Online Library: Subject Area: Special Education / Gifted ESL Instruction for Learning disabled Adults. of LimitedEnglish-Proficient Studentsin rhode island's Grade 4 in the Education of Their special-needs Children http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/library/specialed/
Extractions: This page provides links to research articles and other web resources relating to the education of linguistically and culturally diverse students with special educational needs. Information for students is also included. ARTICLES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WEB LINKS ARTICLES Addressing Diversity in Special Education . Cheryl A. Utley and Festus E. Obiakor. 1997. (via CEC Against All Odds: A Directory of Community Resources for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and/or Exceptional Children and Their Families in the DC Metro Area . Center for the Study of Language and Education, 1997. Assessing Bilingual Students for Placement and Instruction . Carol Ascher. 1990. (via ERIC/CUE Assessing LEP Migrant Students for Special Education Services (via ED Bilingual Special Education (via CEC Bilingual Special Education: Specific Learning Disabilities in Language and Reading . Jorge A. Maldonado. 1994. Bilingual Special Education Teacher Preparation: A Conceptual Framework . D. Rodrigquez and A.Carrasquillo, 1997.
Funding Resources By Topic organizations, health projects, special needs, including the children and the disabled,among others. in Massachusetts, Connecticut, rhode island, Maine, New http://www.partnershipforeffectivenonprofits.org/byTopic.asp?show=child
Resource Room.net - August 2002 Newsletter content/projo_20020803_speced3.11ff3.html rhode island leads the in the percentageof specialneeds students. low percentage of mildly disabled students who http://www.resourceroom.net/newsletters/aug2002.htm
Extractions: This site from the University of Kansas is dedicated to collaboration and successful inclusion of children with special needs in the general education classroom. Feature articles include step-by-step planning to make real regular classroom sitautions work for real students. Take time to browse the site. Teens helping teens
Extractions: Technology in the Classroom Archives: ... Teacher's Lounge Technology in the Classroom Article T E C H N O L O G Y A R T I C L E Students enrolled in a computer software seminar at Brown University design and develop custom software for classes in Providence (Rhode Island) schools. Could your local university do the same for you? Included: Students and teachers talk about the software created for them plus links to custom software teachers can download and use today! Are you a teacher who has trouble finding just the right software to meet your students' needs? Are you a principal who can't afford all the specialized software your teachers want? Are you a superintendent looking for technology solutions for your students, teachers, and principals? You may not need to look any further than the nearest college or university! Custom software has long been right at the doorstep for educators in Providence, Rhode Island. Since 1990, students at
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Schools And SPED Changes: The Great Unknown in placements from either state rhode island currently follows society has producedmore disabled kids who a slapdash approach to special education reform. http://www.masspsy.com/leading/0010_coversped.html
Extractions: By Phyllis Hanlon The raging controversy over changes in the state's special education regulations may have simmered down since lawmakers this summer axed the "maximum feasible benefit" language and replaced it with the more financially restrictive federal standard of "free and appropriate public education." But for how long? A fallout not explored is whether the academic life of Massachusetts' youngsters who require residential treatment may become at risk. How this will happen is a best guess at this point since the law does not take effect until January 2002. Private residential schools leaders from throughout the state and others in the field weighed in on this uncertain impact created by what only can be termed as a major shift in public policy, the first since the law was adopted nearly 30 years ago. According to James V. Major, executive director of the Massachusetts Association of 766 Approved Private Schools (MAAPS), the outcome of the new legislation is difficult to predict - dockets filled with anticipated lawsuits may be the decision-makers. "The courts' rulings on what constitutes appropriate services in order to achieve a child's full potential may result in a decrease of residential enrollment," he said.
Therapy/Respite Camps: Kids With Autism And Other Special Needs Information about summer camps for kids with autism and other special needs in the US.Category Health Mental Health Services United States Camp Cummings, Brewster, New York, serves developmetnally disabled children, adolescents SummerProgram for Kids is a special needs camp located rhode island. http://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.
HUDSON INSTITUTE Charter Schools In Action Project English Proficiency (LEP) students and disabled youngsters cited their desire to servea special population of rhode island's law has a doublewhammy first it http://www.edexcellence.net/chart/chart5.htm
Extractions: HUDSON INSTITUTE "The Educational Impact of Charter Schools" by Gregg Vanourek, Bruno V. Manno, Chester E. Finn, Jr., and Louann A. Bierlein Introduction Over the last two years, the "Charter Schools in Action" project team has been to 14 states, visited 60 charter schools, and interviewed more than 1,300 individuals about the start-up difficulties that charter schools face. We also surveyed thousands of parents, teachers, and students regarding the accomplishments and failures of their charter schools. This section of the project's six-part final report examines the educational impact of charter schools, not only on their primary constituents (students, teachers, and parents) but also on subsets of that population and on the communities where they are operating. Of course, the charter-school movement is still young and we do not-nor does anyone-yet have all the hard data and concrete evidence that we would like, particularly with respect to pupil achievement. Still, our field research has led us to some clear impressions on several key issues: whether charter schools are effectively serving at-risk children; whether they are boosting pupil achievement; and whether they are having "ripple effects" in their communities that go beyond the people they serve directly.
