Special Needs Family Friendly Fun - Rehab Rehabilitation adults with disabilities or special needs and their seniors, caregivers, and thosewho are disabled! http//www.warmsprings.org west virginia Division of http://www.family-friendly-fun.com/links/rehabrehabilitation.html
Extractions: Our mission is to: enable families with special needs to share their experiences by subscribing to our newsletter , joining our eGroup forum, talking in our chat room and posting to our bulletin board ; offer information on a wide variety of family fun and special needs topics ; and facilitate access via rings and links to websites relevant to special needs families. Adoption Arts Crafts Babies Charities ... Work at home Other important Rehab Rehabilitation links:
Questions Submitted By Senator Ted Stevens vision care for families with special needs in the Vision Services for the disabled.LCIFrecently Illinois, Oregon, Washington State, west virginia and are http://www.lcif-openingeyes.org/senate2.html
Extractions: Questions Submitted by Senator Ted Stevens Questions Submitted to James Ervin Questions. Lions Clubs International is to be commended for the tremendous philanthropic work it performs internationally, and particularly for their support of the Special Olympics Opening Eyes Program. If a federal matching grant program could be created, would the Lions be interested in participating so that vision care programs for persons with mental retardation could indeed be extended globally? Answer. It was a great honor to have the opportunity to speak before your subcommittee on Monday, March 5, in Anchorage. And I'm delighted to provide ideas on how Lions Clubs International can expand its vision care programs in both the USA and internationally, to focus on the unmet needs of mentally retarded children and adults. INTRODUCTION We are very excited about the clinical model used at Lions- sponsored Opening Eyes events at Special Olympic games. It's a highly replicable model that can be incorporated into our existing vision care programs worldwide. Additionally, our Lions Clubs International
ACRES: Conference: Details has taught mildly and moderately disabled students in of Kentucky; Barbara Ludlow,west virginia University; Joan meet the needs of Rural special Education and http://extension.usu.edu/acres/details.html
Extractions: Your Best Opportunity To: Form an important network of resource people. Select from over 50 concurrent sessions focusing on critical issues in rural special education. Hear a distinguished keynote address challenging you to excel in the 21st century. Network with Roundtable Discussion leaders about "Teaching Treasures". Participate in poster presentations featuring recent research and successful models.
Testimony Of Dr. John Lawrence in both state and federal special education funds When west virginia schools triedto use the Vermont school school based claims for poor disabled students for http://edworkforce.house.gov/hearings/107th/edr/idea41802/lawrence.htm
Extractions: United States House of Representatives April 18, 2002 Thank you Chairman Boehner and members of the committee for this opportunity to discuss the most important federal education law, the Individuals with Disabilities education act, IDEA. I am John Lawrence, the Superintendent of the Troy Missouri Public schools. I am completing my 18th year as superintendent in Troy, which is unusual in this day of rapid voluntary and involuntary turnover in the superintendency. I was also recently elected president elect of AASA, which is why I am here today representing AASA members across the country. Troy is a growing school district which used to be thought of as far outside of St. Louis, but now is part of the greater metropolitan area. Like most of the country the people of Troy are very supportive of their public schools. The support comes with very high expectations to deliver a quality education to all children. Like the parents of disabled children everywhere, the parents of disabled students in Troy demand and we provide excellent services for disabled students. I would like to begin with some general observations that we at AASA have gathered over the past two years, as we prepared for the reauthorization. First the thing that stands out most for me after 28 years in public education is that we have over six million children receiving services usually in the general classroom who are succeeding in every sense of the word. Students who were once warehoused in state schools are graduating from high school and going on to college or training for rewarding careers in fields that do not require a bachelors degree.
EASI Equal Access To Software And Informatipm Thematic Science) science mentor teachers in west virginia attended a there to talkabout the learning disabled or the up over 60% of the special needs students http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv04n4/article4.html
Extractions: ejpyle@wvnvaxa.wvnet.edu How teachers construct and interpret curricula at the classroom level is determined by years of experience as students and as teachers. The lenses through which teaching experiences are viewed have been s haped by educators' recollections from childhood, as well as a certain amount of nostalgia for the past. The underpinning of these recollections of experience include assumptions and beliefs about how students learn and about how schooling practices "should be" i n order to facilitate student learning. Assumptions must be examined in order to facilitate change in how curricula is developed an d enacted, as well as to create opportunities for meaningful learning by all students. The purpose of this paper is to describe a novel approach to the preparation of science and special education teachers in the constr uction of curricula for science classrooms that include Grade 4 - 8 students with disabilities. Our basic mission is to include stu dents with disabilities by design and collaboration, rather than by modification of existing curricula or lessons. Specific objectives include: (a) describing the activities of the project, (b) describing current research trajectories with respec t to the effectiveness of the project, and (c) discussing implications of the research trajectories for science and special educators as they relate the dual processes of science curriculum reform and inclusive special education service delivery.
