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• What should a teacher do when students keep talking out of turn in her classroom?

  
  http://diddy.name — Authority: 170
  The students do not raise their hand to answer/ask questions. She just keeps reminding them you need to raise your hand and does not call on them until they do so or ignores them. What’s a better techinique so she does not have to keep taking time out of the class period to remind them? This is a special ...
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• Today’s Quotable and Notable

  
  Flypaper — Authority: 602
  Quotable: “[Special Ed parents] are not a group that needs the district to wake up one day and decide that the time is right for inclusion, with experts guiding the process down a path of destruction of the one place we have found where our kids are receiving what they need.” -Barry Minerof, Chicago parent “ ...
  2 days ago

• State special education definitions of MR/ID

  
  Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) — Authority: 131
  Thanks to Randy Floyd for sending this article to me.  The article summarizes state eligibility guidelines for MR/ID as promulgated by state education agencies--thus covering the school-age population of students with potential MR/ID and special education services.  State law governing the definition and criteria ...
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• State special education definitions of MR/ID

  
  Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty — Authority: 133
  Thanks to Randy Floyd for sending this article to me.  The article summarizes state eligibility guidelines for MR/ID as promulgated by state education agencies--thus covering the school-age population of students with potential MR/ID and special education services.  State law governing the definition and criteria ...
  2 days ago

• We’re Moving! - When Should I Tell the School?

  
  The Wrightslaw Way — Authority: 115
  Last year the school really dropped the ball on my child’s IEP. His ‘first year’ teacher left out all the accommodations and modifications. He had his worst year on record. In order to avoid a due process hearing the school has come back with a “cadillac” IEP. They were over generous in the [...]’
  3 days ago

• Autistic student’s right to service dog upheld

  
  ohmidog! — Authority: 554
  An autistic student’s right to bring his service dog to school was upheld by an Illinois appeals court last week. The appeals court upheld a Monroe County court ruling that permitted Carter Kalbfleisch to bring his autism service dog , Corbin, to school. The Columbia School District had appealed the lower court ...
  3 days ago

• Last Day Before Break Edition

  
  The Life That Chose Me — Authority: 99
  Well guess what? My GAA is NOT totally finished! In fact, I haven’t started on #2 at all! So, there you go, I can be as much of a procrastinator as anyone else. And the holiday mindset has been long set around these parts. Here at the high school, Wednesday and Thursday were days of final exams. And last week was ...
  5 days ago

• got services?

  
  Asah, Tara, Jordan, & Jaxon Hudgins — Authority: 119
  after a long, drawn out 6 month struggle, this kid does! after the IEP today I came home, fed the boys and got them down for naps, then passed out for a nap myself. A close the door, get under my covers in bed, nap. Its been so long since Ive been able to do that. Everything came together today and I believe we ...
  1 week ago

• Officials: Ottawa suspension report used skewed data

  
  Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com — Authority: 137
  From the Ottawa [Canada] Citizen:Ottawa school district officials are throwing out a report released this week, saying it contained flawed data. The report concluded that suspensions for students with special needs had risen dramatically in the past year.Superintendent Walter Piovesan said some students with multiple ...
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• 5 Solutions for Special Education Directors Seeking Speech Therapy

  
  Marnee Brick's Speech Therapy Telepractice Blog — Authority: 116
  “Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.”~Bernadette Devlin Hello Everyone,Just as I am spreading holiday cheer, I am spreading the word that TinyEYE is ready to bring quality speech and language services to your students.  Special Education Directors often hold the tremendous responsibility of being ...
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• Must Services in the IEP be Provided by a Special Ed Teacher?

  
  The Wrightslaw Way — Authority: 115
  Can the school write in the IEP that the child will receive reading instruction/tutoring by a reading specialist who is not a special ed teacher?Yes. The IDEA and federal special ed regs do not require that the services listed in the IEP must be provided by a special ed teacher. (Vote in the poll at [...]
  1 week ago

• Alexa Posny Interview - Part II

  
  Special Education Law Blog — Authority: 117
  My recent interview with Dr. Alexa Posny, the new Assistant Secretary of Education for OSERS ( the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services ) covered a lot of ground. This is the second of a series of occasional posts concerning the interview over the next few weeks. NOTE: After todays post, this ...
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• UK report: Special education system needs ‘radical overhaul’

  
  Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com — Authority: 137
  From the [UK] Independent,  BBC, [UK] Guardian, [UK] Times, [UK] Telegraph:An official report says the British government should “radically overhaul” the system for educating kids with disabilities, finding broad evidence that parents must battle to get appropriate support for their children.Among other findings, ...
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• Network Marketing Business

  
  Business to Business b2b | Marketing | eCommerce | Telemarketing — Authority: 156
  How is possible not to be annoying if I try to involve people into my MLM business? The main thing in contacts to people is naturalness. Be yourself. It is not necessary to try to appropriate artificial technicians of sales. It is in the last turn. The best means to “sell” MLM – not to sell at all it. If ever ...
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• How likely is each score in an IQ SEM confidence band likely to represent the persons true IQ? AP101 Brief # 3 (supplement to IAP AP101 Report #5)

  
  Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty — Authority: 133
  Ive been pleased with the response to IAP AP101 Report #5:  Standard error of measurement (SEM):  An explanation and facts for "fact finders" in MR/ID death penalty proceedings .  As a number of astute readers have noted, I stayed away from the various statistical and psychometric nuances of the SEM.  This was ...
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• Special Education Directors Enjoy their On-line Speech Therapy Office

  
  Marnee Brick's Speech Therapy Telepractice Blog — Authority: 116
  “Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand. “~Colin PowellHi Everyone,Today we are happy to initiate therapy services for a new school district.  Their Director of Special Education called us with concerns that ...
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• Congressional Christmas List: Stop Child Abuse at School

  
  Cocking A Snook! — Authority: 117
  Congress isn’t always the enemy and bipartisan help for people in need isn’t always a cruel joke:Across America, children are restrained, confined in seclusion rooms, and subject to aversive interventions. Roughly half of all states have little or no legal protections against restraint and seclusion in school. In ...
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• IDEA’s two-year statute of limitations also applies to claim brought under § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act

  
  Adjunct Law Prof Blog — Authority: 140
  P.P. v. West Chester Area Sch. Dist., ___F.3d___ (3d Cir. Nov. 2, 2009), is an interesting case. The 3rd Circuit has ruled the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act’s (IDEA) two-year statute of limitations, effective as of July 1, 2005, also...
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• On-line Speech-Language Pathologists Build Partnerships with Students

  
  Marnee Brick's Speech Therapy Telepractice Blog — Authority: 116
  “It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” Walt Disney Hello Everyone! TinyEYE’s Speech-Language Pathologists are growing extra smiles this week, while celebrating the holiday season with their students.A question I often hear from inquiring Special Education Directors is, “How do your therapists build ...
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• Front Page St. Paul Pioneer Press: Bur Bur and Friend’s Authors and Their Friends

  
  Bur Bur & Friends: Community Blog — Authority: 114
  Recently, we have collaborated with some of our Minnesota author friends to open a retail store over the holiday season that featured our products. The store was the brain child of our friend, Kelly Lucente, author of “Bye Bye Monster.” We are honored and humbled that Kelly calls us her friends and mentors. The ...
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