Saugus.MA.US: The Saugus Commission On Disabilities the Council on Aging, the special needs Parents Advisory massachusetts General Laws, chapter 40 section 8J and integration of persons with disabilities in the http://town.saugus.ma.us/COD/
Extractions: Commission on Disabilities The Saugus Commission on Disabilities meets each month on the fourth Monday at 5:30 PM in the First Floor Conference Room of the Town Hall. We perform site surveys for accessibility at various times and days around the community. Watch the Community Event Calendar for details. Our current members are: Kathy Forbes Chair Person (home) Joseph Dennis Gould Secretary (home) (work) Dennis DeMatteo ADA Co-Ordinator / Member (work) Geraldine Roach Member (home) Hugh Doherty Member (home) Kevin Currie Member (home) David J. Nelson Member (home) The prime contact for any Commission on Disability questions or concerns is Chair Person Kathy Forbes. We have two videos (one fifteen minutes and one half an hour) that are great for Handicap Accessibility Awareness training (both with and without closed captioning) that can be loaned to schools and organizations, and additionally members are happy to give presentations or hold question / answer meetings. Anyone who is interested should call the Chair Person. Likewise, we can provide information and training on the
Extractions: General Resources: Exceptional Parent Magazine TRI Online! Bookstore - Books About Self-Advocacy. The Parent Advocate News. The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates. ... HipMag Online. Interactive web site for deaf children. Internet Resources for Special Children. For all the Special Kids of the World. The Family Village. Children with Disabilities. ... Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Site 1. Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Site 2. Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Site 3. The Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998. Section 504 Regulations. Neighborhood Legal Services: New York State Guidelines to Allow for the Transfer of Assistive Technology When a Student Moves from School Jurisdiction to Higher Education, Other Human Services Agency or Employment. Resources for Disabled and Special Needs Children. ... The Association for Special Kids. An organization that helps families with special needs children set up individual financial plans. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Parents' Guide to the Development of Preschool Children with Disabilities: Resources and Services.
Children's Brain Tumor Foundation | About CBTF rehabilitation for youth and adults with disabilities. Federation for Children with special needs 95 Berkeley Street, Suite 104 Boston, massachusetts 02116 (617 http://www.cbtf.org/school.html
Extractions: Returning to School Many children can continue to attend school while they are in treatment. Accommodations in school may be needed: Wheel chair accessibility for classrooms and toilet facilities Special bathroom privileges Playground or gym exemptions or adaptations Opportunities to rest Classroom seating arrangements for hearing, vision or attention problems
HLS : Disability Accommodations The massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) offers a Persons with disabilities are also eligible for a call the MBTA s Office for special needs at 722 http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/disability.php
Extractions: @import url(/incl/templates/www.03/screen.css); Harvard Law School Jump to navigation HLS home students The Law School is committed to ensuring that all members of its student body who have a disability enjoy a satisfying and full experience here. To that end, no qualified person with a physical or learning disability shall, on the basis of handicap, be excluded from participating in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity at Harvard Law School. The purpose of this page is to discuss ways we have assisted students in the past and provide you with information about resources within the University and the larger community. As part of our effort to assist with the accessibility of Law School-sponsored programs, we welcome contact with all law students who have disabilities. At the Law School, students who may need special services should contact the Dean of Students Office, Harvard Law School, Pound 310, Cambridge, MA 02138, or call (617) 495-1880. Enice Matera, Student Services Officer and HLS Disability Coordinator, will be glad to discuss your needs with you. If you are concerned about accommodations for a disability, you should contact the Dean of Students Office at the Law School as soon as possible. You will need to provide information as well as document your disability early so that we can work with you to arrange appropriate accommodations.
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NewStandard: 4/19/98 massachusetts simply has a tradition of just not a lawyer with the Disability Business Center families were concerned because their special needs students were http://www.s-t.com/daily/04-98/04-19-98/a09lo025.htm
YAP: The EdLaw Project years, compared to 15% of learning disabled graduates. Citizens for Juvenile Justice special Education Reform Equal Justice 4, 1999); In massachusetts, 83.4% of http://www.youthadvocacyproject.org/edlaw/edlaw.htm
Extractions: The EdLaw Project is an advocacy organization created to ensure equal opportunity in life achievement for Boston youth by enforcing every child's right to a quality education. We promote growth and stability in the lives of children and make an impact on education policy through: Child-empowered legal representation in matters of school discipline, academic failure, undetected special needs, inadequate education while in state custody, and ineffective reintegration following detention and incarceration; Supporting the community-set agenda of improving education by assisting community members, local groups, and statewide organizations in developing effective family-centered and data-driven education policies. Founded in January 2000, the EdLaw Project is an educational advocacy partnership between the
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Extractions: The Maryland Technology Assistance Program (MD TAP) provides information on available products, devices, services and other resources to assist individuals with disabilities and senior citizens.... Access Technology Institute - Computer Training for Blind Consumers - http://www.accesstechnologyinstitute.com
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Extractions: Volume 9, Issue 39. July 1, 1998 - August 1, 1998. Boston: Renaissance Charter School Peggy Farber Boston's Renaissance Charter School initially foundered when it apparently attempted to discourage the enrollment of disabled children (although the school's Edison Project sponsor has always insisted that these efforts violated its policies). This year Renaissance reformed its special education program in an attempt to bring it more in line with Edison's own stated ideals and the standards of special educators generally. But the school's experience should serve as a lesson to other charters, for whom discouraging the enrollment of difficult-to-educate children may seem a tempting shortcut to success. The following report, written before this year's reforms, describes the Renaissance experience. O pened in 1995, the Renaissance school enrolls 1,000 inner-city students, and is the showcase of the Edison Project, a for-profit schools company. Created as a partnership between Edison and a group of Boston civic leaders, the school occupies a nineteenth-century office tower in downtown Boston that its founders renovated with the help of a $12 million loan from the quasi-public Massachusetts Land Bank. Beyond its obligation to meet the general goals spelled out in its charter, the school is completely autonomous. The Edison Project runs Boston Renaissance according to the blueprint it uses in all 25 of its for-profit schools across the country: each family gets its own Macintosh computer; the school day is longer by an hour than the average public school's day; and the school year is longer by a month than in regular Boston public schools.
