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Special Education Guide: Resources and advocates about rights under special education law. the state Office of Developmental Disability Services to The ARC of oregon Guardianship, Advocacy and http://www.oradvocacy.org/resource.htm
Extractions: Case management services are available for children eligible as developmentally disabled. Check the phone book under the county listings for your local office. Or call the state Office of Developmental Disability Services to get your local number: (503) 945-9801. National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHY)
Direction Service, Inc. of State Directors of special Education (NASDSE for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY); The Center (WRRC); and Western oregon University Teaching http://www.volunteersolutions.org/uwlane/org/217122.html
Extractions: Direction Service is a multi-program family support agency located in Eugene, Oregon that began at the University of Oregon as a Bureau Of Education For The Handicapped funded demonstration project in 1977. After 5 years of federal funding, the organization left the university and established itself as a private non-profit corporation where it enjoys a broad base of local and federal support. Direction Service's mission is to assist people with special needs to live the fullest lives possible. Direction Service places a premium on the involvement of parents of children who have disabilities in every level of the agency's decision making structure. Consumers participate on the agency's Board of Directors and as paid employees. Direction Service presently has four major programs: Case Coordination and Advocacy - This program encourages family centered interagency collaboration through the provision of case coordination and advocacy services. Families are assisted in better understanding the special needs of their children, in doing short and long range planning and in getting connected up with an appropriate mix of services. Services are designed to be as convenient and user friendly as possible with absolute respect for family values and priorities. In the last year, intensive support was provided to 160 newly referred families and 255 continuing families.
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Extractions: Join our mailing list Type your e-mail address accurately to receive occasional newsletters (Your e-mail address is confidential, and will not be given to any other organisation): Click here to join or to leave Oregon court victory for dyslexic pupils We receive many e-mails from parents in Oregon complaining about the lack of provision for dyslexic children in their schools. It is re-assuring to hear now of a significant decision allowing Oregon youngsters with dyslexia and other learning disabilities to use computerized spell-checks and other help on statewide tests under a settlement announced on February 1st 01. The settlement with a group of Oregon parents who sued the state will affect fewer than 4,000 students, said Wayne Neuburger, Oregon's associate superintendent for assessment and education. However, it could provide guidelines for other states considering additional help for learning-disabled students when they take standardized tests. Many states have made, or are considering, tests as a graduation requirement.
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Extractions: For More Information Contact: TLPJ, 202-797-8600 Class Action Lawsuit Charges that School Assessment Tests Discriminate Against Learning Disabled Students in Oregon Schools The Advocates for Special Kids (ASK), comprised of parents of children with learning disabilities, filed a federal class action lawsuit today against the Oregon State Board of Education and the Portland Public School Board charging that Oregon's new Certificate of Initial Mastery ("CIM") testing system is discriminatory and violates the Americans with Disabilities Act. The lawsuit is apparently the first of its kind in the nation and charges that the school officials did not take into account the needs of children with learning disabilities when it devised the tests, and it is now implementing a testing system that will destroy educational attainments and self esteem, violate federal and state rights, and damage academic opportunities. The lawsuit was filed in federal district court in Portland on behalf of parents and their children by Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) and Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (TLPJ). It is estimated that tens of thousands of children with learning disabilities will be affected by the new testing system. Implemented for the first time during the 1998-1999 school year, the new system requires all tenth graders in Oregon's public schools to pass a series of tests to achieve a "Certificate of Initial Mastery." A student who fails any of the tests may be required to repeat tenth grade or attend summer school, may be shut out of the school's honors programs, may not graduate from high school, may be denied admission to Oregon's state colleges, and may be disadvantaged in seeking employment.
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Extractions: Recruitment and Retention Project A collaborative effort between the Oregon Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Teaching Research at Western Oregon University to recruit and retain qualified special education personnel in the state of Oregon. Recruitment and Retention JOBS Clearinghouse Job Providers Special Education Teachers Teacher Preparation TSPC approved teacher preparation Programs in Oregon Oregon University System Distance Education Courses and Programs Grow Your Own Programs ... How and where can I get license application forms? The Information on Continuing Licensure Ford Family Foundation Scholarship program for teachers seeking National Board Certification. Alternative Programs are those licensure programs approved by TSPC which are delivered in a non-traditional format. This format can include distance delivery, off-campus instruction and a combination of alternative methods along with traditional methods.
Extractions: Rural Solutions for North Dakota: Using the Internet for Speech/Language Services Let's Just Blow Bubbles! Creating Systems That Work for Everyone Making Morally-Justified Treatment Decisions in Pediatric Practice ... Without a Presence, There is No Future Rural Solutions for North Dakota: Using the Internet for Speech/Language Services Telepractice in speech/language pathology is rapidly becoming a viable, economical and necessary means of providing speech/language services. In particular, providing SLP services through telepractice is an excellent option for rural school districts or health units experiencing difficulty hiring and retaining qualified SLPs. This session will present specific information regarding necessary equipment, personnel and clinical skills required for effective delivery of SLP services through telepractice. Successful and unsuccessful therapy activities and materials will be discussed, as well as recently gathered assessment data Creating Systems That Work for Everyone
Archived: Personnel Serving Students With Disabilities 199394 school year, 331,392 special education teachers teachers providing services across disability categories and Outlying AreasOregon, Pennsylvania, South http://www.ed.gov/pubs/OSEP96AnlRpt/chap1e.html
Extractions: A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n To Assure the Free Appropriate Public Education of All Children with Disabilities - 1996 To ensure that all students with disabilities have access to a free appropriate public education, there must be an adequate supply of teachers and other instructional and noninstructional staff with appropriate training or certification. Each year, States report to OSEP the number of special education teachers and other personnel employed to provide services to students with disabilities. They also report the number of additional staff needed due to staff vacancies or instances when positions are filled by staff members who are not fully trained or certified for their position. Data are not collected on the number of regular education teachers who work with students with disabilities. In 1993-94, the data collection formats were changed for these personnel data. The revised formats were necessary to meet the changes mandated in the 1990 Amendments to IDEA (P.L. 101-476) to provide 5-year projections of personnel demand. A task force was convened to identify the best method to collect data and to review models that could be adopted for this purpose. See Appendix G for a discussion on the methodology that was used. The new categories designed to capture data about personnel employed and needed to serve students with disabilities are discussed below.
