Are Vaccines responsible for Autism?
December 28th, 2009
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Archive for the 'Sped Laws/Issues' Category
Full potential
September 30th, 2009
I would truly like to say that Special Education Teachers are some of the most caring people that I have met. While parents are the experts with their one child, Most Special Ed teachers are trying to balance twenty to thirty students with different disabilities. In these trying times I want to encourage you, Special Ed [...]
World Autism Awareness Day is April 2nd
March 29th, 2009
You tube Video World Autism Day April 2, 2009 April 2nd is Autism Awareness Day April 2nd 2008
Stimulus Money for Special Ed.
March 19th, 2009
Due to the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act signed by Presedent Barack Obama last month, there will be two insallments of $6.1 billion for districts to use for Special Education. In addition 3.4 billion will be spent on reaching those schools with the greatest distance from reaching the NCLB goal of being proficient [...]
Response to Intervention
February 24th, 2009
Identification and Evaluation Since provisions of the reauthorized Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) took place after July 1, 2005. The scale of identification and evaluation changed for children with learning disabilities into and out of the special education programs. Experts began questioning the methods and inconsistencies throughout various districts and [...]
Special Ed Teachers preparing to meet new challenges
December 23rd, 2008
In a press release dated Monday, December 15, 2008, The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing revitalized new standards for their teacher education programs. The goal is to meet the needs of the changing special ed population which includes students with Autism Spectrum Disorder. To read more information reguarding the new programs see: http://www.ctc.ca.gov/commission/agendas/2008- 12/2008-12-3B.pdf