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Extractions: Special Education Conflict Resolution/Peer Mediation Research Project - University of Florida - Presentation of empirical evidence of the effectiveness of CR/PM use in schools. Destiny Empowerment Seminar - 12 Essential MasterSkills of personal and business achievement. Self Study. Take life far beyond anything you've ever dreamed For All the Special Kids in the World - For anyone who has a Child with Special Educational needs. Ment to be a link to online references and group that may be of help. Gentle Teaching - non-aversive approach of teaching people with mental retardation with a focus on establishing safe and bonded interpersonal relations. ICAP - The Inventory for Client and Agency Planning (ICAP) assesses the type and amount of special assistance that people with disabilities may need. Indiana University - Speech and Hearing Sciences Instant Access Treasure Chest Interwork Institute - The Interwork Institute is a collection of rehabilitation and special education projects aimed toward disability issues associated with San Diego State University. Mentors in Schools Network Orientation and Mobility Project of UT Austin - professional training for those who teach safe and efficient travel skills to children and adults with visual impairments.
Extractions: The class clown, the space cadet, the rude or disrespectful teenager, the "children described as immature, unmotivated, lazy, inconsistent, irresponsible"1. . . . For years, teachers, principals, and parents have tried and failed to motivate and discipline these children. Ultimately, they blame the children themselves for their school failure, saying they just don't try hard enough or care enough to study and behave. Recent medical research suggests that many of these children may not be unmotivated, lazy, or irresponsible at all. Instead, they may suffer from a neurobiological disorder called attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and they can be helped to succeed in school. In fact, the school system is legally obligated to locate and evaluate children who have this disorder, and if the children are found to be eligible, to provide special education and/or related services to meet their needs.2 Unfortunately, many teachers, administrators, and other school based professionals have had little opportunity to learn about the disorder, how to identify and treat it, or their legal responsibilities to do so. Their lack of knowledge may put children with ADHD at risk of school failure and may expose schools to lawsuits.
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Extractions: Presented at ISEC 2000 Abstract Despite the growing support for inclusion, there are still many misconceptions and concerns. Is it a philosophy, a program, or a placement? A clear definition seems to be part of the problem since no- where in the federal legislation is it defined. Can a school be considered inclusive and still have some of it's students in resource rooms or special classes? How do those closest to the education of students with disabilities perceive inclusion? This article reports on the attitudes and perceptions of parents, teachers, psychologists and administrators. It also describes new roles and responsibilities each must meet if the challenges of responsible inclusion are to be realized. Finally, it provides check lists which may assist others in measuring support for responsible inclusion. Introduction Special Education in the United States has a long history that reflects many changes in attitudes towards and perceptions of people with disabilities. Many diverse groups have contributed to this change process including parents, educators, psychologists, physicians, clergy, researchers and the disabled themselves. Special education, as we know it today, became institutionalized in our public schools with the passage, in 1975, of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142) which is now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (P.L. 101-476). Over the years, students served under this Act increased dramatically. For the first time in the history of education, all individuals, regardless of the severity or complexity of their disability were entitled to a free, appropriate education as well as increased attention to parental involvement in programming. Many states expanded the federal legislation by offering more special education programs and services to a wider age range and greater number of students with special needs. Special education became a big, expensive, unique business.
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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE WEST VIRGINIA HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY special MEETING OF THE west virginia HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY COMMISSION SCHEDULE and AGENDA FEBRUARY 14, 2002 South Charleston, west virginia special Policy Commission Meeting A. Tuition and Fee Policy pg 105 http://www.hepc.wvnet.edu/commission/Agenda_Feb_2002.pdf
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Extractions: Over twenty years ago, school districts in West Virginia and across the nation, denied enrollment in public school to over one million disabled students of school age. The "justification" was that the schools did not have, or did not care to provide, a service that a student would need to be able to attend school. As a result of that denial, the U.S. Congress passed several federal statutes pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to guarantee "equal opportunity" for students with disabilities to receive education. The first federal court decision in the United States on these new statutes and the duty of the state education agency and the public school districts to provide certain school health services needed to enable a disabled child to attend school was in West Virginia in 1976. The decision, Hairston v. Drosick, was principally under what is known as Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which applies to any recipient of federal financial assistance, such as the state department of education and county school districts.
