21. Sept 2003: Autism News,disability News,special Education News Caught in the middle schools seek funds for special students. Volunteers Reopen Farm for disabled. The new york Academy of Sciences has put together a http://trainland.tripod.com/sept2003.html

Sorry computer down most of September so short on stories! Posted 9/30/03 Autism, Asperger's Conference Comes to Central NY Plea to NI politicians over autistic children Local groups donate funds for girl's special-needs stroller Wall helps students' confidence climb high (Another) New Study Finds No Autism-Vaccine Link Posted 9/29/03 Real 'Rain Man' touches hearts in Butler Mental illness clues Saluting an advocate (you cannot view the full articles unless you subscribe to it but you can read the abstracts) Julia Roberts Buys Autism Story: Variety Thesp's shingle to adapt autism tale Bangalore to LA: Now, a Hollywood storyJulia Roberts to produce the amazing story of an autistic Indian boy Student With Autism Catches A Senator's Ear Just in Time for Back-to-School; ITI Launches Learner's Edge for Kids ... No-one listens to my pleas for help Posted 9/27/03 ASU Preschool teacher delights in helping kids with disabilities BOY BRUSHED BY GENIUS ; Famous as the 'autistic savant' with an amazing ability to draw intricate buildings from memory, now Stephen Wiltshire has risen to new artistic heights Effects of a token economy system within the context of cooperative games on social behaviors of adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders Communication and miscommunication of risk: understanding UK parents' attitudes to combined MMR vaccination ... Autistic Girl's Parents Claim School Inappropriately Disciplined Child Mother Says School Locks Girl In Room For Hours Posted 9/25/03

22. New York City Reference The new york Institute for special Education Serving students with special needs since 1831 visually disabled, emotionally and learning disabled and pre http://www.panix.com/clay/nyc/query.cgi?E2

23. Disabilities / ADA / Special Needs her adopted child enrollment because he is a special needs student. by David Stout (new york Times, The) that an accommodation sought by a disabled employee is http://www.fairness.com/resources/by-metacat?metacat_id=365

24. TRI Online! Disability Links - Parent Advcocacy/Special Education Neighborhood Legal Services new york State Guidelines to Allow for the Transfer of Assistive Technology Resources for disabled and special needs Children. http://www.taconicresources.net/resources/pa-ed.shtml

TRI Online! Web Site Menu: [an error occurred while processing this directive] Parent Advocacy/Special Education Links to web sites about parent advocacy, special education, resources, organizations, SSI, insurance. Quick Menu: Click on any menu link to jump to that section of the page. General Resources Medicaid/SSI/Insurance IDEA Education/Special Ed ... Adaptive Toys 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.

25. Nordoff Robbins Center For Music Therapy - Steinhardt School Of Education - New and set up treatment programs for disabled children and outreach programs in hospitals and special schools in London Therapy Foundation Inc., in new york in 1988 http://www.nyu.edu/education/music/nrobbins/history.html

Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy results from the pioneering teamwork over seventeen years of Paul Nordoff and Clive Robbins. Dr. Paul Nordoff was a graduate of the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music and the Juilliard Graduate School. He was Professor of Music at Bard College from 1949 to 1958. He received many honors for his work as a composer, among them the Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship and the Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship for music. In 1958, after witnessing the musical responses of disabled children, he became so convinced of the power of music as therapy that he gave up his academic career. Creatively and empirically, and with encouragement from colleagues in research and psychology, he began his innovative explorations with disabled children in Great Britain and Europe. From the onset he found a teammate in Dr. Clive Robbins, a special educator deeply interested in the possibilities of music as a versatile medium of therapy. Following a lecture-demonstration tour and a survey of facilities and music offerings for special needs children in Britain and Europe, Nordoff and Robbins began their American work in 1961 with pilot projects at the Day Care Unit for Autistic Children, Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, and the Devereux Foundation. They worked with autistic, emotionally disturbed, developmentally disabled, and multiply handicapped children. Their approach to music therapy developed further with physically disabled and communicatively handicapped children at the Institute of Logopedics, Wichita, Kansas.

26. Students' Needs Washington, DC Office of special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education. new york International Center for the disabled. http://www.wmich.edu/teachlearn/winter1999/advice/disability.html

College Students with Disabilities Ken Werner A professor’s awareness of his/her students’ abilities is one of the most important pieces of the relationship between teachers and students. Students enter a classroom with all types of backgrounds, cultures and personalities. Instructors have an obligation to become aware of special needs of students in their classrooms. Most importantly, instructors must be aware of the needs of students with disabilities so these students may receive a quality education. The Public School Scene High school exit data is required to show the proportion of students who received special education and related services at the secondary level. Below is a graphical representation of the U.S. Department of Education’s (1992) statistics on the 220,000 students with disabilities who left the special education system in 1990. In 1995, the National Longitudinal Transition Study, a congressionally mandated project that tracks the outcomes of high school students with disabilities, indicated that the support and services students receive is directly connected to how successful the students are in their regular classes (D’ Amico, 1995). For instance, students with disabilities who participated in vocational education courses had fewer absences, higher grades and higher graduation rates. Nonetheless, a student with disabilities overall has higher absenteeism, dropout rates and lower grades than the general high school population.

