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Special Ed and How It Has Evolved

Elementary and Secondary Schools Act (ESEA)" ("History," 2005). Of course, the term handicapped would eventually be deemed to be n...

Failing Grades and LD Students

the legal system that the best place for special education students - psychologically and otherwise - is within the mainstream sys...

Failing Grades and Learning Disabilities

category was first formulated in 1977. The phrase, "All student will learn to read by third grade" has become a rallying point in ...

Higher Education and People with Physical Disabilities

the situations in the country. Literature Review The first article to be examined is one that discusses wheelchair sports in o...

UK Qualitative Study Proposal on Understanding the Effects of Sexual Abuse on Adult Learning Disabilities

services in the U.K. In 1997 the Lewisham Social Services described the protection of adults with learning disabilities as "a rela...

Disability Models

of measuring this discrepancy are discussed later in this chapter under "Quantifying the Learning Disability" (Author 45). ...

Children with Disabilities and a Health Promotion Program

of developing healthy habits in children with the expectation that these habits will continue throughout life (2003). The high rat...

The Case Study of a Child in Need

in order so that it can be determined if all of the childs educational needs are being met. Aiding disabled children in reaching t...

Equalizing Aspects of Sport

special accommodations. In respect to race, sometimes there is reverse discrimination. Some believe that the black man has a nat...

“What educators need to know about abused children with disabilities”

abused often become abusers themselves. Abuse also lessens the chances a child has in terms of educational attainment. It can re...

Fictitious Case Study

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)...

Business Law Questions

the termination justifiably be blamed on business conditions. As Pats manager already has told him that "things did not seem to b...

Disability Defined

lack of some ability. If we examine the Merriam-Webster Dictionarys definitions we note the following: "1 a : the condition of b...

Assessment of Section 504 Regarding Students with Special Needs

school districts have a legal - if not ethical - obligation to provide scholastic modifications for special needs students so they...

Grades Seven through Twelve and Literacy That is Literature Based

materials are deemed important for student interest as well as student ability. The program includes teacher resources, such as s...

Accommodations for Disability

should be accompanied by a synchronized text transcript (closed captioning) and audio announcements should also have a synchronize...

Disabled Students

prevent those from receiving the special attention they need. Contrary to that opinion is how full inclusion will serve to drasti...

Workforce Transitioning

considerable amount of both federal and state legislation has been passed that addresses the transition process. The Individuals w...

Education's Inclusive Theory and Disabilities

disabled and the non-disabled are to be best served. The educational arena presents a number of challenges in regard to the...

Gibbs' Reflective Model and a Reflective Learning Document

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...

Empirical Literature on Mild Disabilities

pointing out that it is possible that the majority of the students nominated for the rejection category may not have disabilities ...

Disabilities and Multicultural Factors

nations resources. Minorities with disabilities, in particular, have been the most disenfranchised. It is time we bring them into ...

Teaching Reading with the Fernald Method

channel, thus, giving all students the opportunity to learn through whichever channel is their strength. This approach has childre...

Criteria for Performance Appraisal

was - and is - critical that the child receive education appropriate to his condition. One author writes that the EAHCA "was inte...

Education on Learning Disabilities Through The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson

[Gillys] fault" that her previous placements did not work out, it nevertheless leaves the readers and Gilly with the impression fr...

Disability Leave for Teachers, and Certification Revocation Circumstances

A worker may take twenty three-day leaves for treatments such as chemotherapy; however, covered employees may be required to use s...

Learning and Metacognition

environment often involves a diversity of instructional strategies as well as "monitoring, analyzing, predicting, planning, evalua...

Case Study on Personal Finance

Therefore, each needs sufficient life insurance initially to pay of their individuals and the joint liabilities. There is also the...

Public Schools, Religion, Drug Testing, and Children with Disabilities

In other words, the first amendment allows for prayer in school so long as educators and administrators do not lead the...

Learning Disability Dyscalculia

other disabilities such as developmental arithmetic disorder, also known as dyscalculia which involves a child being unable to rec...