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Quote of the Month
"The probability
that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter
us from the support of a cause we believe to be
just."
Abraham Lincoln the 16th President of the
United States (1809-1865)
Book of the Month
 "At
the
Yellow Pages for Kids with
Disabilities, you'll find
listings for educational consultants, advocates,
advisors, psychologists, diagnosticians, health
care specialists, academic tutors, speech
language therapists, and attorneys. You'll also
find government programs, grassroots
organizations, disability organizations, legal
and advocacy resources, special education
schools, and parent support groups."
Oregon
Yellow Pages for Kids
News!
October 12, 2007 the Supreme Court met to decide
whether to hear
Hyde Park v. Frank G.
Click
here to learn
what happened.
October 10, 2007 the Supreme Court issued a 4-4
split decision in New York City Board of
Ed v. Tom F.
Read about the decision,
implications, and what may happen next.
Parents of Disabled
Child Win Ruling High Court Says They Don't Need
Lawyer to Sue Over Special-Ed Needs
- The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that
parents of disabled children do not have to hire
lawyers to sue school districts when they
attempt to ensure that their children's special
needs are adequately met.
Special Education Law Blog
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A special education legal resource discussing
case law, news, practical advocacy advice, and
developments in state and federal laws, statutes
and regulations. Postings include insight and
sometimes humor from Charles P. Fox, a Chicago,
Illinois attorney who is also a parent of child
with special needs, and other guest authors.
A 5TH-GRADE
SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENT IS TASERED BY POLICE
IN HIS OREGON CLASS ROOM: AN INVESTIGATION OF
SYSTEMIC FAILURE / Oregon Advoccacy
Report:
(doc)
or
(pdf)
Appendix A:
(doc)
or
(pdf)
Appendix B:
(doc)
or
(pdf)
Appendix C:
(doc) of
(pdf)
2007 Inclusive Schools
Week - Save the Date!
- The
7th Annual Inclusive Schools week will be held
December 3-7, 2007. This year's theme is “Lessons
from the World: Including All Children” and
will celebrate international efforts to improve
educational outcomes for all children,
especially those with disabilities and from
culturally and linguistically diverse
backgrounds.
A Medicaid Question
- The U.S. Department of Education's
Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
recently responded to a question regarding
parental consent requirements relating to
accessing public benefits or insurance.
Final Regulations 2006
- The United States Department of
Education, Office of Special Education Programs
recently released the final regulations to
implement the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act, asamended in 2004.
"...Of
a different mind" is a combined business web site
and a personal web site of Roger
N. Meyer. Within this web site, he
offer's you views of his writing, his work and himself.
Roger is a published author, a special education advocate, a paid
social security representative, and individual disability and civil
rights advocate. He is co-founder of
Oregon Parents United (1998), and co-founder of
ASPIRES (2000). Roger lives in Portland, Oregon - U.S.A.
Restoring trust to our mental health system
- "There is trouble at Oregon State Hospital. So what
else is new? The Oregonian's reports of
sex-abuse and hush money in the 1990s ("Betraying a
fragile trust," Sept. 19) may seem like old news,
but the hospital's problems are not. ...And things
are getting worse," by Bob Joondeph,
executive director of the Oregon Advocacy Center,
which advocates for individuals with disabilities.
A Credo for Support
"Injustice
never rules forever."
Seneca Roman philosopher (c.3 B.C.–A.D. 65)
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Do we suffer from technological autism?
How much of our attention
is lost or diverted under the influence of
technology? How many of us are 'not there?'
asks William Bunn
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WRITING KIDS OFF IS NOT AN
OPTION
IIf
you're a parent or teacher
or coach or youth leader,
have you ever been tempted
to write a child off? To
expect little or nothing and
put your efforts
elsewhere? For an hour or a
day or even permanently?
Have you ever felt justified
because a child was
uncooperative or
disinterested or disruptive?
By Dan Coulter 10/2007 |
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Chalkboard Project
is a collaborative
effort among five Oregon foundations with one
objective: to create a better Oregon for all of us to
live in. The goal of the project is to help Oregon put
in place a system of schools that are among the best
in the nation: schools that deliver measurable results
and are accountable to Oregonians, and receive
predictable and adequate funding.
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States Return Million's to Washington.
Why?
[old but still true]
NCLB
News!
NCLB Reauthorization &
Parent Involvement
Anne
Henderson, Senior Fellow at the Annenberg
Institute for School Reform, testified before
the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education,
Labor and Pensions regarding the reauthorization
of NCLB. Read her comments on "Effective
Strategies for Engaging Parents and Communities
in Schools."
Wrightslaw: IDEA 2004 - by Peter W. D.
Wright ,
Pamela Darr Wright Also by the Wrights, a guide
to your legal rights and procedures under
federal law for your special needs child's
education. Pamela Settlegoode
- A Sweetheart Decision and HERO to
many...
Supporting Parents
Educational Dreams, Inc., is a not for profit
organization. If you have a child, birth to 21,
who is receiving special education services you
can apply to them for money to assist in raising
your child.
Read
more...
"Success
is measured not so much by the position that one
has reached in life as by the obstacles which he
has had to overcome while trying to succeed."
Booker T. Washington
"I am only
one, But still I am one. I cannot do everything,
But still I can do something; And because I
cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the
something that I can do."
Helen Keller, American author and lecturer
(1880–1968)
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