Fremont County BOCES that seamlessly correspond to specific wyoming and local special needs This newchannel organizes selected sites to serving the needs of disabled and gifted http://www.fcboces.org/wedgate/default.asp
Extractions: CONTACTS BOCES Board Members School District Board Members Member District Administrative Staff Fremont County The Wyoming Education Gateway Downloads - Training Map WEdgate Information What is it? http://www.wyoming.edgate.org The Wyoming Education Gateway (WEdGate) is a partnership between the Wyoming Department of Education and EdGate.Com. WEdGate is an internet-based collection of tools and content that provides information, products and services to improve K-12 student achievement. WEdGate aids educators in achieving their goals, helps schools meet local academic expectations and keeps families and communities involved in their children's learning. Exploring the WedGate The gateway is a place where administrators, educators, families and students can access quality educational resources including curricula, lessons, activities and ideas. Here are some of the features of the gateway. Curriculum Matrix - provides comprehensive, online learning resources and activities that seamlessly correspond to specific Wyoming and local standards, classroom curriculum, and performance and knowledge assessments.
McREL - Changing Schools - Summer 2002 nation's largest advocacy group for disabled and gifted dealing with issues relatedto special education. Following the 2001 revamp of wyoming's charter school http://www.mcrel.org/PDFConversion/ChangingSchools/CSsummer2002.html
Extractions: Changing Schools Staff Scientifically Based Research Emerges as National Issue When the No Child Left Behind Act was signed into law in January 2002, reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, much of the ensuing discussion zeroed in on the legislation's assessment and accountability requirements. But another issue has recently come to the forefront: the notion of "scientifically based research," a phrase threaded throughout the 1,080-page Act. The No Child Left Behind Act (Public Law 107-110) calls for programs and practices that are built on scientifically based research. This requirement for rigorous evidence that programs and practices will work has led to an impassioned debate among educators, policymakers, and researchers. At the core of the issue are a number of questions including, What defines scientifically based research? Who decides what programs qualify? And if education research that conforms to a scientific model is not readily available, how do we proceed? What Is Scientifically Based Research?
Snake River Ecology Students with special needs disabled students who have special needs for this instructorand provide documentation to Western wyoming Community College http://www.wwcc.cc.wy.us/xbiology/snake_river_ecology.htm
Extractions: Course Name: Snake River Ecology Credit: 1 semester hour Instructor: S. Eric Heltzel Dates: evening of July 11, 12, 13, 1997 Where: Gros Ventre campground, Grand Teton National Park Required Material: No textbook is required for the course. Reference books will be furnished by the instructor. Each student will be responsible for his or her own camping gear and appropriate clothing. Students will provide their own journal/portfolio and writing utensils. Prerequisites: None Transferability: This course transfers only to those schools having a similar course. Course Description: Snake River Ecology will survey a variety of environmental topics. This is an intensive two day/two night, field-based course. Students camp two nights at Gros Ventre campground in Grand Teton National Park. All instruction will take place on the river and in adjacent areas. This course focuses on teamwork, rafting safety, and etiquette, and natural communities of Jackson Hole. Besides tuition and administrative fees, there is a course fee of $175.00 per student to cover rafting, camping, and meals. Assessment Goals: The student will be able to: communicate his or her understanding of information acquired in verbal and written formats retrieve information from reference materials discuss and evaluate environmental issues facing Jackson Hole and identify strengths and weaknesses of a variety of positions from different societal perspectives
Post-Crescent - Learnings Costly Curve Part of the solution may be labeling fewer students as disabled. wyoming. specialeducationresearch is not rigorous or coordinated enough to support needs http://www.wisinfo.com/postcrescent/news/archive/local_4981028.shtml
Extractions: Post-Crescent staff writer Freedom made the commitment to ensure all children equal access to a public education well before state and federal governments made it law in the early 1970s, he said. Yet, in times of tight budgets there is no denying the mounting cost of educating everyone from the blind, deaf and medically fragile to children with cognitive and emotional disabilities and speech delays. While Congress considers reauthorizing the 28-year-old law now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), area school systems are picking up the bulk of the bill for an ever-growing number of special-education children. Two dozen Fox Valley school districts spent more than $62 million in district, state and federal dollars in the 2000-01 school year to educate 7,597 students with disabilities, according to the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute. In the coming school year, Freedom, with a total enrollment of 1,590, will spend $1.9 million of its $12.2 million operational budget educating 215 children with disabilities.
