Special Education

In the state of FL a student may be retained if they fail one core class! History, Reading, Science, and Math. Here is me as an example What if a student is a straghit A student and they really know the material but they do suckish on testes. Mostly because their 504 is not being met and they are not getting the acomidations they need. Not only me but other kids might suffer this too vote tell me is tis new plan fair?the state of FL a student may be retained if they fail one core class! History, Reading, Science, and Math what do yuo think give me feedback and tell your friends to vote!

2007-05-29 13:55:31 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

ineed web site for middlesboro school system

2007-05-28 14:50:43 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have an 8 year old son that has asperger's. Dinnertime is usually an all out event with him - unless i make pasta. Does anyone have any useful ideas on how we can make him more comfortable with trying other foods?

2007-05-28 12:54:49 · 7 answers · asked by bugalug_hills 4

2007-05-28 08:33:41 · 2 answers · asked by gail c 1

I have a 4 1/2 yr old step son who has a learning disability and need to get him ready for preschool. Anyone know any resources to help me try to teach him to speak normally before going to school?

2007-05-28 06:15:29 · 8 answers · asked by Motheroflittlemen 2

I know that if a high school teacher denies a student's 504 plan they can be at risk of losing their job or have a lot of tedious paperwork! What about middle school from what I can see their is no penalty for the denial of a 504 plan why? How do you get the teachers to follow the 504 plans we have done countless meetings with the princiapal dean and all the teachers and my wrist problems have worsend. I only have a week more in middle school but I am scared this will countine on in to high school and that will make my wrists just suck real bad. what should i do? does anyone know the denial 504 plan rule regulations? or what the 504 rule book says about middle school? i need to know !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my mother and I have done everything we can think of. Oh yes if anyone knows the formula for accelration that would be nice.........

2007-05-28 04:49:29 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

In a cosmopolitian society we live now, how do we teach the young the gift of wisdom about the universe? About seeing the BIG picture and making strategic decision to benefit the earth; instead of 'blind knowledge' that is destructive for future generations? Does an inquisitive mind get rewarded in our affluent society?

2007-05-28 02:39:33 · 5 answers · asked by earthforest 2

2007-05-27 22:09:34 · 3 answers · asked by sharad k 1

The child is 11 years old and was taken to the doctor when he was in the third grade. The mother is an educator and recognized the symptoms, but the doctor says no. He just has tendencies. Without the doctors go ahead, there can be no 504 plan or IEP. I am the counselor at the school and trying to help. What do I do?

2007-05-27 14:50:32 · 8 answers · asked by Chloe 4

I am looking for resources available to help him with his learning disability. Where can I go for information/software to assist me in helping my grandson?

2007-05-27 14:17:41 · 8 answers · asked by Mimi 1

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S Considering a cell phone for a 5 year old with ocd? It has picture text - could this be useful?
I am considering a cell phone for my son who gets 'stuck' at tasks. He has a hard time sometimes transitioning. He has used a picture schedule at school but is going to be mainstreamed in a Catholic school. I was wonderin if I could set his schedule from home to send him email picture messages to get ready for transition to next major tasks. We use a timer at home and he does GREAT with it but there is me giving him the verbal cues to move on to the next task and I won't be there at school to do this.

Has anyone ever tried this?

2007-05-27 10:07:07 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-27 01:51:55 · 5 answers · asked by peter2156 2

Where are there summer camps for the deaf near the area of Dallas?

2007-05-26 14:51:11 · 4 answers · asked by scooter 1

First off, I have a background in special education having taught moderately, severely, and profoundly retarded adults and adolescents at my previous teaching position,. Therefore, I am not unsympathic to the struggles and challenges the folks like this face.

However, I am presently teaching adult male minimum and medium security inmates whose reading range from nonreading to 6th grade levels. Many of them come from special education backgrounds.Those who are under 22 still are entitled to special education services and IEPs. I provide accomodations in my classroom when appropriate.

What I have found in the 11 years I've taught in the prison, that many of my students use "special ed" as an excuse not to even try to improve themselves. They claim "I can't learn" or "I can't work" or "I had to turn to crime" because "I'm Special Ed". A significant number of them had been receiving SSI and think that education or training will prevent them from receiving assistance.

2007-05-26 09:48:01 · 7 answers · asked by susandiane311 5

Why is 18 the age? Just because that person has graduated from High School he/she still has College and all those to go. Between these years I have seen a lot of teenagers outside after dark and they don't go home. They are not finished with school yet. If I was to choose an age to stop going to school, I would choose at age 21.

2007-05-26 09:44:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hope I am not offending anyone, but I am curious.

2007-05-26 00:02:41 · 9 answers · asked by Grinning Football plinny younger 7

My 14 year old daughter has NVLD, hypotonia, SI. Asperger's is so close to most of my daughters issues. How can I be sure she has been DX correctly? Is there something different in the Nuro test that set these two learning disablites apart?

2007-05-25 16:29:17 · 8 answers · asked by ladynightab 1

What do you think is the best thing for a child with high functioning autism? A class of only other high functioning asd kids who will have some behavior problems he might copy, but he also might make good friends and feel comfortable there; part-time school / part-time homeschool; or full-time homeschool (part-time self-contained/pt inclusion is not an option).

Full-time inclusion doesn't seem the best fit, I think the negatives of the social experience outweigh the positives.

