21. Fact Sheet: Scouts With Disabilities And Special Needs given by the Woods Services in Langhorne, pennsylvania). projects include materialsrelating to disabled people in as well as production of special manuals on http://post369.columbus.oh.us/scouting.d/fact.sheets.d/02-508.html

Scouts With Disabilities and Special Needs Background Since its founding in 1910, the Boy Scouts of America has had fully participating members with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. Dr. James E. West, the first Chief Scout Executive, was himself disabled. Although most of the BSA's efforts have been directed at keeping such boys in the mainstream of Scouting, it has also recognized the special needs of those with severe disabilities. The Boy Scout Handbook Today, approximately 100,000 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Venturers with disabilities are registered with the Boy Scouts of America in more than 4,000 units chartered to community organizations. Recognition of Needs Many of the approximately 315 BSA local councils have established their own advisory committees for Scouts with disabilities. These committees develop and coordinate an effective Scouting program for youth with disabilities, using all available community resources. Local councils also are encouraged to provide accessibility in their camps by removing physical barriers so that Scouts with disabilities can participate in summer and resident camp experiences. Some local councils also have professional staff members responsible for the program for members with disabilities. Advancement Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, and Venturers with disabilities participate in the same program as do their peers.

22. A Catalyst For Change In The World Of Special Needs People School District also has a specialneeds summer camp top advocate for the rights ofthe developmentally disabled. is sponsored by the pennsylvania Department of http://www.phillyburbs.com/couriertimes/news/news/1112livesandtimes.htm

A catalyst for change in the world of special needs people The Eslings moved to Bucks in the mid-1960s so Gregg could attend a preschool run by the Bucks County Association for Retarded Citizens. By GWEN SHRIFT Courier Times Joan Esling has fun with 5-yr old Lindsay at the Friendship Circle Early Childhood in Croydon. THE BIG PICTURE Joan Esling's advocacy work is part of the history of the parents' movement to ensure rights for developmentally disabled children. Members of this movement have likened their struggle to the Civil Rights movement, which sought legal equality for non-white Americans. In the 1930s, groups that worked on behalf of special-needs citizens began to organize and lobby for education and other services. A later addition to these groups was the Bucks County Association for Retarded Citizens, formed in 1951 by a group of parents who had children with developmental disabilities. By the 1960s, a national move was under way to end institutionalization of the mentally handicapped and to require that students with special needs be offered free public education. Later, organizations began supporting research into the cause, treatment and prevention of mental retardation, resulting in programs such as the Arc's public education effort on fetal alcohol syndrome. [The Arc was formerly called the National Association for Retarded Citizens.]

23. Merrill Tolbert Web Page College, Virginia Tech; Virginia, pennsylvania, Florida Teaching toddlers and youngchildren with special needs. state organizations which serve the disabled. http://www.lynchburg.edu/academic/edhd/tolbert.htm

Your browser does not support script Merrill Tolbert, Ed.S. Associate Professor School of Education and Human Development Experience/Background Degrees and Certifications B.S. in Elementary/Special Education, Slippery Rock State University M.Ed. In Special Education, Duquesne University Ed.S. in Infant/Severe Disabilities, University of Miami Further graduate work, Lynchburg College, Virginia Tech Virginia, Pennsylvania, Florida Teaching Licenses in Special Education Professional Interests/Research My professional interests focus on working with infants, toddlers and young children with special needs. Specialty areas are with physical/severe disabilities, medical/health needs, transition and functional curriculum. I serve on various campus committees and on a variety of local and state organizations which serve the disabled. I have served on the Board of Directors of the Central Virginia Association of Retarded Citizens (Vice President, 1998). Other memberships are currently with Lynchburg City Schools Special Education Advisory Committee, Mabel Rush Housing Foundation and Early Intervention Council of Central Virginia. Information on Courses Taught I currently teach: Language Development and Communication Skills for Learners with Disabilities (EDHD 451) , a study of language development and sociocultural variations in individuals with disabilities. Instructional techniques and intervention programming (i.e., alternative communication systems) for students with disabilities will be explored. The course will also include attention to curricula, methods and materials in language arts.