EdGate.com: Educators World for a whole set of resources for special needs and gifted gifted child withnew challenges, or get special resources for disabled children, you http://www.wyoming.edgate.org/pa_pt_sngs.html
Extractions: Visit Education World for a whole set of resources for special needs and gifted students. Whether you need to put an end to a new misbehavior, provide your gifted child with new challenges, or get special resources for disabled children, you'll find some of the Web's best resources here. Then meet with other parents and teachers on the Special Education discussion board.
Cincinnati Builders : Community Guide Western Water, Goshen 513722-1682; wyoming City Water 513-821 special needs. ofinformation about state and federal laws that affect disabled students in http://www.cincinnatibuilders.com/comm_guide/others.html
Extractions: Property Tax: Imposed on real and tangible personal property. Rates vary according to each tax district. Tax is levied on each $100 of assessed valuation. Assessed valuation is 100% of true value. Sales Tax is 6%. A resident of Kentucky does not have to pay income tax to the city of residence if it is different than the city of work. Ohio Ohio Department of Taxation 513-852-3300. State Income Tax is based on federal adjusted gross income. Personal exemptions are $650. The tax rates are as follows:
Untitled Care Services Families with disabled Children in Non Disabilities Factors AffectingResource Allocation in wyoming; of Students with special needs on Teachers http://extension.usu.edu/acres/rseq_f_11.html
Extractions: Home Journal/Newsletter RSEQ Abstract Archive Other Publications Volumes 01-05 Volumes 06-10 Volumes 11-15 Volumes 16-20 Instructions: Click articles to display full title, details, and abstract. Volume 11, Number 1 (Winter 1992) Introduction to Topical Edition on Rural Independent Living Independent Living Centers In Rural Communities Extending the Independent Living Center Model to Rural Areas: Expanding Services through State and Local Efforts Delivering Independent Living Services in Rural Communities: Options and Alternatives ... Native American Independent Living Volume 11, Number 2 (Spring 1992) Introduction to Topical Edition on Multicultural Needs Cultural Accessibility of Services for Culturally Diverse Clients with Disabilities and their Families Identifying Unique Challenges to the Provision of Rehabilitation Services on the Navajo Reservation Secondary Disabilities Among American Indians in Montana ... Understanding the Cultural Characteristics of American Indian Families: Effective Partnerships Under the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) Volume 11, Number 3 (Summer 1992) The Dropout Problem: Rural Educators' Perceptions of Intervention Priorities The Entrepreneurial Model of Supported Employment Training Preservice School Psychologists to Facilitate the Implementation of the Regular Education Initiative in Rural Schools Identification of the Advantages and Disadvantages of Special Education Service Delivery in Rural Kentucky as a Basis for Generating Solutions to Problems ... Children's Voice Problems: The Frog in Your Classroom Volume 11, Number 4 (Fall 1992)
Vita Of Katharin Alcorn Kelker, Ph.D. the quality of life for developmentally disabled citizens of Natrona County schools,Casper, wyoming, April 1988 Parents Rights in the special Education Process http://www.kelker.org/About/vita.html
Extractions: EXPERIENCE Director of a program providing information and support to parents of children with disabilities throughout Montana Family Assistance Project NIMH Grant, $30,000 per year, renewable Alliance for Technology Access (ATA) Directed project providing information about assistive technology to parents of children with disabilities Information and Referral (Part C) Developmental Disabilities Division Grant, $32,000 per year, renewable Parent Training and Information Center D.O.E. Grant, $750,000 for 5 years MonTECH Access Co-Op, Tech Act Grant $24,500 per year, renewable Montana Center for Handicapped Children Eastern Montana College; Billings, Montana D.O.E. GRANT, $416,446 for 3 years Montana Center for Handicapped Children Eastern Montana Collegel Billings, Montana
USCS: Charter Schools And Special Education are all over the map on disabled students, p. 25 Charter Guidelines and ApplicationSpecial Education {Information wyoming, No written policies for students with http://www.uscharterschools.org/lpt/uscs_docs/4
Extractions: Project FORUM at National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) is a cooperative agreement funded by the Office of Special Education Programs of the U. S. Department of Education. The project carries out a variety of activities that provide information needed for program improvement, and promote the utilization of research data and other information for improving outcomes for students with disabilities. The project also provides technical assistance and information on emerging issues, and convenes small work groups to gather expert input, obtain feedback, and develop conceptual frameworks related to critical topics in special education.
