May 23, 2013

Edition: U.S.

Special Education

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Goodie Mob Is Back

The Huffington Post | Madeline Boardman | Posted 05.21.2013 | Entertainment

Read More: Video, Special Education, Goodie Mob, Special Education Goodie Mob, Goodie Mob Special Education, Goodie Mob Janelle Monae, Goodie Mob Album, Janelle Monae, Special Education Goodie Mob Janelle Monae, Hip-Hop, Entertainment News

Goodie Mob is back with a new single. The Southern hip-hop group released "Special Education" on Tuesday, a collaboration with Janelle Monáe. The ...

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This New Bill Would Put Cameras In Texas Classrooms

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Klein | Posted 05.09.2013 | Politics

Read More: Special Education, Special Education Students, Special Education Teacher, Special Education Classrooms, Special Needs Parenting, Texas Cameras Special Education, Special Needs Children, Cameras in Special Education Classrooms, Texas Schools, Politics News

A bill that would require video cameras in all special education classrooms was passed in the Texas Senate in April and is currently being considered ...

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Mass. Problems for Kids

Bill Lichtenstein | Posted 05.08.2013 | Impact

Read More: Lcmedia, Special Education, Child Abuse, Governor Deval Patrick, Children, Deval Patrick, Mass Department of Children and Families, Judge Rotenberg Center, Special Needs Children, Children's Rights, Marcia Lowry, Dcf, Foster Care, Federal Class Action Trial, Impact News

The lawsuit, filed by the New York-based Children's Rights, charges that Massachusetts has one of the nation's highest rates of abuse of foster children in the country.

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Civil Rights Groups Say 'Not So Fast' On NCLB Waivers

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 04.30.2013 | Politics

Read More: Education News, Video, Education, Core Group Waivers, Special Education, Joy Resmovits, No Child Left Behind District Waivers, No Child Left Behind, Students With Disabilities, Education Trust, No Child Left Behind Waivers, Education Reform, Politics News

As droves of states wiggle out from some of the toughest components of the much-maligned federal No Child Left Behind Act, school districts in states ...

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Reduce Behavior Problems: Teach Students to Wait

Jessica Minahan | Posted 04.10.2013 | Parents

Read More: Children Behavior Problems, Special Education, ADHD Children, Impulse Control, Behavior, The Behavior Code, Waiting, Jessica Minahan, Challenging-Behavior, Behavioral Problems, Parents News

Some students aren't able to wait. If we don't recognize "waiting" as an underdeveloped skill in these students, we miss the opportunity to support them while they wait, prevent behavior incidents and, most important, set them up for success in school.

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Sequestered to Death

Monique Ruffin | Posted 03.25.2013 | Politics

Read More: Down Syndrome, Education, Congress, Special Education, Budget Cuts, President Barack Obama, Budget, Washington DC, Special Needs Children, Democrats, Sequestration, Republicans, Paul Ryan Budget, Politics News

With disabilities education slated to endure $591 million in cuts under the terms of the sequester, I'm just hoping families like mine will make their voices heard.

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Nevada School District Proposes Elimination of Written Translation Services for Special Education Students

Michaela Pommells | Posted 05.14.2013 | Latino Voices

Read More: Individualized Education Plan, Special Education, English Language Learner, Clark-County-School-District, Nevada Schools, School Budgets, Latino Students, Latino Education, Latino Voices News

The increasing diversity of U.S. students and their families demonstrate the need to develop innovative strategies to encourage meaningful parental involvement. When weighing budget pressures, eliminating ways to engage parents is a step in the wrong direction.

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Sequester Would Hurt Students In Special Ed

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 02.28.2013 | Politics

Read More: Education News, Sequester Education Cuts, Video, Title I, Sequestration Special Education, Special Education, Arne Duncan, Joy Resmovits, Sequestration Education, Sequester Special Education, Sequester, Education, Sequester Education, Sequestration and Special Education, Politics News

Teresa Armstrong is steamed. The Virginia mother of four has spent the last few weeks watching, reading and listening to politicians argue about ...

