Services seriously emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, deaf and consultation in regularand special education primary from the University of Southern california. http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/offices/student_health/services.htm
Extractions: Clinical Programs In 1945, following the child guidance movement in England, District Mental Health Services were expanded and organized into child guidance clinics. In April 1993, Medi-Cal Certification was achieved through a contract between the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health and the LAUSD Board of Education creating one of the blended funding, full scope, District based Medi-Cal child psychiatry clinics in the country. Clinics are now located at the following sites: 97th Street School Mental Health Clinic(South Central Los Angeles) Valley School Mental Health Clinic (San Fernando Valley) San Pedro School Mental Health Clinic (Cabrillo Elementary School) Hyde Park Healthy Start Collaborative (Crenshaw Cluster) Designated Instructional Services (DIS) Counseling, Special Education: Over 50 licensed clinical social workers and psychologists provide mandated counseling services to students in Special Education classes ranging including students identified as seriously emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, deaf and hard of hearing, and visually impaired with special needs in EH special day classes and all middle schools.
SRVUSD : DISTRICT : SPECIAL EDUCATION : GLOSSARY OF TERMS or counties as are recognized in california as an with children who are not disabledand in Students with significant special needs also have the opportunity http://www.srvusd.k12.ca.us/srvusd/DISTRICT/SPECIAL_EDUCATION/Glossary_of_Terms/
Extractions: HOME DISTRICT SPECIAL EDUCATION GLOSSARY OF TERMS Glossary of Terms Accommodation Provides a student with a disability to participate in a course, standard or test which does not fundamentally alter or lower the standard or expectation of the course, standard or test. It allows the student to complete the same assignment or test but with a change in the timing, formation, setting, scheduling, response and/or presentation. Examples may include extended time, preferred seating and are written into the IEP. Grading is based on the established course criteria. ADD Attention Deficit Disorder Persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that is more frequent and severe than is typically observed in individuals at a comparable level of development and that interferes with developmentally appropriate social, academic functioning. AE Age Equivalent A way of reporting test scores in which the score is equal to that of an average child of that age. (e.g., an age equivalent score of 8.6 means that the child did as well as an average child who is 8 years and 6 months old.) Age of Majority When an individual with exceptional needs reaches the age of 18, the district provides notice of procedural safeguards to the student and his/her parents. All rights accorded to a parent then transfer to the student. Beginning at least one year before, the student's IEP must include a statement that the student has been informed of this notice.
Current Issues BCTF Class Size california's Class Size Reduction (CSR) Education World Class SizeManitoba Teachers' Society Class Size The National Council special needs. http://www.bctf.ca/vesta/news/issues.html
Extractions: Assessment Choice Class Size Education Programmes ... Professional Issues The Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA): Issues related to Provincial Achievement Tests BCTF: Student Assessment and Evaluation Canadian Teachers Federation: Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario: Standardized Testing Research Report Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF) Student Testing The Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) Promoting Public Education BCTF: Canadian Teachers Federation: Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF) The Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) The Effect of Class Size on Learning
Therapy/Respite Camps: Kids With Autism And Other Special Needs A page with information about summer camps for kids with special needs focus on therapy for kids with special needs and/or respite for the kids and Atlantic Coast special Educational Services provides full time, summer respite residential services http://www.wmoore.net/therapy.html
Extractions: Therapy/Respite Camps for Kids This page evolves as people tell me about new camps, so if you know of camps that are not listed here, please email me so I can get the information posted here. If you direct a camp that would like a simple WWW page that describes your camp, I'll be pleased to put one up just email a description of the camp to me. Also, please let me know about any other WWW resources to which I should have a link. Thanks! Information about summer camps that focus on therapy for kids with special needs and/or respite for the kids and their families. I have broken it into national categories and regional categories in the USA: Apologies in advance if my sense of these regions differs from yours! I also have some links to other potentially useful pages Connecticut Camp Horizons provides winter weekend get-a-ways, a week long holiday event, and 8 weeks of residential summer camp for children and adults who are mild to moderately mentally handicapped. In South Windham, CT. Camp Hemlocks , in Hebron, is a rustic, barrier-free, year-round camping facility which provides recreational, educational and social programs for children and adults with disabilities and their families.