Extractions: Visit The Education Website 200. FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION (3 credit hours) A course designed to formally introduce students to the consideration of teaching as a profession; give students a first experience in the formal study of the disciplines involved in education; and help students assess their pre- professional readiness. 201. HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT (3 credit hours) Study of developmental characteristics of the individual through early adulthood. Required of all students in teacher education programs. Thirty clock-hours of field work in an appropriate school setting required. Prerequisite: EDUC 200. 202. EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND LEARNING (3 credits) Survey of educational psychology and related concepts for classroom application. Major emphasis on learning, teacher expectation and motivation, educational measurement, and classroom management concepts. Completion of a 35-hour field experience in an appropriate K-12 school setting required. 299. SPECIAL TOPICS IN EDUCATION
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NEA Today: Families & Communities - November 1998 In Monroe County, west virginia, TLC stands for a pragmatic If a student has a specialinterest or talent I don As a parent of a learning disabled child, I too http://www.nea.org/neatoday/9811/fc.html
Extractions: Parents Respond to TLC In rural West Virginia, families team with schools to tender lots of care on early education. Teacher Kathy Martin (left) finds the community at her sideand on her sidewhen it comes to educating the children of Monroe County, West Virginia. F orget the warm and fuzzy concept of TLC. In Monroe County, West Virginia, "TLC" stands for a pragmatic, community-wide program helping children from birth through age nine get a good start in school. Teaming for Learning with the CommunityTLC"has created a bond" in a community where two-thirds of the students are eligible for federal free and reduced meals and where many parents lack transportation, says Kathy Martin, a second grade teacher at Union Elementary. That bonding begins at birth. Working with the TLC program, staff from the federally funded Parents as Teachers program connect with families, often while the mother is still in the hospital, and start demonstrating developmentally appropriate activities that can help build learning skills. Smoothing the transitions to and through school is another TLC priority. Schools now sponsor "move-up day," where students ease anxieties by meeting next year's teachers before summer break.
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Extractions: Work Shops March 15 (am) Using the Brain-Gym principles, we will discuss and experience learning to make brain cells and how to access parts of the brain previously unavailable to us with joy and ease. You will receive handouts describing 5 movements to facilitate learning, plus a FREE glass of abrain-enhancing beverage.. Barbara Lucia Aigen, RN , provides holistic health rehabilitation services using several modalities: Educational Kinesiology, which uses simple movements to enhance whole-brain learning; massage therapy to aid lymphatic drainage, musculature circulation and tactile awareness; and Healing touch, to assist energy balance. A founding member of the non-profit organization, Kinesthetic Learning, Inc., Barbara is now the chairwoman of the grant writing committee. She is a well-known speaker for the Fairfax County Teachers Academy who lectures on brain anatomy, physiology, and other brain issues. Barbara consults for Community Solutions and is one of their Life Coaches. She holds licensure as a nurse in both Virginia and Maryland and is an active member of Education Kinesthetic International. Dr. Brown will discuss how mentors helped and joined alongside him and how we can include the disabled in the leadership of the organized church. Topics include: What does mentorship mean? What we need to look for and how to mentor and help the disabled to serve in roles such as Deacon, Trustee, Sunday School teacher or on other Christian boards.
AFT: About AFT: An Issues-Driven Union and misuses of some special education programs. in the classroom are met ¬ disabledstudents can The AFTs west virginia affiliate successfully fought for a http://www.aft.org/about/issuesdriven.html
Extractions: AFT Home AFT History Mission Statement A Proud Tradition ... A Commitment to Quality An Issues-Driven Union A Tradition of Social Justice AFT President Sandra Feldman AFT Secretary- Treasurer Edward J. McElroy AFT Executive Vice President Nat LaCour ... Resolutions An Issues-Driven Union Health Care Quality. Status of paraprofessional workers. Privatization. After a period of public-spirited goodwill, the AFT became the first organization to call for public scrutiny of private management firms operating in public schools, and the union remains a leader in this effort. The AFT analyses of educational and business irregularities in the operations of Education Alternatives, Inc., a for-profit company brought in to manage schools in Baltimore and Hartford, led to newspaper and television news investigations, and hastened the departure of EAI from those cities. There is no evidence that privatization, in and of itself, will improve student achievement. The AFT will continue to promote proven school-improvement methods, such as high standards for conduct and achievement, and to call for vigilant oversight of education contractors. Vouchers.
ORGANIZATIONS The New York Institute for special Education. World Association of PhysicallyDisabled. west virginia Rehabilitation Research and Training Center http://www.ability.org.uk/organiz1.html
Extractions: "see the ability, not the disability" You to can help support the Ability Project by: Our Aims ... Z ORGANIZATIONS Alpha Charitable Foundation Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living Allen Health Care in the hospital or nursing home Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability ... Information Market - EUROPE A service provided by Directorate General XIII of the EC. National Council for Educational Technology (NCET) Elwyn, Inc. Families USA Foundation Center ... HMSO - Government-ownedpublishers, printers and supply agency Home Office, Research and Statistics Department North Hertfordshire District Council Natural History Museum Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine ... Information Market - EUROPE A service provided by Directorate General XIII of the EC Ipswich Borough Council Central Office of Information IT POINT (Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council) H2000 - L'Handicap nel 2000 ... One World Broadcasting Trust (Partnered by the ODA and the BBC) Organising Medical Networked Information ODA (Overseas Development Administration) Royal Greenwich Observatory Royal Observatory, Edinburgh ... Family Village - a global community of disability-related resources FDR Democratic Club for Disabled People and Seniors Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Family Resource Institute FRAXA Research Foundation Friends of Disabled Adults - FODA Geriatric Mental Health of Washington ... Lebenshilfe, Bundesvereinigung
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PUSH Camp acronym for People Understanding the Severely disabled. . lives of people with specialneeds, said Norman Alabama University, the west virginia Institute of http://clemsonews.clemson.edu/WWW_releases/1997/march1997/PUSH_aids_Outdoor_Lab.