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How High School Helped Me See Asperger Syndrome as One of My Greatest Strengths

Justin Frago | Posted 03.27.2013 | College

Read More: Special Education, Asperger's Syndrome, Self-Discovery, Newtown Shooting, Met Sacramento High School, College News

I don't know if I'd be the same person today without that experience. I would probably have felt a lot more isolated, I wouldn't have the social skills that I've developed, and I definitely wouldn't be so certain about what I want to do with my life.

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Students With Disabilities Have School Sports Rights, Obama Administration Declares

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 02.01.2013 | Impact

Read More: Education News, Students With Disabilities Sports Participation, Children With Disabilities, Education, Special Education, Rehabilitation Act, Arne Duncan, Disabled Students Sports, Ocr, Sports Participation, Obama Administration, Students Disabilities Sports, Obama on Students With Disabilities, Office of Civil Rights, Athletics for Students With Disabilities, Impact News

When Kareem Dale, now a special advisor to President Barack Obama, was in high school, all he wanted to do was wrestle. But as a student who was parti...

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A Conversation Between Mother Seal and Baby Seal

Dafna Maor | Posted 03.09.2013 | Parents

Read More: Pervasive Development Disorder, Speech Therapy, Balancing Work and Family, Social Story, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism Spectrum, Problem Solving, Special Education, Pdd, Parenting Advice, Asd, Autism, Parenting a Child With Autism, Autism Advice, Therapy, Parents News, Parents News

It wasn't about control of me over him, or him over me. It was something that we both had to get used to; Tal's mom is a person who does things that do not always relate to Tal.

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An Empty Seat At The Christmas Dinner Table After Sandy Hook

Posted 12.28.2012 | Home

Read More: Sandy Hook School Shooting, Connecticut Schools, Reddit Photo, Rachel Davino Sandy Hook, Sandy Hook Hero Teacher, Special Needs, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Pussyrammer, Reddit, Rachel Davino, Rachel Davino Photo, Special Education, Special Needs Teacher, Sandy Hook Heroes, Special Education Teacher, Great Teachers, Teachers, Home News

As residents of Newtown, Conn., try to return to normalcy two weeks after a gunman tore through Sandy Hook Elementary School, those who lost their lov...

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The Hypocrisy Behind the Gun Lobby's Focus on Mental Illness

Michael Bader, D.M.H. | Posted 02.25.2013 | Politics

Read More: Prenatal Health, Special Ed, Republicans Mental Health, Kids Mental Health, Mental Health, Special Education, Health Care Republicans, Maternity Care, Government Mental Health, Pre-Natal Care, Children Mental Health, Headstart, Politics News

Not only are NRA-affiliated spokespeople ignorant about mental illness, but they deceptively use the issue to fool people into thinking that they have broader social concerns. In any real "national conversation," about mental illness and violence, the NRA and its proxies would be mute.

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Guess What's on a Child's Mind

Dafna Maor | Posted 02.22.2013 | Parents

When children are very young, they have a hard time seeing a different point of view than their own. Most young children seem like that for the first years of their lives. It takes a long time for them to realize their view of the world is different than others.'

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Father Of Student With Disabilities Questions Son's High Grades

Posted 12.14.2012 | Home

Read More: Video, Jared Deweese High Grades, Gwinnett County Schools, Special Education, Student With Disabilities Gets As, Students With Disabilities, Jared Deweese, Students With Special Needs, Student With Disabilities Earns High Grades, Georgia Schools, Wes Deweese, Jared Deweese Disabilities, Father Questions Disabled Son's High Grades, Home News

The father of a Georgia high school student with severe mental disabilities says the As his son is earning in core subjects are a complete sham. We...

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Teacher On Leave After Dragging Blind Boy Down Hallway

Posted 12.05.2012 | Home

Read More: Teacher Suspended, Santa Fe Schools, Santa Fe Teacher Dragged Student, Students With Special Needs, Teacher Dragged Blind Student, Teacher Dragged Student, Bad Teachers, Video, Gonzales Community School, Teacher on Leave, Special Education, New Mexico Schools, Blind Students, Special Education Teacher, Teachers, Home News

Surveillance video showing two teachers dragging a blind 6-year-old by the legs has gone viral and outraged online viewers -- and has now brought acti...