Websites resources, video clips of learning disabled students benefiting general populationabout the special needs of people Hearing Parents in wyoming will find all http://www.bhsu.edu/education/edfaculty/cpollard/websites.htm
Extractions: Websites The following web sites are related to classes or topics that are dealt with within the Special Education field. Enjoy! Adolescents Assessment Inclusion Early Childhood ... Written Expression Adolescents Adolescence Directory On-Line (ADOL) : Is an electronic guide to information on adolescent issues. The Center for Adolescent Studies Focuses on meeting the social and emotional growth and development needs of adolesce3nts through providing support to adults working with youth, investigating current social issues and providing tools for teens to learn and practice new, healthy behaviors. Normal Adolescent Development Physical, Cognitive, and Social-emotional development of adolescents Site designed by four teachers from SD!! Adolescent Development Teenage Students with Dyslexia This web site would be very good to give to a teenage student who is facing the challenges of dyslexia. It is composed of items that have been entered by teens to help other teens understand that others are going through the same problems and that they are not alone. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome This site was established for teenagers. Good site!!
Extractions: The Able Workshop - Disability and woodworking, resource of photos, tips, hints, and tricks of those with a handicap who found solutions to work shop barriers. Art Disability Expression - Interactive exhibit explores the historical, social/cultural and artistic representations of people with disabilities in the past as well as how artists with disabilities today present disabilities as content in their artwork, and use alternative methods and materials to create their art. Art Enables - Art Enables is an arts-based training and employment placement program for persons with developmental disabilities sixteen years and older in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. ARTability, Accessing Arizona's Arts - News and calendars of accessible arts events in Arizona, including audio-described and American Sign Language interpreted performances.Links to many Arizona arts and disability sites. Arts Access - Arts Access is based in Melbourne, Australia and provides access to arts and cultural activity for people who are disadvantaged, including people with a disability.
Extractions: Founder, The Learning Camp Searching for a positive learning environment for her own child, Ann Cathcart left her position as CEO of the Better Business Bureau in Colorado and Wyoming to establish The Learning Camp. "Choosing the appropriate summer environment for your LD child can become one of the many challenges facing parents. It was such a challenge for me that I started a camp myself to create EXACTLY what I wanted for my son! (I do not recommend that others take that route!)" ... Ann Cathcart Ann Cathcart with son, Tucker When sending your child into the care of others it is so important to be certain that they will understand and take good care of your child. Your confidence in a summer camp will be enhanced by lengthy conversations with camp personnel or the director. If a camp is too busy to return your phone calls, or take the time to talk at length with you, will they be too busy for your child as well? Regardless of all that a camp may have to offer, if the director or the staff are too busy for you now, it should be a red flag! Find a camp that will give you and your child the time and attention that you both deserve. Feel free to ask for references, and then talk to other parents about their experience with the camp you are considering. It is extremely important that you feel comfortable with the program you are choosing and sometimes that requires many questions.
