Severe Disabilities
Read more about students whose struggles in one or more areas of functioning substantially limit their performance of daily activities
Student Well-Being
Talk Therapy an Option for Those Using Assistive Technology to Speak
Psychologist Amy Szarkowski figured out provide therapy to work with clients who use communication devices to replace their own voices.
Special Education
GAO: Transition for Students With Disabilities Can, Must Improve
The different agencies only coordinate their activities to an extent and don't ever reflect on how effectively they work together, the Government Accountability Office said.
Special Education
Florida: Cut Schools for Severe Disabilities From Grading System
Special education centers in Florida for students with severe disabilities are now graded on the same scale as other schools because of the accountability plan the state agreed upon to get a waiver from some of the requirements of the No Child Left Behind law.
School Climate & Safety
Children with Disabilities Four Times as Likely to Experience Violence
Researchers found that 26.7 percent of children with disabilities have been exposed to some kind of violence during their lives
Special Education
Before Growth-Stunting 'Ashley Treatment,' Protect Civil Rights
Advocates want to ensure civil-rights protections for children whose parents choose medical treatments with serious consequences.
Special Education
A Separate Education System for Students With Disabilities?
"When a student with a disability takes a different assessment than a student without a disability, there is no way to compare their performance, no way to accurately measure achievement gaps and no way to know how well they have grasped the grade-level content."
School & District Management
Survey to Focus on Students With Disabilities Sexually Abused in Schools
The survey creator hopes the responses will provide further insight into an underresearched area.
Special Education
New York Times on Educating Children With Severe Disabilities
The news story explores the balance at one school between teaching practical skills and basic academic concepts to students with serious intellectual disabilities.
Special Education
PBS Show to Highlight British School for Children With Severe Disorders
Can advocates concerned about restraint and seclusion of students in the U.S. learn from this extraordinary school?
States
In Virginia, "Portfolio" Testing on the Rise
Alternate assessments for students with disabilities are being used more frequently, say state officials.
Special Education
Medically Fragile Students and the Attendance Trap
Special education officials often complain about how the testing provisions of No Child Left Behind penalize schools with high numbers of students with disabilities, but the Washington Post had on the front page today about a lesser-known problem: schools with high numbers of medically fragile students may get penalized under the law because their students don't meet the law's daily attendance standards.
Special Education
Convention Wrapup
I scoured the Internet to find other blog posts on the Council for Exceptional Children convention, which wrapped up last week.