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Mental Factors of No Importance
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- Published: Tuesday, 09 June 2020 01:33
There are few things I enjoy more in a scientific document than a particularly punchy patch of purple prose....
SPECIAL EDUCATION NEWS FROM AROUND THE NET
Bureau of Indian Education Shortchanges Students With Disabilities
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- Published: Thursday, 04 June 2020 20:00
Authors: Education Week
Inadequate monitoring and a lack of qualified staff left the bureau unable to ensure that thousands of special education students received the services they were due under federal law, a Government Accountability Office reports finds....
Virtual IEP Meetings: A 6-Step Guide for Parents and Teachers
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- Published: Thursday, 28 May 2020 20:00
Authors: Education Week
A new resource offers tips on how to keep Individualized Education Program meetings focused and on-schedule....
Groups Seek to Ease Spec. Ed. Funding Mandate as Schools Respond to Pandemic
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- Published: Tuesday, 26 May 2020 20:00
Authors: Education Week
A coalition of education organizations wants Congress to waive a provision in federal law requiring districts to keep special education funding level from year to year regardless of budget pressures....
Illinois Taking a Strong Stand Against Disability Discrimination during COVID Pandemic
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- Published: Monday, 04 May 2020 23:30
Authors: Special Education Law Blog
Illinois lags in so many ways but for once I am proud to be an Illinoisan. They have taken a strong stance against disability discrimination at this time of COVID. Still have much to worry about but perhaps this statement of policy will help my son and others who are so vulnerable even on a good day....
Betsy DeVos Sees 'No Reason' to Waive Core Elements of Special Education Law
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- Published: Sunday, 26 April 2020 20:00
Authors: Education Week
Congress should not grant flexibility from the federal special education law's key components due to the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has told federal lawmakers....
Autism Amid Uncertainty: Expert Advice for Parents and Teachers
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- Published: Tuesday, 21 April 2020 20:00
Authors: Education Week
A leading autism researcher and former special education teacher offers advice to help students cope with the abrupt changes brought on by the novel coronavirus outbreak....
Defining Intelligence: “It’s a trap!”
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- Published: Sunday, 19 April 2020 15:29
It is a favourite debating ploy in discussions about human intelligence to ask for a definition of the construct....
Special Ed. Administrators Press Congress for IDEA Waivers During Pandemic
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- Published: Wednesday, 15 April 2020 20:00
Authors: Education Week
The requests put the nation's special education administrators in conflict with disability rights advocates who fear waivers will place millions of special education students at risk....
Arts Of Life: A Place of Creativity and Belonging
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- Published: Monday, 13 April 2020 10:00
Authors: Special Education Law Blog
It is hard to believe that for nearly the last 6 years my son has been a participant in an amazing program called Arts of Life at the Glenview, Illinois campus. This program has given real meaning to my son's life and an outlet for his creativity, a place to belong and be social. He has been repeatedly...
COVID Requires Some Creativity from Schools
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- Published: Sunday, 12 April 2020 16:34
Authors: Special Education Law Blog
Many schools are and have not been creative in how they plan or deliver instruction for children with special needs. Under ordinary circumstances that is a problem. Today lacking in creativity is the difference between students with special needs getting something from their education and getting literally...
How are school SLPs handling their caseload during the Covid 19 crisis?
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- Published: Saturday, 11 April 2020 08:40
Authors: The School Speech Therapist
We’ve been out of school now for 4 weeks here in the northeast because of Covid 19. While I only have a small private practice that I put on hold, I have been wondering how school speech language pathologists across the country are managing their caseloads, especially tho...
Just in Time: a Resource Hub on Remote Learning for Special Education Students
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- Published: Tuesday, 07 April 2020 20:00
Authors: Education Week
Nearly 30 disability rights and education advocacy organizations have launched a new resource hub and online network designed to help special educators during the coronavirus crisis....
Education Groups Seek Over $200 Billion in New Coronavirus Emergency Aid
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- Published: Monday, 06 April 2020 20:00
Authors: Education Week
The two national teachers' unions and other prominent groups are seeking $175 billion for state K-12 budgets, $13 billion in dedicated aid for special education, and more to help schools deal with the coronavirus....
How to Handle IEPs During the Coronavirus Crisis? Some Expert Advice
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- Published: Thursday, 02 April 2020 20:00
Authors: Education Week
Very carefully, experts say, while understanding that federal laws governing special education were not written with online education in mind....
Fierce Debate as DeVos Weighs Schools' Obligations to Students With Disabilities
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- Published: Monday, 30 March 2020 20:00
Authors: Education Week
Amid coronavirus-related school closures, advocates worry Education Secretary Betsy DeVos may waive requirements of special education law if Congress signs off. Schools say it's difficult to meet some requirements during the pandemic....
COVID-19 Cannot be a Time of No Education for Students with Special Needs
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- Published: Monday, 23 March 2020 15:16
Authors: Special Education Law Blog
It appears that this pandemic of COVID-19 is a time that lawmakers such as Senator Lamar Alexander and others are ready and willing to basically exempt school districts from their obligations under IDEA. At this time our students need more not less education and more creative solutions. Elearning will not be the...
FDA Bans Use of Shock Therapy at School for Students With Special Needs
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- Published: Wednesday, 04 March 2020 19:00
Authors: Education Week
The FDA estimates that between 45 and 50 students at a Massachusetts school for students with autism, emotional disturbances, and intellectual disabilities are subjected to electrical shocks through electrodes attached to their skin....
The Marshalla Guide: Book Review
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- Published: Monday, 02 March 2020 17:50
Authors: The School Speech Therapist
I was recently asked to review a new book. The Marshalla Guide A Topical Anthology of Speech Movement Techniques for Motor Speech Disorder and Articulation Deficits By Pam Marshalla, M.A., CCC-SLP. Being fairly familiar with the quality of Pam Marshalla’s previous wor...
Review of Wordtivities by SPELL-Links
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- Published: Sunday, 23 February 2020 10:41
Authors: Smart Speech Therapy LLC
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Today I am reviewing a newly released (2019) kit (instructional guide and cards) from the Learning By Design, Inc. entitled Wordtivities: Word Study Instruction for Spelling, Vocabulary, and Reading.
The 101-page instructional guide was created to address the...