THE GRAM: Early Help Can Save Learning Disabled Kids and 35 percent of learning disabled kids drop estimates the average cost of specialeducation is crimes averages $31,000 per year in california, according to http://www.ldaca.org/gram/ambler.htm
Extractions: Santa Clara Superior Court Judge "By the time you find out your child is dyslexic, he could be starting his first sentence." That quote from a British Learning Disabilities Association publication is sadly true in Santa Clara County. Almost every day, our local juvenile court judges see kids with learning disabilities or other special educational needs who have never been previously identified. Others have been identified but are no longer receiving mandated services. In a recent report, the County Office of Education said that of about 300 kids in Juvenile Hall, 90 had previously been identified as qualifying for special education services. Only 10 of those had a current Individualized Education Program (IEP) as required by law. Many unidentified or unserved kids with learning disabilities have quit school, joined gangs, and embarked on a criminal lifestyle. Yet the schools often know who these kids are as early as kindergarten, some school officials acknowledge. Discriminating against special-needs kids is unlawful under Section 504 of the Disability Act of 1973. This is a major reason why the Special Committee for the Education of the Children of the Juvenile Court was formed. The committee has been working with Board of Supervisors Chair Blanca Alvarado, District Attorney George Kennedy, Chief Probation Officer John Cavalli, Children's Shelter Director Linda Carpenter, Patty Massey of Parents Helping Parents, County Office of Education Superintendent Colleen Wilcox, and many others since last year to increase special education services to kids in the county who need them.
U Seek U Find - Family - School Federal Resource Center for special Education School the Benefits to a Learning DisabledDiscussion about Admit Homeschoolers FAQ california Homeschool Network http://www.useekufind.com/pschoolw.htm
Extractions: Cover Story Spotlight On Schools Featured Columnists Letters ... Travel New York City August 2002 The College Board and Disabilities Rights Advocates Announce Agreement to Drop Flagging From Standardized Tests The College Board and Disabilities Rights Advocates (DRA) announced recently that as of October 1, 2003 the College Board would discontinue the practice of identifying score reports on standardized tests taken by students who require extended test-taking time due to documented disabilities. Such special testing accommodations have been identified on the score report by the words nonstandard administration, a practice commonly referred to as flagging. The decision to discontinue flagging stems from a 1999 lawsuit against the Educational Testing Service (ETS) that resulted in ETSs agreement to remove all flags from the score reports of ETS-administered tests that are not owned by the College Board. ETS develops the test items, and administers and scores the SAT and several other tests owned by the College Board. With respect to College Board tests, DRA and the College Board had agreed to convene a Blue Ribbon Panel of jointly selected experts to consider issues related to the flagging of score reports. That panel recommended, by a vote of four to two, that the College Board discontinue flagging the score reports of tests taken with extended time.
UCB Parents Recommendations: Groups For Disabled Parents & Kids email list or website for my disabled adult sister Biondi Joann Biondi is the specialeducation manager or endorsement by the University of california, Berkeley http://parents.berkeley.edu/recommend/groups/disabled.html
Extractions: Advice and recommendations from the UCB Parents mailing list. This page is brought to you by UC Berkeley Parents Network Back to: Groups, Clubs, and Teams See also: A group of parents of children with special educational needs (interpreted as inclusively as possible) in the Berkeley middle and high schools formed last year. For our first meeting this year, Clare Davies, Special Education Department Chair at BHS, will be present. We have also invited Joann Biondi, director of Special Education at the BUSD, and Sharon Pincus, BUSD Program Supervisor for middle schools and BHS, to speak to us. They'll talk about policies and programs and answer questions about whatever people's concerns are. This should be an informative and useful session for people whose children have IEPs or 504 designations, or who want to know more about the system. Questions or interest? Call me (558-8933) or send me an email (sandstep@hotmail.com).
ADHDNEWS.COM Lots Of Links on Education, Safety, Parenting, Federal Government and california State Government. SpecialEducation Materials for both the Learning disabled child as http://www.adhdnews.com/llinfo.html
Special Education New Recent Legislation Guarantees A Brighter there is an entire body of california state laws a school district believed a disabledstudent, Timothy, was not entitled to special education because http://www.virtual-paper.com/whistler/coastviews.nsf/2fc9f6c27f5fb5b888256ac3005
Extractions: In the mid-1970s, The Education of the Handicapped Act was created. It was amended in 1997 and is now known as the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). IDEA is federal law and guarantees learning-disabled and physically-handicapped children the right to a "free appropriate public education." Additionally, there is an entire body of California state laws under the Education Code which guarantees the same rights as IDEA and in some cases expands the rights of disabled children. The laws are designed to ensure physically- and learning-handicapped students the right to an appropriate public education at no cost. Parents or guardians of children who suspect a child may have a learning disability have the right to a free assessment by their school district. This involves testing by a professional who is qualified in the area of the suspected disability. Parents can always obtain their own assessment and request services as called for by their selected professional.
