Sentences with phrase «handicapped students in»

The Act, though general in nature, is silent on reservations for handicapped students in schools and colleges.

Chicago — Two years ago, Louisiana's statewide special - education district decided to install a computerized system for tracking and managing information on some 2,400 handicapped students in state - operated residential facilities.

Not exact matches

One of the supreme handicaps of modern Christianity is that there are so many believers in Christ, but so few disciples (students).

- The variety of people who shared memories of Uncle Gary at the funeral — a student, a racquetball companion, a son - in - law, a friend, a colleague, my sister, and a handicapped kid whose stories we could barely make out on account of his disability but who clearly had a special connection to this man who treated everyone with equal respect and love

• Colleges and universities must make reasonable modifications in academic requirements, where necessary, to ensure full educational opportunity for handicapped students.

One Catholic university, which had for years professed that it «does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, handicap, color, (or) religion» and «welcomes applications without distinction on the basis of race or religious beliefs,» discovered that Catholics had thereby declined from 70 percent to 59 percent of its student body in only ten years.

He translates theological articles and books from German to English for graduate students and professors (he is visually handicapped, but he can read, and he's gifted in language).

After the passage of the American's With Disabilities Act in 1990, the Project on Science, Technology and Disability turned their efforts to encouraging science education among handicapped students and the publication of the Resource Directory of Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities.

Other activities included a study on handicapped scientists» coping strategies, internship programs for handicapped college students majoring in the sciences, conferences and publications on barriers to post-secondary education for handicapped students, workshops and out of school programs for handicapped students, and a survey of handicapped women scientists.

At that point in time — for financial or other undetermined reasons — the district had not yet recognized the existence of severe behaviorally handicapped (emotionally disturbed) students as a separate entity within the district's special education umbrella.

In the 1980s, I earned a masters degree in special education and taught both learning handicapped and gifted studentIn the 1980s, I earned a masters degree in special education and taught both learning handicapped and gifted studentin special education and taught both learning handicapped and gifted students.

In addition to supporting racial equality in schools, Brown gave rise to numerous social movements seeking educational equality for students across all lines of difference, including gender and sexual orientation, religion, language, physical handicaps, immigration status, and socioeconomic leveIn addition to supporting racial equality in schools, Brown gave rise to numerous social movements seeking educational equality for students across all lines of difference, including gender and sexual orientation, religion, language, physical handicaps, immigration status, and socioeconomic levein schools, Brown gave rise to numerous social movements seeking educational equality for students across all lines of difference, including gender and sexual orientation, religion, language, physical handicaps, immigration status, and socioeconomic level.

Under the rules of the program as approved by the legislature last year, the families of handicapped students would have been obligated — like other participating families — to pay any transportation costs for their children to attend school in a district other than the one in which they lived.

A federal appeals court has ruled that schools must use state law as a standard in serving handicapped students where its provisions exceed federal law.

That means working with younger students, Special Olympics athletes, those with physical handicaps, and others who may live in disadvantaged areas where they don't have access to facilities and coaching.

While Alan was a computer science teacher in Lexington, MA, he was probably the first teacher in the world to have a student project on line in 1984, a database for the handicapped.

«Even our most profoundly handicapped students can be — and are — in mainstreamed classes,» Potter said.

In several studies, Allington and McGill - Franzen (1992a, 1992b, McGill - Franzen & Allington, 1993) highlighted the changes in the incidence of retention, remediation, and identification of students as handicapped across a 10 - year period when New York State increased high - stakes assessment and accountabilitIn several studies, Allington and McGill - Franzen (1992a, 1992b, McGill - Franzen & Allington, 1993) highlighted the changes in the incidence of retention, remediation, and identification of students as handicapped across a 10 - year period when New York State increased high - stakes assessment and accountabilitin the incidence of retention, remediation, and identification of students as handicapped across a 10 - year period when New York State increased high - stakes assessment and accountability.

Moreover, in practice, the «choice» program has been plagued by lack of accountability (no state testing requirements), fraud (private operators taking off with the state aid check, leaving the kids without a school to go to, and MPS to try to deal with it), refusal to accept handicapped children, continued leeching off public schools for lab courses, and — most significantly — absolutely no educational advantage whatsoever for the «choice» students compared to their public school counterparts, which was the ostensible justification for this whole fiasco in the first place.

Therefore, during the contextual analysis, IDRA assesses teachers» science self - efficacy for diverse students using the equity lens to ensure that all teachers are prepared in attitudes, knowledge and practice so that «no learner is denied the fair and equitable benefit of a quality, sound educational experience afforded to all other students regardless of race, gender, national origin, economic level and handicap» (Scott, 2009).

Schools have a significant role in helping students overcome these handicaps, to be sure, but that role can not be all - encompassing.

''... new instruments and methods need to be developed for identification of gifted students in specific populations, such as disadvantaged, ethnic minorities, students with limited English - speaking ability, exceptionally gifted students and handicapped students» (pp. 77 - 78, emphasis added).

Digging deeper you will find stark differences in the handicapping conditions of students who attend charter and public schools, with public school special education students having far greater needs.

Several practical issues concerning the implementation of computerized study guides in secondary programs serving students with academic handicaps are discussed.

Teacher Cindi Pastore, who's taught for 33 years in the Adams - Wells Special Services Cooperative, says she draws on her formal training daily to help her guide students» growth — from finding ways to communicate with non-verbal students with autism to working with students with severe physical handicaps.

One can not disagree with his assertions that trailing the rest of the nation in administrators, counselors, nurses, and librarians is also a handicapping condition for CA's schools and its students.

Educators concerned with making sure these students receive appropriate services must be creative in their search for solutions.They must work with both educators of the gifted and handicapped.

Many institutional bodies in America will not put e-readers in the public classroom because of lobby groups saying the devices alienate handicapped students, and they do have a point.

Yes the school is a reputable school and they are still in business today, but I don't have anything to show for it accept a private student loan and a private helicopter pilots license in my wallet I can do absolutely nothing with and now with interest my life has been forever handicapped financially for the last decade after and I'm sure for the rest of my life.

In addition, handicapped students who need special accommodations can request those accommodations when they apply for the examination.

National Greyhound Adoption Program Receives a Certificate of Appreciation from Philadelphia Academy Charter High School's Transition Program For approximately the last 10 years National Greyhound Adoption Program has taken in handicapped students from Philadelphia Academy Charter High School's Transition Program to do a variety of helpful tasks during the school year.

Assistance Dog Training for the Handicapped: In this course students will be introduced to assistance dog training for the handicapped.

For most students, taking on debt is an expected but unwelcome part of the law school experience — and many start out with a handicap in the form of debt from their undergraduate degree.

Magnolia School District, Anaheim • CA 2003 — 2005 Substitute Teacher Provided classroom instruction to students from K through 6th grades, specializing in severely handicapped students.

Some students might have physical handicaps in addition to their learning disabilities or have emotional needs that require special attention.

[jounal] Pulford, B. D. / 2005 / A cross-cultural study of predictors of self - handicapping in university students / Personality and Individual Differences 39 (4): 727 ~ 737