24. Regional Resources Employment of the Developmentally disabled (AHEDD); ARC Allegheny; Parent to Parentof pennsylvania; Projects; Woodbine Catalog for individual with special needs. http://www.pitt.edu/~uclid/region.htm

The Center at the University of Pittsburgh Allegheny County Healthcare Services Early Intervention Assistive Technology Independent Living ... Library Healthcare Services Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Audiology Center The Autism Center Child Development Unit (CDU) ... Evening Continuity Clinic Healthy CHILD Healthy STEPS Occupational Therapy Physical Therapy Primary Care Center Rehabilitation Services Spasticity Clinic The John Merck Multiple Disabilities Program Rehabilitation Centers D. T. Watson Rehabilitation Services The Children's Institute (formerly The Rehabilitation Institute of Pittsburgh) Healthsouth Harmarville Rehabilitation Center Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) Early Childhood Services Alliance for Infants and Toddlers ARC-Allegheny (COMPRO) D. T. Watson Educational Services Early Childhood InitiativePrograms ... Allegheny Intermediate Unit McKeesport Pre-school for Exceptional Children Parents' League for Emotional Adjustment (PLEA) Pittsburgh Interagency Coordinating Council For Early Intervention Project DART The Early Learning Institute School Allegheny Valley School Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) DePaul Institute Easter Seal School Harry S. Tack Education Center (D.T. Watson)

25. Whatis Care Unit for Autistic Children, University of pennsylvania. up treatment programsfor disabled children and programs in hospitals and special schools in London http://www.nyu.edu/education/music/nrobbins/02history1.htm

The Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy at New York University Paul Nordoff working with a child in 1961 HISTORY OF NORDOFF-ROBBINS MUSIC THERAPY 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. UJA Bergen Special Needs Summer Camps experience held at Camp Morasha, an Orthodox sleepaway camp in pennsylvania. CoastTour National Jewish Council for the disabled New York special needs Links. http://www.jewishbergen.org/people/specialneeds/summercamp.shtml

27. The Education Forum: Private Sector Schools Serve Difficult To Educate Lucy Day School in pennsylvania for children with and severe cases of developmentallydisabled girls over helping great numbers of students with special needs. http://edreform.com/forum/100697tb.htm

Making Schools Work Better for All Children THE EDUCATION FORUM Hosted by The Center for Education Reform PRIVATE SECTOR SCHOOLS SERVE THE DIFFICULT TO EDUCATE By Thomas Bertonneau Viewpoint on Public Issues, The Mackinac Center , October 6, 1997 Forgotten children. Troubled youth. Learning disabled. Students with special needs. Whatever the euphemism, these are children who are often not well served in the conventional public school setting. At the same time, many people think that these students can not be served well by the private sector either, but nothing could be further from the truth. It is time to lay to rest the myth that private schools are elitist institutions that "skim the cream" and leave all the toughest kids to the public schools. The private sector, including private sectarian schools, religious schools, nonpublic agencies, and home schools, offers a wide variety of education programs for this difficult-to-educate population. When public schools or agencies cannot serve a particular student, they sometimes contract with a private sector group to do the job. The Directory for Exceptional Children lists roughly 3,000 special education schools and facilities in the private sector nationwide. Their costs of educating a student vary widely, depending in large part on the nature of the disability category served, and may also include the cost of medical care and transportation. Examples include Sobriety High in Edina, Minnesota, which educates 9th through 12th grade students in recovery from chemical dependency. The famed Boys Town, based in Nebraska, directly cares for more than 27,000 boys and girls annually in fourteen states and the District of Columbia. The Helicon Shelter Education Program, a division of Children’s Comprehensive Services, provides certified teachers, materials, curriculum, and academic recordkeeping on site at 27 emergency foster care shelters throughout Tennessee.

28. Deaf Resources Directory - ADVOCACY / PARENT GROUPS The purpose is to service Jewish disabled children by needs and interests of thedeaf of pennsylvania. the deaf and promote their special needs in legislation http://www.captionlit.com/resource/res01.htm

INTRODUCTION TABLE OF CONTENTS ADVOCACY / PARENT GROUPS ASSISTIVE DEVICES AUDIOLOGICAL/SPEECH SERVICES CULTURAL / ENTERTAINMENT ... SOCIAL SERVICES THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING COUNCIL OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA 4031 Ludlow Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 Voice/TTY (215) 895-5601 This on-line directory is provided by Caption*Lit , A Philadelphia-based video captioning company! ADVOCACY/ PARENT GROUPS A G Bell Association American Society for Deaf Children Center for Disability Law and Policy Dept.of Health and Human Services ... Phila. Chapter of Black Deaf Advocates ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING 3417 Volta Place, NW Washington, DC 20007-2778 TTY: (202) 337-5221 VOICE: (202) 337-5220 FAX: (202) 337-8314 Membership@agbell.org www.agbell.org AG Bell is a membership organization and information center on pediatric hearing loss, advocating the use of technology to maximize the use of technology to maximize residual hearing, written and spoken language, and speechreading skills. AG Bell provides ongoing support and advocacy for parents and professionals. Return to Top of Page AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR DEAF CHILDREN P.O. Box 3355

