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Empowering Students with Disabilities through Inclusive Education Worldwide
...placed in age-appropriate general education classes that are in their own neighborhood schools to receive high-quality instruction, interventions, and supports...disabilities: Friendships Increased social initiations, relationships and networks Peer role models for academic, social and behavior skills Increased achievement...
News > Education
PBS KIDS is Still Going Strong
...General Manager of Children's Programming at PBS, recently spoke about the network and its commitment to helping nurture young viewers. "At PBS KIDS, our...which premiers in September 2013. "Last year we introduced Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood." That show was "based on the philosophy of...
Social Engagement > Support Groups
Helping Hands: Building an Autism Network
...was six, but we've been building a network since he was about two. Knowing that...and some excellent neighbors to the network. So what does being in a "network"...network. So what does being in a "network" mean? Well, for a family affected...his classmates who are also in the neighborhood. They all know he's the...
Legal > Housing
Group Home Rights Under the Fair Housing Act
...laws to exclude homes serving people with disabilities from residential neighborhoods. If a city says group homes can only operate in commercial or industrial...to block a group home because they don't want "those people" in the neighborhood, the FHA says no. The law applies to group homes that function as single...
Social Engagement > Inclusion
Planning Inclusive Birthday Parties and Community Events
The birthday party invitation arrives. Then the sports team banquet email. Then the school carnival flyer. Then the neighborhood holiday party evite. Your child with disabilities is invited to all of them, and you want them to go. But you're not sure which events will work,...
Education > Special Education
Why Special Education Looks Different in Every State
...of it may look very different. This catches families off guard, especially when they moved for good reasons. A new job, family nearby, a better neighborhood. No one expects the services their child spent years building to be on the table again. Why Your Child Might Not Qualify in the New State. IDEA...
Social Engagement > Support Groups
How to Start a Support Group for Families with Special Needs
...they expect. A facilitated discussion with rotating topics attracts different members than an open-ended share circle. Set geographic boundaries: Neighborhood-only, citywide, or regional? Distance matters when members need to get home for bedtime routines or rely on accessible transit. A 20-minute drive...
News > Lifestyle
How to Find Your Disability Community: Online Groups, Local Organizations, and Peer Support
...only family at the park with a wheelchair ramp checklist, the only adult in the office navigating accommodation requests, the only parent in your neighborhood who knows what a 504 plan is. You're solving problems other people don't see, which makes it hard to find the people who do. Connection with others...
Therapies > Play
Fun and Therapeutic Water Play in Your Own Backyard or Neighborhood Pool
Your child can have fun and benefit from therapeutic water play with creative activities that improve strength, balance, and social skills.
Education > Tutoring
12 Activities to Promote Holiday Learning and Fun
...them for a table decoration Make place cards for everyone for the holiday dinner table Watch a holiday movie together Go Christmas caroling in the neighborhood Have a family game night Read a Christmas story or holiday book as a family Learning Made Easy Talk Radio Listen to Peggy Harper Lee 10am and...
Parenting > School Years
5 Things You Can Do at Home to Help Your Child's Learning Challenges
...Sure, you may not be a teacher or a psychologist, but you are the adult who has the biggest impact on your child's life. And it doesn't matter which neighborhood you live in or what kind of car you drive. There are certain ingredients for success every child needs, and here are five of them – think time,...
Therapies > Other
Lives of the Therapies: Autism Movement Therapy®–Aut-erobics® Movement & Music Sensory Integration to "Wake Up the Brain"
...interesting process. Say you move into a new home. You don't know where to find the grocery store, the dry cleaner, the gas station or any other neighborhood establishments you need on a daily basis. But within a short period of time you've found these places and you no longer have to think about the...