Students Seeking Equal Access To Education May Find Federal Help Harder To Come By – AcceliBEAT Weekly Round Up
July 26, 2018
As we head into the last weekend of July, we’ve got lots of special education related news to share. Our featured article outlines the challenges parents of students with disabilities now face in resolving complaints filed with the federal Office for Civil Rights (OCR) due to recent changes the OCR made to deal with the growing backlog of cases under its review. In other big special ed news, a recent assessment by the Ed. Dept. found that more than half the nation does not meet the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. In Detroit, the superintendent plans to address issues with compliance by overhauling the program, proposing changes such as more teacher training and revamping the process for identifying students with disabilities. In other news, an adapted PE teacher in Columbus launched a gym designed to cater to the fitness needs of people with disabilities, counselors in an Indiana district realized they were spending less than half the day counseling students, and movie theaters must now do more to accommodate people with disabilities. All this and more in this week’s AcceliBEAT!
Majority of States Fall Short on Special Education Compliance, Ed. Dept. Says
More than half of all states needs some help from the federal government in meeting the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Students Seeking Equal Access To Education May Find Federal Help Harder To Come By
Two parents spent afternoons describing biology diagrams and illustrations to their daughter for her freshman class. She is blind, and the materials given to her were not in a format she could read.
What Does Good Special Education Teaching Look Like?
A project shares best practices in special education that aren’t just appropriate for students with disabilities; they’re effective instructional techniques for all students.
How This Indiana District Realized Counselors Weren’t Spending Enough Time Counseling
About a year ago, the counselors in the Beech Grove school district made a discovery: They were spending less than half of their time on counseling.
School District, Community Outline Plan to Address ‘Systemic Issues’ in Special Education
A family with a son with Down syndrome was told to we move out of the county, or even to Georgia due to negative stories of excluding students with disabilities from general ed classrooms.
Proposed changes include a new complaint hotline for parents, more teacher training, and a gut renovation of the district’s process for identifying students with disabilities and ensuring they receive appropriate services.
New Gym Created to Help People with Special Needs Stay Fit
During 25 years as an adapted physical education teacher, Peggy Mills noticed that when her students with disabilities graduated from school and entered adulthood it was difficult for them to find a place to work out.
Where Are Students at Risk? These Maps Tell the Story
It can be easy to focus on poor grades or absenteeism when thinking about young people at risk, but that leaves out serious health and social issues that can affect students’ school lives.
Movie Theaters Subject to New ADA Requirements
Under new rules taking effect this summer, the nation’s movie theaters must do more to accommodate people with disabilities.
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