27. New York City - National News May 14, 2004, 616 AM EDT. new york NOW the early identification of children with special needs, reducing the minorities, who are improperly labeled as disabled. http://www.nynewsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/sns-ap-special-education,0,2946

28. Ground Broken For Special Needs School children and their families in Western new york. Department to provide special educational services for developmentally disabled students under age 21 http://www.dasny.org/dasny/news/1999/school.shtml

RELEASE DATE: July 16, 1999 Ground Broken For Special Needs School A groundbreaking ceremony was held July 16 for the $8.5 million construction of a new Wyndham Lawn Campus School building at New Directions Youth and Family Services in Lockport, Niagara County. The Dormitory Authority sold bonds in 1998 to fund the project, which includes the renovation of the physical education building. New Directions Youth and Family Services Inc., a private, non-profit institution, was borne from the merger this year of Wyndham Lawn Home for Children and Randolph Children's Home. New Directions provides residential and community-based services to troubled children and their families in Western New York. They are one of the schools licensed by the State Education Department to provide special educational services for developmentally disabled students under age 21 who are emotionally disturbed, mentally ill, have learning disabilities, physical handicaps, behavioral problems, autism or any combination thereof. The Dormitory Authority was authorized by the State Legislature to provide bond financing for construction projects for Chapter 853 Schools in 1991. Debt service is paid from the schools' tuition payments.

29. Wrightslaw - Alert - Rich Disabled Pupils Go To Private Schools At Public Expens On April 17 2002, The new york Times published Rich disabled Pupils Go Goldstein before the President s Commission on Excellence in special Education http://www.wrightslaw.com/advoc/nwltr/2002/al.0418.htm

Wrights law The Special Ed Advocate Newsletter April 18 Home ISSN: 1538-3202 Subscribe Email: Name: Alert! Rich Disabled Pupils Go to Private Schools at Public Expense (April 18, 2002) On April 17 2002, The New York Times published "Rich Disabled Pupils Go to Private Schools at Public Expense." The article described testimony by Chancellor Harold Levy and Francine Goldstein before the President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education. Unfortunately, their testimony was not accurate. URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/17/education/17LEVY.html The purpose of this Alert is twofold. 1. To set the record straight. 2. To teach you how to find answers to your questions about the law. As we go through the reauthorization process for IDEA, you are likely to read inaccurate statements from school officials. You need to know how to check these statements for accuracy. In this article, we will walk you through the fact-checking process. Reimbursement Issues Mr. Levy testified about reimbursing parents for private services and schools: "In more than half the cases . . . applicants have never sent their children to public schools, nor do they ever intend to."

30. UJA Bergen: Special Needs: Agencies and other monthly social groups, an annual special Games Field Day National Jewish Council for the disabled (NJCD) 11 Broadway, 13th Floor new york, NY 10004 http://www.jewishbergen.org/people/specialneeds/agencies.shtml

Special Needs: Agencies Jewish-Association for Developmental Disabilities* (J-ADD) 190 Moore Street, Suite 410 Hackensack, NJ 07601 Tel.: (201) 457-0058 Fax: (201) 457-0025 E-mail: UJAADD@aol.com Website: www.j-add.com Exec. Dir.: Errol Seltzer Jewish-Association for Developmental Disabilities (J-ADD) is a non-profit agency that has taken the lead in providing services to individuals who are developmentally disabled Jewish Council for Special Needs* River Edge Tel.: (201) 488-6800, ext. 364 Contact: Alan P. Sweifach The Council is a consortium of agencies and schools under Jewish auspices serving families and individuals with special needs in Bergen County. Bergen County YJCC* Dept. of Special Needs Washington Township Tel.: (201) 666-6610 Dir.: Dr. Jeff Pollack The Bergen County Y provides Camp Sholom in the afternoons during the summer months, plus a mini-Camp Sholom and other events for families during the year. Vacation programs are also offered. JCC on the Palisades* Special Services Tenafly Tel.: (201) 569-7900, ext. 302

31. Software - Focus On Special Needs Center for Visually Impaired People in new york City offers new technologies can also help the hearing impaired get The tools will enable the disabled to do http://www.thejournal.com/magazine/vault/A2648.cfm

