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Extractions: classroom This article originally appeared in the January-February 2003 issue of the Children's Advocate , published by Action Alliance for Children. Valerie is passionate about music, loves parties, and enjoys hanging out with friends. Shes a doting big sister and an avid Giants fan. Shes also severely disabled. A disease called Rhett Syndrome robs her body of all voluntary movement except for minimal use of one hand. She eats with feeding tubes and communicates with a voice output device. With the help of adaptive technology, Valerie is performing on grade level in regular classes in a San Francisco public school. Her mom, Audrey deChadenedes, fought hard to get her into regular classes. "I wanted Valerie to be part of the community at school and feel comfortable in the world," she says. "When I was growing up, I never saw disabled kids, and that wasnt right. The world is full of all kinds of people, and they all have value. Kids should learn that." "Inclusive education"
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Extractions: A personal support network is made up of individuals who will check with you in an emergency to ensure you are O.K. and to give assistance if needed. This network can consist of friends, roommates, family members, relatives, personal attendants, co-workers and neighbors. Some people rely on personal assistance services (attendants). This type of assistance may not be available after a major quake. Therefore it is vital that your personal support network consist of different people than those who are your personal attendants. If you employ a personal attendant or use the services of a home health agency or other type of in-home service, discuss with these people a plan for what you will do in case of an emergency. How will you get along in an emergency for as long as 7 days? A critical element to consider in your emergency planning is the establishment of a personal support network. Even if you do not use a personal attendant, it is important to consider having a personal support network to assist you in coping with an emergency. Do not depend on any one person.
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Extractions: YCOE DEPARTMENTS Superintendent's Office - Click for more information. The County Superintendent administers all County Office of Education programs. The County Office's mission is to meet current and future needs of Yolo County by no description Administrative Services Division - Click for more information.
SJCOE / 2002 Annual Report To The Community developmentally or communicatively disabled, emotionally disturbed of additionalspecial needs children through of california or california State University http://www.sjcoe.org/2002Report/page04.html
Extractions: San Joaquin County Office of Education operates many student-focused programs t various sites throughout the country for students from birth to 22 years. These programs serve infants, toddlers, children, and youth who have been referred for services, requested voluntary placement, or are part of a regional service. Alternative Programs serve approximately 5,000 students. Approximately 1,300 students are served on a daily basis at 34 two- and three-teacher sites. Students come to these programs by various ways, including referral by probation, expulsions from their district of residence, referral by a Student Attendance Review Board, or at the request of their parents. More than 60 percent of the students in the "one.Program" are there by parent request.
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Extractions: Tuning up the IDEA You can't legislate backbone Inclusion: The key is individualization Professional development can ease adjustment ... Are minorities overrepresented in special ed? Inclusion can be extremely rewarding for general education teachers, but it can also be challenging and sometimes downright difficult. Mia Peoples and Sam, who's autistic, take turns tracing each other's outline during an art lesson at Melvin Elementary School in Reseda. At one recent meeting, the inclusion of special-needs students was described as one of the top concerns of classroom teachers today. For some students, appropriate inclusion might mean sitting in a general education class with a special education teacher or an instructional aide nearby. For other students, appropriate inclusion might mean special day class, with the exception of lunch, recess, art, music or assemblies. "The key is to meet the individual needs of each student," says Patty Arvin, a special education teacher in Fairfield and a member of the Solano County Education Association. "There is a tendency for people to define the 'least restrictive environment' as equaling full inclusion. I would prefer that we use the term 'appropriate inclusion' because that's what best meets the needs of the individual child."
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Extractions: Find out about service opportunities in USC's community. For students, faculty and staff. Disabled The AUHSD transition project assists high school special education students. The USC Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy was initially funded to provide project services through the support of three large training grants from the U.S. Department of Education. Project activities are directed toward the implementation of occupational therapy services for students in the public schools and preparing USC occupational therapy students for school-based practice.
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Extractions: ELK GROVE By London Roberts Three California schools and one school district have been recognized for outstanding collaborations between regular and special education. The collaborations are geared toward helping students with learning disabilities find success in the general classroom setting. "These model projects are powerful examples of the efficacy of…[the] collaboration [between special and general education], and we believe they can and should be replicated in other schools and districts," said Scott Flemming, Program Manager in Education for the Schwab Foundation. The district gathered a group of ninety professionals, who met for more than two years in developing Neverstreaming. The core of the program is based on early intervention for potentially learning disabled students. Martin Cavanaugh, Assistant Superintendent, Student Services, explained: "The concept is really designed for frontloading preventative services…[before significant failure occurs]. Neverstreaming, as the name implies, means never allowing the child to leave the advantage of the mainstream in the first place…[In] typical education, with what we call mainstreaming, you’d identify…[students] with a particular problem, remove them from the class after they had failed and become eligible for special ed services, and then work to…get them back into the regular ed program. This program…[provides] preventative services early on in the…[need cycle]."