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Extractions: Journal-Bulletin Staff Writer PORTSMOUTH - On a brisk spring morning, as the Porter family heads towards a bluff overlooking Narragansett Bay for a family photograph, you have the feeling Norman Rockwell is setting the scene. With their puppy Molly Brown yipping in the background, Craig Porter, 50, puts his arm around Betsy, 38, Andrew, 8, and Scott, 6, stand in front of their parents, smiling shyly, eight blue eyes peering toward the mainland, their blond and reddish hair flapping with the breeze. Craig and Betsy Porter insist that they, particularly Betsy, always aspired to the average American family lifestyle suggested by family portrait. They resisted, they say, as the signs became increasingly obvious that their children would dictate otherwise. * Journal Bulletin Photo by KRIS CRAIG CRAIG AND BETSY PORTER: They tried tutors for their two boys, Andrew and Scott, with little success. Last month, the Porters received permission from the Portsmouth School committee to educate Andrew and Scott at their Prudence Island home this year. The action was hardly radical, with an estimated 120,000 to 260,000 students educated at home nationwide; 76 children in Rhode Island and about 200 in Massachusetts are in approved home education programs.
Gsa208 to provide IDEA related services to disabled children on and monitoring, if so requested. rhode island RFP, page 29 IEP) for children with special health needs http://www.gwu.edu/~chsrp/Fourth_Edition/GSA/Subheads/gsa208.html
Extractions: Schools and MCOs will be required to communicate with one another regarding any further needs the child might have within and beyond the Basic Benefit Package as well as coordinate the care the child receives from the Department of Education. MCOs will be required to work with local School Districts, the Division of Public Health, and other appropriate providers to create and implement procedures for linking and coordinating services for children who attend school and receive medical services under the auspices of Individualized Education Plans (IEP) or through similar school-based treatment plans, or who use medical services provided through School Based Health Centers. MCOs should coordinate plan benefits with these providers to prevent duplication of coverage, to assure medical necessity, and to provide for service delivery in a cost-effective manner. It is the desire of DHSS to move all provision of health care services into a managed care setting. In addition to supporting this goal, the present Administration supports maximizing the in flow of federal Medicaid resources to the State and school districts. School-based therapy services (e.g. occupational, physical and speech therapy) have therefore been excluded from the Diamond State Health Plan in order to further this second goal. Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (`IDEA'), 20 U. S. C. 1400 et Seq., requires schools to ensure that special education `related services' (defined in section 1400 (22)) are provided in accordance with each disabled child's Individualized Education Program (IEP). To the maximum extent possible these children must be educated with their non-disabled peers. This least restrictive environment (LRE) requirement has been interpreted to mean that therapy services should be delivered on school premises. The June, 1997 amendments to the IDEA also require Medicaid's financial responsibility to precede that of the schools. 20 U.S. C. section 1412. Medicaid must either 'provide or pay for' these services in the first instance.
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Extractions: A growing number of prospective and practicing educators are logging on to computers to earn teaching credentials or bachelor's and master's degrees in a field that ordinarily prizes face-to-face interaction. Kevin A. Lavigne was one of seven teachers selected by the National Science Foundation this year to participate in scientific research taking place in Antarctica. (Photo by Allison Shelley)
Considerations In Moving Your to offer assistance for the learning disabled, most commonly to develop a plan fora special needs student from California to Alabama to rhode island to Kansas http://www.relojournal.com/may97/disable.htm
Extractions: If you are the parent of a child with physical or mental disabilities, you know you must take into account your child's psychological, educational and social needs when making a decision that will have a major impact on your family life. Whether or not to accept an expatriate assignment is certainly such a decision. Clearly, the choice should be made in the context of all family members' needs. Career and personal considerations for you and your spouse, as well as the educational and social needs of your other children will also come into play. But perhaps the central issue will be whether you can find appropriate support and educational services for your child in the assignment location. And, if not, are there alternatives that will enable you to accept the assignment and still meet the needs of your child?
