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Receiving Testing Accommodations for Learning Disabilities

Many talented, bright high school students have diagnosed — or undiagnosed — learning disabilities. According to the National Institutes of Health, approximately one in seven Americans has some type of...

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Palo Alto Unified sued over autistic student’s placement in classroom

  The parents of an autistic student are taking the Palo Alto Unified School District to federal court over its refusal to allow him to be educated at home, as well as other alleged violations of the...

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Reaching My Autistic Son Through Disney

In our first year in Washington, our son disappeared. Just shy of his 3rd birthday, an engaged, chatty child, full of typical speech — “I love you,” “Where are my Ninja Turtles?” “Let’s get ice cream!”...

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“Parenthood” and the charter school dream

“Parenthood’s” Kristina Braverman of Berkeley, CA takes up a cause New Yorkers are becoming all too familiar with This season on “Parenthood,” as a bold and arguably impulsive response to their...

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Police Entrap Autistic Teenager in Drug Sting

An autistic teenager in Temecula, California, was caught up in an undercover drug sting in August 2012. Jesse Snodgrass, new to high school and looking to make friends, unwittingly befriended an...

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NFL wife says she won’t vaccinate her children for fear of Autism

Kristin Cavallari of MTV reality show fame and Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, have made a controversial decision regarding their one young child and their second, which Cavallari is carrying. At...

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Shocking secret footage reveals teacher aides slapping and choking special...

A teacher handed police shocking secret footage which allegedly shows two colleagues slapping and choking a special needs student before knocking him off a chair. The video was filmed at Harper-Archer...

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New voucher program helps Florida students with special needs

Adriana Mantilla knew traditional school settings weren’t working for her gifted but autistic son. Ten-year old Armando had tried a private school, but the staff didn’t have the expertise he needed....

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Major Medicaid Breakthrough Announced For Autism

In a major victory for Medicaid coverage of autism, a federal agency has directed the states to cover medically necessary treatments for autism for children and young adults, including behavioral...

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“Response to Intervention”—An Excuse to Deny Services to Students with...

By Nancy E. Bailey. Response to Intervention (RTI), the program to identify children with learning disabilities early, was recently described by the Chalkbeat in Tennessee as having problems with...

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ADHD now classified as a specific disability under federal civil rights law

The U.S. Department of Education has issued guidelines aimed at preventing schools from discriminating against the growing numbers of students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. In a letter...

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State targets Attales special ed for improvement

The Emma C. Attales Middle School is working on a plan to improve its special education program after the state Department of Education identified it as a “targeted assistance program” earlier this...

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Donations fit Pine Ridge special needs class with Ipads

Paradise>> Jacob Bindernagel, a 7-year-old, special-needs second grader, went to his Functional Life Skills class at Pine Ridge Elementary School one day with an iPad his family had donated to...

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School board approves new CPS CEO and ethics change to clear way for top deputy

Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson formally claimed the system’s top post Wednesday following a string of supportive testimony from an organized group of aldermen, pastors and principals at the...

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PE-backed Sequel Youth and Family Services buys two special needs schools

Signal Hill is pleased to announce that its client MetSchools, an education management company and a portfolio company of VSS, has divested its two special needs schools, Rebecca School and Aaron...

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Local educators say there has been little movement in education during...

The liberals need to stop standing in the way of Trump. Dick Durbin is the leading obstructionist. CARBONDALE — As immigration, tax cuts, health care and Russian meddling have taken center stage, it...

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Hamden school employees asked to give furlough days, layoffs possible

HAMDEN — The teachers union is the most recent of four unions that have voted to take furlough days to help offset a budget deficit and avoid layoffs. Superintendent of Schools Jody Ian Goeler has...

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Special education cooperative in discussions to purchase shuttered Queen of...

A south suburban special education cooperative is in negotiations to buy the former Queen of Peace High School building in Burbank, officials said. The A.E.R.O. Special Education Cooperative, which...

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English language learners, special education students increase in South Portland

SOUTH PORTLAND — The number of students who are homeless or qualify for free or reduced-price meals is down this year, along with overall enrollment, Superintendent Ken Kunin reported Monday to city...

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Killeen: School district talks special education with new parents

KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) Parent educators hosted an information session Tuesday evening to give new parents a look at special education in the district. The session was inside of the Jackson Professional...

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