Therapy/Respite Camps: Kids With Autism And Other Special Needs Information about summer camps for kids with autism and other special needs in the US.Category Health Mental Health Services United States and offers expanded opportunities for additional respite activities for those inthe disabled community and their Camp Easter Seal East west, in virginia. http://wmoore.net/therapy.html
Extractions: Therapy/Respite Camps for Kids This page evolves as people tell me about new camps, so if you know of camps that are not listed here, please email me so I can get the information posted here. If you direct a camp that would like a simple WWW page that describes your camp, I'll be pleased to put one up just email a description of the camp to me. Also, please let me know about any other WWW resources to which I should have a link. Thanks! Information about summer camps that focus on therapy for kids with special needs and/or respite for the kids and their families. I have broken it into national categories and regional categories in the USA: Apologies in advance if my sense of these regions differs from yours! I also have some links to other potentially useful pages Connecticut Camp Horizons provides winter weekend get-a-ways, a week long holiday event, and 8 weeks of residential summer camp for children and adults who are mild to moderately mentally handicapped. In South Windham, CT. Camp Hemlocks , in Hebron, is a rustic, barrier-free, year-round camping facility which provides recreational, educational and social programs for children and adults with disabilities and their families.
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EDUCATIONAL PROVIDERS providing services to children with disabilities or special needs. and documentationfor the elderly and disabled. service required by a west virginia resident http://www.hardycountyschools.com/educatpro.htm
Extractions: Number of School There are six schools located in Hardy County. These include East Hardy Early/Middle School, East Hardy High School, God's Way Christian School (Private), Moorefield Elementary School, Moorefield High School, and Moorefield Middle School. Source hitp://wvde.state.wv.us/ed directory/office.html June, 2000 Governing Board The five members that comprise the Hardy County Schools' Board of Education are as follows: Max E. Park, Philip D. Fertig, Ray C. Funkhouser, Kenneth L. Pack Jr., and J Hunter Williams-President. The Superintendent of Hardy County Schools is Ronald Whetzel. Source http://wvde.state.wv.us/ed_directory/office.html June, 2000 Post Secondary South Branch Vocational Technical Center The South Branch Vocational Technical Center (SBVTC) is located in Petersburg, WV and was established in 1970. It provides a choice of 10 educational courses to both high school and adult students. Over 300 students from Moorefield High School, Pendleton County High School, Petersburg High School, and Union Educational Complex attend this center daily. Source http://wvde.state.wv.us/ed_directory/office.html
West Virginia Community Voices population was enrolled in the Medicare disabled Program, the that this is a problemeverywhere in west virginia. Care Coordination for special needs Children. http://www.wvvoices.org/summary/environment.php
Extractions: The West Virginia Community Voices project aims to Focus its efforts on a four-county region of West Virginia that includes about 300,000 people, or 17 percent of the state's total population, including a minority population of 23,000 that represents about one-third of the state's total minority population; Plan for a system of health care services for poor and underserved people that meet their needs for affordable and accessible health care;
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Policy Brief: Charter Schools Charter schools serving disabled and disadvantaged students will receive a share ofstate and federal monies and resources for special populations west virginia. http://www.ael.org/rel/policy/charter.htm
Extractions: AEL's Region Minnesota passed the first charter school legislation in 1991. Seven years later, about three-fifths of the states had followed suit. In 1999, President Clinton announced federal aid to 32 states that had applied for charter school funds. Existing programs were granted a total of $54 million dollars, and $41 million dollars was earmarked for start up grants for the express purpose of increasing the number of charter schools from the more than 1,700 that currently exist to 3,000 by the year 2001. Policymakers in AEL's region (Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia) have approached legislation more cautiously. This issue of Policy Briefs provides an overview of charter school legislation, looks at concerns specific to AEL's region, and reports on the status of charter school legislation in four states. What are charter schools?
