Public Schools Are NOT Created Equal to provide the funds to service disabled youngsters. a special needs student and receiptof special education funds Eighty percent of all of arizonas charter http://www.ncsc.info/newsletter/May_2002/notequal.htm
Extractions: Recently, special education in Arizona charter schools has been the subject of much media attention, largely critical. Newspaper articles describe serious situations in which disabled pupils were allegedly wronged by a charter school. While technically accurate, these allegations are frequently taken out of context, and based on unfounded assumptions, such as the underlying one: all public schools are thought to be created and funded equally. Public district schools and charter schools both offer tuition free education, but in other important ways charter schools are a different breed of education than the conventional district schools. Charter schools are innovative entities established to provide educational choices to children and communities. They represent new opportunities for educators to implement their visions and execute change. They are designed to be UNEQUAL . A major inequity adversely impacting Arizonas charter schools is financial inequity. According to Arizonas Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) in February 2002, charter schools on average receive 25 percent less than their district counterparts for annual per pupil funding. All public schools must comply with all federal special education legislation, including, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Students with disabilities deserve a free and appropriate education, and more. It is the public schools responsibility to provide appropriate educational services to these children. Whether a parent chooses a charter school or a conventional school, accommodations must be made for students with special needs.
Special Education Enrollment: A Practical Primer - Arizona - GreatSchools.net your child's special education needs. Your previous school involves educating special needs students in the schools and classrooms taught with nondisabled students to the maximum http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/AZ/22/improve
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Private School Web Sites - Special Needs Schools - Private Schools - Net Links Private School Web sites of special needs schools, from your About.com Guide people, almost half of whom are developmentally disabled children." The Fenster School of Southern arizona, Tucson, AZ http://privateschool.about.com/msub6needs.htm
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Extractions: search tips Title Author Publisher ISBN All Titles Search by Subjects About LRS Contact us Home ... Bindings and Covers Meeting the needs of: Schools K-12 Adults with Special Learning Needs The Visually Impaired, Learning and Multi-Disabled Find out more about LRS publications: Large Print Classics: Heritage Series Large Print Juvenile Literature Low-Literate and Illiterate Adults! Vocational * Big Bold Print * Durable Binding * Small Book Format * Flexible Delivery LRS LARGE PRINT reproductions have been helping the visually impaired student for over 30 years, but are now being used more and more for LD students as well! Teachers and other professionals, working with adults who have learning disabilities, particularly dyslexia, have been telling us that LARGE PRINT books are an educational tool, which can facilitate the initial reading process. LARGE PRINT can truly "open up the world of reading" for LD students by unjumbling words, reducing focus demand and visual delineation between the text and background, and making the tracking process easier. back to top of page back to top of page back to top of page back to top of page Our products are working for these programs, why not let them work for yours!
Animal Assisted Therapy - Jackie's List - Practitioners - Arizona and effectively visit nursing homes, hospitals and special needs schools. CompanionAnimal Association of arizona, Inc be elderly, sick, and disabled people in http://www.therapypets.com/animal-assisted-therapy-jackies-list-aaa-aat-practiti
Extractions: The Companion Animal Association of Arizona, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation whose stated mission is to enhance the quality of lives of people by promoting the Human/Companion Animal Bond and to provide support when the bond is broken. It's particular focus appears to be elderly, sick, and disabled people in hospitals, nursing homes, and other care facilities. One web page states that "CAAA continues its commitment to elderly and disabled persons with special needs relating to companion animals and the Human/Animal Bond through the Social Pet Therapy and Pet Grief Support programs. CAAA maintains a network of community volunteers and has a cooperative working relationship with agencies, organizations and veterinarians throughout the state serving persons with special needs."
Group Homes, Housing, Residential Schools & Other Links located in the beautiful Verde Valley of central arizona. special needs Trusts EmailList Milton Blackstone, Listowner Info on Homeownership for the disabled. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/2869/links.html
Extractions: The following links aren't just for autism, but rather provide information on the topics of housing, independent living for all disabled persons, special needs trusts, etc. Most of these links lead to pages outside of this website, so please bookmark this page before leaving. You can also return here by clicking on your browser's back button. Listing of a residential site or school does not constitute endorsement C A N A D A Vancouver Island Autistic Homes Society L'Arche is an international federation of communities in which people with an intellectual disability and those who chose to join them live, work and share their lives together in an atmosphere of trust, friendship, belonging and forgiveness. (Canada, Australia, Belgium and other countries worldwide) U N I T E D K I N G D O M have come together to pioneer an exciting new service for people with autism. Adult Placement Services will provide caring homes for autistic people with experienced, trained and skilled Carers and families in the community. Devon Cornwall Autistic Community Trust - The DCACT is a Registered Charity and a non-profit making Limited Company formed in 1982. Since that time the organisation has grown to establish itself as one of the country's (UK) leading service providers for people with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Now with a reputation for delivering an extensive range of very high quality services to people of all ages the DCACT continues to work towards the day when all people with ASD have their individual needs met with appropriate services.
