Special Child: Legal Files Archives special transportation to students with disabilities who attend after is Director of the special Education Law Clinic in Chester, pennsylvania, is President http://www.specialchild.com/archives/lf-013.html
Extractions: By Phil Stinson, Esq. The regulations, case law, and decisions of Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Education offer guidance as to how school districts should handle various non-academic and extracurricular services and activities for students with disabilities. Counseling Services If a school provides personal, academic, or vocational counseling, guidance, or placement services to its students, the school must provide these services without discrimination on the basis of disability. Also, the school must ensure that qualified disabled students are not counseled toward more restrictive career objectives than are non-disabled students with similar interests and abilities. In providing physical education courses and athletics programs and activities to any of its students, the school may not discriminate on the basis of disability. If a school offers physical education courses or sponsors interscholastic, club, or intramural athletics, it must provide an equal opportunity for participation in these activities and must be offered to students with disabilities. Playgrounds Many complaints have been filed with OCR over the past decade regarding accessibility of school playgrounds. Playgrounds at schools must offer full accessibility to students with disabilities. Surfaces of the playground and walkways leading to the playground must be maneuverable by students in wheelchairs. Most often, schools run afoul of OCR when new playgrounds are built that do not comply with the equal opportunity for participation standards of Section 504.
Special Education Resources special Olympics International home page special Olympics is a Also includes links to other general disability sites by the Ohio/W. pennsylvania Down Syndrome http://www.theteachersguide.com/Specialeducation.html
Extractions: Technology General Resources Our Kids Our-Kids is a support group for parents and caregivers of children with disabilities. PRELUDE Music Therapy - Our Mission...is to serve children and adults with special needs through sharing information; creating and publishing music therapy strategies; and giving workshops and presentations to professionals, parents, and students.
Pennsylvania Council Of Administrators Of Special Education to be knowledgeable about special education regulations. Students with Disabilities and Prescription Medication. The pennsylvania Department of Education has http://www.pfcec.org/pf7103.htm
Extractions: Administrators of Special Education President - Michel Bennish - mbennish@epasd.k12.pa.us President-Elect Vice President Secretary Treasurer - Bob Torpey What's News Whenever there is a gathering of experienced special education administrators, you can be sure there is a great deal of wisdom in the room. Such was the case at the Annual Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE) conference at Grantville in November. Here are a few of the "pearls of wisdom" and "jewels of knowledge" gleaned at that gathering. The greatest percent of the work (as a special education administrator) is managing communication between parents and the school. Achieve clarity: establish whose court the ball is in. Confusion occurs when it is unclear whose responsibility it is to take the next step. Multiple documents won't make up for clarity. The answer to any administration question is "it depends." There is an inverse relationship between the complexity of the question and the simplicity of the answer. Persons considering special education as a career must have a high tolerance for ambiguity.
AutismLink in a Nutshell; The Right to special Education in pennsylvania A Guide Improving Communication Skills for Children with Disabilities (caution this is http://www.autismlink.com/legal_rights.shtml
Extractions: Select One: Online Chatroom Group Therapy School Resources Social Skills Groups Exemption Form Vacc. Vaccination Safety Autism Basics Biomedical Info ABA Therapy Diagnostic Criteria Feeding Problems ACCESS Card School Materials IEP Help! Support Groups Play Therapy Potty Training Related Disorders Sensory Integration Speech Wraparound Agencies Check out the list members! Legal/Educational Help Did you know that if your child receives therapy from medical assistance that you need to carefully plan your estate? In fact, in the event of the death of a parent or parents, if the child does NOT have a special needs trust in place, then the Department of Public Welfare will consider the inheritance that you leave your child as "income," rendering him or her ineligible for wraparound services? ASK YOUR ATTORNEY OR ESTATE PLANNING PROFESSIONAL ABOUT A SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST!
Legal Page The Right to Attend School in pennsylvania Spanish edition. What Can You Do if Your Child With a Disability is Being special Education - Evaluation Process. http://www.psrn.org/legal.html
Fact Sheets to Do if Your Child with a Disability is Being The Rights of Gifted Students in pennsylvania; Useful special Education special Education Evaluation Process. http://www.elc-pa.org/pubsort.htm
|PA Higher/Adult Ed. Resources For Students With Disabilities special Education Resources on the Internet(SERI), http Department of Justice, 950 pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section http://www.pdehighered.state.pa.us/higher/cwp/view.asp?a=3&Q=87769&higherNav=|29
Reference, Education, Special Education: Support Ridge School District, Armstrong County, pennsylvania, who find like to raise a child with a disability. iep guide IEP guide and special education email http://www.combose.com/Reference/Education/Special_Education/Support/
Extractions: Top Reference Education Special Education ... Cerebral Palsy Support Groups Related links of interest: Reference:Education:K through 12:Home Schooling:Special Education Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center, Inc. - Statewide nonprofit organization that offers information and support to families of children with any disability or chronic illness, age birth through 21 in Connecticut. Disability Information for Students - International disability news, jobs, discussion, resources. A site designed for students and professionals supporting individuals with disabilities. Education A Must Inc. Educational Advocates - Educational advocates for education for the special needs child located in New Hampshire and Northern Massachusetts. Families Helping Families of Louisiana - Families Helping Families of Louisiana centers are a group of families who, through our own experiences, are committed to reaching out to other families who have members with special needs and self-advocates. Family Village Regional Resources in the United States - Information, resources, communication opportunities for persons with disabilities. Family Village - Information about ways of dealing with disabilities and everyday life.
