41. Special Educational Programs - Community Services Directory - Claiborne Parish, PO Box 600 Homer, louisiana 71040 Ofc The following special education and supplementalservices are offered Autism, Mentally disabled, Behavior disordered http://www.claiborneone.org/csd-edu2.html

Claiborne Parish Schools Louisiana Technical College Universities Special Programs ... Main Directory Index Information Shown on These Pages - Subject to Change Without Notice Please Send Images, Email Addresses and URL's Tech Prep Program Title I Programs Vocational Education ... Youth Programs CLAIBORNE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Shelley McKean, Principal , M.A. Director 418 East Main Street Annex Building P.O. Box 600 Homer, Louisiana 71040 Ofc 318-927-4600 / 318-927-2496 Fax 318-927-9005 HOURS: 8:00AM- 4:00PM 24 hours emergency calls Counseling services for children ages 4 - 18 are provided. Requests come from parents, school officials (in conjunction with parent's request), and state agencies. Major portions of funding for the program come from State Office of Mental Health. The program receives Medicaid and non-Medicaid funding. Salaries are paid through the CPSB. State funding goes to administrative overlay and salaries. Visits are made in both the schools and home. Ten schools are included and visits are made once or twice per week. A minimal staff of 15 is employed. Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and family counselors are employed. Conflict resolution, fitting into current structure, dealing with stress, parenting skills, changing needs, and managers deal with needs management of families and children.

42. Support Worker - Special Needs Headline News & Resources 3/16/2003 It appears that louisiana was slightly care for their developmentally disabledchildren as an appropriate education for their specialneeds children. http://www.supportworker.com/

Wednesday 4/9/03 HOME ABOUT CONTACT PRIVACY ... SITE MAP Search WWW Support Worker Support Worker Daily Headline News from the web Children Often Stuck `Cycling Through The System' Tampa Tribune, FL, 4/8/2003 Katie says she has lost count of how many times she has called police to take her 9-year-old son to a crisis center under Florida's Baker Act. It happened at least 15 times last year and the year before, according to Pasco County sheriff's records. “Shyness gene” discovered Health-News.co.uk, U.K., 4/8/2003 Israeli scientists say they have identified a gene that appears to confer shyness in young children. Physical Mimicry of Others Jump-starts Key Brain Activity ScienceBlog.com, 4/8/2003 The findings explain why humans vary in their ability to understand the pain, joy and anger of others, and how damage to this neural circuit might impair the ability to empathize with the emotions of others, as often seen in patients with autism, a socially isolating psychiatric disease Bill Would Force Out Autism Lawsuits Newsday, 4/8/2003

43. Staff in louisiana who have special health care LaTAN (louisiana Assistive Technology AccessNetwork) – Serving TWIN CITIES MAYORS’ COMMITTEE FOR THE disabled. http://www.fhfla.org/fhfnela/programs.php

Home About Us Donation Form Programs ... Project PROMPT Programs Families Helping Families of Northeast Louisiana, Inc. offers the following services: Information and Referral – provide a variety of information on disabilities and will refer you to other organizations for more information. Information about Services – provide information on the services that are available in Region VIII. Support Groups – support groups in Region VIII parishes where parents can get together to share experiences, decrease isolation, and gain understanding. Parent-to-Parent Support – We offer formal training and informal presentations. We offer support by phone or in person to individuals who need to talk to another parent who “has been there”. We link families with similar situations locally or statewide. Supports are offered to parents of children that attend Children's Special Health Services through a parent liaison from Families Helping Families that attend clinic. Training on Educational Laws (IEP) – workshops to keep families informed of their educational rights and responsibilities under the special education laws (for children 3 to 21) and also the federal and state programs which serve the birth to 2 year old children as well. We will also attend IEP meetings to support the family.

44. Directory Results: P | 310info.org - Bringing People And Resources Together In S Teen Helping children with special needs receive the services, Respite care, Elderly/DisabledAdult services, MR National Forest of Vernon Parish, louisiana. http://www.310info.org/search/results.asp?Letter=P

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46. Agencies to people with disabilities and other special needs. National Stuttering ProjectLouisianaChapter, (504) 835 suicidal, and severely depressed/gravely disabled. http://www.unitedwaystcharles.org/agencies.htm

13207 River Road, POB 157, Luling, LA 70070 Tel: 985-331-9063 Fax: 985-331-9069 Home Who We Are ] [Agencies] [ Volunteer Governing Board [Where Contributions Go Emergency #s Campaign 2002 ... How Can I Volunteer A G ENC IE S Agency Phone/Web Description American Heart Association www.AmericanHeart.org To reduce disability due to cardiovascular disease and stroke through research, education, and community services. American Red Cross www.Arcno.org A humanitarian organization led by volunteers to provide relief to victims of disaster and to help people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies. Arc of St. Charles (Integrated Daycare and Summer Camp) Provides supported employment services, supervised independent living, respite personal care attendant, adult habilitation, work experience, self help skills, training and social skills training. Boy Scouts of America www.Bsa-selacouncil.org

