Special Education, Carnegie Library Of Pittsburgh Resource Guide PATTAN pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Office of Special education and Rehabilitative a multifaceted, comprehensive parent Directed Family http://www.carnegielibrary.org/subject/education/k12/specialed.html
Parents Involved Network: Resources education in a Nutshell and The Rights to Special education in pennsylvania, a Guide For the Record is a booklet prepared by the Parents Involved Network as http://www.pinofpa.org/resources/
Extractions: Providing information to families has been a high priority of PIN since its beginning. Included in this section is a variety of resources concerning mental health treatment, advocacy, legal and program issues intended to educate families. Philadelphia Community Services for Children and Adolescents: A Straightforward Guide to Mental Health and Related Services for Children and Adolescents Popularly known as the Children's Mental Health Guide, this is a resource for parents and caregivers to help them navigate the mental health and other child serving systems to find help for their children. The Guide is written from a parent's perspective. This guide is an acknowledged resource for professionals working with children and their families. This electronic version is regularly updated. PIN Factsheets Find information related to diagnosis and medication, the variety of issues associated with treatment including involuntary treatment, advocacy, managed care, consumer education and issues related to negotiating the mental health system. Getting Help . Speak to a PIN advocate. Does Your Child Need Help?
Family Village -- Parent Training & Information Centers pennsylvania parent education Network Mentor parent Program. Rhode Island Rhode Island parent Information Network. South Carolina parent Training Resource http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/education/pti.html
COPAA State Special Ed Resource Page 1321 pennsylvania Ave, SE Washington, DC 200033027 Ph (202 quality and quantity of legal assistance for parents of children State education Law resources. http://www.copaa.net/resources/statespedlaw.html
Extractions: An independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt organization of attorneys, advocates and parents established to improve the quality and quantity of legal assistance for parents of children with disabilities. This page contains a compilation of Special Education Law State-Specific Internet Resources submitted by COPAA listserv members. Please contact us , if you find any outdated or nonfunctional links. Be sure to include the link with your email. State Education Law Resources are listed alphabetically. An alpha index is provided for your convenience. Not all States have their education laws or regulations on the Internet. If you know of a resource that is not listed here or you find an outdated link, drop us a note and we will add it as soon as possible. However, please do not expect us to conduct searches for you.
PA Higher/Adult Ed. College Planning And Financial Aid Resources bulletPHEAA The pennsylvania Higher education Assistance Agency s interactive web site has resources for students, parents and borrowers, including http://www.pdehighered.state.pa.us/higher/cwp/view.asp?a=133&Q=42010
Andrew's Web Hub: Education: Gifted And Talented Students: Resources Old Donation Center for the Gifted and Talented; PAGE The pennsylvania Association for Gifted School Reform and Gifted education; TAG parent Network; TAGFAM http://members.ozemail.com.au/~andrewd/links/links34.html
Extractions: Updated 06-May-03. Communication and self esteem in gifted children by Paule Eckhaus. This is one of several articles from the South Australian Education Department's Nexus site. Perfectionism Understanding Giftedness Through Film CHIP Foundation - An educational resource for children of high intellectual potential Gifted and Talented Children - definitions, concepts and issues are discussed. Also gives links and addresses of Australian and New Zealand Associations.
Extractions: These links have been compiled as a "starting point" for exploring the vast resources available through the Internet. Inclusion in this guide does not represent an endorsement by the Region 3 Comprehensive Center. POLICY With passage of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB)Law, Congress reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)the principal federal law affecting education from kindergarten through high school. NCLB and Choices for Parents back to the top PRACTICES National Standards for Parent/Family Involvement Programs National PTA's guidelines for educators in order that they more effectively engage parents and families in the education of their children Family Empowerment a chapter in Educate America: A Call for Equity in School Reform , from the National Coalition of Educational Equity Advocates, this provides information on collaborative services, parenting education, and more.
TeachersFirst - E-READY Special Education Parent Resources In addition to encouraging parent involvement it has Individuals with Disabilities education Act (PL 99457 the flexibility, expertise, and resources to meet http://www.teachersfirst.com/sped/parents/preschool/eric-prepare.html
Extractions: Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education Reston VA. Research Shows Childhood Intervention Makes a Difference Over 50 years of research on children with many types of disabilities receiving a range of specialized services in many different settings has produced evidence that early intervention can: (1) ameliorate, and in some cases, prevent developmental problems; (2) result in fewer children being retained in later grades; (3) reduce educational costs to school programs; and (4) improve the quality of parent, child, and family relationships. Much of what we know about early intervention effectiveness is drawn from this diverse historical base of information. In addition to encouraging parent involvement it has been found that the most effective interventions are those that also: (1) occur early in the child's life
PA Parent Information Resource Center This information was obtained on pennsylvania s Department of education Winter The US Department of education has funded 58 parent Information Resource http://papirc.org:6080/cgi-bin/public.pl?command=about_us
PA Parent Information Resource Center Parents Anonymous® of pennsylvania is a vital statewide resource office established to develop groups and provide expert education, information and advocacy http://papirc.org:6080/cgi-bin/public.pl?command=related_locations
Home Schooling increasingly diverse crowd Homebased education has long family is still white, two-parent, and better to statistics reported to pennsylvania Homeschoolers by http://www.angelfire.com/pa/sergeman/issues/education/homeschooling.html
Extractions: So the chance to sit down with them during a real school day and supervise the process of learning in a homeschool setting was a rare treat, and something I would wish on every homeschool dad, who often feels that professional responsibilities shut him out of the schooling process. - Jeffrey Tucker, November 15, 2003 [LewRockwell.com]
Social Studies Web Sites For Teachers Library Home / resources for Teachers and Parents Menu / Social a look at the Geo education link for African Studies Center of the University of pennsylvania. http://www.sldirectory.com/teachf/socsci.html
Extractions: Resources for Teachers and Parents Go Back: Virtual Middle School Library Home Resources for Teachers and Parents Menu / Social Studies Current Events CNN Students News - Resources for both students and teachers. New York Times Learning Network - News summaries and a news quiz. By The People: Elections 2004 - Lesson plans for the elections for elementary and secondary students. By PBS. C-Span - Topics for the discussion of current events in the classroom.
