I am retired after teaching over 30 years of special education, mainly with elementary and high
school cognitive disabilities and autism, and transition.
Not exact matches
Earlier this year, pelinks4u.org, an Internet newsletter specializing in physical education topics, told a story about maturity and selflessness in youth sports in rural Washington state: Michael Denny, the wrestling coach at Housel Middle
School in Prosser, Wash., asked his counterpart at Morgan Middle
School in Ellensburg, John Graf, if he knew of a Morgan wrestler who would agree to an exhibition match against a Housel wrestler with
cognitive and physical
disabilities.
It is the goal of the Niskayuna Central
School District that the information on our website be accessible to individuals with visual, hearing, motor or
cognitive disabilities.
Cameron S. Carter, M.D. University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine Multimodal brain imaging and the pharmacotherapy of
cognitive disability in schizophrenia
Students with
disabilities: New federal rules make it easier for states to test students with the most severe
cognitive disabilities and include their test results in
schools» performance ratings.
Proposed federal rules about how to test students with the most significant
cognitive disabilities and include those results in ratings of
schools are still not final, eight months after the Department of Education released a draft version.
Proposed Symposium Title: Innovations in CBM: Developments in writing, social studies, reading, secondary
schools, and for students with significant
cognitive disabilities
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In New York City, thousands of students fall into one of three unique student population categories: English Language Learners, who speak a language other than English at home and score below proficient on English assessments when they enter the
school system; District 75 students, who have significant
cognitive and physical impairments and require a specialized
school setting; and special education students, who have an identified
disability and an individualized education plan.
It is the goal of the Niskayuna Central
School District that the information on our website be accessible to individuals with visual, hearing, motor or
cognitive disabilities.
The foundation of the Extended Standards provides a framework for instruction of students with the most significant
cognitive disabilities and to assist
school districts,
schools, and communities in developing and strengthening curriculum, rather than prescribing courses, materials, or instructional methodology.
Karvonen will lead the DLM project's test development and measurement team during the next phase of development of the Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment System, a computer - based assessment for the 1 % of the K - 12 public
school student population with significant
cognitive disabilities for whom, even with accommodations, general state assessments are not appropriate.
For children with multiple or low - incidence
disabilities, severe
cognitive delays, or significant emotional / behavioral concerns, CMSD offers specialized classes within
schools in every region of the city.
Set for large - scale use during the 2014 — 2015
school year, the DLM alternate assessment system will let students with significant
cognitive disabilities show what they know in ways that traditional multiple - choice tests can not and is designed to more validly measure what students with significant
cognitive disabilities know and can do.
The new assessments will be designed for a wide range of students with significant
cognitive disabilities and will be aligned to the common set of college - and career - ready standards that were recently developed by governors and chief state
school officers and have been adopted by 35 states and the District of Columbia.
The DLM Consortium is developing the Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment, a computer - based assessment for the 1 % of the K - 12 public
school student population with significant
cognitive disabilities for whom, even with accommodations, general state assessments are not appropriate.
An even lower percentage of students with
cognitive disabilities (0.84 %) are enrolled in charter
schools than public
schools (0.45 %).
The DLM Consortium is developing the Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment, a computer - based assessment for the 1 percent of the K - 12 public
school student population with significant
cognitive disabilities for whom, even with accommodations, general state assessments are not appropriate.
Once the assessment is implemented in these states during the 2014 - 2015
school year, it will mark the first time most students with significant
cognitive disabilities are assessed using an online, computer - based, large - scale state assessment.
Once the assessment is implemented in these states during the 2014 — 2015
school year, it will mark the first time most students with significant
cognitive disabilities are assessed using an online, computer - based, large - scale state assessment.
Observational labs are just one phase in CETE's development of the Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment, which is for the one percent of the K - 12 student population with significant
cognitive disabilities set to be implemented during the 2014 - 2015
school year.
It is the goal of KIPP New Orleans
Schools that the information on our website be accessible to individuals with visual, hearing, motor, or
cognitive disabilities.
These standards may be modified for students with significant
cognitive disabilities but the assumption is that they, like all students enrolled in
school, should be working towards a high - quality life.
For students with significant
cognitive disabilities, a maximum of 1 % of the total
school population, an Alternate Assessment must be made available.
In many cases,
schools that practice «out - counseling» do not specifically look to exclude marginalized students, but rather aim to develop homogenous behavioral practices that implicitly preclude children with emotional and
cognitive disabilities from successfully integrating into the expressed culture of the institution.
Teaching students with learning
disabilities, emotional disturbances, autism and other
cognitive disabilities at both the elementary and middle
school levels, delivered through co-teach, self - contained, redirect and alternative learning environment.
In particular, compared with their sisters, less - advantaged boys «have a higher incidence of truancy and behavioral problems throughout elementary and middle
school, exhibit higher rates of behavioral and
cognitive disability, perform worse on standardized tests, are less likely to graduate high
school, and are more likely to commit serious crimes as juveniles.»
In addition to testing for learning
disabilities, giftedness and
school readiness, I am also a psychotherapist using mainly
cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) techniques which puts me in a unique position to assess whether academic difficulties are due to a learning
disability, emotional factors or
cognitive (thought distortions) that get in the way of efficient learning.
I have over 15 years of experience working with children and adults in residential, outpatient,
school and home settings and have extensive experience working with individuals suffering from a wide variety of mental, emotional,
cognitive and developmental disorders, including Autism, intellectual
disabilities and other developmental delays.»
Common occupational therapy interventions include helping children with
disabilities to participate fully in
school and social situations, helping people recovering from an injury to regain skills, and providing supports for older adults experiencing physical and
cognitive changes.
the impact of violence on Indigenous youth in developing
cognitive disabilities, in under - performance in
schools and entry into the juvenile and then adult criminal justice processes;
Counseling services are available for individuals, couples and families, addressing: caregiving and relationship challenges; loss of functioning with
disability; threatened loss, death, and bereavement;
cognitive impairment; couples» issues of communication, intimacy, and sexual dysfunction; adjusting to new work and family roles; illness - related behavioral or
school problems; challenges of growing older, helping aging parents.