YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Workplace
Essays 481 - 510
school districts have a legal - if not ethical - obligation to provide scholastic modifications for special needs students so they...
In five pages this research paper examines Dr. Helen Irlen's Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome and how colored lens can assist in the ...
disabled and the non-disabled are to be best served. The educational arena presents a number of challenges in regard to the...
undue fear created but there is also an appreciation of the true nature of the condition and the care the patient needs to take of...
pointing out that it is possible that the majority of the students nominated for the rejection category may not have disabilities ...
lack of some ability. If we examine the Merriam-Webster Dictionarys definitions we note the following: "1 a : the condition of b...
materials are deemed important for student interest as well as student ability. The program includes teacher resources, such as s...
should be accompanied by a synchronized text transcript (closed captioning) and audio announcements should also have a synchronize...
prevent those from receiving the special attention they need. Contrary to that opinion is how full inclusion will serve to drasti...
considerable amount of both federal and state legislation has been passed that addresses the transition process. The Individuals w...
of measuring this discrepancy are discussed later in this chapter under "Quantifying the Learning Disability" (Author 45). ...
in order so that it can be determined if all of the childs educational needs are being met. Aiding disabled children in reaching t...
special accommodations. In respect to race, sometimes there is reverse discrimination. Some believe that the black man has a nat...
Elementary and Secondary Schools Act (ESEA)" ("History," 2005). Of course, the term handicapped would eventually be deemed to be n...
School, 2004). Ageing is a little more difficult to define -- according to Wordreference.com, ageing is considered to be "...
of developing healthy habits in children with the expectation that these habits will continue throughout life (2003). The high rat...
the legal system that the best place for special education students - psychologically and otherwise - is within the mainstream sys...
category was first formulated in 1977. The phrase, "All student will learn to read by third grade" has become a rallying point in ...
abused often become abusers themselves. Abuse also lessens the chances a child has in terms of educational attainment. It can re...
and Jack enjoys this as it gives him the chance to watch his favorite TV show, "The Price is Right" (Held, Thoma and Thomas, 2004)...
housework and laundry. Miss A is unable to do much housework, does not eat meals with him and goes to bed very late due to eating...
inaccurate word identification; spelling may also be affected (Gersons-Wolfensberger & Ruijssenaars, 1997). That is a rather bro...
settings, to demonstrate that educatorse and parentse are "on the same team" and that it is likely that they both want the same th...
and ever changing (Trice and Beyer, 1993). Organisational culture embodies what is and is not accepted within an organisation in t...
channel, thus, giving all students the opportunity to learn through whichever channel is their strength. This approach has childre...
nations resources. Minorities with disabilities, in particular, have been the most disenfranchised. It is time we bring them into ...
was - and is - critical that the child receive education appropriate to his condition. One author writes that the EAHCA "was inte...
[Gillys] fault" that her previous placements did not work out, it nevertheless leaves the readers and Gilly with the impression fr...
environment often involves a diversity of instructional strategies as well as "monitoring, analyzing, predicting, planning, evalua...
gone beyond Deweys premises (Brufee, 1995). In the current processes used in cooperative classrooms, students work in small groups...