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Extractions: March 3, 1999 Rojas' proposal for disabled students stirs up doubts Parents and child advocates welcome a proposal by San Francisco schools chief Bill Rojas to move thousands of kids with learning difficulties into mainstream classes, but doubt the district can make such an untried program work. A day after Rojas announced a ''difficult and drastic'' plan to move as many special education children as possible into mainstream classrooms within two years, a consensus was emerging: Full inclusion is a great concept but a major challenge fraught with risk. The most common fear among parents and educators is that learning-impaired kids will be plunked down in classrooms with teachers unprepared to handle their needs. ''Philosophically, I support inclusion 1,000 percent,'' said Pat Mejia, whose 12-year-old daughter Nina is deaf and has an array of learning disabilities. ''On the other hand, I know from years of experience that general education teachers are not trained to work with kids like Nina. ''She's a really neat kid, and she's bright,'' Mejia continued. ''But teachers who haven't been trained aren't able to tap into her brightness. All they see when they look at her is a disability.''
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA VOLUNTEER INFORMATION CENTER This site provides a directory to volunteer opportunities in the San Francisco Bay Area.Category Regional North America california Counties Santa Clara AASK ADOPT A special KID; AFRICAN IMMIGRANT AND DIABLO VALLEY LITERACY COUNCIL;disabled SPORTS USA THE FLYING DOCTORS ; LUPUS FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN california; http://www.volunteerinfo.org/
Extractions: The purpose of this Web publication is to provide information about volunteer opportunities in the SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA . Hopefully, volunteerism will be stimulated and facilitated by letting potential volunteers know about the wide range of opportunities open to them and by giving Bay Area non-profit organizations a means of publishing their goals and needs. If you are considering volunteering we hope the following information helps you find the opportunity you are looking for. Volunteers are needed to do just about anything from repairing computers to picking fruit to making sandwiches. Time commitments can range from a few hours for a single project to as much time as you have available. Try something new. Learn new skills and meet new people. If you find these pages useful or would like to comment, please give us some feedback and sign our Guestbook Click here to see the organizations listed by Bay Area geographical region or use the following alphabetical listing.
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Extractions: One-hour tours of the permanent collection are available throughout the year for groups of five or more people with visual or hearing impairments, emotional, physical, or learning disabilities, as well as for youth at risk. Twice a month, special-needs visitors are offered an extended program consisting of a lecture, a tour, and an art workshop. Visitors with Visual Impairments
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Extractions: Public Education Issues Effects of Class Size Education and Technology School Violence and Discipline Special Education Education and Disabled Students Student and School Performance Little Correlation Between Achievement And School Honors Children From Poor Backgrounds Lose Reading Skills in Summer Peer Pressure Affects Academic Performance Taking A Second Look At School Attendance ... Some Bright Spots In U.S. Education
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California Department Of Education Home Page Special Education Eligibility criteria for specific learning disabled students were their report tothe california Department of Education and the special Education Division. http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/resource.htm
Extractions: California Department of Education Home Page Special Education Division Home Page Help Resources Information Publications Training and Technical Assistance Opportunities Recruitment Special Education Links for Families and Professionals Statewide Assessment California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA) Will be an alternate to California's Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) and will meet the requirement for an alternate assessment Accommodation-Modification Terminology and Matrix This tool may be used to help inform practitioners of the terminology and categorization concerning specific test conditions. Guidance for STAR Out-of-Level Testing New State Board of Education Policy Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Guidance on State and District-wide Assessments The OSERS has published guidance about provisions in IDEA '97 related to students with disabilities and state and district-wide assessments. Differential Proficiency Standards and the High School Exit Exam This official memorandum discusses local district options regarding application of local differential proficiency assessments and answers questions about the high school exit examinations and students with disabilities.
Minority Students In Special And Gifted Education expanding category of learning disabled. Indeed, special Harry Professor of specialEducation Department Sociology University of california Berkeley Donald L http://www4.nas.edu/news.nsf/isbn/0309074398?OpenDocument
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Extractions: November 9, 2002 Contact: Marsha D. Mitchell Communications Manager SCLARC Unveils New Teen Self-Sufficiency Program In an on going effort to provide information and educational services to the developmentally disabled and delayed as well as those youngsters who have learning disabilities, a $1 million will be disbursed over a three year period to fund numerous SCLARC projects and programs. The Long term Family Self-Sufficiency Community-based Teen Services Program grant, a direct result of the Welfare to Work reform movement, offers a unique opportunity to address the needs of individuals in a holistic way. This grant creates a unifying goal for the different agencies involved in providing health, human, and educational services to individuals with special needs. Historically, teens are the one segment of the welfare population that has been ignored in terms of providing services to help them succeed and escape the cycles of poverty and violence. Therefore, in an effort to help teens with special needs become familiar with consequences of delinquent behaviors, teen pregnancy, alcoholism, and involvement in the juvenile justice system, this grant was developed to provide the educational tools and life skills that will enable them to successfully transition into adulthood.
