KinderStart - Child Development : Special Needs Child : Schools/Organizations : This category in other languages Anne Carlsen Center for Children Provides health care, education and support services for children with special needs and their families. services to developmentally disabled adults. The Elizabeth Great Barrington, massachusetts. Judge Rotenberg Educational Guide to special needs Secondary schools - Profiles of http://www.kinderstart.com/childdevelopment/specialneedschild/schoolsorganizatio
Extractions: The School program services students ages 6 - 22 with special needs. The School Program uniquely focuses on functional academics, and social and emotional development of students. It operates full-day sessions during regular school days, 180 days a year. Students are encouraged to develop listening and attention abilities that prepare them to learn important basic skills of everyday learning. Students are grouped by ability and age. In Massachusetts.
Uniquely Gifted - Resources For Gifted/Special Needs Children Online resources for families with gifted/special needs children (including learning disabilities, ADHD, Asperger Syndrome, etc.) gifted and learning disabled; however, Linda Silverman, Ph.D., Letters to schools. Legalities of Gifted/special needs in the Disabilities Association of massachusetts (LDAM) is a non http://www.uniquelygifted.org/
Extractions: Special Needs Educational Advisor Welcome to my site I hope you find it helpful. If this is your first visit, click here for a guide to the site. This site is named after the book Uniquely Gifted: Identifying and Meeting the Needs of the Twice-Exceptional Student , edited by Kiesa Kay. Twice-exceptional children (that is, intellectually gifted children with special needs such as AD/HD, learning disabilities, Asperger Syndrome, etc.) have a hard time of it in our education system - because their giftedness can mask their special needs and their special needs hide their giftedness, they are often labeled as "lazy", "unmotivated", "not trying". Many people don't even realize that a child can be both gifted and learning disabled; however, Linda Silverman, Ph.D., the director of the Gifted Development Center has found that fully 1/6 of the gifted children tested at the GDC have a learning difference of some type I am a special needs educational advisor , as well as co-founder and co-listowner of the GT-Special email list for families with gifted/special needs children - founded because my co-listowner and I needed a place where we could talk with other parents about our uniquely gifted children. I have also recently started a new list
Early Childhood Focus - News Topic: Special Needs for Children opened in Sudbury, massachusetts in December of schools Office for childrenwith special needs from birth say in care of a disabled child Submitted http://www.earlychildhoodfocus.org/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=16
Special Needs Resource Page COLETTA'S OF massachusetts special needs RESOURCE PAGE On this page we have a list of special needs resources that are available on the web and in massachusetts. massachusetts Association of Approved Private schools (MAAPS) a special needs stroller designed so the disabled can enjoy http://www.coletta.org/resource.html
Extractions: SPECIAL NEEDS RESOURCE PAGE On this page we have a list of special needs resources that are available on the web and in Massachusetts. Why don't you bookmark this page so you have a permanant resource for your special education needs. If you are a provider of special needs services send us your web address and we'll add you to our list. 639 Granite St. Fax: (617) 899-9469 The Baby Jogger Company offers a special needs stroller designed so the disabled can enjoy outdoor areas that would bog down a standard wheelchair. For information about the Special Needs III click here . To contact the Baby Jogger Company about the Special Needs III, send e-mail to Janet Bangs at
Dynamic Directory - Reference - Education - Special Education - Schools services to developmentally disabled adults. The Elizabeth Great Barrington, massachusetts. Judge Rotenberg Educational Guide to special needs Secondary schools Profiles of http://www.maximumedge.com/cgi/dir/index.cgi/Reference/Education/Special_Educati
Extractions: Anne Carlsen Center for Children - Provides health care, education and support services for children with special needs and their families. Jamestown, ND. Atlanta Speech School - Therapeutic educational center for children and adults with hearing, speech, language, or learning disabilities. Atlanta, GA. Bethany Independent School - Renowned for expertise regarding dyslexic students. Kent, UK. Brehm Preparatory School - Addresses a complete array of learning disabilities. Carbondale, IL. Bullimbal School for Special Purposes - School for students with disabilities in Australia. Calvin Academy - Provides day school, after school tutoring, and summer programs for children who are not successful in traditional k-12 classrooms including special education. Minneapolis, MN.
