and then could plan accordingly to make accommodations.
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Extractions: Special needs students have very little opportunity to be on the giving end of altruistic projects. Participants in the "CROWE CARDS" program learn what it is like to run a business from design of a product to its sale. These students need to be allowed to experience doing for and giving to others. They also need to understand that we sometimes give without getting paid for what we do. Program Goals
