District Of Columbia Resources - District Of Columbia district of columbia resources. Department of education Special education Anne Gay,Assistant Superintendent Division of Special education DC Public Schools http://library.adoption.com/District-of-Columbia/District-of-Columbia-Resources/
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Domestic Violence State Resources Aimed at eliminating domestic violence in the district of columbia, this site rapecrisis companions; support groups; abuser education program; parenting http://womensissues.about.com/cs/dvstates/
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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.
Maryland Education Resources - Sailor to provide a simple, convenient way for Maryland and district of columbia familiesto access to the full spectrum of continuing education options available http://www.sailor.lib.md.us/MD_topics/edu/_res.html
Extractions: The literacy councils in Charles County and St. Mary's County sharing a grant from the Maryland State Department of Education. The grant will be used for training, recruitment, books, materials, volunteer coordination and marketing. It has allowed the three Southern Maryland literacy councils to work together as the Southern Maryland Literacy Partnership.
Education, Student & Teacher--Reference Resources education PLACE education Place provides K8 instructional materials with an emphasis oneach state, plus five US territories, and the district of columbia. http://skyways.lib.ks.us/library/reference/education.html
Child Custody & Divorce Resources For District Of Columbia 1875 Connecticut Ave. NW 710, WA, DC 20009. Works for womens rights in familylaw, employment and education. district of columbia Threshold Alliance for http://www.custodysource.com/dc~1.htm
Extractions: CustodySource.com back to State by State Real help for people involved in child custody or divorce. Initial determination of custody or change of custody. This state by state listing of individuals, groups, companies, services, organizations and professionals can make a difference today. Just starting or starting over this is the place to begin. Children's Rights Council of DC (202) 232-6100 Hillcrest Children's Center, 3rd Floor, 1325 W Street NW, Washington, DC 20009 The Children's Rights Council (CRC) is a national non-profit organization based in Washington, DC that works to assure children meaningful and continuing contact with both their parents and extended family regardless of the parents' marital status. How To Go To Visitation Without Throwing Up is a book for young children about coping with regular visitation to separate parents, especially long-distance visitation. Written in very simple language arising from the point of view of a young boy who had a hard time adjusting to the stress of traveling back and forth to visit his mother, How To Go To Visitation Without Throwing up offers more than just a mere advisory text - it has point-by-point observations, travel safety tips, and numerous fun activities to pass the travel time. Click here to see the Table of Contents . How To Go To Visitation Without Throwing Up is highly recommended reading and a great resource for any parent having to take a child on a long distance trip to visit friends and relations.
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Partners Against Hate Washington, district of columbia National Association for the education of Young LosAngeles, California Gay, Lesbian, and Straight education Network. http://www.partnersagainsthate.org/educators/resources.html
Extractions: The following resources provide useful information to help educators promote diversity, improve intergroup relations, and to teach students about the harmful effects of bias and hate. Materials to help educators work with youth following events like the terrorist attacks on the United States in September are also included. Partners Against Hate Resources Internet Resources 101 Ways to Combat Prejudice A National Tragedy: Helping Children Cope A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® Institute All Together Now ... Annual Report on School Safety, 1998 Model Programs: Bullying
The Technology Education Lab: Science And Math Resources The MidAtlantic Eisenhower Consortium serves Delaware, the district of columbia,Maryland, New They also have activity kits, educational books and workbooks http://www.techedlab.com/scimath.html
Extractions: This list contains over 120 Web sites relating to science, well-categorized. Joan is an Internet Educational Consultant with the Roslyn Public Schools in Roslyn, NY, apparently working out of Hofstra University. It was worth putting some effort into formatting this list into a usable Web page. Summer Research Program for NYC Secondary Science Teachers The primary aim of this Program is to provide New York City secondary school science teachers with sustained hands-on experience in scientific research so they can better understand the practice of science, and better transmit to their students and fellow teachers a feeling for its practice. The Mid-Atlantic Eisenhower Consortium for Mathematics and Science Education The New Jersey Networking Infrastructure in Education (NJ-NIE) Project is a national demonstration project to promote effective applications of Internet in K-12 mathematics, science and technology classrooms. Project implementation is integrated into New Jersey's Statewide Systemic Initiative (NJ SSI) through a National Science Foundation grant to Stevens Institute of Technology.
Gifted Education Policies For District Of Columbia Join the district of columbia Gifted education Policy Discussion Forum Informationpresented on this page was compiled from a variety of resources, including http://www.geniusdenied.com/StatePolicyDetails.aspx?StateCode=111&NavID=6_0
Extractions: Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management Eugene OR. Parent Involvement in the Educational Process. ERIC Digest Series Number EA 43. THIS DIGEST WAS CREATED BY ERIC, THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ERIC, CONTACT ACCESS ERIC 1-800-LET-ERIC Mothers and fathers hold bake sales, supervise field trips, and serve on boards or advisory councils for schools. They attend school concerts, plays, and sporting events. As helpful as these customary forms of parent involvement are, they are far removed from what happens in the classroom. A growing body of research suggests that parents can play a larger role in their children's education. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF PARENT INVOLVEMENT? There are many advantages when parents play an active role in the educational process. Children spend much more time at home than at school. Their parents know them intimately, interact with them one-to-one, and do not expect to be paid to help their children succeed. The home environment, more familiar and less structured than the classroom, offers what Dorothy Rich (1985) calls "'teachable moments' that teachers can only dream about." Children whose parents are involved in their formal education have many advantages. They have better grades, test scores, long-term academic achievement, attitudes, and behavior than those with disinterested mothers and fathers (Anne T. Henderson 1988).