"Special Education Changes Take Effect" Starting Wednesday, massachusetts' schools will no longer be maximum feasible servicesto disabled students private day and residential-special-needs programs http://www.causeonline.org/MassLive12-30-01.htm
Extractions: "Special education changes take effect" by Dan Ring, December 30, 2001, from www.MassLive.com and Union News For more stories like this, visit www.EducationNews.org BOSTON Parents and advocates are deeply concerned that schools across the state will be forced to scale back services to disabled students under a new special education law that takes effect on Wednesday. The law, passed in July 2000 after years of controversy, significantly revises what was widely considered the most generous special education law in the nation. Starting Wednesday, Massachusetts' schools will no longer be mandated to provide "maximum feasible" services to disabled students. Instead, the new state law adopts the federal standard, which provides for "free and appropriate" services and is the rule in every other state. Supporters and opponents said the change will give school officials more leeway to deny costly, extra services such as private speech and occupational therapy or full-time personal classroom aides. Schools might also cut back on payments for students to enroll at private day- and residential-special-needs programs. "They have a new tool to use to limit the amount of services," said Gwen K. Gosselin of Chicopee, whose daughter, Joy, 15, has Down syndrome and attends Chicopee High School. "School systems give nothing more than the law requires. I'm going to think positive and yet be aware that it may not be positive."
Schools LD = Learning disabled, PHY HC = Physically Handicapped. massachusetts Associationof Chapter 766 Approved Private of children with special needs served in http://www.concordspedpac.org/Schools.htm
Extractions: Page Index: Massachusetts Chapter 766 Schools Religious Schools Private Schools Other Schools ... Home Schooling ADD = Attention Deficit Disorder LI = Language Impaired BD = Behaviorally Disordered NLD = Non-Verbal Learning Disabled ED = Emotionally Disturbed MHC = Multiply Handicapped LD = Learning Disabled PHY HC = Physically Handicapped Massachusetts Chapter 766 Schools
Extractions: get things done agencies elected officials Select Program Area DOE HOME Advisory Councils Board of Education Career and Technical Education Charter Schools Compliance/Monitoring Curriculum Frameworks/Institutes Dual Enrollment Early Learning Services Education Reform Educational Technology Educator Licensure Tests (MTEL) Educator Licensure Employment Opportunities ETIS Family Literacy Forms Directory General Educational Development Grants: Information Information Services Health, Safety and Student Support Services MCAS MECC - (Career Center) "No Child Left Behind" Federal Education Law Nutrition Programs Reading Office School and District Accountability School and District Profiles/Directory School Councils School Finance School-to-Career Education Security Portal Special Education Spread the Word Title I Virtual Education Space - VES Videotapes News District/School Administration Educator Services Assessment/Accountability ... Problem Resolution System Program Quality Assurance Services Compliance and Monitoring April 2002 Dear Interested Parties: Approved Massachusetts In-State Day and Residential Private Special Education School Programs This directory has been updated to reflect the current tuition rates which are set by the Operational Services Division of the Executive Office of Administration and Finance, and includes new private day and residential programs that the Department of Education has recently approved pursuant to 603 CMR 18.00 and 28.09.
Reforms Crucial To Special Education schools remain receptive to disabled youngsters, they Teachers of special needs childrenhave precious talents 1000 massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington DC 20001 http://www.cato.org/current/school-choice/pubs/gryphon-020614.html
Extractions: Terrorism North Korea ... El Cato by Marie Gryphon June 14, 2002 Marie Gryphon is a policy analyst with the Cato Institute's Center for Educational Freedom. The Washington Education Association recently released a survey revealing that two-thirds of the state's special education teachers plan to quit over the next five years. Teachers of special needs children cited excessive paperwork and too many meetings as leading reasons for their decision to hit the road, exacerbating a serious existing shortage of qualified personnel. Predictably, the WEA used these results to call for two favorite union remedies, higher pay and smaller class sizes. Union President Charles Hasse said the survey confirms "a compensation and workload crisis among special ed staff." In fact, Washington's teachers and students would benefit most from a rarer prescription - fundamental reform. Washington is held hostage to a federal statute that governs nearly every aspect of special education. Passed in 1975, the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA) mandates a complex series of meetings, paperwork, notice requirements and legalistic due process procedures for developing each disabled child's educational plan. While IDEA played a positive role in opening the doors of public schools to disabled children, the statute is a disaster when it comes to the thing parents need most: peaceful, efficient provision of high-quality educational services.
Group Homes, Housing, Residential Schools & Other Links (Independent living homeownership) (massachusetts). 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.
