Post-Crescent - Learnings Costly Curve Part of the solution may be labeling fewer students as disabled. vermont. specialeducation research is not rigorous or coordinated enough to support needs http://www.wisinfo.com/postcrescent/news/archive/local_4981028.shtml
Extractions: Post-Crescent staff writer Freedom made the commitment to ensure all children equal access to a public education well before state and federal governments made it law in the early 1970s, he said. Yet, in times of tight budgets there is no denying the mounting cost of educating everyone from the blind, deaf and medically fragile to children with cognitive and emotional disabilities and speech delays. While Congress considers reauthorizing the 28-year-old law now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), area school systems are picking up the bulk of the bill for an ever-growing number of special-education children. Two dozen Fox Valley school districts spent more than $62 million in district, state and federal dollars in the 2000-01 school year to educate 7,597 students with disabilities, according to the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute. In the coming school year, Freedom, with a total enrollment of 1,590, will spend $1.9 million of its $12.2 million operational budget educating 215 children with disabilities.
Discussion List will support the integration process of disabled youth into in a very rural place..Waitsfield, vermont/USA. a law requiring students with special needs to be http://nt.projectharmony.ru/forum/forum.asp?IDParent=378
THE VERMONT EDUCATION REPORT - May 14, 2001 Vol. 1, No. 9 for children being shunted into special education programs has led at least one vermont education expert such children as instructionally disabled instead of http://www.schoolreport.com/vbe/nlet/05_14_01.htm
Extractions: Published by Vermonters for Better Education VBE is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization whose mission is to enlist parents and the public at large in achieving quality educational opportunities for all the children of Vermont by monitoring the state of education in Vermont; promoting the value of educational freedoms for all parents; and giving parents the evaluative tools with which to identify excellence. Libby Sternberg, executive director: MAILTO:LSternberg@aol.com STATE NEWS... JEFFORDS'S SPECIAL EDUCATION PLANS GET MIXED REVIEWS For years, U.S. Senator Jim Jeffords has been beating the drum for more federal spending on special education. This year, however, he got a bigger drum. As a liberal Republican in an evenly-split Senate, he could threaten to withhold support for Administration initiatives that would otherwise pass unless his special education funding comes through. The money spigot hasn't yet been turned on, but Jeffords's special education funding ideas are receiving more attention, some of it probably unwelcome, from both liberal and conservative pundits.
Extractions: Home Textbooks Books Music ... Product Support Joe P. Sutton, Ph.D. Educating mildly disabled students has not been a high priority item on the educational agendas of many private Christian schools. In fact, recent studies show that special education in Christian schools is almost nonexistent, where only between 8 and 16 percent of Christian schools nationwide operate formal programs (Carver, 1989; Sutton, in press). With the emphasis placed on disabled persons in the Scripture (Sutton, 1990) however, most Christian educators would probably agree that our schools must do more in providing for the needs of mildly disabled students through formal special education programs. It is clear, then, that Christian educators must recognize two things with regard to mildly disabled students. One is that these students are not limited to just special education classrooms anymore, and will in all likelihood be present in regular classrooms to some extent. Two is that as mildly disabled students are identified and mainstreamed into regular classrooms, the regular classroom teacher will be the primary educational caregiver for these children, not the special education teacher. Regular classroom teachers in Christian schools, therefore, must be more cognizant of the basic characteristics and educational needs of mildly disabled students. Moreover, given the current novelty of special education in Christian schools, it would profit all Christian educators to know more about this unique group of students. This article seeks to provide answers to three basic questions: (a) who are mildly disabled students? (b) what criteria are used to identify them? and (c) what are some of their general characteristics?
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Prediction: IDEA Will Continue Down The Wrong Path Parents who want a disabled child to succeed techniques and technologies in special education Children with disabilities have individualized, specialized needs. http://www.cato.org/dailys/05-22-02.html
Extractions: May 22, 2002 by David Salisbury David Salisbury is director of the Center for Educational Freedom at the Cato Institute. Peter, age 12, is visually impaired. His parents wanted him to attend the Texas School for the blind in Austin, Texas, but school officials at Peter's local public school wouldn't let him. They felt they knew better than Peter's mother and father what was best for him. To most people, it seems rather patronizing for public school administrators to presume to make such a decision for Peter's parents. Unfortunately, current federal policy places government-not parents-in the primary decision-making role when it comes to children with disabilities. Since 1975, a law known as the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA) mandates that public schools create Individualized Educational Plans (IEPs) for children with disabilities. That may sound good, but the process for setting up an IEP is too often stacked against the parents. The process involves lengthy meetings with school officials, counselors and teachers. Disagreements over the IEP often have to be resolved in court. Consequently, only the more affluent parents-those who can afford attorneys-are able to navigate the process successfully. The children of other parents often receive little benefit from being in "special ed."