29. Council Of Parent Attorneys And Advocates NewsWatch AZ District sues disabled 5thgrader AP/Arizona Republic 4/10/99 pennsylvania.PA Parents attack plan to trim special-needs preschool Phila Inquirer 3/3/99 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 [

30. Pennsylvania Law & Support Groups - Another Path A pennsylvania specific guide to homeschooling your deaf or hard of hearing child.Category Reference Education United States pennsylvania...... Tutoring Homeschooling info from the pennsylvania Department of the school districthave for students with special needs? believe your child is disabled and in http://www.pacinfo.com/~handley/statelaw/pa.html

Another Path Pennsylvania Another Path: A comprehensive guide to homeschooling your deaf or hard of hearing child. Home What's New? Homeschool Resources Special Needs ... Contact Barbara Handley Related Resources at Another Path Legal Issues Special legal issues facing parents homeschooling children with disabilities. Thinking About Homeschooling A navigational page to resources for parents who are considering homeschooling. Getting Started A launch pad for those just getting started with homeschooling. Homeschooling Almanac: 2002-2003 The Complete Home Learning Source Book Homeschool Your Child for Free Support This Site Amazon.com pays me a small commission on books and materials you purchase through my site. The cost to you is the same whether you purchase through my site, or from visiting Amazon.com directly, but purchases made through me help keep this site on-line. Look for the blue links and Amazon.com Search Boxes throughout the site. Thank you for your generosity! Homeschool Law The following is provided for information purposes and does not constitute legal advice. Home Education and Private Tutoring Homeschooling info from the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

31. Special Needs Students Promotes Community Care For The disabled President Bush Florida, North Carolinaand pennsylvania illustrate the kids with ADD/ADHD or other special needs. http://www.aizan.net/families/special_needs_students.htm

Special Needs Children/Students Up See also the ADHD Education for Parents page and the Children's Mental Health pages A Guide to Reasonable Accommodations – this site is provided by Florida State University Introduction Section I Disabling Language ... Autism 101 - articles by the #1 Autism expert Educating the Student with Autism Home Affects Mental Development of Fragile X Kids Parents of Autistic Kids Sue Drug Firms, Dentists Glasses Read Dyslexics' Eyes - Missile-tracking technology may spot symptoms of learning impairment. 2002 International Symposium on Adult ADHD – Chicago in May 2002. More than 700 people from around the world, including the top professionals in the ADHD field, will gather in Chicago for Journeys 2002. The Dyslexia Page - collection of links to articles and sites Focusing on Hyperactivity - New diagnostic tools may show us that there is more to ADHD than meets the eye. New Findings Concerning Poor Reading and Spelling - Children who were predominantly poor spellers were already showing a range of linguistic difficulties when they started school. Our Special Kids The ABC's of LD and ADD - From LD Online, straight-forward answers to common questions about learning disabilities and the brain.

32. LD Info Director of Admissions, University of pennsylvania. achievement, learning disabilities,career counseling, special needs. advising reading disabled and learning http://www.ldinfo.org/professionals/edconsultants.html

LD Info Home Page Professionals Audiologists Educational Consultants ... Tutors Educational Consultants The Educational Placement Consultant helps parents and children with school placement. The consultant develops a detailed profile of the student from school reports, testing results, medical information, and interviews with the parents and the child. Students are asked to share their perceptions about the school experience and to discuss their specific strengths, weaknesses, special interests, and needs. This information is used as a basis for recommending appropriate school options including public, independent, day, boarding, special, and parochial. Specific Questions: Specific for educational placement consultants Do you work with students who have generalized school problems, or do you specialize in a particular area? Do you work with all age groups, or do you specialize?

33. What's New On Blindness On The Web 23th Edition - November 1997 in addition to visual impairment are disabled by other Children 201 North BellefieldAvenue Pittsburgh, pennsylvania 152131499 special needs Education Network http://www.nyise.org/whats23.htm

Page Sponsor: Latest Version of What's New New at the 'TUTE Monthly Spotlight of New Websites Mailbox Highlights ... Sponsorship Information We have expanded and updated our New York State Information Page which is now also available in large print Virtual Visit of the Blindness Resource Center : A presentation on the website will be made at ISTE 's Sixth International Conference on Telecommunications and Multimedia in Education in November in Austin, Texas. Pick of the Month ASSIST With Windows develops tutorials for using Windows applications with a screen reader. They have on line tutorials for JAWS for Windows, Window Bridge and WinVision. All of the tutorials are free and cassettes are available. Check out the FAQ for more information. The site is developed by the Iowa Department for the Blind. The Able Informer , the international resource newsletter for people with disabilities. Election season is upon us - get political and visit: The Congressional Corner at Cathy's Newstand Home Pages of Network Libraries for Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals DAWWN: Disability Information Resources on the Internet Through Disability Advocacy Work With Networking dizABLED: A cartoon about a heart-warming cartoon adventures of Leeder O. Men, world famous disABLED stuntman/superhero!