47. Louisiana Services Directory of Ethics opinions, and articles of special interest The Mental Health Associationin louisiana (The Faith Help the disabled deal with depression, anxieety, etc http://wwwsrch2.doa.state.la.us/sdsprod/user/alpha.asp?letter=T

48. Joel A. Mendler - Member estate planning and long term care needs, as well as families with disabled children Joelrecently chaired a committee of the louisiana Law Institute which http://www.baldwinhaspel.com/memb/jam/a-jam.html

Joel A. Mendler Member Taxation Estate Planning and Probate Administration Corporate and Business Law Elder Law ... Retirement Planning Email: mendler@baldwinhaspel.com Joel Mendler was born in New Orleans in 1944. He received both his Bachelor of Arts degree (1965) and Law Degree (1968) from Tulane University. Joel served on the Tulane Law Review and received the Order of the Coif. Joel joined in 1969, becoming a partner in 1974. Since 1983, he has been named to the Best Lawyers in America list in the areas of Taxation and Trust and Estate Planning. As a speaker, Joel has made presentations to: • The Tulane Tax Institute • The New Orleans Estate Planning Council • The Louisiana Bar Association • The Tulane, Loyola, and LSU Schools of Law Continuing Education Programs • Various groups of Certified Public Accountants and Chartered Life Underwriters • Family Support Groups for the Disabled He has authored several articles, such as: • Foreign Based Company Service Income • Tax Planning for the Mentally and Physically Handicapped.

49. NEA Today: Innovators - January 2000 is an invaluable resource for disabled teachers and Haynes and her colleagues, Louisianahas become a information and resources for special needs students have http://www.nea.org/neatoday/0001/innov.html

QUICK CLICKS Table of Contents Archives Submit a Letter to the Editor Share a Story Idea ... Trends Learning: Innovators Weekly Reader, Newsweek hook up on new publication aimed at getting kids involved in current events. G Newsweek to create Teen Newsweek Teen Newsweek , launched in September, reaches 300,000 sixth to ninth graders. Packaged to look like Newsweek , the magazine offers enough variety to draw both female and male readers, Maccarone says. With content closely tied to curricula, the magazine is primarily used in social studies classes to teach current events and civic studies. But Maccarone hopes that language arts teachers will begin adopting it. The magazine features news stories, columns, a cartoon, a debate page, and an activities page for vocabulary, current events, and critical thinking, as well as related Web site listings. Impact: Maccarone has received more than 200 complimentary E-mails from teachers and students about her new magazine. For More: Contact Maccarone at smaccarone@weeklyreader.com Helping Technology Answer Special Needs Innovator: John M. Williams

50. S Services for Developmentally disabled in Colorado Springs. The for Families withSpecial needs Children. Southwest louisiana Independent Living Center - Lake http://www.handinet.org/DOG/S.htm

HandiNet's Disability Links S Safe Guard Surfacing Corp. playground safety surfacing SAFE-T-CHILD - Safety Info for Kids SafeTek International, Inc. Saint Johns Electronic Rehabilitation Gopher Site Sam Home, The Specially Adapted Manufactured Home Sammons Preston A Bissell Healthcare Company CIL San Francisco AIDS Foundation San Francisco Down Syndrome Association San Francisco Exploratorium Disabled Access Program Sangre de Cristo Independent Living Center Pueblo CIL SATIS Software SAY - Text-to-speech interface using ASCII/phenomes Sch of the Future S.A. Schizencephaly Schizophrenia Website Schools for the Deaf on the Web ... SCUBATRUST, The Diving for People with Disabilities Screen Magnifiers Homepage SEARCH.COM Seat-A-Robics - Excercise for the Disabled Second Power, Inc., The Self Advocacy Home Page Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc. SHHH California Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc. Self-Help Clearinghouse, The Self-Improvement thru Riding Education SEM University of Delaware Semantic Compaction Systems Minspeak S eemoretours Licensed and accredited tour operators specialising in providing wheelchair accessible and private travel packages to South East Queensland - Australia.