2007-05-25 06:25:38 · 13 answers · asked by momto1 2

If you are over the age of 9, there's no excuse for not figuring out the difference between "You're, you are, your, there, they're, and their"

2007-05-25 06:15:47 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-25 06:03:18 · 5 answers · asked by phish97970 1

i.e: writting, speaking...

2007-05-25 05:56:29 · 10 answers · asked by richard b 1

A straight A student before the accident 16 months ago, she is graduating from high school this year and going to college in the fall (staying at home). She has an education plan but it will probably need to be modified. I'm concerned about the pace of the courses, instructor's willingness to make modifications, homework, etc.
Any experiences/advice would be appreciated.

2007-05-25 02:33:45 · 5 answers · asked by JustAskin 4

I would like to hear from you, I want to know what you honestly think of children learning in the computer age compared to when computers were not used in schools as learning tools. Do you think that computers hurt a childs education if so how? What is missing in education now compared to education 20, 30 or 40 years ago?

2007-05-25 02:01:27 · 10 answers · asked by mtpt7273 1

CAN YOU CHECK MY ESSAY IF U HAVE GOOD ENGLISH SKILLS?please?

A sense of personal identity, of individuality, is something that every person needs in order to survive and thrive in modern society. If a person does not create their own identity, there is little chance that it will have any staying power. “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” is a story of a person who was trying to balance his personal identity with the challenges brought on by his family's many problems. He was acting as caretaker for his entire family. His life was divided between the family’s internal struggles and their many financial troubles. Living in a small town, he was facing many conflicts due to his mother's obesity, the mental handicap of his brother, Arnie, and the financial hardships of his family.
“Somedays you want him to live, somedays you don’t." Gilbert's love for Arnie was real until his own personal identity started to haunt him. Arnie was the biggest responsibility for Gilbert because of his disability. There is an ever-present fear in Gilbert, because Arnie has a habit of climbing up the water tower. According to the doctor, Arnie does not have much time to live. He can leave this world at anytime. If a person has a strong fear of losing something, than the thought of losing it always in their mind. This is why Gilbert either wants him to stay or die. Gilbert’s love for Arnie is not invisible but it can be hidden when Gilbert thinks about his own identity. Even though there is no big difference in age but Gilbert was becoming more like a father to Arnie than a brother. He wants to play with his brother and talk to him as a brother, but he always has to show that he is his caretaker.
Bonnie, their mother, was always an embarrassment to her son. Gilbert loves his mom and always wanted to be a good son. Nevertheless, he was never able to be a son because he always had to act like a father to his mom, taking care of her like a child. There was love towards Bonnie, but also shame, and a fear of how society views them. He is afraid that people view her as an irresponsible person who never left her couche for seven years and was a burden to her family. In order to hide his fear he began showing anger toward his mother and making fun of her. For instance, when Bob asked him, "How’s the mom?", he replied, "She is fat, an obese whale."
Endora a lifeless town was “dancing to no music” for Gilbert. If a person does not like the surroundings in which they live, it is difficult to feel at home there. Endora was a small town where keeping secrets was as fruitless as telling a math teacher to write an essay about Shakespeare. Immature townspeople and their senseless reactions to his mother's size and his brother's disability were causing many problems in Gilbert's life. For instance, when his mother came out of the police station everybody was looking at her as if she were not of this earth. Because the town was so small, there was little opportunity to earn enough money even to provide for one's family. After his father's death, the weight was all on Gilbert's shoulders. He was the only one in the house able to work and earn a living. At an age where a young man wants only to enjoy his life and create his own identity, he was busy doing everything for his family. His dream of making his personal identity was crushed between his family responsibilities and a lifeless town.
Gilbert's life was revolving around his family, leaving him without his own identity. His personal identity was lost among his love ones. As a caretaker he was struggling with society because of his mom’s obesity, emotionally because of his brother, and physical because he had to work so much, with so little gain in the small town of Endora.

2007-05-23 22:25:38 · 5 answers · asked by . . 1

I am in 5th grade and i'm considered "gifted".But I don't want to be in gifted classes next year, it's too much stress.
I've gotten a's and b's all my life and never studied (it may not seem true but it is)
I just pay attention, that's all.
But my mom isn't convinced, i've told her all this but she still thinks i should be in gifted classes.

Any ideas how to convince her?

2007-05-23 14:08:08 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

or work as a research assistant in Educational Psychology?
I love research especially in the areas of Dyslexia and Autism.

I can read fine and have my own method of reading,but do you think it's possible.I have been to uni before and found it impossible to structure and do things academically,write essays- I did'nt know I was dyslexic at the time though.

2007-05-23 13:02:30 · 12 answers · asked by rusalka 3

My son is going to be detained Ive been telling the school he needs to be in special ed and they tell me they cant test him till he's in the secound grade I spend alot of time with him and he just gets fustrated I know my kids have enharaded the learning disability from me . The school say he dosent even try!

2007-05-23 05:13:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

if so, do you know what a person needs to do to become one?

2007-05-23 02:20:43 · 2 answers · asked by becki 3

2007-05-22 20:01:36 · 5 answers · asked by Derma 1

I will be starting work this summer at a center for children with special needs. Most of the children are moderately to severly autistic. I have been reading up on autism and there is a lot of great information for parents about raising a child with autism, not so much for a babysitter, or in my case, a counselor. What do parents expect of me?

Most important of all, what can I do to make the most out of the few hours I will be spending with these children?

2007-05-22 19:29:24 · 4 answers · asked by Kay Marie 2