Supplementary And Related Services In Special Education Role; Assistive Devices (for disabled); Delivery Systems Disabilities Education Act; *Related Services; *vermont. in providing appropriate special education and http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/eric/faq/services.html
Extractions: Internet: http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/eric/index.html Besides special education services, what other types of services are available to children with disabilities? Following are links to related ERIC digests, Minibibliographies, Internet resources, and Internet discussion groups, as well as selected citations from the ERIC database and the search terms we used to find the citations. ERIC EC Digests (http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/eric/prodfly.html)
Senator Jim Jeffords that children with disabilities receive the special education and public education to our disabled children dropout must also better address the needs of our http://jeffords.senate.gov/issue_special_education.html
Extractions: March 21, 2002 When I first arrived in Congress in 1975, one of the first legislative initiatives I worked on was the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, now known as IDEA. We wrote the legislation to ensure that children with disabilities receive the special education and related services they need and that the Constitution requires. Twenty-seven years ago, nearly half of all disabled children, approximately 2 million children, were not receiving a public education. Another 2 million children were placed in segregated, inadequate classrooms.
Online Resources in over 300 area nonprofit agencies and in special programs assisting the frail elderly, youth at risk, disabled children, those vermont Senior Corps Programs. http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/link/category/3/
Extractions: Categories Programs Funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service Senior Corps Programs Audubon Area Community Services (KY) Senior Corps volunteers serve in 50 of Kentucky's 120 counties through the Senior Companions, Foster Grandparents, and Retired and Senior Volunteers Program (RSVP). Cascade County Aging Services FGP (MT) Foster Grandparents serve as mentors, tutors, and caregivers for children and youth with special needs. Cascade County Aging Services RSVP (MT) RSVP volunteers serve as mentors, tutors, and caregivers for children and youth with special needs. City of Oxnard RSVP News (CA) Newsletter includes local and national items of interest. Curry County RSVP (OR) Curry County RSVP sponsors two senior assistance programs in the county The SHIBA Program (senior health insurance benefits program) and a Money Management/Representative Payee Program (MMP). FGP and RSVP of United Services for Older Adults (NC) Foster Grandparents work one-on-one with children who are at risk of abuse and neglect, serving as role models and mentors. RSVP volunteers are assigned to a variety of local non-profit agencies and organizations. FGP of Providence (RI) Foster Grandparent Program funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service and sponsored by the Federal Hill House.
Extractions: Calvert County refused to permit two homeschooling moms to use local community centers for a fiber arts class and a geography club on the grounds of its explicit policy: "[H]ome schoolers may not use community centers." However, these centers are generally available to all citizens of the community for similar activities, including knitting and Russian language classes. The county maintained that, because homeschoolers can count the classes toward fulfilling part of their educational requirements under Maryland law, it is justified in banning homeschoolers' use of the centers. On January 31, 2000, Home School Legal Defense Association filed a lawsuit, asking the United States District Court for Maryland to declare the policy a violation of the First Amendment guarantee of free speech and the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee of equal protection of the laws. When Calvert County opened its facility to the general use of the public for conducting similar classes, it could not constitutionally deny access to homeschoolers on the grounds that some of the children would get educational credit for them.
Student Support Services orthopedically impaired or otherwise disabled and in for an evaluation to determine special education eligibility Street South Burlington, vermont 05403 Voice http://district.sbschools.net/sss/
Extractions: The Student Support Services Department helps South Burlington families and teachers meet the unique learning needs of individual students. Instructional services and classroom accommodations are offered to children and instructors in order to build strong individualized learning programs. Families, guardians and other significant adults plan with teachers and specialists to coordinate the educational plan. For the most part, all services are offered to students in an inclusive setting. However, when direct or small group instruction is required to meet the students learning needs, it can be provided. The Infant and Toddler Programs provides collaborative education and health services to the families of children with disabilities ages birth to three. For referral information contact the Director of Student Support Services at 652-7390. The Essential Early Education Program (EEEP) serves special education eligible children ages three to five. Educational services can provided in the home, at daycare or preschool settings and a YMCA/South Burlington collaborative preschool program based at the Chamberlin School. For referral information contact Tina Madkour at 652-7431. All South Burlington Schools use Educational Support Teams (EST) to organize supplemental and remedial services to students at risk of classroom failure. For referral information, please contact your building Principal.
