Extractions: needs and parents with special needs children. When it comes to your child's education, you need: You need to know how to define their legal issue correctly. Make sure their IEPs are individualized to meet their unique needs and that the school is following the IEPs. Contact your state's State Department of Education's Special Education Division and ask for a copy of their special education laws, regulations and guidelines. Ask them to send you all material published about special education, IEPs and Section 504 programs. Check out their web site for more information. NOTE : The IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) is a federal law. Each state develops its own corresponding statue, regulations, and guidelines
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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.
U.S. Senator Rick Santorum-Pennsylvania of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act providing resources for special needs students, the endorsed by the pennsylvania School Boards Association http://santorum.senate.gov/Issues/Education/specialneeds.html
Extractions: Every child deserves a high quality education in an environment that encourages them to learn and grow to the best of their ability. As a result of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act IDEA) , many students are learning and achieving at levels previously thought impossible, graduating from high school and college, and entering the workforce as productive citizens. It is our duty to encourage this progress and continue to give parents and teachers the resources they need to create opportunities for special children. When Congress passed the original IDEA bill in 1975, it committed the government to covering 40% of the costs for special education programs, with the remaining balance to be met by local community and state funds. Unfortunately, over the years, while the law itself continues to work and children are being educated, the intended cost-sharing partnership has not been realized.
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Extractions: WHYY RTL training workshops Links to show descriptions and sites What's on TV12? For preschool children ... E-mail WHYY Ready To Learn Service Your child's educational rights shouldn't be a secret Today, "inclusion" in regular classrooms is the norm for most children with learning disabilities in America. In the past, students with special learning needs were separated from the other children at school. Those were the days that "John," who has a mild learning disability, began attending "special ed" classes for severely disabled students in his elementary school, which continued all the way through high school. Anna Mary McHugh knows John's story first-hand, because he gives her advice when her computer goes haywire. McHugh is president of the local chapter of the Learning Disabilities Association (LDA), based in Uwchlan, Chester County, PA (phone: 610-458-8193). The group focuses on informing parents about their children's educational rights and options. All children have the right to a good education in the U.S.
Extractions: "Today, six-and-a-half million children with disabilities receive special education services. Almost all of them, 96 percent, are learning alongside their non-disabled peers," said Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, ranking Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
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Extractions: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services (OSERS) , Department of Education - Homepage Inclusion for very young children An overview of Education in the 20th Century Education Law Project of Pennsylvania - scroll down to publications that can be downloaded in .PDF format. A down-loadable training program called IDEA '97 from OSEP. The Education of Children and Youth with Special Needs: What do the Laws Say? The Rehabilitation Act, Section 504 - the text of the law. A comparison of Section 504 and IDEA - written by James Rosenfield, Esq.
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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Service-Learning Update: A Lesson On Partnerships learning across the Commonwealth of pennsylvania in which year of our work with special education students Servicelearning with disabled individuals is not so http://www.imakenews.com/psla/e_article000093446.cfm
Extractions: Since 1987, the Pennsylvania Service-Learning Alliance has been developing an infrastructure of service-learning across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in which collaboration and partnerships with institutions of higher education, K-12 schools, community agencies, students and teachers have been central. When the Corporation for National and Community Service announced its Disability Outreach grant program, the PSLA recognized an opportunity to use its existing network of organizations to provide opportunities for individuals with disabilities to serve. A core goal of the PSLA Disability Outreach grant is to change how people view others with disabilities, from individuals who receive service to those who provide service in K-12 schools. Often a well intentioned teacher, wanting his students to experience service, will arrange for his class to help the special education class down the hall. He and his students feel good about their service and how they are making a difference. The experience may not be as positive for the special education recipients, however. Once again, they are put in a receiving position, not a giving one. The PSLA grant changes the experience into a collaborative and mutually beneficial service-learning activity between two classrooms. The special education classroom is then transformed from a recipient of service to a collaborating partner in a service-learning project.
Extractions: Business ... Weather Site Index Site Index AutoLIVE Apartments Business Crosswords Cultural Guide Education Guide Employment Events Fanfare Free Email Forums Grocery Coupons Middle East Movies NIE News Summary PenguinsLIVE PiratesLIVE Postcards Real Estate Search our Site Site Map Shopping SteelersLIVE Subscribers Tickets Traffic Reports Travel Web Directory Tools School superintendents in Pennsylvania are voicing frustration with the No Child Left Behind Act, saying it is straining budgets and lowering test scores. The superintendents of 171 school districts have signed a position paper asking Congress to rethink the act signed into law by President Bush in 2002. The movement to win a congressional review is statewide and may reach all 501 of Pennsylvania's school districts. The act requires all states to set high standards of achievement and create a system to measure results. It increases funding for Title I programs but offers parents more latitude regarding where their children are educated. Title I programs provide assistance to improve academic achievement for students in schools with a large number of low-income families.
Extractions: We have expanded and updated our New York State Information Page which is now also available in large print Virtual Visit of the Blindness Resource Center : A presentation on the website will be made at ISTE 's Sixth International Conference on Telecommunications and Multimedia in Education in November in Austin, Texas. The Able Informer , the international resource newsletter for people with disabilities. Election season is upon us - get political and visit: The Congressional Corner at Cathy's Newstand Home Pages of Network Libraries for Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals DAWWN: Disability Information Resources on the Internet Through Disability Advocacy Work With Networking dizABLED: A cartoon about a heart-warming cartoon adventures of Leeder O. Men, world famous disABLED stuntman/superhero!
