Top 5 Ways Charter Schools are Vulnerable When it comes to Special Education 1. Come One, Come All As public schools, charter schools must provide a free and appropriate education to any student who chooses to enroll, regardless of the severity of the student’s needs. In other words, charter schools cannot deny admission to any student
On December 2, 1975, President Gerald Ford signed into law Public Law (P.L.) 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, which guaranteed the right to a free and appropriate public education for the nation's 8 million children with disabilities. On that day, President Ford indicated that "I have approved S. 6, the Education for
Dr. Temple Grandin has allow all of us to better understand children with autism spectrum disorders. You just can't truly help kids unless you read her books and "see" what she sees. Temple recently came to University of San Diego for her talk. Please find 90 minutes in your life and watch this video. Cheers
In 1968 a definition of the concept of hyperactivity was incorporated in the official diagnostic nomenclature, the second edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-II). The term used to label children at that time was “Hyperkinetic Reaction of Childhood.” In 1980 almost 5 years after special education was signed into law
Did the school's evaluation paint the whole picture about your child? Did the assessments provide answers to your questions? At Brain Learning we always answer the questions that parents and educators have about children. Did you know that you can request that an Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) for your child at tax payer's expense? While
Let’s face it; if you’re a child in public education and you possess cognitive or academic skills that fall outside of that “normal-range,” you’re going to struggle. In fact, the farther your cognitive or academic skills are from the “average” the more difficult school will be. Statistical or normal distribution theory would claim that when
http://youtu.be/lmO5el8Koek Children with dyslexia will experience struggles with learning and with life. Our world turns around language either written or spoken. If a child has difficulties with the language world he/she will experience stress. Children with dyslexia can experience low self-esteem and even self-worth. They can believe that they are a failure and this can lead them
It seems as though Executive Functions Disorder (EF) is the new way to describe anything wrong with a child. However, if we look at what children need to be successful we find reasons why there might be validity into these claims. Take for example that the area responsible for executive functions takes up almost half
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Do you know what your child is learning? At Brain Learning, we meet hundreds of families each year trying to provide answers to questions about children’s development and learning. I always admire those families who spend the necessary time in their children’s education. After all isn’t time the most valuable thing we can give our