Sentences with phrase «as for children with disabilities»

As for children with disabilities, this varies and parenting should change based on each child.

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A performing arts program for teens in foster care, service dogs for children with disabilities and a global effort to help children in extreme poverty are among the 27 charities that will receive a $ 25,000 grant as winners of the Upstanders Challenge.

As a former city councilor, Selina advocated for the rights of taxpayers, fought to protect the health of children and families by introducing a local ban on cosmetic pesticides and worked to improve access for people with disabilities as chair of the Coquitlam Universal Access - Ability Advisory CommitteAs a former city councilor, Selina advocated for the rights of taxpayers, fought to protect the health of children and families by introducing a local ban on cosmetic pesticides and worked to improve access for people with disabilities as chair of the Coquitlam Universal Access - Ability Advisory Committeas chair of the Coquitlam Universal Access - Ability Advisory Committee.

Marie started her career working in a home for the elderly, later with adults and children with developmental disabilities, as a counsellor and family - support worker in Toronto, and once again at the School Board as an Early Childhood Educator working with children with disabilities.

Christian charity The Salvation Army now hopes to turn the site, where Lennon used to play as a child, into a training and work placement hub for young people with learning disabilities.

Most could keep their head above the murky waters, but I drowned in them, my mind and soul became as a vegetable, void of all emotions and life, there are ones that have my testimony when God apprehended me and manifested Himself to me, that I became One with Him in His life: I was a walking zombie and nothing more at that time, a vessel for my master use being cared for by my adult children on disability with a grade 5 education, with ADDHD and dyslexia, I couldn't even spell or string 2 sentences together that made any sense: All that has been done in my life for the last 11 yrs.

That black children are twice as likely as white children to be placed in a class for students with intellectual disability.

It is just as important for youth with disabilities to be physically active and have the opportunity to participate in sports as non-disabled children.

However, controlling for SES, it is clear that fathers of children with disabilities experience more depression, as well as more parenting and child - related stress and often feel their parental situation is more uncontrollable (SCIE, 2005b; Foundation for People with Learning Disabilidisabilities experience more depression, as well as more parenting and child - related stress and often feel their parental situation is more uncontrollable (SCIE, 2005b; Foundation for People with Learning DisabilitiesDisabilities, 2007).

Meeting this need allows the child to actively take on stressful challenges with greater ease, as often occurs for children with disabilities.

Kids with Learning or Behavioral Disabilities When your child doesn't fit in with his peer group for some emotional, behavioral or physical reason, I think you have to find an organized way as a parent to work with them step by step, to show them how to manage their daily lives.

I feared he thought he may be responsible for a child with a disability, and would feel as if he had to remain with us once finishing high school, rather than leave for college.

Looking for and finding some of these qualities as a parent of a child with learning disabilities is priceless.

It is not uncommon for parents of children with learning or physical disabilities as well as other challenges to voice complaints.

I was team mom for little league, cheer mom, pta mom, chaperoned school field trips, volunteered as a classroom helper and parent at their schools (when in public school) attended toddler tumbling and mom classes, was a homeschooling parent for one of my kids with leaning disabilities, I didn't have to scramble to figure out what to do about work or where to take my kids for child care if they were sick, I led and was involved with the church groups with my kids, I spent summers with them doing all kinds of things like traveling, visiting grandparents out of town, amusement park trips, swimming, picnics, and hiking, instead of them being stuck with a sitter every summer.

I draw from my experiences with a late - pregnancy loss of twins and as the mother of a child with multiple disabilities to help expecting families empower themselves and advocate for their growing family during their birth and in years beyond.

And for special needs children or for children with disabilities, the stroller provides a way to start the socialization process early, as you can take your baby out to meet other moms and kids in local parks and playrooms.

The Bible lessons and activities in this curriculum are great for children who have special needs, such as children with ADD, ADHD, or other learning disabilities because all areas of study are reinforced using active learning and lots of sensory stimulation.