Extractions: Home Spring 2004 edition Looking at Baltimores experience Current edition Latest NEWSFLASH Archives ... Contact us Looking at Baltimores experience Small schools hold promise for students with disabilities by Pat Halle Question: Can small schools improve learning outcomes for students with disabilities? Answer: With lots of determination and deliberate effort at the community and school level by parents, teachers, and community members, along with clear and specific support at the school district level... yes. There is enormous potential in small schools to meet the individual learning needs of students with disabilities. The personalized learning environment in small schools creates the possibility that teachers will discover the particular kind of mind each one of their students has, will understand the kinds of learning skills each lesson requires, and will learn to provide the accommodations and modifications in instructional practice that students need. However, small school size alone does not assure that special education services will be delivered in compliance with legal requirements or that instructional programs will be designed for all kinds of learners.
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Extractions: Telephone: (202) 225-4527 Early Intervention Will Improve Results for Students with Special Needs, Experts Tell Subcommittee WASHINGTON, D.C. The House Education Reform Subcommittee today continued its ambitious schedule of hearings on reauthorizing and reforming the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the nations special education law. The hearing focused on how to reform the way that students with various learning disabilities, especially those related to reading, are referred and identified for special education and related services under the IDEA. Education Reform Subcommittee Chairman Mike Castle (R-DE) said that Congress should learn more about the way students with various learning disabilities are referred for special education and related services under IDEA. Specifically, I want to know how IDEA can be strengthened to prevent mild learning problems from turning into lifelong disabilities." Students in IDEA programs run the gamut from mild reading difficulties to severe disabilities, said Goodling. Too often they are assigned to the same special education processes. The earlier and more precise our diagnostic efforts are, the better equipped well be to provide children the individual and consistent attention their needs may require.
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Extractions: Just For Kids ... Themes During the year, I will be adding resources for teachers to this site. These resources will be teaching tools and topics that will cover many facets of education. If you have additional sites that you have found to be useful or any topics that you would like me to research and display the results here, please use the handy e-mail link to send them to me. I would also appreciate you letting me know if any of the listed links are no longer active in order for me to keep these pages as up-to-date as possible. Special Education General Special Education Sites Attention Deficit Disorder Behaviour Exceptionalities Communication Learning Disabled ... Holidays Page Special Education - BC - On-line Documents
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Extractions: 06/03/04 08:10 AM The Office for Dispute Resolution (ODR) provides services formerly provided by the Special Education ConsultLine , the Pennsylvania Special Education Mediation Service (PaSEMS), and the Right to Education Office (REO). The Office for Dispute Resolution provides constituents with technical assistance in scheduling both mediations and due process hearings as well as appeals resulting from due process hearing decisions. ODR coordinates and manages the Pennsylvania Department of Education's and the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare's special education mediation system. Pennsylvania parents, school districts, or agency administrators may resolve conflicts concerning children with special needs through mediation.
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Extractions: Click here for information on Gifted Education The School District uses the following procedures, as required by law, for locating, identifying and evaluating specialized needs of school age students who may require special programs or services: The district routinely conducts screenings of children's hearing acuity (grades K, 1, 2, 3, 7 and 11), visual acuity (all grade levels), and speech and language skills (kindergarten and teacher referral). Gross motor and fine motor skills, academic skills and social emotional skills are assessed by classroom teachers on an ongoing basis. Identified needs from all of these screening sources are noted within the child's official file. These school records are available to parents, and to school staff who work with the child on a direct or indirect basis. Information from the records is released to other persons or agencies only with appropriate authorization which requires written signed permission by parents. If you have concerns...
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Extractions: By Phil Stinson, Esq. The alarming increase in the number of referrals made to law enforcement agencies is the product of a misunderstanding of a "reporting" requirement under the 1997 IDEA amendments. Whereas the law simply requires that certain disciplinary infractions be reported to law enforcement for statistical purposes, many school districts have misunderstood the law as a mandatory reporting requirement. Parents of children with special needs must be ever-vigilant to ensure that their child’s school does not misapply the law in disciplinary actions, as the arrest of the child and removal from school is a real threat in instances of behaviors that are solely the manifestation of the child’s disability. If a special child with an Individualized Education Plan ("IEP") exhibits behaviors that interfere with his or her learning, or the learning of others, the child’s IEP team must consider positive behavior interventions, strategies and supports in the development of the IEP. Typically, this takes the form of a behavior intervention plan based on a functional behavioral assessment. Parents must be sure that any functional behavioral assessment performed by a school district is conducted in consultation with a behavioral specialist, and that the data collected and analyzed is rationally related to the behaviors that are a manifestation of the child’s disability. Under current federal law, any exclusion of a child with an IEP from school for ten consecutive or cumulative school days is considered a change in placement. As such, in most circumstances, a child with an IEP may not be suspended for more than ten (10) days in a school year. However, if a child carries a weapon to school or is involved in a drug-related incident at school, the child may be placed in an alternative educational placement for forty-five (45) calendar days. Also, a hearing officer may order a change in placement for up to 45 days if the current educational placement is substantially likely to result in injury to the child or to others. The location of any 45-day alternative educational placement must be determined by the IEP team.
