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'A place in the family: an historical interpretation of research on parental reactions to having a child with a disability' by Philip M. Ferguson Reviewed

place in time. The point Ferguson goes on to make is that it is important to also consider the ways in which social attitudes and ...

America and Violent Crime

violence: * More than 80 Americans die every day from gun violence (NEA-HIN, 2002). * American children and youth are 16 times mor...

Contemporary Social Applications of the Human Rights' and Justice Theories of John Rawls

man with fine moral sense when dealing with other human beings and is considered to be an admirable man not only because of his wr...

NCLB Act and Requirements for Special Education Teachers

a great need to make them feel a part of the overall atmosphere, while at the same time establishing a separate learning basis fro...

Education, Special Needs Individuals' Rights, and the Law

from the regular classroom at her middle school on the basis of her condition. The parents contended that the school and its super...

Special Education Reading Instruction Action Plan

and/or accelerating literacy skills (Feldman, 2003). When accommodations are the focus, the message is that the adults around have...

Emotionally Disturbed Students and Special Education

numbers of students classified as disabled and educated in largely segregated environments (Zernike, 2001). Mooney, et al (2003)...

K through 5 Special Education and Learning Stations to Improve Behaviore and On Task Completions

all students. This type of classroom or programming design is especially helpful in classrooms of learners who progress at varie...

English Language Learners, Learning Disabilities and One School Setting

population of zip code $ 50,000 - $59,999 11.0% $ 60,000 - $74,999 12.3% $ 75,000 - $99,999 11.5% Source: (Income and Housing,...

Minorities Overrepresented in Special Education

for special education services (Samuels, 2005). It honed in on the minority problem as well. Samuels (2005) writes: "Districts wit...

Special Education Student Assessment

day at school, however for the special education student the assessment may not reflect the true benchmark of the students knowled...

Teaching LD Learners

receive from being constant advocates for the needs of their children. As a result, No Child Left Behind has created a call for c...

Conduct Issues and Students with Disabilities

in these interventions (Wrights Law, 2009). But what if those interventions do not work? One option is to include the behavior iss...

The Potential for Robots in Schools

robot as "A robot is a reprogramable multifunctional manipulator designed to move material, parts, tools, or specialized devices, ...

Individualized Education Plan Sample

Her mother asked for an assessment for these reasons: reading comprehension problems, speech and language problems, written langua...

Australia and Tertiary Education Transitioning

life during their first year (Vivekananda and Shores, 1995; Philis, 1999; Exner, 2003). They just do not settle in (Exner, 2003). ...

Dietary Needs Met by the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children

mothers (Montagne, 2004). This is some 7.7 million individuals (Montagne, 2004)! The goal of the WIC program, of course ...

Transition Education In a Functional Curriculum

This paper addresses the debate over including a functional curriculum for students with learning disabilities. This four page pa...

Coping Techniques For Parents With Special Needs Children

with such aspects as homework (Patten, 1994; Bryan et al, 2004; Cooper et al, 1994). Reaching the special needs student req...

Spending the Day with a Special Person

the magnificent colors that surrounded me in his studio. This room was filled with colorful quilts and shelves filled with fabrics...

Divorce in Families w/Special Needs Children

childrens future that parents learn to cope and, hopefully, remain together, or at least learn to act as a team. Research shows ...

Special Needs Children and Early Psychological Studies

In six pages this paper examines 1950s and 1960s psychological studies of children with special learning needs and emphasizes the ...

Special Education Empirical Study II

In three pages an empirical study is presented in which the differences in learning requirements between students who have special...

Special Education High School With Behavior Disorder Students: Conflict Management

conflicts -- is gaining momentum within school districts across the country (Spence, 2003). Knowing how to diffuse an escalating ...

Prison Rehabilitation Program Evaluation

to the criminal justice system (SCP, 2003). The program addresses the roots of recidivism, which are drug addiction and lack of jo...

Designing School Facilities For Special Education

the speech and language program and that space needs to be as close to the regular classrooms as possible (California Department o...

Positive Behavior Support for Students in Special Education

them in providing special education and related services" (IDEA revised, 2007). The revisions to IDEA are contained in Public Law...

Comparing Special Education Teachers with Teachers in a Regular Classroom

teacher with the additional course requirements. As a result these teachers are spending longer periods of time at their college o...

UK Special Needs Education

In twenty pages this fictional case study on an ADD boy and his school behavior and attendance diary are the focus of this paper...

American Elementary School Special Education Students from Psychological and Legal Perspectives

the same critical exposure as other abled students. This concept certainly sounds as though it has inherent merit in that special...