81. Special Education, Learning Disabilities Advocacy, Legal Advice,Attorneys And La colorado Highlands RanchEducational Consulting and AreaSchool Finders, special education advocacy Sharon Hellman, Learning Disability specialist providing http://www.iser.com/CAadvocacy.html

Internet Special Education Resources Special Education Advocacy Services Visit ISER's Special Education Products Page 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

82. ECS Issue Site: Special Education How should children with disabilities be disciplined and therefore disciplined special education students may 700 Broadway, 1200 Denver, colorado 802033460 http://www.ecs.org/html/issue.asp?issueID=112

83. So You Want To Be A Science Teacher...: Special Ed Vouchers colorado is simply going to provide the basic per Many special education students have higher costs of factored in the level of disability, and provides funds http://www.sciteacher.com/archives/000443.html

So You Want to be a Science Teacher... Follow a future physics teacher through graduate school and student teaching Main February 22, 2004 Special Ed Vouchers Reform K-12 has a post up about a plan in Colorado to provide special education vouchers that would allow special education students to take their state education dollars with them to a private school. Let's look at what this really means...fortunately it doesn't seem too complicated to me. Chett takes issue with this claim, in particular Some parents spoke out against the bill, saying children with the mildest needs would make use of the vouchers and leave the most severely impacted behind in public schools with less money. Chett writes: That petard has hoisted many a voucher opponent, for no evidence is given for this charge. Well, the evidence is not hard to find. Florida was actually the first state to develop a voucher program (McKay Scholarships) for special education students. The Florida vouchers are actually more generous than those being debated in Colorado. Colorado is simply going to provide the basic per-student allocation to the private school ($6,000). Many special education students have higher costs of education. Florida actually factored in the level of disability, and provides funds based on need (which exceeds the state's per-student allocation). However, even Florida's fund transfer based on need does not always cover the full cost of education at a private school. And, guess what. These Florida vouchers leave the most severly impacted students behind.

84. NSLC - NSLC Library http//csf.colorado.edu/forums/servicelearning/feb00/msg00123.html. on Volunteerism by Persons with Developmental Disabilities.” Impact 14 special Olympics. http://www.servicelearning.org/article/archive/333/

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.

85. World Reach Currently, she is on special assignment as a for the Cherry Creek Learning Disabilities Advisory Board and is a board member for the colorado Association for http://www.shakleeinstitute.org/1998Winners.html

Heartspring World Reach The mission of World Reach is to promote excellence, innovation and dedication in serving children with special needs through: Recognizing people, programs and emerging practices Serving as a resource nationally and internationally-encouraging, sharing and increasing knowledge 1998 Award Winners JEANMARIE BANTZ - Jeanmarie Bantz is currently a Special Education teacher at Walker Upper Elementary School in Charlottesville, Virginia. She works with 5th and 6th grade emotionally disturbed and learning disabled students in a team-taught program she designed with Jenn McCullough. Ms. Bantz received a B.A. in Elementary/Special Education from Boston College in May 1986 and a Masters in Special Education/Behavior Disorders from Kent State University in 1990. She has a total of 12 years experience in the field of Special Education and received the "Outstanding Elementary Teacher" award from the University of Virginia chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, as well as the "Teacher of the Year" award from the Ohio Council for Children with Behavior Disorders. JENN McCULLOUGH - Jenn McCullough is currently a Special Education teacher at Walker Upper Elementary School in Charlottesville, Virginia. She team-teaches 5th and 6th grade students who have been identified as having a learning and/or emotional disability. She was instrumental in designing this program she teaches with Jeanmarie Bantz.

86. Midnight At The Internet Cafe: Resources For People With Disabilities: Resources brothers and sisters of people with special health and unannotated links to Web sites on disabilities, parenting, reproduction Central colorado Library System. http://www.cclsweb.org/MidnightFiles/Disabilities/disparnt.htm

Midnight at the Internet Cafe Resources for People with Disabilities: Resources for Parents and Teachers General Disability-Related Web Sites Reference Tools and Guides Government Resources Accessibility: Computer Software and Hardware ... Psychiatric/Mental Disabilities Resources for Parents and Teachers Vision Disabilities Resources for Parents and Teachers See also the section on Government Resources . New items have been marked with an asterisk (*). About.com: Parenting Special Needs, http://specialchildren.about.com/ , provides links to Web sites on specific disabilities affecting children, such as cerebral palsy, congenital heart defects, and muscular dystrophy. There are also links on topics such as development, education, and financial needs, as well as feature articles, news, and discussion forums. http://www.aacap.org/web/aacap/ , is a Web site "dedicated to assisting parents and families in understanding developmental, behavioral, emotional and mental disorders affecting children and adolescents." You will find full-text documents such as "Recommendations for Juvenile Justice Reform," advice for helping children and adolescents after a disaster, and a set of "Facts for Families" on more than 100 psychiatric and mental health issues. These fact sheets cover topics such as adoption, anxiety, bedwetting, manic depression, and teen suicide, and are available in both English and Spanish. Cerebral Palsy