34. EPEC - Educating Parents Of Extra-special Children - Special Education disabled, emotionally and learning disabled and pre pennsylvania Federation Councilfor Exceptional Children (PFCEC and much more special needs Education Network http://www.epeconline.com/SpecialEducation.html

Educating Parents of Extra-special Children (EPEC) A resource of information for adults with special needs and parents with special needs children. Special Education When it comes to your child's education, you need: accurate information about your child's disability to know how your child learns to know your child's needs to be taught to know your child's legal rights concerning education read the IDEA and know it know how to read and write your child's IEP You need to know how to define their legal issue correctly. Make sure their IEPs are individualized to meet their unique needs and that the school is following the IEPs. Contact your state's State Department of Education's Special Education Division and ask for a copy of their special education laws, regulations and guidelines. Ask them to send you all material published about special education, IEPs and Section 504 programs. Check out their web site for more information. NOTE : The IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) is a federal law. Each state develops its own corresponding statue, regulations, and guidelines

35. Health And Disability Resource Centre - Planetamber.com Office for Disability Services pennsylvania - USA - good University of Strathclyde- special needs Service - UK of Utah Center for disabled Student Services http://www.planetamber.com/resources/203.html

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36. Allhealthnet.com -Special Education emotionally and learning disabled and preschoolers pennsylvania Federation Councilfor Exceptional Children Offers special needs Education (SNE) Project Canada http://www.allhealthnet.com/Child Health/Special Needs/Special Education/

37. The Commonwealth Foundation IDEA, services for the disabled accounted for that specialize in serving studentswith special needs. Local pennsylvania taxpayers should not be forced to http://www.commonwealthfoundation.org/education/timesherald20021230.shtml

T he C ommonwealth F oundation HOME SEARCH ABOUT THE FOUNDATION KEEP ME INFORMED ... MORE ISSUES All Reports, Policy Briefs, and Commentaries require Acrobat Reader Lawmakers brace for uphill battle By KEITH PHUCAS, Times Herald Staff December 30, 2002 Last in a four-part series Nearly two years ago, state Rep. Carole Rubley, R-157th Dist., and Rep. David Steil, R-31st Dist., created the Tax Policy Caucus to find a way to reduce property taxes. Since then, 100 state lawmakers signed up for the caucus, and legislators brainstormed tax reform ideas and conferred with financial experts. In 2002, Rubley and other lawmakers worked to replace Act 50 of 1998 with a package of four House bills intended to provide tax relief to homeowners. Act 50 was passed to enable school districts to shift the local tax burden to an earned income tax. To give taxpayers more control of how they're taxed, the shift must be approved by a referendum. Currently, the majority of school tax revenues statewide, 87 percent, comes from levying a real estate tax. Another 8 percent is raised from taxing earned income.

38. WheelchairNet Education For People Who Use Wheelchairs entitled Assistive Technology For special needs Students; A boon for disabled students and Accessible pennsylvania information on education, vocational http://www.wheelchairnet.org/WCN_Living/education.html

39. ASCD Eye On Curriculum HireED Careers Professional Leadership a move to mainstream more disabled students is David Sousa's How the special NeedsBrain Learns pennsylvania Lawsuit Challenges Virtual Charter schools The http://www.fattail.com/public/Newsletters/Education/ascd.htm

Eye on Curriculum HireED Careers Professional Leadership The Bulletin Board ... In the Field Top Story Mississippi To Pay $500 Million In College Desegregation Settlement In one of the largest desegregation settlements in U.S. history, Mississippi agreed April 23 with the U.S. Justice Department to spend $500 million to improve its traditionally black colleges and speed their integration. Begun in 1975 by a black sharecropper, the lawsuit alleged that the state's black universities were inferior to those attended by whites. The settlement is expected to set a precedent for other states dealing with issues surrounding enrollment standards. The Washington Post CNN/Associated Press Los Angeles Times The New York Times (free registration) More stories like this in Policy Watch Eye on Curriculum Study: Milwaukee Voucher Program Spurs Public-School Improvement A study by Harvard economist Caroline Hoxby concludes that Milwaukee's closely watched voucher program has pushed public elementary schools to improve. According to Hoxby, the ratio of gains on standardized tests to per-student spending in public schools with voucher programs was higher than in schools in which students didn't have a choice.

40. NYS Higher Education Support Center For Systemschange by Welcoming Children with special needs into Regular pennsylvania State EducationAssociation (1995) The Impact of Educating disabled Children With http://www.systemschange.syr.edu/resources/r1.php

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