«Barriers to achievements for children with special needs and disabilities rise even higher as savage cuts to local authority budgets cause vital specialist support services to be axed.

He worked for 47 years as a coach, athletic director and administrator serving troubled youth, disadvantaged children and people with developmental disabilities.

You see, Hillary has spent decades doing the relentless, thankless work to actually make a difference in their lives, advocating for kids with disabilities as a young lawyer, fighting for children's health care as first lady, and for quality child care in the Senate.

Every child got in on the action at the Dutchess Stadium as the Hudson Valley Renegades taught a baseball clinic for children with disabilities

As a counselor for several years in a day camp for children with special needs, as the coordinator of Brandeis University's Big Brother / Big Sister program, and at DOROT, where he was responsible for planning disability awareness training and for insuring all sponsored events were physically accessiblAs a counselor for several years in a day camp for children with special needs, as the coordinator of Brandeis University's Big Brother / Big Sister program, and at DOROT, where he was responsible for planning disability awareness training and for insuring all sponsored events were physically accessiblas the coordinator of Brandeis University's Big Brother / Big Sister program, and at DOROT, where he was responsible for planning disability awareness training and for insuring all sponsored events were physically accessible.

«This is particularly true for those least able to make themselves heard when it comes to getting the best care, such as older people, children and those with mental health needs or learning disabilities.»

He plays alongside the children of Camp Shriver, his mother's revolutionary project, which provided a space for children with intellectual disabilities to play, and years later he gains invaluable wisdom from the incredible athletes he befriends as chairman of the organization it inspired, Special Olympics.

«Not only are there applications for healthy people to better realize their potential, but EEG - neurofeedback work has been extended to pathology, as in the case of children with attentional disabilities and [transcranial magnetic stimulation] for depression,» notes psychologist John Gruzelier of Goldsmiths College in London, who has been working on training musicians to control their own brain waves, thereby improving performance.

Last year, for example, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study of thousands of children with developmental disabilities found that kids with autism were twice as likely as children with other types of disorders to have frequent diarrhea or colitis, an inflammation of the large intestine.

Lead author Melissa Danielson, MSPH, a statistician with the CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, said findings that children in foster care experience high rates of ADHD along with other, simultaneous behavioral disorders as compared to their peers in Medicaid shows a substantial need for medical and behavioral services within this group.

Kessler Foundation is excited to provide scientific expertise to change the lives of children with disabilities, as we have done for thousands of adults.

I been working for about 4 years as teacher for children with special needs such as Down syndrome, Autism, Adhd, dyslexia, learning disabilities and deaf.

Abigail Breslin was honored as one of five young performers for her involvement in Project Sunshine, a charity for children with disabilities, HIV and other special needs.

As Congress wrestles with reauthorizing the 5 1/2 - year - old No Child Left Behind Act, some disability - rights advocates fear high standards for students with disabilities could be sacrificed as states seek more flexibility in the laAs Congress wrestles with reauthorizing the 5 1/2 - year - old No Child Left Behind Act, some disability - rights advocates fear high standards for students with disabilities could be sacrificed as states seek more flexibility in the laas states seek more flexibility in the law.

The current system of procedural accountability within special education law is a logical response to the problems that led Congress in 1975 to enact the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA): the total exclusion of some students with disabilities, the inadequate education of others, and the segregation of those in school from their nondisDisabilities Education Act, or IDEA): the total exclusion of some students with disabilities, the inadequate education of others, and the segregation of those in school from their nondisdisabilities, the inadequate education of others, and the segregation of those in school from their nondisabled peers.

As part of his budget, the Republican governor proposed pulling out of part H of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, which sets rules for early - intervention services for children from birth to age 3 and requires participating states to guarantee certain coverage.

But special education vouchers are not the best way to do this; they create other, adverse consequences, such as further segregating or perpetuating double standards for children with disabilities and creating perverse incentives for parents and educators.