Extractions: For Advocacy Support Videos and Handbooks Nationwide Services A Turnaround Organization Online Educational Advocacy and Counseling reasonable rates. Bodin Associates based in Los Altos, CA and serving a national and international client base. Education Management Consulting assessments for school placement and evaluation and for legal proceedings involving educational issues and institutions. Keys to Safer Schools provides advocacy services to parents of children being discriminated against by school districts LD Online interactive guide for children, parents, teachers, and others involved with learning disabilities National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems referrals to local agencies Richard Crandall providing free services via the Internet. Advocates for Human Potential based in Sudbury, MA. Judith E. Greenberg Child and special education advocate also provides expert witness testimonybased in Rockville, MD. Rockville, Potomac
Special Education Students with an identifiable disability which limits or may also contact the special Education Consult Line through the pennsylvania Department of http://www.pmsd.org/special_education.htm
Extractions: Mission The mission of the Pocono Mountain School District is to prepare all students for tomorrows challenges and opportunities. Pocono Mountain School District is committed to setting high standards for all exceptional students in the school district receiving special education services. What is Special Education? Special Education refers to specially designed instruction (SDI) to meet the needs of an exceptional student. The term exceptional includes children with a physical, emotional or mental disability. Special Education supports and services in the Pocono Mountain School District include a full continuum of services and are in compliance with federal and state laws. Pocono Mountain School District also utilizes resources outside the district including the Colonial Intermediate Unit 20, local approved private schools and other state licensed educational programs. What programs and/or services are available? Programs are available in the Pocono Mountain School District for students with the following disabilities: Learning Disabled, Autistic, Deafness/Hearing Impairment, Emotional Disturbance, Mental Retardation, Multiply Disabled, Orthopedic Impairment, Other Health Impaired, Speech/Language Impaired, Traumatic Brain Injured and Visual Impairment including Blindness. Related services are available to assist a student with a disability including transportation, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Orientation and Mobility and Psychological Services.
All Of Pennsylvania's Children Deserve A GREATT Education All of pennsylvania s Children Deserve a GREATT United States Congress required special education accommodations million children with disabilities were shut http://santorum.senate.gov/columns/col010309.html
Extractions: March 9, 2001 All of Pennsylvania's Children Deserve a GREATT Education President Bush recently unveiled a comprehensive plan to improve educational opportunities for all of our children. I support the President's efforts, and I firmly believe that this plan must fully address the federal government's obligation to special education funding. In 1975, the United States Congress required special education accommodations for American children with learning disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Prior to implementation of IDEA, nearly one million children with disabilities were shut out of schools and hundreds of thousands more were denied appropriate educational services. IDEA changed the lives of these children. When Congress required that the needs of these children be met in our nation's schools, it also committed to providing 40 percent of IDEA's costs, with the remaining balance to be met by local communities and states. However, this cost-sharing partnership has never been realized. The federal government contributes only 14.9 percent of the funding that school districts need to serve these children. While this is roughly double the amount that the federal government was contributing when I was elected to the Senate it is still not enough. According to the latest figures from the U.S. Department of Education, in 1997, over 220,000 Pennsylvania children were served under IDEA. Through visiting over 150 Pennsylvania schools, I recognize that each school has its own individual needs. By increasing IDEA funding, we can indirectly address almost any school district's needs without adding more burdensome regulations. By eliminating the need for our schools to cover the federal government's underpayment, we can free up the money necessary for classroom construction, to hire new teachers, to buy text books, and to purchase computers.
