NEA Home Currently a member of the delaware State Education Association executive If special needs students are lumped together with nondisabled peers and http://www.nea.org/neatoday/0011/debate.html
Extractions: November 2000 Cover Story s Taming the Paper Tiger News s Debate s Fighting VouchersIt's Everybody's Job s Where Teacher Quality Pays Off s Paying the Price for Professionalism s Rights Watch s Do'ers Profile s s Interview Learning s Innovators s s Reading s Inside Scoop s ESP On the Team s Tips for the Wired Classroom Departments s Letters s President's Viewpoint s My Turn s Health and Fitness s People s Money s Resources s In the Light Lane s Masthead Debate Timothy Bush teaches special education at Seaford Senior High School in Delaware. Currently a member of the Delaware State Education Association executive board, he's also a lead teacher for his district's New Teacher Mentoring Program. S pecial educators are trained to look at the whole child and make decisions based on individual needs. I feel that I must qualify my "yes" answer by rephrasing the question to read, "Should many special need students be exempt from taking graduation tests?" I don't believe students should be routinely exempted, but I do believe that only the experts who participate on a student's Child Study Team should make that decision. As long as bureaucrats and politicians can mandate that all students take a single test to graduate, a team's ability to exempt a student from such testing is compromised.
Philadelphia Police Department ::: 8th District Profile bounded on the east by the delaware River, on and Armory, Woodhaven Center for disabled persons, the one (1) Private school (Delta School for special needs). http://www.ppdonline.org/ppd2_ds08.htm
Extractions: The Eighth District was formed from the Seventh District in May of 1980 and is bounded on the east by the Delaware River, on the south by Rhawn Street; on the west by Roosevelt Boulevard; and on the north by Poquessing Creek. The property upon which the Eighth District is located is leased from the Northeast Airport.
Jeanne Pi's Texas Elder Law Blawg - Links Powerful Planning Tools for disabled Individuals This Third Party Family special needs Trusts - Powerpoint from The Capital Trust Company of delaware. http://www.elderlawblawg.com/links.asp?id=2537
Gsa208 provide IDEA related services to disabled children on provide services in this manner. delaware RFP, pages II Plan (IEP) for children with special health needs http://www.gwu.edu/~chsrp/Fourth_Edition/GSA/Subheads/gsa208.html
Extractions: Schools and MCOs will be required to communicate with one another regarding any further needs the child might have within and beyond the Basic Benefit Package as well as coordinate the care the child receives from the Department of Education. MCOs will be required to work with local School Districts, the Division of Public Health, and other appropriate providers to create and implement procedures for linking and coordinating services for children who attend school and receive medical services under the auspices of Individualized Education Plans (IEP) or through similar school-based treatment plans, or who use medical services provided through School Based Health Centers. MCOs should coordinate plan benefits with these providers to prevent duplication of coverage, to assure medical necessity, and to provide for service delivery in a cost-effective manner. It is the desire of DHSS to move all provision of health care services into a managed care setting. In addition to supporting this goal, the present Administration supports maximizing the in flow of federal Medicaid resources to the State and school districts. School-based therapy services (e.g. occupational, physical and speech therapy) have therefore been excluded from the Diamond State Health Plan in order to further this second goal. Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (`IDEA'), 20 U. S. C. 1400 et Seq., requires schools to ensure that special education `related services' (defined in section 1400 (22)) are provided in accordance with each disabled child's Individualized Education Program (IEP). To the maximum extent possible these children must be educated with their non-disabled peers. This least restrictive environment (LRE) requirement has been interpreted to mean that therapy services should be delivered on school premises. The June, 1997 amendments to the IDEA also require Medicaid's financial responsibility to precede that of the schools. 20 U.S. C. section 1412. Medicaid must either 'provide or pay for' these services in the first instance.