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Inclusive Curricula: Science And Special Educational Needs Inclusive Curricula Science and special Educational needs The World Wide Web contains plenty of information about science and about special educational needs as separate teaching and learning issues. pupils' needs, opportunities west virginia University website offering strategies, organisations, resources, books and videos of interest to teachers of science to students with special educational needs, http://www.tomwilson.com/david/InclusiveCurricula/Sc.htm
Extractions: Inclusive Curricula: Science and Special Educational Needs Home The World Wide Web contains plenty of information about science and about special educational needs as separate teaching and learning issues. The implications of SEN for Science attract relatively sparse attention, which is why the present website seeks to redress the deficit. Teaching materials Provision and practice Professional development Special schools ... Top Teaching materials Top Provision and practice Planning, teaching and assessing the curriculum for pupils with learning difficulties: Science : National Curriculum website: Introduction, Responding to pupils' needs, opportunities and activities at key stage 1-4, performance descriptions. Inclusive Science and Special Educational Needs : An Association for Science Education/ National Association for Special Educational Needs collaboration project.
Family Support And Disabilities/Special Needs Family Support and Disabilities/special needs Program Models. the voices of the disabledheard concerning effort coordinated by the west virginia Governors http://www.frca.org/lcenter/showtopic.php?action=viewprog&categoryid=28
APH Ex Officio Trustees: States Q-Z OF EDUCATION Mrs. Belinda westO'Neal Director, special Education Department virginiaSchool for the Deaf, Blind, Multi-disabled 700 Shell Rd. west virginia. http://www.aph.org/fedquotpgm/statesq-z.html
West Virginia Healthy People 2010 Objectives Mary Nunn, MA, Assistant Director, Office of special Education, WVDOE Jeff LindbergD and Putnam J. The Developmentally disabled of west virginia A Profile http://www.wvdhhr.org/bph/hp2010/objective/6.htm
Extractions: Credits 6 - Disability and Secondary Conditions Objectives References According to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, a person is considered as having a "disability" if he or she meets at least one of the following criteria: (1) He or she has a physical or cognitive impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities; (2) he or she has a record of such an impairment, and/or (3) he or she is regarded as having such an impairment. The U.S. Census of 1990 reports that 35% of West Virginians are identified as having a disability. Of those, 19% are rated as severe. Approximately 3% of this population have difficulty with self-care, a major quality of life area. Survey research conducted by Keith and Stewart in 1992 found that approximately one-third of West Virginia households included a person with an identified disability. Of the adults who responded to this survey, one in five reported requiring professional care for their disability. Primary disabilities with concomitant chronic health problems and physical limitations occur within the aging population of West Virginia. Additionally, poverty, low educational levels, lack of prenatal care, and teenage pregnancies may contribute to high incidences of disability among infants born in the state.
CEO Forum Reports 18 west virginia, specifically, experienced acrossthe significant benefits forspecial needs students, including learning disabled, low achieving http://www.ceoforum.org/reports.cfm?CID=5&RID=6
*Imagine* Links To G/T Organizations Association for the Gifted; west virginia Association for Group for Gifted/LearningDisabled; Uniquely Gifted Resources for Gifted/special needs Children; http://cty.jhu.edu/imagine/linkG.htm
Extractions: AAMR Celebrating 125 Years of Vision and Professional Leadership The Lewin Group Focused Research and Reporting on Critical Developmental Disability Issues Search Results You are viewing the current Volume: and current Issue: State Date Received Topic Issue California Improving access to the justice system for people with disabilities People attending the Abuse of Children and Adults with Disabilities Conference in Riverside praised the Crime Victims with Disabilities Initiative, a statewide program to improve access to the justice system for people with disabilities. People with disabilities are victims of violent crime more often than people in the general population. However, their cases are prosecuted 14 times less often. Crime-victim specialists believe the new program helped in 22 cases that would not have been prosecuted otherwise. Each case led to a conviction. (San Jose Mercury News, 3/18/03). Maryland Identifying and educating gifted students with learning disabilities Massachusetts Governor proposes closing six residential centers for people with MR In the midst of a state budget crisis, Governor Romney has proposed closing Massachusetts six residential campuses that house about 1,200 people with mental retardation. For the most part, current residents of the centers would be transferred to community-based settings. Some advocates support the proposal, citing the increased mobility and independence community living can bring. However, others are staunchly against the governors proposal, arguing some people with MR have needs that cannot be accommodated in a group home setting. Moreover, some people are concerned the government has not invested enough money into developing group homes to accommodate the large influx of newcomers. (The Boston Globe, 3/20/03).