51. Stateline.org: Lobbying Season Opens For Special Education the full cost of educating learning disabled children even billion to educate the5.6 million special-needs kids t really change the cost of special education http://www.stateline.org/story.do?storyId=225070

52. Kim's ADHD Links states of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, louisiana, or Arkansas on the gifted and learningdisabled child. special Education in General and special needs children http://www.angelfire.com/wv/wetzel/index5.html

Kim's ADHD Links My Favorite Links I am pleased to add several new links to my site. Every parent needs to look at these sites for help and information: Kim's ADHD Info Page Essays on Experiences with ADHD by Rob Volpe Kim's ADHD Links Homepage of SAHmom (NCMom) Hyper text the Online Zine for Kids with ADD ADDrift ADD: The Mining Co. ... Attention Deficit Disorder Information and articles on ADD in the classroom, causes, detections, medications etc. Cara's Poetry Cove A wonderful poetry site by a mom with an ADHD son. Parent Empowerment Project ADDvance Magazine Website. A magazine dedicated to ADD Women. Kennedy Krieger Institute Special Education in General and special needs children. ... ADD Warehouse Excellent source of books, toys and behavior modification plans Giftedness: Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (CHADD). The largest support group for ADD/ADHD advocates medication and behavior modification. Born to Explore! The Other Side of ADD. Dedicated to the positive and negative sides of ADD. The Coincidence of ADHD and Creativity.

53. American School Board Journal: September 2001 Your Turn old common sense, said a louisiana board member. rightfully strengthening the rightsof disabled children and Added a special services director from New Jersey http://www.asbj.com/2001/09/0901yourturn.html

Sign up for our weekly e-mail newsletter August 2001: Vol. 188, No. 9 Cover Story Research School Law Your Turn ... In Our Print Edition If Congress were made up of ASBJ readers, IDEA would be in for a major overhaul or, at least, some significant revision. That's the message we received from your responses to July's question: Do we need to revise IDEA (the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)? Fifty percent of you said IDEA needs serious overhaul, 45 percent said it could use some revision, and 5 percent said "leave it alone." "IDEA mandates lack logic and plain old common sense," said a Louisiana board member. "It is so out of control that we should do away with it completely." Most readers wouldn't go that far. But several said IDEA, which aims to provide educational opportunity to disabled students, has evolved into a complex and unworkable system of rewards.

54. LATAN TEFRA and efforts to get it restored in louisiana. and products that help the disabledto realize the quality and enjoyment of family life with special needs. http://www.latan.org/links/resources.html

Louisiana Resources National Resources Louisiana Resources The Advocacy Center Serving People With Disabilities And Senior Citizens The Protection and Advocacy System for Louisiana Come and Help Dedicated to improving the quality of life by provideing services to those citzens who face daily challenges physically, mentally and spiritually. 11203 Darryl Dr, Ste. B Baton Rouge, LA 70815 Families Helping Families of Louisiana A Louisiana Network of Family-Directed Resource Centers. Family Village Community Center Louisiana Resources JAN Job Accommodaiton Network for people with functional limitations. LACAN (Louisiana Citizens for Action Now) Advocating for individualized community supports for Louisiana citizens who experience developmental disabilities LaDIR.org is an gateway for those seeking Louisiana organizations, businesses or departments that are involved with disability issues. Louisiana Aging The internet site on aging in Louisiana. Louisiana Speech Language and Hearing Association Homepage of Louisiana's Speech Language and Hearing Association. Includes information on communication disorders.

55. VITA louisiana Reading Association, Kenner, LA. Learning disabled students' arithmeticperformance Ineffective or Super Conference on special Education, Lafayette http://www.selu.edu/Academics/Faculty/scarr/VITA.html

VITA SONYA C. CARR Southeastern Louisiana University Department of Teaching and Learning P.O. Box 10749, SLU Hammond, Louisiana 70402 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Ph.D. University of New Orleans, 1990 Major: Special Education Minor: Curriculum and Instruction-Reading Ed.M. Boston University, 1976 Major: Special Education B.S. University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1969 Major: Psychology Minor: Sociology, English PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Fall, 2000-present Associate Professor, Department of Teaching and Learning, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana. 2000-present Coordinator, Teacher Scholars Program 1996-2000 Associate Professor, Department of Special Education, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana. 1997-2000 Coordinator, Teacher Scholars Program 1997-1999 Graduate Coordinator 1996-1997 Director, Project ReSET 1989-1996 Assistant Professor, Department of Special Education, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana. 1993-1996 Director, Project ReSET 1993-1994 Co-Director, Project ADAPT 1990-1993 Director, Project RFD

56. Special Children Events Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma Through your donationsto special Kids Fund's research for developmentally disabled and at http://specialchildren.about.com/library/blevents.htm

zfp=-1 About Parenting Special Needs Search in this topic on About on the Web in Products Web Hosting Parenting Special Needs with Jody Swarbrick Your Guide to one of hundreds of sites Home Articles Forums ... Help zmhp('style="color:#fff"') Subjects ESSENTIALS What is Reactive Attachment Disorder "Support Center" Start a Support Group ... All articles on this topic Stay up-to-date! Subscribe to our newsletter. Advertising Free Credit Report Free Psychics Advertisement Special Children Events The Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health Presents... 10th Annual BUILDING ON FAMILY STRENGTHS: A National Conference on Research and Services in Support of Children and Their Families WHERE: Hilton Portland, Portland, Oregon WHEN: June 26-28, 2003 WHY: The goal of this conference is to showcase culturally competent, family-centered research and innovative programs and practices. The conference will feature paper and panel presentations related to improving services for families and their children who are affected by emotional, behavioral, or mental disorders. Participants will exchange information about family-centered research and program strategies, including family and/or youth involvement in all aspects of research and service delivery. TO REGISTER TO ATTEND: Please visit our website for information and online registration at http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/pgConference.shtml

