Special Education

2007-10-16 00:23:31 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-15 10:40:31 · 5 answers · asked by Stuart 2

I have two kids w/ adhd, two kids w/ asthma, one kid with depression and anxiety, and PTSD. Anybody know of a site for moms dealing with special needs kids like this?

2007-10-14 16:47:39 · 5 answers · asked by lady_dianna 2

My son is 7 years old, was diagnosed with an ASD at the age of 3. He has made huge gains since then, academically, emotionally and mentally. I still have one HUGE problem.. he's not potty trained. I have taken away the diapers, but the school says that it is a health hazard, so he needs to wear them. I have taken him to countless doctors... they say there is nothing medically wrong. I have continously given him stool softeners and other medication.. nothing changes. Not only is he not trained for bowel, but bladder as well... in my opinion he knows when he has to urinate and he obviously is just being lazy because he is wearing a diaper. Has anyone else been in this situation? Anyone have any ideas? I'm really stuck.. it's to the point now where he isn't even allowed to ride the bus to school because of the smell (not that I blame the bus driver). I'm afraid that this is going to ruin my son's life.. please advise!
ASD is Autism Spectrum Disorder. He was technically diagnosed with PDD-NOS. The school tells me that he is up to the level he should be... I question that, but I am happy that he may be, ofcourse.

2007-10-14 10:57:49 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please also cite sources and links.

2007-10-13 20:15:46 · 8 answers · asked by ableego 7

What Is NT?
Neurotypical syndrome is a neurobiological disorder characterized by preoccupation with social concerns, delusions of superiority, and obsession with conformity.

Neurotypical individuals often assume that their experience of the world is either the only one, or the only correct one. NTs find it difficult to be alone. NTs are often intolerant of seemingly minor differences in others. When in groups NTs are socially and behaviorally rigid, and frequently insist upon the performance of dysfunctional, destructive, and even impossible rituals as a way of maintaining group identity. NTs find it difficult to communicate directly, and have a much higher incidence of lying as compared to persons on the autistic spectrum.

NT is believed to be genetic in origin. Autopsies have shown the brain of the neurotypical is typically smaller than that of an autistic individual and may have overdeveloped areas related to social behavior.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Normal Disorders: 666.00 Neurotypic Disorder
How Common Is It?
Tragically, as many as 9625 out of every 10,000 individuals may be neurotypical.

Are There Any Treatments For NT?
There is no known cure for Neurotypical Syndrome.

However, many NTs have learned to compensate for their disabilities and interact normally with autistic persons.

Could I be NT?
Take the Online NT Screening Test.

Papers and Abstracts
The Theory of Social Delusion
NT Social Skills Deficiencies: A Case Study
The Sal and Anne Test: Implications, and Theory of Mind
Riviera N. The Sal and Annie Test: Implications, and Theory of Mind. Journal of Neurologic Obfuscation. 1998(8):302-987
Pheromone of Social Delusion: Theory, Discovery and Primary Test Results.
DSN entry for Staff Personality Disorder (added 30 Aug 2004)
DSN entry for Normal Personality Disorder
DSN entry for Pseudosimultaneous Awareness Disorder
DSN entry for Psychiatry Disorder
NT Theory of Mind
About This Site
This site is an expression of autistic outrage.

About a year ago I learned I was on the autistic spectrum. Inspired by this discovery, I read everything I could get my hands on about the autistic spectrum. Much of it makes sense-- for the first time in 41 years, I had a description, albiet an unexpected one, that fit me.

But a lot of what I've found out there, mostly written by "experts" and "professionals", has been arrogant, insulting, and just plain wrong. My bête noire of the moment is finding my emotions described as "flat". As someone with considerably greater expertise in my emotions than the "experts", I can state unequivocally that my emotions are not "flat". They are different, yes, but they are most certainly not "flat."

Perhaps tomorrow I'll be fired up over being described as "lacking empathy". Or I'll be outraged at an exceptionally clueless "training" method being inflicted upon autistic kids. Or maybe it will be some new paper written by some "expert" from the perspective that neurotypical perception is correct, and my brain is a genetic mistake.

My brain is a jewel. I am in awe of the mind that I have. I and my experience of life is not inferior, and may be superior, to the NT experience of life.

Hence, this "Institute". Persons on the autistic spectrum and NT supporters are invited to submit papers to the Institute, and to share your observations in "Current Research" (the guestbook).

-muskie

Copyright © 1998-2002 ISNT@autistics.org. Last updated March 18, 2002.