Boston Public Schools : Opportunities for $771,409, from the massachusetts Department of Awards for special needs EducatorsAbleNets TriStar and learning among significantly disabled students. http://www.bpsgrants.org/opps/mar1_2002.htm
Education, General And Special Peabody, massachusetts 01960 USA; Central Institute for the SDSU disabled StudentServices San Diego State for students and youth with special needs in schools http://www.kansas.net/~cbaslock/educat.html
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.
NEA: Questions And Answers 17 of 46 charters reported serving disabled children; only from school year '9596of massachusetts charter schools 50% had one or no special needs students; 2 http://www.nea.org/issues/charter/accnt98.html
Extractions: For and About Members Help for Parents Press Center Legislative Action Center ... Vouchers Updated: Dec 10, 2002 Charter Schools Research NEA Resources Other Resources April 1998 Accountability in charter schools is a bottom line concern in this new experiment in public schooling. Charter schools receive freedom and autonomy in exchange for improvements in learning and climate. Are charter schools indeed accountable to their constituencies: students, their parents, and the taxpaying public at large? This paper looks at the issue of accountability in three broad categories: student learning; equity concerns, and public accountability. In each category, the goal is to raise points that can, in the long run, lead to the weakening of this experiment. Policymakers owe it to students, their parents, educators and the public to ensure that charter laws and the oversight of charter implementation will lead to strong performance and equitable outcomes for all involved. I. Student Learning II. Equity Concerns III. Public Accountability IV. Resources Standards Not Clear.
TRI Online! Disability Links - Parent Advcocacy/Special Education Building Inclusive schools and Instructional Series. Loving Your disabled Child California (CPRC Federation for Children with special needs - massachusetts. http://www.taconicresources.net/resources/pa-ed.shtml
Extractions: General Resources: Exceptional Parent Magazine TRI Online! Bookstore - Books About Self-Advocacy. The Parent Advocate News. The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates. ... HipMag Online. Interactive web site for deaf children. Internet Resources for Special Children. For all the Special Kids of the World. The Family Village. Children with Disabilities. ... Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Site 1. Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Site 2. Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Site 3. The Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998. Section 504 Regulations. Neighborhood Legal Services: New York State Guidelines to Allow for the Transfer of Assistive Technology When a Student Moves from School Jurisdiction to Higher Education, Other Human Services Agency or Employment. Resources for Disabled and Special Needs Children. ... The Association for Special Kids. An organization that helps families with special needs children set up individual financial plans. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Parents' Guide to the Development of Preschool Children with Disabilities: Resources and Services.
Boston Child Health | Patient Care Services instances can provide advocacy for special needs children who Provides informationand advocacy to disabled individuals in massachusetts, in order http://www.bostonchildhealth.org/services/Specialty/CCP/organizations.html
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Massachusetts for parents of children with special needs served in the results of the Private specialEducation School vehicle to the massachusetts disabled community and http://mass.uniquelygifted.org/
Extractions: Uniquely Gifted Massachusetts Please note: Being listed here is not per se an endorsement of any particular site or email list. I have included annotations for those sites or lists that I am familiar with and strongly recommend. The Federation for Children with Special Needs (FCSN) provides useful parent workshops and has a lot of useful information at their website
Special Ed Gender Gap Stirs Worry in 8 children, in US public schools was disabled enough to require special educationin In massachusetts, a greater share of children were placed in special http://www.bridges4kids.org/articles/7-02/BostonGlobe7-8-02.html
Extractions: Lead Poisoning Positive Behavior Support Community Schools Where to find help for a child in Michigan - click here Breaking News What's New? Help ... Text Menu Last Updated: Article of Interest - Special Education Special Ed Gender Gap Stirs Worry Some say boys singled out for wrong reasons. by Anand Vaishnav, Globe Staff and Bill Dedman, Boston Globe Correspondent, The Boston Glove, Public schools in Massachusetts and nationwide place twice as many boys as girls in special education, a gender gap that extends from the biggest cities to the toniest suburbs to the tiniest towns, according to a Globe analysis of state and federal data. But the size of the gender disparity in special education is not uniform from district to district. For example, for children diagnosed as emotionally disturbed, one special-education category, boys make up 90 percent of emotionally disturbed students in Kansas City, but only 55 percent in Milwaukee. The more subjective the diagnosis of the student, the wider the gender gap, records show. In Massachusetts schools, boys are slightly more likely than girls to be identified with hearing or vision problems, and 11/2 times as likely to be retarded. But boys are twice as likely to be labeled with a learning disability, and more than three times as likely to be called emotionally disturbed.
