A Mother’s Crusade: My Special-Needs Daughter Is Thriving in a School Committed to Inclusion. I’m Fighting so More Kids Have That Chance – AcceliBEAT Weekly Round Up
August 17, 2018
Happy Friday and a great start to the new school year for all those who returned to the classroom this week! We begin our roundup with an inspiring story of a mother of a child with Down syndrome who fights for the right to an inclusive education for ALL children with disabilities. And there’s a fight to be fought. Just this week a federal judge in New York issued an order against a charter school for allegations that students with disabilities were forced to leave. In other news, a family in Oregon is suing their homeowners’ board for preventing a school from providing door-to-door bus service to their daughter with disabilities, a sensory-friendly school in Minnesota is intentionally designed down to the flooring to accommodate students with special needs, and teachers in a Kentucky school district receive a generous donation toward school supplies from a mystery donor. All this and more in this week’s AcceliBEAT!
This year, I watched my daughter’s friends — friends I was warned she might never have — surround my sweet girl and sing “Happy Birthday” to her.
How Do You Improve Schools? Start by Coaching Principals, Says New Study
“This approach is about support, not compliance,” said Hughes. “It’s changed the way I think about what I do.”
Discipline Policies That Illegally Punish and Exclude Students with Disabilities Must Stop
Disconcerting and problematic, this case is, on one level, a microcosm for the public education sector at large.
Incentives Floated for Treating People with Developmental Disabilities
Federal lawmakers are looking to make doctors and other health care services far more available for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
When Higher Functioning Follows Form: Special-Needs Students Flourish in Sensory-Designed Schools
What would a school look like if they could get rid of the environmental factors that compounded students’ frustrations and made it tough for the adults to head off the resulting explosions?
Sex and Special Needs: Why New Schools Guidance Must Embrace Pupils with Learning Difficulties
“Why do people get twitchy when you put ‘sex’ and ‘special needs’ together?”
HOA Sued After Barring School Bus for Child with Special Needs
The family of a child with disabilities is suing the Oregon senator and the board she serves after it voted to bar the girl’s school from providing her with door-to-door bus service.
Every Teacher in This School District Was Gifted $100 for School Supplies by an Anonymous Donor
As teachers in a northern Kentucky school district headed back to work on Monday, they were in for a surprise.
Meditation Isn’t Just About Self-Help. Here’s What Educators Need to Know
Communities that are dealing with chronic stress and adversity may not see the connection between contemplative practices and social activism.
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