Centennial School District - Parent Resources children across the Commonwealth take the pennsylvania System of especially for you, as a parent, and contains active role in your childs educational success http://www.centennialsd.org/Links/parent.htm
Extractions: Parent Resources For Tips on Reading Aloud, Books for Reading Aloud and Helpful Hints about reading, visit the Children's Literacy Initiative site. Parent's Guide to Understanding the PSSA "Every year, more than half a million children across the Commonwealth take the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) in the subjects of reading, math and writing. The PSSA is used to determine how well our children are learning at certain grade levels. After all, we can improve only what we measure. to measure his or her academic progress and identify areas where your child may need a little extra help." Parent's Guide to Understanding the PSSA The American Psychological Association has prepared a useful brochure titled "Resilience in a Time of War." An electronic version of the brochure may be found by going to the following web site: APA Help Center:Get the Facts: Psychology in Daily Life The site features: Contact Us Administration School Board Curriculum
Family Resources a copy of the Notice of Parents Rights. Special education Programs for Children with Special Needs. pennsylvania has long been at the forefront of educating http://www.pfcec.org/pf9000.htm
Extractions: Last Update 6-5-04 PACEC Family Resource Center Welcome Welcome to the Pennsylvania Federation Council for Exceptional Children's Family Resource Center. It is our hope that through this vehicle we will be able to offer information and resources of interest to the families of children and youth with exceptionalities. Everyone is welcome to submit news and other interesting items for inclusion here. All you need to do is e-mail it to the Webmaster for consideration. Or, you can even use good-old snail-mail if you prefer. When ground-mailing items, we ask you to do so on disk along with a paper copy. Don't forget to note the program, version, and filename under which your file has been saved (IBM compatible only, please). After viewing the resources on this page we invite you to take some time and explore the entire system. You never know, you might find something great where you least expect it. You especially will want to visit the subdivision pages for information specific to each exceptionality, the Legislative Update page to keep up on what's happening in Washington and Harrisburg, and the Connections page where you'll find hundreds of links to other websites of interst. Come often as our goal is to update frequently. We hope your visit is helpful and informative. Enjoy! Procedural Safeguards A Step-by-Step Explanation in Non-Legalese Carol Eisenbise, PACEC Treasurer and Supervisor of Special Education in Colonial IU #20 has compiled an explanation of the Procedural Safeguards you have received so often - in plain language. She has received numerous positive comments from parents of her students, so we've asked her to share it here.
Learn At The Franklin Institute Online and groups, parents, homeschoolers, parentteacher organizations District of Philadelphia, pennsylvania, accepted the a new model for inquiry science education. http://sln.fi.edu/learn.html
Extractions: The 2003 Flight Forecast online program challenged K-12 students to predict the weather conditions for flight at the Centennial of Flight celebration at the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 2003. The results are in. Check out the most accurate forecasts! Girls at the Center: Girls and Adults Learning Science Together is a timely guidebook of tested programs and ready-to-use materials that invite girls and adult partners to become enthusiastic science learners. Girls at the Center is the result of a four-year collaboration of The Franklin Institute Science Museum and the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. and was field-tested with multi-cultural audiences in 42 sites nationwide. This book will have particular value for youth leaders and groups, parents, homeschoolers, parent-teacher organizations, museum educators, and community-based organizations.
Redirect Peace Center is located in Langhorne, pennsylvania. comprehensive approach to peace education and violence parent Talk Column parenting questions and answers http://www.comcat.com/~peace/PeaceCenter.html
Parent Resources parent resources Southern Columbia Secondary School High School education Web Sites Family education.com United of ED Publications for parents National parents http://www.scolumbiasd.k12.pa.us/parent/parentresources.htm
About The California Parent Center Action Center for education Community Development (716 pennsylvania parent Information Resource Center (215) 236 South Dakota parent Resource Network (605) 347 http://parent.sdsu.edu/pirc_aboutcpc.htm
Extractions: Parental Information and Resource Centers (PIRCs) in California There are now six Parental Information Resource Centers funded by the US Department of Education in California: Information about these Resource Centers is provided immediately below. For those wishing to contact other PIRCs across the country, this list is followed by a more comprehensive listing of such centers in the other states." The California PARENT Center at the June Burnett Institute
TEE - The Trust For Early Education Head Start Bureau, 2001) ⢠2,479 children enrolled in pennsylvania Kindergarten for 4Year-Olds (education Week, 2002) resources in pennsylvania â http://www.trustforearlyed.org/resources_state.aspx?id=45&txt=Pennsylvania