NNMC - Single Parent Support 1111; Howard County (410) 313-1940; district of columbia - (202) 727 education. Fleetand Family Support Center Naval district Washington Anacostia Annex Bldg 72 http://www.bethesda.med.navy.mil/Patient/Patient_Support_Services/Single_Parent_
Geography Education @ Nationalgeographic.com program, working with the National Geographic Society education Foundation, utilizes alliancesactive in all states, the district of columbia, Canada, and http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education/gep.html
Extractions: SITE INDEX Geography Education Outreach publishes a free newsletter, Update, which reaches the geography community with policy issues, teaching ideas, lesson plans, announcements, curriculum resources, and notice of professional opportunities. To receive the newsletter, please e-mail a request with your name and address. National Geographic Society Education Foundation , utilizes resources from across the Society to improve geography instruction. The program operates primarily through a nationwide network of geographic alliances Geography Education Outreach focuses its resources in five strategic areas: Grassroots Organization: The Society and the alliances conduct intensive geography institutes during the summer, some addressing special topics or audiences (such as urban teachers or thematic institutes) and one- and two-day workshops during the school year. Geography Education Outreach also administers the Family Geography Challenge, a school-based program that encourages families to focus on geography at home by watching TV news together. Materials Development: The program enlists the interest and support of governors, state legislators, and other leaders in supporting and promoting geography education. Many of these leaders have taught geography classes, issued Geography Awareness Week proclamations, and become advocates of improved geography education. Specifically, the program has undertaken a concerted effort to help state and local officials adapt the
Charter School Law - State Charter School Resources Delaware Delaware Department of education The Delware Charter School Law A WebsiteDC Public Charter School Board The district of columbia Charter School http://charterschoolaw.com/state.htm
Public Education in parent support groups and home visits (district of columbia, Maine); to as akey to true parent participation in the Individualized education Plan (IEP http://www.rightquestion.org/education.html
Extractions: Adult Education: Literacy and Self-Advocacy Skills New Hampshire: Since 1998, The Right Question Project has worked with the New Hampshire Bureau of Adult Education to integrate our educational strategy into their Adult Literacy programs. More than 60 educators are using the RQP method to help their students build skills to advocate for themselves and navigate systems. An adult educator shared this story about the impact of RQP on one of her students: Nashua, NH: The Nashua Adult Learning Center (ALC) has been particularly successful in using RQP in their Family Empowerment Project. The ALC has shared our method for teaching advocacy skills with staff members, who have then shared it with colleagues and participating families. Many of the families are now interacting more effectively with the programs and services that directly affect them. For example: Family Empowerment Project participants had questions about how the Division for Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) was conducting their assessments and asked the local DCYF supervisor to meet with them to answer their questions.
Janesville School District Assistive Technology Links Page our vast affiliate network in 41 states and the district of columbia and 86 receivethe resources, love, hope, respect, heath care, education and other http://www.wati.org/atlLINKS.HTM
Extractions: Assistive Technology for School Age Students Link Information W.A.T.I. W.A.T.I. - The mission of WATI is... "to ensure that every child in Wisconsin who needs assistive technology (AT) will have equal and timely access to an appropriate evaluation and the provision and implementation of any needed AT devices and services". Selected links to assistive technology Closing the Gap - A web site offering a variety of articles, resources and interactive activities related to assistive technology. It offers the "Question of the Week" to encourage visitors to share their knowledge and feedback with other visitors. the site now has a search capability to allow visitors to search their Resource Directory of computer related products for individuals with special needs. Equal Access to Software Information for Students with Physical Disabilities (EASI) - Students and professionals with disabilities have the same right to access information technology as anyone else Technical Descriptions of Assistive Tech Equipment - The Technical Glossary provides descriptions of broad categories of adaptive technologies with links to various products and their vendors.
Extractions: This section provides information on state medical home initiatives/programs. States that are a part of the mentorship network will have a "Promise to the State" which outlines how they will achieve ensuring that all children have a medical home by 2010. This is based on the Healthy People 2010 goals which is a 10 year action plan to achieve and measure success for all CSHCN.
Extractions: Florida Atlantic University was the first comprehensive university-based Community Education web site to go online. It focuses on Community Education-related initiatives at FAU and provides an overview of the publications in the National Community Education Publication Series that can be ordered online. It has over 20 links to state and national sites related to parent and community involvement, partnerships, and lifelong learning. Colorado Parent Information Resource Center CPIRC is one of the 28 parent assistance centers across the country funded by the U.S. Department of Education. It is a well-organized site with comprehensive information for parents and those who work with parents. The site includes over 100 tip sheets and reviews of state and national projects, and parent involvement research with direct links to original sites. Communities in Schools
Goals 2000 Parent Information And Resource Centers the US Department of education, Office of Elementary and Secondary education. to establishone center in every State, the district of columbia, Puerto Rico http://www.thefamilyworks.org/Partners/G2KPIRC.htm
Extractions: U.S. Goals 2000 Parent Information and Resource Centers (PIRC) The Family Works is the Goals 2000 Parenting Information and Resource Center for Maryland. Funded under the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, each state has a Parent Information and Resource Center operated by a nonprofit organization with funding coming directly from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The first group of centers for 28 states were funded in October 1995. With the FY 1998 appropriation, funding was available to establish one center in every State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the outlying areas. While each state's center varies in its sponsoring entity and its program and structure reflect the unique priorities and conditions and existing services in its state, all are committed to three goals: Supporting parents as first and primary nurturers and teachers of their children so they increase their knowledge and confidence in child-rearing activities; Increasing parent involvement in education and familyschoolcommunity partnerships to meet the educational needs of children from birth through high school graduation; and
