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New Program for Parents of Kids with Learning Disabilities
CBC News (Canada)
The parents of children with learning disabilities are the target for a new counseling program funded by the United Way and created by The Learning Disabilities Association of Prince Edward Island.
(Opinion) Exit Exam Can Help Special Ed Students Succeed
San Francisco Chronicle (CA)
San Francisco school officials and advocates for the disabled have recently made news fighting the state requirement that special education students take the high school exit exam. Upon closer inspection, this seeming issue of simple compassion becomes much more complicated. A positive agenda focused on getting special ed students to pass the exit exam will, in most cases, help these young people succeed in life much more than compassionate defeatism.
ED Awards Grants to Improve Special Ed Training
Education Week
The U.S. Department of Education has given grants to 20 universities to revamp their special education teacher-preparation programs, a step the department says is key to increasing the numbers of highly qualified teachers in that field.
Centre Daily Times (PA)
The Pennsylvania state school board will require all newly certified teachers — regardless of whether they teach history, physics, art or elementary education — to have extra training in special education. The aim of the new requirements, which won't begin to kick in for another three years, is to serve the growing population of children who need special education services in the same classrooms as their peers whenever possible.
Advice About Athletes with ADD
The Gilroy Dispatch (CA)
For any child with attention deficit disorder, strenuous exercise and activity in organized sports is a good thing. But, unable to sustain attention, focus, and possess self control, players with ADD are too often scolded or yelled at by coaches. Here are some ways parents and coaches can work together to make sports rewarding for youths with ADD.
Speaker Seeks Special Session on Vouchers
The Arizona Republic (AZ)
Arizona's state speaker of the House is asking that the governor call lawmakers back to the Capitol for a special session aimed at saving a pair of embattled private-school voucher programs for disabled and foster-care children.
Built to Swim, Phelps Found a Focus and Refuge in Water
USA Today
Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, who will race up to 20 times in Beijing in pursuit of a record eight gold medals, was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder at 9. When he was in elementary school, a teacher told his mom that Phelps would never focus on anything. His mom disagreed. She had seen him at swim meets.
Proposed Regulations Could Allow Parents to Withdraw Child From Special Ed
Cohasset Mariner (MA)
Peggy Lewis made headlines in December when the Cohasset Schools took her to Superior Court in order to keep her son in special education against her wishes. She told the Mariner "something has to happen because of this, parents don't know they could lose all say over their child’s education." Eight months later, something could happen. Proposed changes to special education federal rules would "permit parents to unilaterally withdraw their children from further receipt of special education."
District Shakeup May Fail Special Ed Kids
New York Post (NY)
Officials are planning an overhaul of the district that serves more than 20,000 of the city's most disabled students — a move that could put many more special ed kids in regular classrooms.
Campaign for Action on Learning Problems
The Scotsman (U.K.)
Every child in Scotland should be tested for learning difficulties such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyspraxia, and ADHD by the time they are eight, says a new petition launched on the Scottish Parliament's website. Teachers should be trained to identify and educate pupils with the difficulties, campaigners urge.
Adult ADHD May Be Root of Problem
Southtown Star (IL)
Counselor Doreen Zaborac for the Southtown Star fields a question from a concerned 38-year-old woman. The woman says that she has "a habit of making quick decisions without thinking about the consequences." With all of the symptoms that the woman is experiencing, Zaborac thinks adult ADHD may be the root of the problem.
Wicked Local (MA)
Behind the classic hipster he played on "Happy Days", Henry Winkler was an insecure kid who suffered from dyslexia. Winkler's children's book series "Hank Zipzer: The World's Greatest Underachiever" is based on his real life struggle with learning disabilities. Winkler will appear at the Sandwich High School auditorium on Today, Aug. 1 at 7 p.m. to promote the newest Zipzer book "The Life of Me (Enter at Your Own Risk)" and to talk about how he overcame dyslexia.
For Some Kids, ADHD Behavior Is a Sign of Low Iron
Gather (MA)
Dr. Mary Pickett from Harvard Medical School discusses her son Casey, whose burgeoning symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder turned out to be an iron deficiency.
Blind Rider Teaches Others with Disabilities
The Journal News (NY)
While there are numerous programs to teach disabled children and adults how to ride horses, the one at the Ramapo Equestrian Center in Suffern, NY is unique because it is led by an instructor who is herself disabled. Alison Dolan, who two years ago became the first blind instructor to be certified by a national organization, in December started her own instructional program for others with disabilities.
Pediatricians Nix Heart Tests Before ADHD Drugs
Washington Post
The nation's largest pediatricians' group says most children getting attention-deficit drugs don't need heart screening with electrocardiogram tests, challenging advice from a leading heart doctors' association. The new policy from the American Academy of Pediatrics renews a debate over the safety of the powerful stimulants.
Arizona: Scholarships Should Remain; Legislature Cuts Money
Daily Courier (AZ)
The roller coaster ride continues for parents working to get the best education available for their special needs children. The Arizona Legislature in 2006 approved a scholarship program for special needs students and foster children. The scholarship program, which the Arizona Department of Education manages, is under attack on two fronts, legally and financially.
UK: Why Can't People with dyslexia do multiple choice?
BBC News
A medical student with dyslexia claims multiple choice exams discriminate against people with the condition and is taking legal action to prevent their use. But why do people with dyslexia find multiple choice difficult?
Cell Phone Device Allows the Blind to 'Read'
CityNews (Canada)
It's difficult enough to navigate in a world where you can't see. Up until now, computers were able to fill some of the gap by reading what appeared on the screen. But few were portable enough, small enough or versatile enough to allow users to take it with them. Enter the cell phone and a company called Microcomputer Science Centre, Inc. The Mississauga firm specializes in creating and selling devices for those with learning disabilities, hearing problems or people who are visually impaired.
Center to Help Students with Reading
Times Union (NY)
Four Schenectady women plan to open a nonprofit reading center this fall to help students combat dyslexia. "It's always been a dream to start a free reading clinic because we feel that it's really a human rights issue," special education instructor Kathy Jensen said. "Every year, far too many children are not being taught properly, and for the majority of these kids, expensive private tutors are out of the question."
The Daily World (LA)
The St. Landry Parish School District held its first official training session Monday to address the over-representation of minorities for special education services. Approximately 60 teachers, instructional specialists and special education staff crowded into the district's pupil appraisal center to learn System to Enhance Educational Performance, or STEEP.
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