Extractions: CLEMSON While many college students will spend their spring break getting tanned, swimming at the beach or visiting amusement parks, nearly 35 Pi Kappa Phi fraternity members from schools across the country will devote their time and energy to building structures for the disabled at Clemson University's Outdoor Lab. As a part of PUSH Camp, Pi Kappa Phi volunteers will build a climbing tower, an accessible haywagon and a new arts and crafts area at the Outdoor Lab. PUSH Camps are a part of PUSH America, a national outreach project of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity aimed at helping the disabled. "PUSH" is an acronym for "People Understanding the Severely Disabled." The camps provide unique alternatives to traditional spring break activities, said Eric Schmidhauser, national director of PUSH America. A part of Clemson University's parks, recreation and tourism management department, the Outdoor Lab offers numerous camps for special populations of children and adults throughout the year. "The PUSH Camps provide a great chance for the Pi Kappa Phi men to see that they can make a difference in the lives of people with special needs," said Norman McGee, camp director for the Outdoor Lab. "The camps also enable us to undertake projects that might not otherwise be possible."
Extractions: Alabama Links National Links Other State LDA Links Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services - A terrific state agency providing rehabilitation services to children and adults. Alabama Department of Education - Department of the State of Alabama which oversees the local public school systems throughout the state. Alabama High School Graduation Exam Alabama Transition Initiative Information Center Educational Resources in Hoover, Alabama - Excellent State website for ADD/ADHD information. Debbie Minor, M.Ed. Executive Director 3075 Highway 150 Birmingham, Alabama 35244 The Lakeshore Foundation is located on a 45 acre campus of wooded property in Homewood, Alabama. The campus is home to some of the nation's finest recreation, fitness and athletic facilities created specifically to meet the needs of people with physical disabilities. It includes a swimming pool, gymnasium, tennis courts, weight training center, adapted climbing structures and locker rooms, all of which are fully accessible. The Foundation serves men and women-children and adults - who have experienced disabling conditions such as spinal cord injuries, stroke, amputation's), head injuries or cerebral palsy. The Foundation also provides space on campus to other entities that provide additional services for people with disabilities.
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Extractions: Cameron, New York By moving the meal service sites to a nearby trailer park, the Addison Central School District was able to overcome the transportation barrier that prevents so many rural children from participating in SFSP. The trailer park was an ideal location because the majority of families qualified for free and reduced price school meals. The school district enlisted parents as volunteers and included them in nutrition education and other enrichment activities. Mt. Lake Park, Maryland Kudos to the Garrett County Health Department for believing it could! Until 1999, the children of this rural, impoverished community did not have access to Summer meals. In the past, public and private groups had discussed the need for the program, but no agency felt capable of sponsoring it. Believing that healthy behaviors are caught not taught, the Departments nutritionists, health educators, and outreach staff identified the need to work with both children and their families to teach health education. To achieve this, it combined the funding sources from other grant programs. It also sponsored "Serious Fun Day Camps" for three weeks, in three targeted regions, to maximize limited staff resources. Most of the children were able to walk to the camps which were located in town parks. Children were taught nutrition and healthy behaviors while enjoying Summer meals. They often applied what they learned to real life by preparing their own lunches and snacks!
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Extractions: South South Wales Index Wales Index ... Wales Index Commercial Advertising (more info) Commercial Advertising (more info) Perfect Daze Bridalwear offers a selection of wedding gowns that can't be found anywhere else in the area. Check out the unusual designs on our web page . Wedding planning, stationery, cakes, accessories, bridesmaid outfits, evening and prom wear - it's all at Perfect Daze!
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Extractions: The National Adoption Center is a nonprofit, Philadelphia-based organization whose mission is to expand adoption opportunities for children throughout the US, particularly those with special needs. Since 1972, the Center has helped find permanent homes for more than 8,000 children. The Center's award winning Web site, "Faces of Adoption," features photos and descriptions of waiting children, adoption information, and the National Adoption Exchange, a telecommunications system that links adoption agencies, parent groups, and adoption exchanges nationwide. For more information on adoption or to obtain the free booklet, A Guidebook for Adopting a Child with Special Needs, write or call Mattel, Inc., has introduced BECKY I'm the School Photographer! The Barbie doll's friend with a disability is a photographer for her high school yearbook. She comes with a camera so she can take "pictures" at all school events. Becky uses a red and silver realistically designed wheelchair and keeps in style wearing a trendy fashion ensemble accessorized with red stud earrings, red framed sunglasses, and a brown backpack to hang on her wheelchair.