DSU Education Department Curriculum In Secondary Special Education (Gr. 7-12) 12328, Teaching the Learning disabled, 3. 12-416, Analysis of Student Teaching, 1. 12-421, Issues in special Education (K-12), 3. 16. delaware State University . http://www.desu.edu/schools/education_human_performance/education/curricsecspece
Extractions: ACADEMICS ADMINISTRATION ALUMNI ATHLETICS ... SEARCH Today's date is Tuesday, June 08th 2004. College of Education and Human Performance Education Department Distance Education Teacher Education Program Regulations ... Administration and Supervision Bachelor's Programs Upon completion of this program of study, graduates will be prepared to plan and implement age-appropriate curriculum at the secondary level based on the developmental characteristics of adolescents and characteristics of learners with varied exceptionalities; demonstrate knowledge of characteristics of various categories of mildly/moderately disabilities; plan and manage the teaching and learning environment; select and implement age-appropriate assessment tools, diagnose learning needs, and evaluate individualized education plans; manage and monitor student behavior and social interaction skills; demonstrate knowledge of the foundations of special education; plan a culturally responsive program that effectively communicates and collaborates with parents, teachers, and the educational community. Curriculum for Bachelor's Degree in Secondary Special Education (Gr. 7-12)
Computer Science Details Families of the Developmentally disabled (University of University of delaware Online (delaware, USA)). of Students with special needs (Chemeketa Community http://www.ed-x.com/courselistings/educationdetails.asp?SubCatID=154
Daily Report Card News Service 2001: The NEGP Weekly For July 1 IN SCHOOL (Goal 2) 4.) ASSIST DELMAR, delaware, PROGRAM HELPS special needs STUDENTS LEARN (Goal 3) **FEDERAL POLICY NEWS 5.) COMMUNITYBASED AID FOR disabled http://www.youth.net/drc/2001/0028.html
Extractions: Date: Thu Jul 12 2001 - 14:04:03 PDT http://www.in.gov/ai/gov/state/html . Click on Judicial Branch and then Indiana Court of Appeals. 2.) ******** OHIO REVAMPS STATE TESTS: ALIGNS WITH STANDARDS (Goal Three: Student Achievement and Citizenship) A new Ohio state law overhauls the state's proficiency tests by aligning them with academic standards (Rubin, EDUCATION DAILY, 6/15). The law also limits the tests' use in determining whether students will be promoted to the next grade or earn a high school diploma. The new law is based on recommendations developed by Governor Bob Taft's Commission for Student Success. Last year, the Commission reported that the Ohio tests were "rushed into place before the academic standards they were meant to measure had taken hold," reports the paper. For more information on the new law, visit http://www.state.oh.us/gov/releases
Extractions: OAS_sitepage = 'news.delmarvanow.com/deweybeach/index.html'; OAS_listpos = 'Top,Bottom,Right1'; OAS_query = ''; OAS_target = '_top'; pageName = "20040505 - Dewey Beach: Nurses do more than band-aid"; edition = "20040505"; /* You may give each page an identifying name, server, and channel on the next lines. */ var channel="Dewey-Lewes"; var prop6="specialty"; var prop7="specialty_weekly"; var s_code=' ' Home News Obituaries Entertainment ... Customer Service Partner Sites delawareonline.com delawarebeaches.com USATODAY.com Coast Press Reporter Mark Steigerwalt loves his job. He is the first male school nurse in the state of Delaware. And he's in his first year on the job as school nurse with the Cape Henlopen School District's Career Opportunities Program. "I think nursing is a great job with an endless supply of opportunities. I am proud to be a nurse," he said. Steigerwalt taught special education for 15 years. Then he went to nursing school because he wanted to do something in the medical field. After graduating from nursing school, Steigerwalt worked in a pediatric intensive care unit and in an emergency room. But then he got an itch to work in a school setting again. "I missed working with kids," he said.
Vitae for it s housing for the disabled program. Ohio, New York, Connecticut, and delaware) to over more than one million (1,000,000) special needs students each http://www.whitebuffalopress.com/vitae.htm
Extractions: 210-614-1396 FAX Bachelor of Arts, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado. Major: Secondary Special Education-Mental Retardation. May, 1966. Minor: Sociology. Master of Science, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. Graduate Fellow of the United States Office of Education (USOE). Thesis topic:The Mentally Retarded Offender. October, 1970. Doctor of Education-Special Education Administration, University of Northern Colorado. Greeley, Colorado. Dissertation Topic: Guilford's Structure of Intellect and the Social Intelligence of Juvenile Delinquents. August, 1975. Postdoctoral Study. Educational Technology. University of Northern Colorado. Greeley, Colorado. Distance Learning for Special Populations. November, 1991. Recipient of the Sure-Lok National Special Needs Transportation Award, 2002. Presented at the National Association for Pupil Transportation 2002 Conference, Greensboro, North Carolina. November 3, 2002. Professional Affiliations National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) Texas Association for Pupil Transportation (TAPT) Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) School Bus Fleet Advisory GroupSpecial Needs School Transportation News Special Needs Transportation Expert Certified Child Restraint Safety Technician (NHTSA, April 2002)
Extractions: My sister who has followed in my moms footsteps goes to conferences and meetings involving issues about disabled people. Many years ago, disabled children did not have equal rights like everyone else. Anyone disabled in general could not have the same job as everyone else, either due to racism among coworkers and there chairman above them or because there were no access ramps or elevators and no handicap parking. Children had to go to special schools and did not have equal opportunities as other children did. But in this day and age, disabled people are heading major corporations and receiving scholarships to Harvard. Children go to regular elementaries and graduate with the needed skills. Disabled men and women of the world must be recognized by everyone and treated equally. With your help one day everyone will be realized as an equal race.