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Teens Arrested After Slugfest Video Goes Viral

Posted 12.12.2012 | Home

Read More: Roy Martin Middle School Fight Video, Gregory Sams, Special Education, Student With Special Needs, Special Education Student Bullied, Middle School Fight, Special Education Students, Teen Fight, Roy Martin Middle School Bullying, Roy Martin Middle School Bullying Video, Roy Martin Middle School, Nevada Schools, School Bullying, Roy Martin Middle School Fight, Las Vegas Bullying Video, Home News

Two Las Vegas middle school students were arrested Friday for their alleged involvement in a bullying incident that has gone viral on the Internet. ...

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How to Avoid the Home Care Nightmare

Jaime Openden, M.S., CCC-SLP | Posted 01.28.2013 | Healthy Living

Read More: Special Education, Private Therapy, Collaboration, Homecare, Special Needs Parenting, Speech Therapy, Therapists, Special Needs, Home Care, In-Home Care, In Home Care, In Home Caregiving, Caregiving Advice, Home Caregiver, Caregiving, Caregivers, Healthy Living News

Providing therapy in the home can be a rewarding and valuable experience, building wonderful relationships between families and therapists that can last for years. Just remember to establish rules from the start and get everyone involved.

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So, You Think Your Child Is Normal?

Dafna Maor | Posted 01.14.2013 | Parents

What I would really like to tell you about is not my son's progress, but of the lessons I've learned from his experience.

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Multiple Intelligences

Rachel Adams | Posted 11.13.2012 | Parents

Read More: Down Syndrome, Standardized Testing, Disability, Education, Parenting, Special Education, New York City, Intelligence Quotient, Iq, Iq Tests, Parents News

Looking back at the worn folders overflowing with Henry's transition materials, I'm struck by how every aspect of my son's abilities and potential has been tracked, evaluated and assessed.

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Ok, Obama Won -- Now What?

Sam Chaltain | Posted 01.07.2013 | Home

Read More: Education, Special Education, Obama Second Term, Obama Reelection, Charter Schools, Sam Chaltain, Freedom, Race to the Top, Finland, School Choice, Education Reform, Barack Obama, Home News

What would a healthy tension between vision and mission look like in an ideal second term when it comes to public education? I'd suggest three things.

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Word to Your Mom (or Dad)

Jaime Openden, M.S., CCC-SLP | Posted 01.06.2013 | Home

Read More: Speech-Pathology, Special Education, Expressive Language, Special Needs Parenting, Special Needs Children, Technology, Augmentative Communication, Communication, American Sign Language, Pecs, Home News

Delays and disorders of expressive language lead to aggression, fear, isolation and significant frustration. Out of these myriad emotions, a new form of communication emerges, something that is often reminiscent of an ultimate charades fail moment.

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Paying It Forward After Beating the Odds

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 01.02.2013 | Impact

Read More: Scholarship, Poverty, Beat the Odds, Special Education, Dyslexia, Child Protective Services, Mentorship, Mentorship Programs, Impact News

"Something that I've learned from my mentor is always pay things forward, not necessarily with money, but with actions and deeds. You're not alone. You're not the only one out there in a bad situation. Beat the odds and you'll succeed."

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Teacher To Run 155 Miles Through Sahara To Buy Laptops For Students

Posted 10.26.2012 | Home

Read More: Urban Schools, Education Technology, Special Education, Gardner Pilot Academy, Liz Byron, Students With Special Needs, Technology in Schools, Great Teachers, Poor Students, Low Income Students, Teachers, Massachusetts Schools, School Laptops, Teacher Runs for Laptops, Home News

Boston Public School teacher Liz Byron has had enough with the lack of resources holding her students back. She's frustrated with the fact that in a d...

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Lesson On Islamic Hand Signs Leads To Assault Charge For Virginia Teacher

Posted 10.23.2012 | Home

A Virginia elementary school teacher has been charged with simple assault after an Oct. 2 lesson on Islamic hand signs left one student’s hand cut a...

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