We also read trade books; had a visit from an author with a learning disability who was told as a child that he would never read; and had a visit from a dog that was raised to be a helping dog for an autistic child in Australia.

Empowering parents is one of the best ways to combat the persistent finding that black children are statistically more likely than white children to be designated as special education students, according to the National Association for the Education of African American Children with Learning Disabchildren are statistically more likely than white children to be designated as special education students, according to the National Association for the Education of African American Children with Learning Disabchildren to be designated as special education students, according to the National Association for the Education of African American Children with Learning DisabChildren with Learning Disabilities.

Other provisions that lend a more credible basis to the view that inclusive education has been promoted in the Act, are provisions such as Section 28 which provides for designing and developing new assistive devices, teaching aids, special teaching materials and other such items necessary to provide «equal opportunities in education'to a child with disability; and clauses (f), (g), (h) of Section 29, which provides for suitable modification in the examination system through elimination of purely mathematical questions for the benefit of blind students and those with low vision (f); restructuring of curriculum for the benefit of children with disabilities (g); restructuring the curriculum for benefit of students with hearing impairment to facilitate them to take only one language as part of their curriculum (h).

«This legislation really stands out as the game - changer for children with disabilities,» he says.

For children with high - cost disabilities like autism, annual tuition is as high as $ 129,393.99.

For example, Florida law gives all parents with a child in special education the option of finding a private school with support to the same level as the average spent statewide on students with that disability.

Ableism, «the devaluation of disability,» can «result in societal attitudes that uncritically assert that it is better for a child to walk than roll, speak than sign, read print than read Braille, spell independently than use a spell - check, and hang out with nondisabled kids as opposed to other disabled kids.»

As Congress debates No Child Left Behind, proposed bill ignores opportunity to improve U.S. school systems for students with disabilities.

However, children with disabilities who currently are identified as needing special education and related services may not receive RTI services that are funded with IDEA funds used for EIS.

She is a former classroom teacher who has worked in regular education as well as with children with learning, physical, behavioral and emotional disabilities, and in a private practice for troubled youth.

For more than five decades, Congress has consistently recognized and acted on the need to promote fair and equal access to public schools for: children of color; children living in poverty; children with disabilities; homeless, foster and migrant children; children in detention; children still learning English; Native children; and girls as well as boFor more than five decades, Congress has consistently recognized and acted on the need to promote fair and equal access to public schools for: children of color; children living in poverty; children with disabilities; homeless, foster and migrant children; children in detention; children still learning English; Native children; and girls as well as bofor: children of color; children living in poverty; children with disabilities; homeless, foster and migrant children; children in detention; children still learning English; Native children; and girls as well as boys.

Demand for special education services and teachers should rise as children with disabilities are increasingly being identified earlier and enrolled into special education programs.

The Educational Needs of Children in Foster Care: The Need for System Reform This report provides an overview of the educational needs of children in foster care, as being placed into foster care is particularly disruptive for children with educational disabilities or other special nChildren in Foster Care: The Need for System Reform This report provides an overview of the educational needs of children in foster care, as being placed into foster care is particularly disruptive for children with educational disabilities or other special nchildren in foster care, as being placed into foster care is particularly disruptive for children with educational disabilities or other special nchildren with educational disabilities or other special needs....

There are a range of critical issues, such as: the implementation of the reauthorized ESEA (now called The Every Student Succeeds Act) which includes new flexibility for states in designing state standards and accountability systems as well as a hard cap on the number of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities taking alternate assessments on alternate standards; regulations on disproportionate identification of minority students to special education; and, the goal to transition more disadvantaged students into college and careers that will have a significant impact on some of the most vulnerable children.

For example, IDEA supported local communities that were developing and implementing early childhood programs; schools serving students with low - incidence disabilities, such as children who are blind or deaf or children with autism or traumatic brain injury; and schools in rural or large urban areas, where financial and other resources are often scarce.