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ADHD Gene Doesn't Predict Response to Drugs
Forbes
Canadian researchers report that their discovery of a gene variant that seems to affect the severity of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder did not help them predict which patients are likely to respond to a class of drugs widely used to treat the disorder.
All in a Days Work for a New Orleans Special Education Teacher
Times-Picayune (LA)
This entry in the Times-Piscayune's Nola Blog describes the situation faced by Shawn Datchuk, the only special education teacher in a New Orleans charter school. What do you do and who do you help with the time and resources you have?
Mobile Classrooms Screen for Dyslexia
The Times-Union (FL)
Nemours Children's Clinic is hitting the road with its BrightStart! Dyslexia Initiative. A 40-foot truck with two mobile classrooms, and two 22-foot vans with one each, will travel to schools to help screen pre-kindergarten children in Duval County for dyslexia and reading difficulties.
La Voz (CA)
Blake Taylor is one of the youngest authors to have written a book about living with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. His book "ADHD and Me: What I Learned from Lighting Fires at the Dinner Table" is a day-to-day account of what it is like to live with the ADHD. "I think the thing about ADHD is that it is a secret weapon," Taylor said. "It is a gift that you need to work on."
(Opinion) Champion of Change: Leroy McClure
Dallas Morning News (TX)
A Dallas man's vision promises fresh start for children — and a vacant building. He's renovating an old grocery store to open Focus charter school. For children with dyslexia, ADHD or other impediments to traditional learning, Focus will create personalized evaluations and learning paths designed to reach the potential of otherwise bright kids.
Woman Free from Chains of Illiteracy at Age 48
Arizona Daily Star
In the fifth grade, her school placed Linda Payne in a special-education class. Clearly she had a learning disability but no one bothered to find out exactly what. She entered adulthood lost, believing it was her fault she could not read. A turning point for Payne came 12 years ago. She was diagnosed as dyslexic and a new world began to spell out to her.
Ian Ziering Speaks Out about his Dyslexia
People Magazine
Actor Ian Ziering says, "my career actually started in the second grade as class clown … I was always making people laugh, and it was really to mask a learning disability." He was diagnosed with dyslexia, and for four years he worked to learn to read.
Washington Talking Book and Braille Library Joins Secretary of State's Office
Government Technology Magazine
A Seattle-based library that offers services to thousands of blind and visually impaired individuals is joining state government as a division of the Secretary of State.
Pediatricians can Help Families Define — And Treat — ADHD
Contra Costa Times (CA)
While any child can have bouts of hyperactivity, an ADHD child's level dramatically exceeds the levels for his age. Pediatricians offer a good starting point for diagnosing ADHD. They can assess the youngster or they can refer parents to appropriate specialists such as child psychiatrists or psychologists, behavioral neurologists, or developmental/behavioral pediatricians, if needed.
Summer School — Better Late than Never
The Times (IL)
This articles looks at the routes local school administrators can take to help students who are lagging behind their peers, including: retention; special education and diagnosing learning disabilities; credit recovery programs; and summer school.
A Special Teacher: The Kids are what it's all About
Tribune-Express (Canada)
Without hesitation, veteran special education teacher Diane Binmore says: "This has been the most satisfying year of my career." With the help of assistive technology, ten learning disabled grade 5 pupils at Pleasant Corners Public School were able to begin reading at their grade level. "You should have seen the effect this had on them," Binmore says, thrilled.
Special Reading System Gives NJ Student Hope
Press of Atlantic City (NJ)
Samantha Ravelli loves to read the Cheetah Girls books, and her mother, Beth, is more than happy to buy them for her. The books represent not just a pre-teen trend, but a major learning accomplishment. Three years ago Samantha, dyslexic and in third grade, could not read. Help for her came in the form of the specialized Wilson reading system.
Maryland County Changes Special Ed Designations
Free Lance-Star (MD)
Starting this fall, Spotsylvania County schools will no longer classify students aged 5 to 8 as developmentally delayed. Those students will be placed in another special education category or mainstreamed into standard classrooms.
"Do You Have Any Books On Dyslexia?"
NewsBlaze (CA)
Gothic Artist and Writer Glenn James was diagnosed as Dyslexic in 2002, after a lifetime of wielding a pen, the artist explores his feelings and experiences about the condition, in the hope that it will help anyone else who is wrestling with it.
Weighing Nondrug Options for A.D.H.D.
New York Times
About 2.5 million children in the United States take stimulant drugs for attention and hyperactivity problems. But concerns about side effects have prompted many parents to look elsewhere: as many as two-thirds of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or A.D.H.D., have used some form of alternative treatment.
Tulsa World (OK)
Some of the most scathing and legally damning findings in an investigative report released this week about the Tulsa Academic Center of Tulsa, Oklahoma involve the treatment of special education students. A summary of an investigative report prepared for the Tulsa school board details repeated violations of federal and state laws, as well as Tulsa Public Schools' own policies and procedures for safeguarding the rights of students with disabilities.
CCISD Dyslexia Policy Under Fire
Killeen Daily Herald (TX)
Truman Kilpatrick of Copperas Cove, Texas is in the fourth grade but he reads at a kindergarten level due to his dyslexia. Truman's parents, Jeffrey and Pam Owen, say Copperas Cove Independent School District is failing to provide the attention and education their son requires. The Owens have written letters to state and U.S. congressmen seeking stricter requirements and increased accountability for dyslexia programs in public schools, and Pam Owen said she hopes to eventually file a lawsuit at both the state and federal level.
Opinion: Milwaukee Public Schools Should Settle Case
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
After losing another round in its long battle over how it identifies and works with special education students, Milwaukee Public Schools has a decision to make: Keep fighting or find a way to end this seven-year dispute. A federal judge ruled in favor of a settlement reached between the state Department of Public Instruction and Disability Rights Wisconsin. MPS rejected that deal, which, among other things, could extend services to thousands of students who had been held back a grade or frequently suspended and mean the appointment of an outside authority to oversee special education programs in MPS.
Special Education Help on Internet
New York Daily News
For years, parents of kids with learning disabilities have had to work the phones to find out which public schools had the right therapies for them. Now, city officials are trying to make it easier. Starting this week, the city is posting special education "service delivery reports" on the website of every public school.
Arizona Daily Star
Wings on Words is a preschool program that specializes in helping young children speech and language problems. Noted one parent, "A lot of people just wait until they're in the school system, and they get referred by their primary teachers, but getting help early just sets a totally different tone for the rest of their lives. It's just one less obstacle for them to overcome."
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