Extractions: Vol. 1, No. 1 February 2004 Learn More About the Law Offices What is a Special Needs Trust? by Herbert D. Hinkle, Esq. Frequently, we are asked about special needs trusts. We have drafted more than 3,000 such trusts which we prefer to call "a trust with limitations," because many of the so-called "special needs trusts" that we have seen over the years are unsuited for their intended purposes: protection of a person with a disability and preservation of eligibility for services. This article decribes several issues to keep in mind when setting up a trust for a person with disabilities. read more If you would like to submit questions for consideration in this column, please user="herb"; user="hinkle"; site='mycomcast' + '.' + "com"; site=user + '1' + '.' + "com"; document.write(''); document.write('email' + '');
NSLC - NSLC Library pennsylvania ServiceLearning Alliance.special Education Initiative and Results for Children with Disabilities. IL Department of special Education, University http://www.servicelearning.org/article/archive/333/
Extractions: NSLC Library Bibliographies Disabilities and Special Needs Students and Service-Learning: Selected Resources Disabilities and Special Needs Students and Service-Learning: Selected Resources Source: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, March 2004. http://www.servicelearning.org National Service-Learning Clearinghouse. Special Education/Disabilities Links . Scotts Valley, CA: NSLC, n.d. Articles and Resources Available Online Constitutional Rights Foundation. Service Learning and Special Education Service Learning Network 9 no. 2 (2002). http://www.crf-usa.org/network/net9_2.htm Corporation for National and Community Service. Learn and Serve America Program Directory Learn and Serve America. http://www.servicelearning.org/article/archive/45/ For a selection of examples of service-learning programs involving special needs students, you can search the directory for keywords such as "disabilities" "disabled" "special needs" or "special education". Institute on Community Integration. Yes I Can: a Social Inclusion Curriculum for Students with and without Disabilities . Minneapolis: Author, 2001.
Childcare.gov- Running A Program pennsylvania Community Providers Association Representing agencies Definition Office of special Education Specific Specific Learning Disability Speech Respite http://www.childcare.gov/dissub.pl?page=maintopic1&subpage=main1stpc7&sid=7
AHIRC Resource Listings database of resources for children with special health care Developmental Disabilities. pennsylvania Child and Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP) 717772 http://www.actorsfund.org/ahirc/cat_list.cfm?cat=25&st=PA
Special Education Services in addition to assisting the pennsylvania Department of IDEA); PA Chapter 14 special Education Regulations. those with a diagnosed disability or developmental http://www.iu9.org/SpecialEd.htm
Extractions: Assistive Technology Helping children with sensory, communication, or computer access deficits is the purpose of this program. Information is provided on a wide range of no, low, and high tech accommodations and strategies to enhance the success of students with disabilities in both the regular and special education settings. contact: Daniel Thompson Behavior Support Behavior Support provides many services including consulting with parent and teacher teams about individual student behavior intervention plans, helping schools develop school-wide behavior support systems and conduct school inservices, and providing parent workshops and a lending library of resources. Other service options include: assistance with Functional Behavior Assessment development of Behavior Intervention Plans information gathering to develop and monitor effective behavior interventions consistent with IDEA regulations informal Behavioral Assessment interpretation of data monitoring of student progress revision of behavior plans as needed
Special Education Law & Advocacy Strategies FREE Newsletter changes to the current the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act The League of special Education Voters and concerned pennsylvania parents has http://www.reedmartin.com/specialedonlinenewsletter57.htm
Extractions: SPECIAL ON THE REAUTHORIZATION OF THE IDEA NATIONAL CALL-IN DAY MAY 5 JOIN US FOR A SPECIAL CHAT SESSION ON THE REAUTHORIZATION OF THE IDEA - MONDAY 9:00 PM, EST Share Our Site Tell a friend You receive this email newsletter by request. To be removed, click the link at the bottom of the page View this newsletter online at: reedmartin.com/specialedonlinenewsletter57.htm Has Your Child Recently Been Denied Services Under the IDEA? Did Your School Forget To Remind You Of Your Childs Eligibility Under Section 504 and the ADA? by Reed Martin http://www.specialeducationmuckraker.com SPECIAL ALERT: GAO NOT INVESTIGATING OR AUDITING SPECIAL ED. SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES ARENT ASKING IT TO! PRIOR WRITTEN NOTICE Prior Written Notice is one of your most important Procedural Safeguards This ANSWERS questions that parents have and can SOLVE problems with the school if the school would just follow this federal requirement.
Special Education - Teacher Issues Behavioral Disorders. Learning Disabilities. Severe/Multiple Disabilities. Speech Pathology. Nevada. X. Oregon. X. All special Education Certifications. pennsylvania. X. http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/49/02/4902.htm
Extractions: StateNotes Special Education 700 Broadway, Suite 1200 Denver, CO 80203-3460 Fax: 303.296.8332 www.ecs.org State Efforts Regarding Teacher Preparation, Certification, Recruitment and Retention October 2003 The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 (IDEA) took bold steps toward ensuring children with disabilities receive the free and appropriate public education to which they are entitled. One of the major issues addressed by the legislation is the quality of teachers for children with special needs. IDEA 97 requires students receiving special education services to be educated with their non-disabled peers to the maximum extent practicable. As a result, according to a 2001 report from the Study of Personnel Needs in Special Education, 75% of students receiving special education services spend 40% or more of their day in general education classrooms. Consequently, 96% of general education teachers currently teach, or have in the past taught, children with special needs. How have states responded to the challenge to prepare general education teachers to meet the needs of students with special needs? According to ECS Teacher Preparation Policy Database (http://www.tqsource.org/prep/policy/), 46 states and the District of Columbia currently have statutes or regulations requiring teacher education programs to provide some instruction on teaching children with special needs to individuals seeking initial training in elementary or secondary education. The amount and content of this instruction, however, varies dramatically.
