January 13, 2017
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: Disability Scoop Children’s entertainment center Chuck E. Cheese’s is looking to make its offering more accessible to kids with autism and other special needs. The restaurant chain says it is introducing “Sensory Sensitive Sundays,” a monthly event designed to provide a sensory-friendly environment. During the two-hour offerings for families of those […]
January 10, 2017
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: Disability Scoop Researchers say there may be a simple way to reduce challenging behaviors among those with autism and similar disorders during the school day — add in some exercise. A new study looking at the impact of structured, aerobic exercise in kids on the spectrum and those with other behavioral […]
January 10, 2017
By: Emma Brown
Source: The Washington Post he U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday in a dispute over the level of education that public schools must provide to millions of children with disabilities, a case that advocates describe as the most significant special-education issue to reach the high court in three decades. […]
January 9, 2017
By: Patty Hastings
Source: Disability Scoop VANCOUVER, Wash. — Yung Ting Engelbrecht lounges on his couch watching “Barney” on a tablet. He can scan QR codes taped to the wall that connect him to some of his favorite YouTube videos. “Where are you going to sleep tonight?” asks his mom, Jacqueline Noel. “New house,” Yung […]
January 9, 2017
By: Christina Samuels
Source: Education Week On Dec. 31, an 18-year-old man with a mental disability met up with a former classmate in suburban Chicago, for what his family believed would be a sleepover. Instead, the man was driven around in a stolen van for few days, and then tied up, taunted, and abused for hours, […]
January 4, 2017
By: Harold O. Levy
Source: Education Week It is understandable that school administrators and teachers focus their attention on the students who face the greatest academic struggles in the classroom. I did this myself when I was the chancellor of the New York City schools more than a decade ago, with an emphasis on reducing […]
January 3, 2017
By: Holly Hines
Source: Iowa City Press-Citizen A recent complaint to the Iowa Department of Education seeks changes to seclusion spaces, practices and terminology in the Iowa City Community School District. Mary Richard, a Coralville attorney, filed the complaint in recent weeks, saying seclusion in schools can negatively affect children educationally, physically and psychologically. She […]
January 3, 2017
By: Lee Kern
Source: The Hechinger Report Each day as we tune into news sites and social media, we hear disturbing reports of violence in our nation’s schools. These stories’ regularity leads us to believe schools are no longer safe places for our children, or our teachers. So, can we curb school violence and the […]
January 2, 2017
By: Jessie Pounds
Source: Greensboro.com Guilford County Schools is raising the bar a bit for this year’s third-graders to qualify for the official “academically gifted” designation and the services that come with it. At the same time, the district is adding a completely new service to help nurture some third graders who’ve shown potential to […]
January 2, 2017
By: Patrick M. O’Connell
Source: Chicago Tribune Teens shuffle into the classroom, backpacks slung over shoulders and earbuds dangling out of sweatshirts. Jokes among friends fly as the students plop into desks arranged neatly in rows. The instructor in the green shirt jingles a small silver bell. The room grows still. Murmurs fade. The polished […]