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	<title>Childswork Blog &#124; Child Therapy &#38; Special Needs</title>
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		<title>The Sage Colleges to Offer Degree Designed for Students with Autism</title>
		<link>http://childswork.com/blog/2012/05/the-sage-colleges-to-offer-a-degree-designed-for-students-with-autism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AD Midd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ADHD--Autism--Asperger's]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students with autism spectrum disorders are usually very fortunate in their K-12 education. Throughout the past few decades, knowledge about the disorders and pressure from the private and public sector has made it possible for a child with autism to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>ChildsWork News, May 15, 2012: New Mouse Model for ADHD and Controversy over ACT Testing Accommodations</title>
		<link>http://childswork.com/blog/2012/05/childswork-news-may-15-2012-new-mouse-model-for-adhd-and-controversy-over-act-testing-accommodations/</link>
		<comments>http://childswork.com/blog/2012/05/childswork-news-may-15-2012-new-mouse-model-for-adhd-and-controversy-over-act-testing-accommodations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AD Midd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this morning’s aggregation, I want to present two interesting articles about special needs issues that indirectly affect us all in the education community. The first article comes from researchers at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) along with Oregon [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>New Congressional Panel on Dyslexia Signals Important Change</title>
		<link>http://childswork.com/blog/2012/05/new-congressional-panel-on-dyslexia-signals-important-change/</link>
		<comments>http://childswork.com/blog/2012/05/new-congressional-panel-on-dyslexia-signals-important-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AD Midd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CW News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Dyslexia is a really complex learning disability and one that, more often than not, is misunderstood and misdiagnosed. Children and adults with dyslexia are often just as capable academically as their peers, but the trouble that they have in [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cerebral Palsy Therapy by Helping Hands at Rice University</title>
		<link>http://childswork.com/blog/2012/05/cerebral-palsy-therapy-by-helping-hands-at-rice-university/</link>
		<comments>http://childswork.com/blog/2012/05/cerebral-palsy-therapy-by-helping-hands-at-rice-university/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 18:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AD Midd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For children with cerebral palsy, the use of their hands and arms can be a real challenge as the disease will cause them to maintain a claw-like structure that needs intense physical therapy, even after surgery. Knowing the struggles that [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Play “Therapy”: Kansas State Graduate Student’s Autism-Friendly Schoolyard</title>
		<link>http://childswork.com/blog/2012/05/play-therapy-kansas-state-graduate-students-autism-friendly-schoolyard/</link>
		<comments>http://childswork.com/blog/2012/05/play-therapy-kansas-state-graduate-students-autism-friendly-schoolyard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 17:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AD Midd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ADHD--Autism--Asperger's]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parents, teachers, and friends of children with autism see the challenges they experience every day. They know that environmental factors like light, sound, and crowds that would be ignored by neuro-typical children and adults can cause massive upset for autistic [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>ChildsWork News, May, 9, 2012: Two Reports on Teens and Drugs</title>
		<link>http://childswork.com/blog/2012/05/childswork-news-may-9-2012-two-reports-on-teens-and-drugs/</link>
		<comments>http://childswork.com/blog/2012/05/childswork-news-may-9-2012-two-reports-on-teens-and-drugs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 16:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AD Midd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The topic of drug use among adolescents continues to cause pain and confusion for parents, teachers, and society as a whole. Despite the rally cry of the 1990s anti-drug movement and the subsequent efforts to engage in combat on the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Fiction &amp; Life: New Study Shows that Losing Yourself in a Character Impacts Action, Beliefs</title>
		<link>http://childswork.com/blog/2012/05/fiction-life-new-study-shows-that-losing-yourself-in-a-character-impacts-action-beliefs/</link>
		<comments>http://childswork.com/blog/2012/05/fiction-life-new-study-shows-that-losing-yourself-in-a-character-impacts-action-beliefs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 14:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AD Midd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Counseling]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[character education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am an English teacher, and a proud one at that. I write about STEM curriculum and special ed. because I think they are important, but my first love is, was, and always will be books. To this day I [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Teachers Need Motivation, Too</title>
		<link>http://childswork.com/blog/2012/05/teachers-need-motivation-too/</link>
		<comments>http://childswork.com/blog/2012/05/teachers-need-motivation-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 13:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AD Midd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CW News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s Monday morning and if you all are anything like I am, the stress of the week is especially apparent as you sit down at your desks or stand up at the heads of your classrooms. We’re at the end [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>ChildsWork News, May 4, 2012: Unruly Behavior Could Equal a Mental Disorder and a Congressional Stance on Braille Education</title>
		<link>http://childswork.com/blog/2012/05/childswork-news-may-4-2012-unruly-behavior-could-equal-a-mental-disorder-and-a-congressional-stance-on-braille-education/</link>
		<comments>http://childswork.com/blog/2012/05/childswork-news-may-4-2012-unruly-behavior-could-equal-a-mental-disorder-and-a-congressional-stance-on-braille-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 16:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AD Midd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behavioral Management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[blindness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The final news this week will focus on two interesting bits in the special needs education world. The first is a press release that discusses a presentation given be Thomas R. Insel, MD who is the director of the National [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Large Study Discovers Connection between Teenage Brains, Drug Abuse</title>
		<link>http://childswork.com/blog/2012/05/large-study-discovers-connection-between-teenage-brains-drug-abuse/</link>
		<comments>http://childswork.com/blog/2012/05/large-study-discovers-connection-between-teenage-brains-drug-abuse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 14:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AD Midd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As educators, looking for the signs of drug and alcohol use among our adolescent students is an unwritten part of the job. So many students fall victim to these substances each year, effectively sabotaging their present and their future. And, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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