57. Families Helping Families Of Greater New Orleans book, louisiana special OLYMPICS. book, STATE RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE MENTALLYDISABLED. book, TRANSITIONS IN CARE FOR YOUNG ADULTS W/special HEALTH needs. http://www.fhfgno.org/library/index.php?cat=book

58. Assistive Technology Services for severely disabled students at louisiana Tech University all needed assistanceand special access to travel troughout the state visiting disabled clients in http://www.latech.edu/tech/engr/bme/assistive.htm

Assistive Technology Services The Center for Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Science (CyBERS) operates a comprehensive program in dveloping and applying technology in rehabilitation. This program is funded at the state and national levels and has a national and international reputation. Laboratories serving this program include: Driver Assessment The center provides a complete evaluation of an individual's potential to operate a motor vehicle. An individualized prescription includes recommendations for vehicle selection, appropriate adaptive aids and devices, and vehicle modifications. Seating and Positioning/Mobility The Seating and Positioning Clinic addresses the seating and corrective postural needs of individuals with severe physical disabilities. Clinical staff can prescribe a wheelchair seating system to provide better body alignment, normalize muscle tone, and inhibit abnormal reflexes. Augmentative Communication The Augmentative Communication Program provides comprehensive evaluations for persons who are unable to use speech and/or writing to fully meet their communication needs. The interdisciplinary team includes a speech pathologist, occupational therapist, and adaptive equipment specialist. The augmentative communication laboratory is equipped with numerous communication aids that reflect the most recent advances in technology.

59. Nov 2002 : Autism News,disability News,special Education News louisiana Mother of autistic child sues Vermilion School Parents may settle specialneeds suit Conflict involves out in class for disabled students THERAPY http://trainland.tripod.com/nov2002.htm

Posted 11/29/02 IN - Thanks to you: Wilson student thanks teachers, classmates UK- 'Special needs' pupils turned away for fear they will harm their league table standings. WI - Budget ax looms over aides Wages remain low despite high demands Rising Autism Could Put Strain on System Researchers, Social Workers Concerned About Schools, Social Services Lame-duck leftovers have become stale, unappetizing Legal Reform in Congress' Lap WA - Struggling to stay afloat; mother, grandmother raise autistic child on their own NY - A Loss For Parents Of Autistic Kids Suits over drug blocked CA - Homeland bill helps firms block lawsuits over autism Clovis girl is one of many who may have been affected by mercury in vaccines. IL- Newman girl overcomes handicap Mercury concentrations and metabolism in infants receiving vaccines containing thiomersal: a descriptive study New and Important Insights Into IBS: From Epidemiology to Treatment (medscape free registration and sign in required.) A Capitol Hill Mystery: Who Aided Drug Maker? (NY TimesRegistration Required) MA - Statewide study of autism rate underway `Patriotic' Pork UK - Boys dominate 'special needs' Boys are more likely to have behaviour problems NY - Learning How to Be Mother and Son (NY TimesRegistration Required) A Homeland Security Whodunit In Massive Bill, Someone Buried a Clause to Benefit Drug Maker Eli Lilly

60. March 24, 2000 to a group called LUFF, louisiana United Family loved ones who are developmentallydisabled have challenges Brian Rubin A resource for special needs planning. http://www.vor.net/2000/march/03-24-2000.html

Speaking out for choices VOR Weekly E-Mail Update E-mails For Mar 3 Mar 10 Mar 17 Mar 31 March 24, 2000 Table of Contents Fairview's Legacy: Oregon Statesman Journal four day special report details the closing of Fairview Developmental Center Louisiana families speak out! Attorney Brian Rubin: A resource for special needs planning Coming Up: VOR June 2000 Annual Meeting and Washington Initiative in Washington, D.C. Details to be provided. 1. Fairview's Legacy: Oregon Statesman Journal four day special report details the closing of Fairview Developmental Center www.StatesmanJournal.com (scroll down to end of home page where you will see a link for articles appearing the last 30 days. NOTE: You will not be able to access these articles after April 10, 2000). A direct link to the first article is: . From this page, there are also links to many of the other articles. There is also an opportunity from the Statesman Journal site to submit your letters to the editor. (1) Sunday, March 12, 2000: Day 1: Success and Failure Day 1 byline: A rash of recent deaths at group homes leads some to question their safety for the disabled.

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