2007-10-13 17:25:19 · 3 answers · asked by LDawnZ 6

I wanna go to an all-girls boarding school next year for highschool. The problem is, my parents don't want one too far away or one that costs alot of money. I live in Arizona, so they want one in either california or utah. the other prolem is that she would want me to stay up with my religion, which is mormon and i dont think they have any mormon boarding schools. PLEASE HELP

2007-10-13 05:45:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

After being interviewed by the school administration, the eager
teaching prospect said:

"Let me see if I've got this right. You want me to go into that room
with all those kids, and fill their every waking moment with a love for
learning,
and I'm supposed to instill a sense of pride in their ethnicity,
modify their disruptive behavior,
observe them for signs of abuse,
and even censor their T-shirt messages and dress habits.

You want me to wage a war on drugs and sexually transmitted diseases, check their backpacks for weapons of mass destruction, and raise their self esteem.
You want me to teach them patriotism, good citizenship, sportsmanship, fair
play, how to register to vote, how to balance a checkbook, and how to
apply for a job.
I am to check their heads for lice, maintain a safe environment,
recognize signs of anti-social behavior, make sure all students
pass the state exams, even those who don't come to school
regularly or complete any of their assignments.
Plus, I am to make sure that all of the students with
handicaps get an equal education regardless of the extent of their mental
or physical handicap.
I am to communicate regularly with the parents by letter, telephone,
newsletter, email, and report card.
All of this I am to do with just a piece of chalk, a computer,
a few books, a bulletin board, a big smile AND on a starting salary
that qualifies my family for food stamps!

You want me to do all of this and then you tell me...

I CAN'T PRAY?"

2007-10-13 05:21:52 · 4 answers · asked by Andre L 1

iam adult that was in special ed iam out of school know and want to get my ged but i want one on one teacher to teach me at huntington learning center so i can pass the ged test. i tryed ged test center and they don`t work for me anyone no how much this center cost?

2007-10-12 23:41:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-12 17:22:31 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

PISD does not have any more resource classes, they put all resource students in Reg. classes. I would like to know if its only in my district. my son got his report card today, he made a 66 in Eng. he was in Resource Eng for 9,10, 11. he is not going to make it in Reg Eng. I'm going to his school Monday morning and request ARD meeting. ASAP. i heard they are going to discounting Resource classes in the intermediate next year.

2007-10-12 14:18:28 · 3 answers · asked by memememememe 3

for example, can someone have a hard time (harder than normal standars) understanding only math, or whrn understood, always come up with wrong numbers, even when thought that they were right, and when checking back the exercises' answers not now where they came from or how did i get those numbers?

2007-10-12 08:19:25 · 11 answers · asked by marli T 1

My 7 year old has been diagnosed with a CAPD already. We strongly feel that she may also be dyslexic and we do not know where to turn. The scholl has been of NO help at all. They will not offer any services for the CAPD, so we have been seeing private ST/OT therapists for a year and a half.
I have no idea where to turn to get a diagnosis. we live in a pretty rural area in upstate NY. Another school is not an option. All we have is public and Catholic schools...which have no services at all.
All the online info about dyslexia seems vague and there seem to be nothing helpful.

Any help would be great!!

Thanks!!!!

2007-10-12 04:38:21 · 6 answers · asked by ARE YOUR NEWFS GELLIN'? 7

I have to go to IEP meetings and the school sends me paper work the says "Procedural Safeguards For Parents". and the document provides parents of students with disabilities, from birth through age 26, an overview of their educational rights with respect to spec. ed. My daughter has ADHD and has some learning disabilities, 5 years ago she got SSI payments they cut us off because they said she no longer gets ssi because she was not having problems in speech and language anymore, but she still has problems with reading comprehension and math calculations. I live in Michigan, would the laws for being eligible for SSI be different if I were to move to Florida? I plan on moving there in the future.

2007-10-12 04:12:35 · 10 answers · asked by Jennifer J 1

I've heard a lot of criticism of advanced classes lately, more from those who are NOT in the programs. What I'd like to know is that, if your student is not in those classes, why would you try to shut them down?

As an AP student myself, I feel underappreciated by the parents who call my principal everyday to complain about APs and honors classes. As a result, our funding is being funneled to classes to 'get studnets back on track', and the advanced classes are left with nothing. We now require huge amounts of money from students, especially in science laboratory classes, because the teacher only has enough funding for one class, not 5.

My question is directed towards those parents whos students are not in any advanced classes, and it is this: What is the justification for your actions? Why would advanced classes bother you so much that you would have our resources relocated and the programs shut down? What do you have against these classes in the first place?

2007-10-11 16:50:40 · 3 answers · asked by some_random_guy61 4

If a district cannot provide a student with a FAPE, are they liable to pay for an alternative placement? Also, can a student who lives in one district go to a public school in another if the home-district pays? Just confused on this point.