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Extractions: HOT TOPICS Invitation to Nominate Leaders MSPA Nomination for School Psychologist of the Year and other honors is open yearly. You are invited to nominate an outstanding professional who has made a significant contribution to his/her field and has made a difference in the lives of children with whom we work. The Board will review all nominations with the following judging criteria in mind: Those individuals nominated for school psychologist of the year must: To nominate a candidate for advocate for children, school psychologist of the year, administrator, teacher, or other honor, submit your name and the name of your school system, the name of the nominee, the category for which you are making the nomination, the number of years the person has worked, the candidates degrees, the candidates resume and a statement indicating your reasons for nominating the individual. Send your nomination to Bob Monre, Public Relations Chair at bobmonroe@aol.com. Summer Camps for Special Needs Children It is never the wrong time to think ahead to summer, sunshine, and ocean breezes.
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.
MRC Guide To The Turning 22 Law 8455(Voice) (617)227-9464(TTY) massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council (617 TTY) The Federation for Children with special needs (617) 482 http://www.mass.gov/mrc/vr/t22.htm
Extractions: Home A Guide to the Turning 22 Law For young persons with severe disabilities still in need of services Chapter 688 serves as a bridge from educational services into the adult human services program. The law provides for a two year transitional process for those young adults who will lose their entitlement to special education upon graduation or reaching the age of 22. It creates a single point of entry into the adult human services system by developing an Individual Transition Plan (ITP) for every person with a severe disability who is found eligible. THE PROCESS The Turning 22 (T-22) system is area based and designed to allow a person to remain where his or her family lives. The process for each consumer is monitored by the Bureau of Transitional Planning at the Executive Office of Health and Human Services. The local school district, through the Chapter 766 evaluation team, makes the decision whether the individual needs additional services beyond graduation or T-22. The student and/or parents may request a T-22 referral and it must go through the local school district. The school district then forwards the case to the appropriate human services agency, 2 years prior to the termination of a student's special education.
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Extractions: By Monica Allen, Standard-Times staff writer Original article on The Standard Times website NEW BEDFORD The city has rewritten its policy for using physical restraint on children because of questions raised by a New Bedford grandmother and pursued by a Cape Cod activist. About three months ago, no one was listening to Nadine Bernier's concerns that city school officials were using physical holds on young autistic children in a program for children ages 3 to 7 at Carney Academy. She was frightened for the safety of the children, including her 3-year-old grandchild, who had just been admitted to the public school program. With the help of Adsum Inc., a Fall River-based nonprofit agency that assists the families of disabled people, Mrs. Bernier learned about Jean Bowden of Barnstable. Mrs. Bowden, who has become a passionate crusader against the use of physical restraint on special-needs children, listened to what Mrs. Bernier said about her grandchild and the other children she had observed at the school. Mrs. Bernier said she saw a school official firmly hold a preschooler because the child would not participate in a game in which children were sitting in a circle.
Learning Disabilities Worldwide is a unique friendship and dating service for individuals with special needs. a sponsor of the Learning Disabilities Association of massachusetts! http://www.ldam.org/about/sponsors.html
Extractions: The Carroll School is a premier independent day school for bright children in grades 2-8 with diagnosed dyslexia or specific language-based learning disabilities. A transitional program, our goal is to remediate reading and writing skills and help students become active, independent learners. Commonwealth Learning Centers The Commonwealth Learning Center is a non-profit educational organization, which provides one-to-one tutoring for students K-12 and adults, as well as educational evaluations. When diagnostically appropriate, our programs are carefully prescribed for students with learning disabilities. Good Connections
Eye On Education/Parent Resources Learning Disabilities Association of massachusetts 781891 for individuals with learning disabilities and their for Children with special needs 1135 Tremont St http://www.eyeoneducation.tv/parents/resources_list.html
Extractions: Parents: Parent Resources Resources List Remember you are not alone! There are many organizations dedicated to helping you support your child's learning. Get your questions answered and get informed about what you can do to help your child by calling or visiting an organization in your neighborhood. Here is just a handful organizations to get you started.
IDEA Reauthorization health care services in the school setting. Develops needed individual health plans and emergency care plans for disabled children or those with special needs. http://www.nasn.org/legislation/idea.htm
Extractions: (posted 3/13/03) Issue Action Needed How to Contact Senators House Committee on Education and Workforce Issue IDEA reauthorization legislation will soon be introduced in both the United States House of Representatives and Senate. It is important for school nurses to act now to assure that the bill that is introduced includes "school nursing services" under Related Services. The Senate version of IDEA will be introduced most probably by Senators Kennedy (MA) and Gregg (NH) contains, as NASN had requested, "school nurse services" in the legislative language of the Related Services Personnel Section. It is up to school nurses to assure that the language " school nurse services " stays in IDEA. We must target members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP). back to top Action Needed NASN members should contact their Senators, particularly if they live in the following states, at their LOCAL state offices and tell their elected officials: How important school nurses are for disabled children;
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