EmTech - Special Education Wheelchair Lifts Designed For disabled Drivers; LAB A Division of Toys for special Children; Turnsoft the wheelchair accessible power unit; vermont CATS (Computer http://www.emtech.net/sped.htm
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Special Education Dropouts. ERIC Digest Hasazi and her colleagues in vermont (1985) report that while students classified as learning disabled left at of these findings have special significance for http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-928/special.htm
Extractions: Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children Reston VA. Special Education Dropouts. ERIC Digest #451. POPULATION Recent state and local follow-up studies confirm this unexplainable attrition rate among students with handicaps. These studies also strongly suggest that the dropout rate among students receiving special education services significantly exceeds the dropout rate among the general school-age population. The St. Paul Public Schools conducted a retrospective examination of the records of 4,500 students in attendance between 1974 and 1977 who left school prior to graduation. They found that up to 80% of the youths who dropped out may have been eligible for special education services. Hippolitus (1980) cited the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped as documenting the dropout rate for special education students at five to six times the rate of youths without handicaps. IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS The implications of these findings have special significance for educational policy and practice. More systematic procedures for identifying potential dropouts and better follow-through in providing comprehensive programs that retain students with handicaps must be addressed.
WEB RESOURCE DIRECTORY FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN Center United States Department of Education vermont Computer and and Government Agencies Travel for special Kinds of PeopleDisabled Travelers Windstar http://www.einpgh.org/ein/mtleb/webdir.html
Extractions: The Mt. Lebanon Public Library maintains a collection of books, pamphlets, videos, and other materials, and a WEB resource directory for parents of children and young adults with special needs such as attention deficit disorder, autism, cerebral palsy, DOWN syndrome, learning disabilities, visual impairments, giftedness, and others. This clearinghouse, a collaboration of the Mt. Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon School District, Mt. Lebanon PTA Council, and members of the community enables parents, teachers, and other interested adults to locate information on educational, social, and other aspects of caring for youth with special needs.
Stateline.org: Lobbying Season Opens For Special Education.. the full cost of educating learning disabled children even calling on Congress to fully fund special education issue was so important to vermont s US Senator http://www.stateline.org/stateline/?pa=story&sa=showStoryInfo&id=225070
Special Education For Everybody? - Insight On The News - Special Report liberal Republican, the senator from vermont has sought programs after being labeled learning disabled because they put even more kids in specialed programs http://www.insightmag.com/news/2001/06/04/SpecialReport/Special.Education.For.Ev
Extractions: With an evenly divided Senate that Republicans control nominally through Vice President Dick Cheney's tiebreaking vote, Jim Jeffords is an important player. A liberal Republican, the senator from Vermont has sought out opportunities to butt heads with President George W. Bush. He refused to go along with Bush's $1.6 trillion 10-year tax cut, calling it too large. Bush eventually found some Democrats willing to go for tax cuts totaling $1.35 trillion and the measure passed. The latest dispute with the stubborn Vermonter involves federal funding for special education. This is an array of federally subsidized programs for students whom local school authorities diagnose as having handicaps of any kind that might affect school attendance or learning. One of Jeffords' biggest causes since coming to Congress in the mid-1970s has been to increase the share the federal government pays for special-education costs, much of which has been required by federal-court decisions. Since he became chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in 1996, federal funding for special education has been increased 174 percent and now is about $6 billion a year. Bush proposed a $1 billion increase for next year. With every GOP vote needed, Jeffords saw his chance to demand a great deal more: An increase during six years of nearly 300 percent. Jeffords' "extortion amendment," as it has been called, passed the Senate without objection by voice vote on May 3. It will increase the federal government's share of special-ed funding by $2.5 billion each year to more than $21 billion in 2007. The cost over 10 years: At least $181.1 billion.
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Extractions: "The question that Congress must ask is why have so many states had to introduce resolutions or pass legislation to curb schools labeling and drugging children? Unfortunately, the answer is that until IDEA is reformed, and Congress provides a physically based scientific definition of 'disability,' the diagnosing of children with subjective disorders will continue to be a national problem." Mrs. Patricia Johnson solutions for behavioral and learning problems in the classroom. When Congress originally passed IDEA, covering Special Education, its primary purpose was to provide a Free and Appropriate Education for children with hearing, sight, speech and other physical handicaps. Over the ensuing 27 years, the funding has been largely funneled, instead, to children with "learning disorders," a term so subjective that children who fidget, butt into line or interrupt their teachers are so labeled. In most cases they are subsequently prescribed cocaine-like, mind-altering drugs. Many of these children simply have never been taught to read. Clearly, there is a critical need to provide an objective, scientifically based definition of "learning disability," and this must be the central point of reforming IDEA.
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