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Extractions: Javascript is either disabled or not supported by this browser. This page may not appear properly. Is There a Nurse in the House? Increasingly, schools aren't responsible just for the intellectual health of children, but also their physical and emotional well-being. The point person for this care is the school nurse but with budget cuts and a pressure cooker environment, nurses are tough to find, and tougher to keep. Well, this is the job description for today's school nurse. Gone are the days when the school nurse dispensed Band-Aids and performed eye tests today's school nurse must be the jack and the master of many trades. There are 47,600 registered nurses employed as school nurses in America's public schools, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. School nurses are mandated in some states Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, and West Virginia but not all. The National Association of School Nurses (NASN) recommends that there be one school nurse for every 750 children, but a University of Iowa study found that the ratio of children to nurses may be almost twice that nationally. In some states, that breaks down to just one nurse for every 7,000 kids.
Washington Wire - August 2002 - OU.ORG and programs provided to special needs children in l Jewish Council for the disabled recently traveled relocated from the rhode island Avenue headquarters http://www.ou.org/public/wwire/wwaug02.htm
Extractions: We continue to work toward securing greater protection for the religious needs of employees in the workplace. Such protections are needed to secure the ability of employees to observe religious holidays and wear religious garb if not already allowed to do so by their employer. We are pleased to report that since having the bill introduced in the U.S. Senate in late May by Senators John Kerry and Rick Santorum, we have gathered 14 senators as co-sponsors to date; this is the largest number of cosponsors WRFA has ever had and they include a broad bipartisan range of members. In June, we held a press conference which served as a catalyst for more senators being interested in the measure. We are now strategizing with our coalition partners as to how to move the measure toward a floor vote in the fall We are working with key Hill staffers and Administration officials as they prepare to reauthorize the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA) the federal governments funding mechanism for special ed. programs. Given the frequent disparities in funding and programs provided to special needs children in parochial schools vs. those in public schools, this is a high-priority issue for us to work on in the education policy arena this year and next. Toward that end, Dr. Jeff Lichtman director of the OUs Yachad/Natl Jewish Council for the Disabled recently traveled to Washington to join with us in meetings with senior Administration officials who will be guiding this policy formulation.
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Extractions: Batshaw, M.D., Mark L. "Your Child Has A Disability", 1991 . This astonishingly complete book was prepared expressly for parents by Batshaw and invited contributors. It is a "doctor's book," in that it reflects the best of authoritative and sympathetic opinion. Batshaw, M.D., Mark L. and Perret, MSW, Yvonne M. "Children with Handicaps - A Medical Primer", 2nd Edition, 1986. This book covers much ground, from basic genetics and fetal development through feeding, dental care, and extensive discussions of major disabilities (epilepsy, cerebral palsy, learning disabilities and autism). It also includes a glossary, resource list, a summary of life-saving techniques, and a list of syndromes. Bloom, Beth-Ann; Seljeskog, M.D., Edward S. "A Parent's Guide to Spina Bifida", 1988. This book provides an overview of issues concerning children and adolescents with spina bifida, including: health issues, medical problems, and developmental processes. Butler, Dorothy. "Cushla and Her Books", 1980.
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Extractions: As a refugee case aide assigned to the West African community in Jersey City, Saly helped recent immigrants find adequate housing, work, and ESL classes. She answered their questions, from how to obtain a driver's license to where to buy ethnic foods and where to take a sick child. She also provided them with a forum to learn from each other's experiences as new Americans by starting a support group, the Refugee Women's Alliance. During her tenure with the National Rapid Response Corps, Argentina served long hours with numerous families whose homes and lives were ravaged by natural disasters. But her greatest accomplishments came in volunteer recruitment. The Miami Red Cross had a critical need for health care and mental health professionals trained in disaster response. Argentina put together a disaster response plan and recruited team members, doubling the number of nurses and mental health professionals available to assist with disasters.
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Extractions: Special Education-An Alternative Perspective By Suzanne Peyton, Sharon, Massachusetts On Monday the "Special Education Reform Bill" was filed, starting the final chapter in a carefully orchestrated media campaign. Sadly, the assertions supporting this bill are not based on facts but innuendoes and distortions. The fact is, the Massachusetts programs as currently managed are MORE cost effective than the national averages, serving identical populations with better results. The changes as proposed will deliver fewer services to needy children, while costing more. The proponents have said: "Abuse is rampant in the system ." I wish they could have been at a Parent Advisory Council Coalition meeting this weekend in Westwood. As parents discussed this bill, one mom from Milton expressed her fear, confusion, and frustration eloquently; "Who are these people the media always talks about who abuse the system? I do not know of one family in my town that is not struggling to keep their special needs child in their town and in their school. Who are these parents that Tommy Finneran says ‘we'll have to stare them right in the eye...and tell them the days of riding in the gilded Cadillac...is over?’ If there are really people out there who have abused the system, then they and their school system should be held accountable, but please, not at the expense of my child! That Globe reporter, Kate Zernike, must have found the one or two examples in the whole state!"