2007-10-11 16:14:50 · 6 answers · asked by question33 2

We let my retarded cousin use our washroom by herself and she smeared poo all over! Help, she's coming to visit next week and we just got through disinfecting the place. What should we do?

2007-10-11 13:35:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am NOT for one minute suggesting dyslexia does not exist, simply that maybe teachers, and more importantly parents, may be unwilling to concede that their child has a poor reading ability.

2007-10-11 13:10:01 · 10 answers · asked by Phil McCracken 5

if their level of intelligence is higher than some in the highest of sets?
My daughter has just began high school andhas been put in the lower groups with most of the trouble makers that don't want to learn..
When she was 9 yrs old her IQ was double her age, she gets bored in the lessons she is in now as she is beyond their level in learning... she struggles with literacy only, reading and writing... Is this fair?

2007-10-11 12:23:08 · 15 answers · asked by Scarletwoman 1

I have taken a series of IQ tests which have determined I am technically retarded (sorry if word offends) it is stated I have the mind and IQ of a 13 year old when im 18. I would want to get a phD though. Is that possible and if so how i go about doing that?

2007-10-11 11:12:16 · 6 answers · asked by djmixah7 3

I can't afford to get one of those nice looking bible on DVD packages. I'm 51 and have been disabled for 14 years. I don't do much but sit around waiting for my next Doctor's appointment. In the past few months I've been getting these strong feelings that I need to read the bible. I try reading mine, but it takes 39 minutes dyslexic. I have read one page, usually have to read it a couple of times and am still not sure what I've read. The Living Bible has helped some, but not enough to keep me from getting frustrated and just chunking the whole idea of reading the bible - then a few days later that feeling comes back and I try again. Is something going on in the Christian world? Are other people getting these or similar feelings? Any help will be appreciated, but I have a real tight money situation. Please E-mail me at Tothebitterend@yahoo.com - if you think you can help.

2007-10-11 09:25:17 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I can't afford to get one of those nice looking bible on DVD packages. I'm 51 and have been disabled for 14 years. I don't do much but sit around waiting for my next Doctor's appointment. In the past few months I've been getting these strong feelings that I need to read the bible. I try reading mine, but it takes 39 minutes dyslexic. I have read one page, usually have to read it a couple of times and am still not sure what I've read. The Living Bible has helped some, but not enough to keep me from getting frustrated and just chunking the whole idea of reading the bible - then a few days later that feeling comes back and I try again. Is something going on in the Christian world? Are other people getting these or similar feelings? Any help will be appreciated, but I have a real tight money situation. Please E-mail me at Tothebitterend@yahoo.com - if you think you can help.

2007-10-11 09:18:39 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2007-10-11 08:26:23 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a paper due for my Education course at my college. I need to write on a Parent that has a child with special needs and that family has to be a different cultural background than mine (I am hispanic). If it is not too much trouble.....please tell me:
1. Your feeling on how well the school your child attends has met the needs of you child.
2. The strengths and weaknesses that school has.
I greatly apprecatiate it. I am planning on being a special education teacher and any opinions a parent has on their childs education will be taken into perspective in my procees of becoming the best I can be in my field. Thanks!!

2007-10-11 08:11:44 · 5 answers · asked by Nelly B 1

hi am a student doing my M.sc in analytical chemistry currently in 2nd year..i wanted to know which computer course will me in order to get a good job.

2007-10-10 20:56:48 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have an assignment as part of my studies and thus far, even though i have called a few 'associations' in my state, have not really had much luck with the teaching strategies I would use as a teacher of a student with dyslexia. My question is: what are the possible teaching strategies to use with a student who has dyslexia?

2007-10-09 21:10:02 · 3 answers · asked by Misty 2

I feel so alone and I would like to know that someone else is going through what I am. My son is 4 and wears hearing aids. Now they want him to see a geneticist to see if he has any weird genetic disorders. Having your child not be "perfect" takes a lot out of you. I thank God I have him and know things could be so much worse but I would like somone to talk to that understands.

2007-10-09 18:34:49 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-09 09:28:08 · 46 answers · asked by Ms B 2

I've just started working at an after school program for studetns who are disabled. The disabilities are: visual (one kid is VERY near sighted), very mild retardation, hard of hearing, downs, and autistic (or a combination of these). We have a high aide/student ratio of about 4 aides to 6 students. It is proving to be a rewarding, yet VERY challenging job.

However, in the meantime, I can definitely use some ideas on how to work with these various disabilities-especially with the autism and down's syndrome.

Thanks!

2007-10-09 07:22:01 · 2 answers · asked by jfluterpicc_98 5

They're usually 5-10 lines or so. I'm working with a 3rd grade high-functioning child with autism. Thanks. Anything is appreciated!

2007-10-09 05:54:28 · 3 answers · asked by ... 2