October 22, 2019
By: Sarah Schwartz
Source: Education Week Being approached by a police officer can be a stressful situation for any teenager. But for students with autism, encounters with law enforcement can be especially dangerous. Children with autism spectrum disorder may not be able to respond to directions or questions from the police. They may avoid eye contact, […]
October 22, 2019
By: Ann Schimke
Source: Chalkbeat Tammy Kennington and the four children in her cozy therapy room prepared to sound out the word “April.” “Divide before your first medial consonant. Accent the first syllable,” Kennington said, her fourth graders quietly echoing her words. “A vowel in an open-accented syllable is long. Code it with a macron,” they […]
October 21, 2019
By: Meredith Kolodner
Source: The Hechinger Report HYDEN, Ky. — Rita Sandlin knew what she wanted for her children. It was something that she didn’t get for herself. Born and raised in a mining town tucked in a southern slice of the Appalachian Mountains, Sandlin left high school in 11th grade. She made it clear to […]
October 21, 2019
By: Michelle Diament
Source: Disability Scoop The primary method that pediatricians use to identify children with autism is missing more kids with the developmental disorder than it catches, new research suggests. Less than 40 percent of children later diagnosed with autism screened positive on what’s known as the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers with Follow-Up, […]
October 18, 2019
By: Amanda Foster
Source: WBTV News CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – Within the walls of Miss Donna’s School of Dance, program “A Chance to Dance” gives kids with disabilities an outlet. “Music and dance, any kind of art gives these kids a voice,” instructor and founder Kim Smith says. “They don’t have to use words.” She says […]
October 16, 2019
By: Robin Lake and Bethany Gross
Source: The 74 For parents of children with disabilities, finding a school where the adults not only care about what your child needs but are capable of providing it can be life-changing. Over the past 12 months, researchers at the Center on Reinventing Public Education and the National Center for […]
October 16, 2019
By: Evie Blad
Source: Education Week The U.S. Department of Education’s top official in charge of special education services is leaving his post, Secretary Betsy DeVos announced Wednesday. Johnny Collett, assistant secretary for the office of special education and rehabilitative services, has served in the Trump administration for nearly two years. Mark Schultz, who has been commissioner […]
October 15, 2019
By: Reema Amin
Source: Chalkbeat Offering all students free lunch helps boost academic performance, a new report, which looked at meal programs in New York City middle schools, shows. The study, out of Syracuse University’s Center for Policy Research, assessed the impact of universal free lunch on students who previously didn’t have access to such a meals program. Researchers found […]
October 15, 2019
By: David Holohan
Source: Hartford Courant The autistic child at Norfeldt Elementary School in West Hartford is fully engaged with his instructor, Chris, who leads him through some Tai chi-like arm movements and asks him to identify colors. The session goes well and they high-five when it’s over. In the 2017 Fast Company video, the boy’s […]
October 11, 2019
By: Emily Tate
Source: Ed Surge WASHINGTON — When Stephanie Gunter accepted a second-grade teaching position at Langley Elementary, she was no novice. By that point, Gunter had been teaching in D.C. Public Schools for six years, and she felt she’d hit her stride in the classroom. Then the new school year started. From day one […]