Student Volunteers Contribute To The Community asked to work with severely disabled children, and has volunteered with the delaware special Olympics, coaching with children with special needs, teaching them http://www.udel.edu/PR/UpDate/00/31/student.html
Extractions: Vol. 19, No. 31 Through volunteerism, UD students are making a difference in the community in several different roles-such as mentors and tutors in local schools, participants in charitable walks, firefighters, collectors for food banks and helpers for those with disabilities, to name a few. Volunteer Awards The Volunteer Awards Ceremony included the presentation of the Nikki Woolf Volunteer Award to Cheri Mischler, CHEP 2000. The award honors the late Ms. Woolf, a UD student who died in a traffic accident in 1993. In presenting the award, Dennis Woolf spoke of his daughter's "love in trying to help people." He also dedicated the award, in part, to Zachary Holtzman, a family friend and UD freshman, who was killed in a train accident in 1999. Mischler has spent much of her time helping children with special needs. While student teaching and tutoring, she has asked to work with severely disabled children, and with the goal of teaching in special education. She has volunteered with the Delaware Special Olympics, coaching several sports and assisting with swimming. She has raised money for the organization for the past five years by jumping in the ocean in the Polar Bear Plunge.
United Way Of Delaware - Full-Member Agencies services that allow elderly and disabled citizens to families, and strong communities in delaware through various Its focus is on the special needs of women http://www.uwde.org/fullmembers.asp
Extractions: Full-Member Agencies Full-member agencies of United Way of Delaware provide health and human services identified by trained United Way volunteers as high priorities in our community. Each agency's membership is reevaluated every two years to ensure each meets the highest standards, both fiscally and programmatically. Every full-member agency is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, governed by local volunteers, employs a professional staff, and provides a majority of its services in Kent, New Castle, and Sussex Counties. Each agency has an established record of service, is financially stable, and has a system to evaluate the outcomes and effectiveness of United Way-funded programs.
Extractions: House passes special education overhaul April 30th, 2003 By Joanne Kenen Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Wednesday passed sweeping legislation to overhaul special education. The bill has the backing of many school administrators and teachers groups but parents' and children's advocacy groups say key provisions will be a step backward. The vote was 251-171. Thirty-three Democrats joined the Republican majority, while seven Republicans voted against it. A Senate committee is trying to work out an accord on a companion package. The bill updates special education legislation that originated in 1975, which revolutionized the approach to teaching children with learning or developmental disabilities. Until then many special needs children were institutionalized, segregated in separate rooms or denied services to achieve their potential. The House defeated several amendments offered by conservatives that would have narrowed the definition of learning disabilities, potentially limiting the number of eligible children, or shifted some special education services from the public schools to the private sector. Supporters said the bill would allow teachers to spend less time on paperwork and more time with kids.
Extractions: The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Special Reports SERVICES Video E-Mail Services CNNtoGO SEARCH Web CNN.com Story Tools RELATED Key provisions in the special education bill HR 1350 WASHINGTON (AP) A Republican-led push to let parents send disabled children to private school with government money failed Wednesday as the House passed legislation renewing a 28-year-old law governing special education. Democrats said the school choice proposals amounted to a dangerous expansion of the voucher program. The proposals were a major point of contention in the debate over reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The bill passed by a 251-171 vote. One plan would have enticed states to create private school options so parents could use public money for tuition and transportation. A second proposal was intended to give certificates of public dollars about $1,400 to disabled children already enrolled in private schools so they could get extra services. Supporters said that amounts to the per-student federal dollars that school districts receive for special education. Almost every Democrat and about one-fifth of Republicans joined to reject the ideas.
Civil Rights - My Child's Special Needs - Parents - ED.gov MY CHILD S special needs. This page contains the most recent Office of special Education Programs (OSEP) monitoring OSEP State Monitoring Reports delaware. http://www.ed.gov/parents/needs/rights/list.jhtml?page=1&size=50&oldsize=10&sort
NOTICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES offered monthly at several sites in delaware County exceptionality and the need for special education and also be available to otherwise disabled students under http://www.rosetree.k12.pa.us/special_ed/notice_of__special_education_ser.htm
Extractions: SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES The U.S. Congress enacted the I ndividuals with D isabilities E ducation A ct (IDEA) to assure that all children with disabilities receive a free appropriate public education designed to meet their unique needs in the least restrictive environment. In accordance with this law, Rose Tree Media School District provides, without cost to parents, screenings and evaluations, appropriate programs and services to all students thought to be exceptional and in need of specially designed instruction. Types of Services Available If you believe your child may be eligible: The Process: If your child is identified as exceptional: ...