Myth #6 : Charter Schools Promote Equity A survey of arizonas charter schools reveals of approximately 7,000 enrolled studentswere special education students meeting the needs of disabled children http://www.ctf-fce.ca/E/WHAT/NI/CHARTER/Myth6.htm
Extractions: Reality: There is growing evidence that charter schools promote inequity everywhere they have appeared. Despite their genesis in the political Right, charter school advocates have appropriated the language of the Left: "[The affluent] do not need charter schools. The poor and the disadvantaged, however, have never had such choices. It is they and their children in poor schools and programs who need charter schools." (Freedman, 1996, p. 34) Yet scratch the surface, and it becomes clear that for some proponents of charter schools and other schools of choice, equity is the problem, not the goal. According to John Chubb, the problem with public schools is that they " ‘must take whoever walks in the door.’ " (Kozol, 1993, p. 18) Who Chooses? Who Loses? Culture, Institutions, and the Unequal Effects of School Choice , the available empirical research concludes that "increasing educational choice is likely to increase separation of students by race, social class, and cultural background." (p. 189) The authors found this to be true even when choice programs are designed specifically to reduce inequities (Henig, 1996; Lee, Croninger & Smith, 1996; Martinez, Godwin & Kemerer, 1996; Waterman & Murnane, 1992; Wells, 1996; Witte, 1996) – suggesting that good intentions cannot overcome the gravitational forces of competition applied to schools.
Extractions: FAX (479) 575-4745 FOR RELEASE WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2000 tselig@comp.uark.edu Melissa Blouin, science and research communications manager, (479) 575-5555, blouin@comp.uark.edu Law Professor Lays Out The ABCs For Schools Making Discipline Decisions About Children With Disabilities A University of Arkansas law professor explains how school officials could handle each of these situations, if the children involved were disabled, under the 1997 amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Her work appears in the current issue of the Arizona Law Review IDEA was originally designed to help identify children with disabilities and provide them access to education "so that children don’t end up excluded rather than served," said Terry Seligmann, associate professor of law and director of legal research and writing. At the center of IDEA is an individual education plan (IEP) for each student, administered by a team including school officials, counselors, teachers and parents. In the 25 years since its inception, IDEA has changed many things about classroom learning for the better, Seligmann said.
Extractions: Links: Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB) - Comprehensive education and rehabilitation system serving children and adults who are deaf, blind and multidisabled. Arizona State School for the Deaf and the Blind - A non-profit state agency which specializes in the education of children and youth with hearing or vision loss throughout Arizona. California School for the Blind - Provides comprehensive educational services to students of California who are visually impaired, deaf/blind, and visually impaired/multi-handicapped from infancy through age 21. These services will be provided in order to empower students to lead vocationally, personally, and socially satisfying productive lives leading to their highest level of independence. Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind - Public residential school for students who are sensory impaired. Georgia Academy for the Blind - Georgia's only residential school for the blind. The school also has programs for deaf-blind and multidisabled children.
Extractions: New Skills for New Schools: Preparing Teachers in Family Involvement - 1997 No one method of instruction can prepare teachers to work effectively with families and communities. Instead, approaches must be comprehensive, integrated, and varied. While the general picture that emerges from the survey of teacher education programs indicates that traditional modes of instruction prevail, the study of nine programs suggests promising innovations in teaching methods. Table 12 illustrates these teaching and learning methods in relation to the framework for teacher preparation in family involvement. These programs utilized guest speakers, role play, the case method, community experiences, research with families and communities, self-reflection, and interprofessional education. TABLE 12 Teaching Methods Type Method General Family Involvement Guest speakers (Peabody College)
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Extractions: AE , a non-profit organization, was founded in 1978 to address the environmental issues that confront people with disabilities and elderly people. Adaptive Environments promotes accessibility as well as universal design through education programs, technical assistance publications and design advocacy.
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Cover Story - College Choices For Students With Special Needs many students, but for those with special needs, this shift Learning Techniques) Center(salt.arizona.edu), which has enabled thousands of disabled students to http://www.educationupdate.com/archives/2002/aug02/htmls/coverg_colleges.html
Extractions: By Zaher Karp College is the anticipated fork in the road for many students, but for those with special needs, this shift is far more uncertain. For students who suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD), dyslexia, or another learning disability, what are their postsecondary education options? Several programs and schools have been established to cater specifically to students with disabilities, including Gallaudet University, Landmark College, and the SALT program at the University of Arizona. Founded in 1864 by an act of Congress, Gallaudet University (www.gallaudet.edu) in Washington D.C. has been dedicated to the education of the deaf and hard of hearing. The bill was signed by Abraham Lincoln, and Gallaudet College was born. It remained Gallaudet College until 1986, where another act of Congress approved university status. Gallaudet University remains the only liberal arts University for the deaf in the entire world, said Mercy Coogan, a university spokesperson. This institution teaches approximately 2000 undergraduate and graduate students; numbers that were previously unimaginable from its initial enrollment of eight students. This upcoming semester, for the second time in the history of Gallaudet, hearing students will be admitted. These students have expressed a good deal of interest and are, of course, fluent in sign language. They are often the children of deaf adults.
Cover Story - College Choices For Students With Special Needs Center at the University of arizona www.salt.arizona.edu. Beyond special Ed Optionsfor disabled Adults. A BiCultural Program for Children with special needs. http://www.educationupdate.com/archives/2002/aug02/htmls/coverh_resources.html