May 2004 Software - Focus on Special Needs by Elizabeth Amberg February 2000 - Software/Courseware Students with disabilities or special needs often have special challenges in a standard classroom setting. Many products and software applications are emerging to help such students learn, develop skills, and explore the Internet. From programs that translate the Internet into Braille, to programs that help children learn to navigate their wheelchairs, educators will find products to suit almost any special education need. With a little help, students with attention difficulties can learn to concentrate in school. Play Attention is a school-based system that combines tested teaching methods and proven technology to help students improve attention skills and reduce behavior problems. It is specifically designed for teacher use, and gives educators detailed reports on student progress. The system hooks up to a PC, and features a helmet with sensors that measure the brain waves associated with focus and cognitive processing. An interface unit translates the brain waves, so students can control objects on a computer screen through attention alone. With coaching, students learn to maintain focused awareness, and grow to recognize what behaviors detract from it. Gradually, students learn to apply their powers of concentration to reading and attentive listening in class. The system has five levels, each focusing on a different educational objective, such as increased time on-task, short-term memory sequencing, and discriminatory processing. Play Attention aims to help students understand and control both positive and negative habits, offering immediate feedback and reinforcing positive behaviors. The system’s attention-training techniques are similar to those developed by NASA and the Air Force.

32. About AFC Training Facilities for the Developmentally disabled 1621 initiative to address the special needs of immigrant released a report on new york City Integration http://www.advocatesforchildren.org/history.php3

About Us Individual Case Advocacy Impact Litigation ... Programs History Press Kit Funders AFC Annual Report Job Opportunities ... Links Highlights in AFC's History - AFC is created and incorporated in 1971. Our work includes skilled intervention which has protected children from prolonged or inappropriate suspension, secured pre-suspension remedies, improved education for young people with disabilities, fostered communication between school staff, child and parent, and has helped coordinate education and related community support services. AFC has resolved over 90% of cases of children with disabilities successfully without resorting to impartial hearings or appeals. In those cases which do result in hearings or appeals, the majority have established important precedents which apply to all children in the city and state. - AFC started the Martin de Porres Day Treatment Program for poor, emotionally disturbed children, most of whom were referred by Family Court where they had been brought by parents who could not find appropriate education and related child-care services. The school continues to serve these children today. - Published "Lost Children" which documented the discriminatory education and support services provided for poor minority disabled children from multi-problem families.

33. 7Online.com: Parents Outraged Their Special Needs Kids Are Crammed Into Tiny Cla Even before the school year started, new york City officials the desks for nine severely disabled children reach state education law, nine special ed. students http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/ourschools/wabc_121203_crowding.html

CM8ShowAd("TOP") Quick Links News 7 On Your Side 7 On Call The Investigators Our Schools Technology- The Tech Guru Streaming Video Weather 5-Day Forecast At a Glance Watch the Forecast Interactive Get Your 7online.com Desktop Alert ENews Alerts Behind the News with Bill Ritter Message Boards Sports New York Teams ESPN Headlines Entertainment Celebrity Headlines Movies Lottery On TV Your TV Schedule Shows on ABC 7 Health Dr. Jay ABCNEWS.com Health Headlines Technology The Tech Guru Traffic and Live Cameras Tri-State Maps Text Updates Traffic Cameras Views Around NYC Live Cams around the U.S. About ABC 7 News Team Bios Contact Us Jobs at ABC 7 print story email story last updated: 12/12/2003 Parents Outraged Their Special Needs Kids are Crammed Into Tiny Classroom By Education Reporter Celeste Ford (Bronx-WABC, December 12, 2003) Even before the school year started, New York City officials agreed easing classroom overcrowding was a top priority. But Eyewitness News has obtained a videotape that shows there's still a lot of work to be done. Video: Watch the Story The Day's Top 25 Stories- NY, NJ, CT, US, Entertainment

34. National Jewish Council For The Disabled Yachad/Our Way National Tribute Dinner loving friend to all people with special needs for almost 25 and adults both with and without disabilities through the at the City University of new york and a http://www.ou.org/conferences/banquets/5761/yachad00/yachad00.htm