Extractions: Private Practitioner with over six (6) years of experience in representing and advocating for disabled students. Admitted to all NC state courts and federal district courts of North Carolina, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and US Supreme Court. Consultations and representation available on a sliding scale for low income families. The Law Firm of Paul L. Erickson, P. A.
21st Century Wyoming Education Policy Alternatives of additional programs for students with special needs and interests group of students,say, disabled students, or For example, if the wyoming elementary school http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2001/schoolfinance/map/reports/policy.htm
Extractions: Wyoming Education Policy Alternatives: Complying with the Recent Campbell Decision A MAP Inc. Issues Paper by James W. Guthrie Summary Wyoming has experienced three decades of judicial efforts to influence the states education finance system of contentious school finance litigation . Through four major decisions, beginning in 1971 and stretching to 2001, the state highest court has held that K-12 education: (1) is a constitutionally protected fundamental interest that must be guaranteed by state government, (2) cannot have its quality jeopardized by considerations of wealth, other than the wealth of the state as a whole, (3) must, in the courts terms, be proper, the best, unsurpassed, and visionary, and (4) must have its funding assured ahead of all other state endeavors. The Courts, February 23, 2001 ruling in Campbell County v State accepts the MAP Inc. Cost Based Block Grant education finance model as constitutional. This most recent decision, nevertheless, poses for the Wyoming legislature an unusually complicated set of decisions. The Campbell II decision, taken in tandem with its predecessor, Campbell I, creates dual or overlapping authority. It invests important decision making power, about how to achieve the best and visionary education system, both with local districts and with the state. This overlap in authority could presage conflict. Strict adherence to the Supreme Courts dictates risks having to spend more state funds on schooling than may be cost effective to meet the Courts specified goal for Wyoming of having an an unsurpassed education system
Cognitive And Developmental Disabilities Resources Parents who have disabled children and want to enroll them Travel and Recreation forPeople with special needs. wyoming Division of Developmental Disabilities. http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/jpkf/mrsites.html
Extractions: Cognitive and Developmental Disabilities Resources (in alphabetical order by title) AAMR The Web site of the American Association on Mental Retardation. AUCD The home page of the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (formerly American Association of University Affiliated Programs). ADA and Disability Information A WWW page with links to other Web and Gopher sites dealing with the Americans with Disabilities Act and disabilities in general. ADA Information Center On-Line A Web site of information about the Americans with Disabilities Act, made available by the ADA Project. Located in Columbia, Missouri, the ADA Project is one of ten regional centers funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, a division of the U.S. Department of Education. Their purpose is to provide technical assistance and training concerning the ADA to businesses, institutions, agencies, and individuals. The project serves the four state region of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska. Adaptive Computing Technology Center The University of Missouri Columbia, Department of Campus Computing, Adaptive Computing Technology (ACT) Center's goal is to implement adaptive computing in a manner which enhances integration of people with disabilities into the higher education environment.
Extractions: A Study of Charter Schools: First Year Report - May 1997 This Executive Summary provides highlights from the first-year report of the National Study of Charter Schools (the Study), sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education as authorized by the 1994 Amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The Study is a four-year research effort to document and analyze the charter school movement. By means of reports circulated online and in hard copy, the Study will provide descriptive information about the number and type of charter schools that become operational and about the factors that facilitate or hinder the charter schools' development and implementation. The Study will also analyze the impact of charter schools on student achievement and on local and state public education systems. The Study includes the first definitive survey of all charter schools, including 90 percent of all schools in operation as of 1995-1996. Charter schools are extremely diverse because of state and local factors. Their approaches to education often vary dramatically from one another. States play a primary role in defining the possibilities of charter schools, and states vary greatly in their approaches.