Extractions: /* You may give each page an identifying name, server, and channel on the next lines. */ var pageName="" var server="" var channel="News_Journal" var pageType="" var pageValue="" var prop1="" var prop2="" var prop3="" var prop4="" var prop5="" var prop6="news" var prop7="lifestyle" var prop8="" var prop9="" var prop10="" /********* INSERT THE DOMAIN AND PATH TO YOUR CODE BELOW ************/ /********** DO NOT ALTER ANYTHING ELSE BELOW THIS LINE! *************/ var s_code=' ' For children, toys can bring a lifetime's worth of memories. For disabled children, having the right toy can help make life itself better. Experts say that when toys are matched to the child's interests, skills and challenges, they can help them progress to new developmental stages, and give them a chance to feel as capable and involved as other children. Children with sensory issues, for example, need auditory and tactile input for their body to get the information it needs. Sometimes, finding the plaything that is developmentally appropriate and skill-enhancing - as well as fun and affordable - challenges parents. Local educators and therapists offer these suggestions for toys that are available in stores and catalogs. Some are designed specifically for disabled kids; others can be easily adapted for their use.
Www.delawareonline.com : The News Journal DeCreases were one of five delaware families helped by and interviews, many parents of special education students t know their learningdisabled children could http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2001/03/02advocates.html
Extractions: Polly DeCrease of Claymont was desperate to help her son. Nick was 10 and couldn't read. He was about to be thrown out of school for bringing a knife to class and setting a fire in a bathroom. DeCrease was sure Nick had disabilities and needed special help the Brandywine School District wasn't providing. She wanted to challenge the district, but none of the three lawyers she called would take her case or could recommend anyone who would. She finally got help from a special education expert, whose efforts at a state hearing led to the district's decision to send Nick to a private school in Virginia. Now the state of Delaware has sued the expert for practicing law without a license. The case, which already has influenced the way at least one other state conducts special education hearings, could wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court. In what legal experts said is a sign the court might hear the appeal, the justices have sought an opinion from the U.S. solicitor general, who represents the federal government before the court. Marilyn Arons and her colleague, Ruth Watson, helped DeCrease and four other Delaware families with special education issues before the state sued them.
Springfield School District All students receiving special education services must be found by the district, as a disabled student. Program operated by the delaware County Intermediate http://www.springfieldsd-delco.org/SpecialEd/studentswithspecialneeds.htm
Extractions: Springfield School District Students With Special Needs A full continuum of services are provided through the combination of the Springfield School District, Delaware County IU 25, Approved Private Schools and other facilities licensed to serve special education students. This continuum serves students who demonstrate the following: Autism/Pervasive Development Disorder; Emotional Disturbance; Neurological Impairment; Deafness/Hearing Impairment; Specific Learning Disability; Mental Retardation; Multi-handicap; Other Health Impairment; Physical Disability; Speech and Language Impairment; Blindness/Visual Impairment. EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OVERVIEW LEARNING SUPPORT The district provides learning support for students whose cognitive ability falls within normal limits but have a significant deficiency in one or more of the following areas. Oral expression
School Nursing Services For Special Children educate disabled children with nondisabled children whenever is responsible for payment of special nursing services meetings, such as in delaware, because the http://www.tracheostomy.com/parent/school_nursing.htm
Extractions: School Nursing Services for Special Children By Phil Stinson, Esq. Parents of children with special needs are often confronted with problems relating to the delivery of nursing services while their child is at school. On rare occasions, without the provision of such services, it is impossible for a student to attend school on a regular basis. This situation can be highly disruptive to family operations, as parents struggle to juggle the impossible burden of work obligations, while, at the same time, taking the time to personally provide the services for the child. The Garrett F. Court did not address how the 1997 Amendments to the IDEA impact on the issue of providing school nursing services for children with special needs (because the issue before the Court dealt with facts and law prior to the enactment of the revisions to the special education laws in 1997). In 1997, Congress amended the IDEA to clarify that public educational agencies (local school districts) are the payors of last resort whenever another public agency has a funding responsibility to an exceptional child. In one recent case, a federal Court of Appeals held that a school district does not need to provide a person to administer medications to a child on homebound instruction, and that the school districts policy of requiring a parent to remain at home during in-home instruction does not violate the IDEA. See Daniel O. v. Missouri Board of Education, 32 IDELR 113 (8th Cir. 2000).