87. Implementation Of Programs And Services ForStudents With Disabilities In TheLeas colorado Springs PEAK Parent Center, Inc Brown (Eds.), Instruction of students with severe disabilities (5 th Remedial and special Education, 21 (5), 305 317 http://www.calstat.org/lremsgsbiblio.html

Implementation of Programs and Services for Students with Disabilities in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) Bibliography All students should be held to high expectations and should work toward the same educational outcomes based on high standards. Eisner, W. W. (1994). Cognition And Curriculum Reconsidered . New York: Teachers College Press. Heron, L. (1994, Spring). Success for Students with Learning Disabilities In Inclusive Classrooms: More Than Cosmetic Changes Are Needed. Equity and Excellence , 1(1), 15-17. (Available from Institute on Disability, Heidelberg-Harris Building, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824). . Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co. Inclusive Schooling Practices: Pedagogical and Research Foundations . Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co. Educational Leadership All students, regardless of degree of disabilities and/or combination of services offered within the LRE continuum, must have access to the core curriculum that is standards based, extracurricular activities, opportunities for students with and without disabilities to be educated together, and access to state and district assessments. Cook, R.E., A. Tessier, and D. Klein. (1996)

88. Reforming The Individuals With Disabilities In Education Act (IDEA) resources available to serve children with disabilities. teachers, many will never need special education states are Alaska, Arizona, colorado, Hawaii, Indiana http://www.fightforkids.org/idea_reform.htm

"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 Member, Colorado State Board of Education In 1999, in the wake of the Columbine school massacre, and under the direction of Mrs. Johnson, the Board passed the precedent setting Resolution that called for academic rather than drug 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.

89. The Heartland Institute - Special Ed Bill Brings Valuable Reforms, No Choice - B whether students ever graduate from special education programs. Representative Tom Tancredo (Rcolorado) offered an from much of the disability community, was http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=12224

90. Council Of Parent Attorneys And Advocates NewsWatch New Tests Worry specialEd Advocates Washington swamped with complaints after colorado shootings AP IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 1997). http://www.copaa.net/newstand/newslist.html

The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates N EWS A RTICLES OF S PECIAL I NTEREST F ROM A ROUND T HE C OUNTRY A potpourri of press reports concerning disabilities, education of children with disabilities and the law gathered by COPAA and its members. You are invited to notify us of pertinent media stories in your locality; please send relevant information to: COPAA NewsWatch Americans with Disabilities Act The Disabilities Act Is Creating a Better Society [ Wall Street Journal William Raspberry: Claims Against Common Sense [ WashPost Reactions to Raspberry column [ JFA With Friends Like These...(Olmstead) [ Law News Network Study Suggests Employees Treated Unfairly Under ADA [ The Connecticut Law Tribune: The AMA, The ADA and Hearing Interpreters [ AMA Position Paper Sept 1998] Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder (ADD/ADHD) NIH Statement: Diagnosis and Treatment of ADHD [ NIH Brain Differences Found with ADD [ MSNBC Differences Found in Hyperactive Kids' Brains [ LATimes Dyslexia A Banc One Executive Finally Masters Dyslexia [ Wall Street Journal With Judge's Nod, Student Takes to Ice [

91. ED295395 1988-00-00 Special Education Dropouts. ERIC Digest #451. Denver, CO colorado State Department of Education, 1983 Programs, Intervention, Mild Disabilities, Remedial Instruction, special Education Identifiers http://www.ericfacility.net/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed295395.html

ERIC Identifier: Publication Date: Author: Lichtenstein, Steve - Zantal-Wiener, Kathy Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children Reston VA. Special Education Dropouts. ERIC Digest #451. THIS DIGEST WAS CREATED BY ERIC, THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ERIC, CONTACT ACCESS ERIC 1-800-LET-ERIC TEXT: OVERVIEW 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.

92. Newport News Public Schools - Guidance Services Muneerah Musawir, Futures Assistant at Heritage High School; Your Senior Year What you need to know http://sbo.nn.k12.va.us/guidance/resource.shtml

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