You are cordially invited to attend the National Jewish Council for the Disabled YACHAD/OUR WAY National Tribute Dinner Monday, December 4, 2000 New York Marriott Marquis 1535 Broadway New York City Dinner Co-Chairs Reception 6 pm Dinner 7 pm R.S.V.P. For more information, please contact Elaine Salvit at 212-613-8350 email - salvite@ou.org HONORING Dr. Jeffrey Lichtman Outstanding Leadership Award Goldin Betty Solnica Chesed Award Elisheva, Tamar, Ariel and Michal Achim-Gam-Yachad Family Award Annual Our Way Award Camp Morasha Rabbi Abraham Wahrhaftig, Director Dr. Jeffrey Lichtman has enjoyed remarkable success as a groundbreaking leader, innovative teacher, and loving friend to all people with special needs for almost 25 years. For the past ten years, he has served as the National Director of the highly acclaimed National Jewish Council for the Disabled (NJCD) and its well-known program, Yachad. Dr. Lichtman has positively impacted the lives of so many thousands of youth and adults both with and without disabilities through the many unique and cutting-edge programs he has developed and led. Dr. Lichtman is also an assistant professor at the City University of New York and a consultant to schools and agencies. A passionate and outspoken advocate, he has helped thousands of children and adults with disabilities, as well as their families, to achieve more in almost every facet of their lives. A highly regarded school psychologist with many years of experience in both regular and special education, Dr. Lichtman has Masters degrees in school psychology and education from St. Johns University and New York University. He received his undergraduate and rabbinical training from Yeshiva University, where he completed his doctorate as well.

35. United Cerebral Palsy Of New York City, Inc. - Consumer Resources In NYC Send inquiries and paperwork to disabled Hotline, Inc for parents and professionals in new york City. Resources for Children with special needs offers services http://www.ucpnyc.org/info/consum/resources.cfm

The Sibling Center Personal Safety Seminars DDSO Service Coordinators for New York City Visiting New York Anytime Soon? ... Department of Public Policy Information Alert The Sibling Center The Sibling Center for Sisters and Brothers of People With Disabilities, Inc. offers support groups for children and young adults, individual therapy for siblings of all ages, seminars and workshops for families and concerned individuals and resources for related issues. For more information call (212) 831-5586. Personal Safety Seminars The New York Police Department, in cooperation with the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, is offering on-site Personal Safety Seminars. To arrange a date and time, please contact the following: NYPD Sgt. Stephen Carolan at (212) 614-6741 or MOPD Catherine Paradiso at (212) 788-2830. You can visit the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities at

36. Special Needs News & Views (Susan Ohanian Speaks Out) And new york has lagged behind other cities in moving At PS 87, however, disabled children are never What s the difference between a special education student http://www.susanohanian.org/show_special_news.html?id=4

37. New York - Access Safety City older adults and the disabled by providing worked closely with the new york City Department with varying physical abilities, and understanding special needs. http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/outreach/safedige/spring2003/spr03_w10_NY.htm

Project Characteristics Innovative Program Areas Child Passenger Safety Type of Jurisdiction New York City Targeted Population Children, teens, adults with visual, hearing, and mobility disabilities Third grade students and parents, and older adults Jurisdiction Size Funding Traffic City Inc.: $150,000 Corporate: $350,000 Contact Dr. Ilona Lubman NYSDOT Office of Safety Programs Worth St., Rm. 1035 New York, NY 10013 Digest Listing NEW YORK Access Safety City PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION In response to data identifying motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause of preventable death and a major cause of injury to New York children between five and fourteen, the New York City Department of Transportation opened its first Safety City in 1989. Located in Harlem, the Safety City program provided classroom instruction and hands-on traffic safety training in a simulated street-like setting. The program targeted third graders, which was considered a developmentally ideal age to learn safety behavior. Three years after the opening, the Columbia University School of Public Health conducted an evaluation that showed a 55 percent decrease in motor vehicle related injuries to central Harlem children. The success in Harlem led to the opening of Safety City programs in the four boroughs of Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, and Bronx in 1997.

38. Sesame Workshop - The New Kid In Class inclusion s effect on children who are not disabled. In order for specialneeds students to perform students in the Binghamton, new york, area, conducted in http://www.sesameworkshop.org/gwr/?s=nl&t=745

39. The New York Institute For Special Education The new york Institute for special Education(NYISE) is a private, nonprofit, non-sectarian educational facility with quality programs for children who are blind or visually disabled, emotionally http://www.nyise.org/

text only The New York Institute for Special Education Serving students with special needs since 1831 Adapted Access Selections The New York Institute for Special Education(NYISE) is a private, nonprofit, nonsectarian educational facility which provides quality programs for children who are blind or visually disabled, emotionally and learning disabled and preschoolers who are developmentally delayed. The school was founded in 1831 as The New York Institution for the Blind as one of the first schools in the United States to provide an educational program for children who were blind or visually impaired. Early in the twentieth century, the name was changed to The New York Institute for the Education of the Blind to emphasize the educational character of the school. A pictorial history of the school and a major collection of disability links called the Blindness Resource Center are available at this site. Today, our

40. Disabilities - My Child's Special Needs - Parents - ED.gov s Commission on Excellence in special Education s Assessment 16, 2002 in new york City, new york. to a number of important disability discrimination resources http://www.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/list.jhtml?page=1&sort=title&size=10&filt

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