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The Sage Colleges to Offer Degree Designed for Students with Autism

May 16, 2012 - (0) comments

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 […]

ChildsWork News, May 15, 2012: New Mouse Model for ADHD and Controversy over ACT Testing Accommodations

May 15, 2012 - (0) comments

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 […]

New Congressional Panel on Dyslexia Signals Important Change

May 14, 2012 - 1 Comment

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 […]

Cerebral Palsy Therapy by Helping Hands at Rice University

May 11, 2012 - (0) comments

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 […]

Miriam Kurtzig Freeman on Special Education Reform – Highlighting the Contradictions of IDEA and NCLB

By: AD Midd - 02 May 2012 - 0 Comments

Special education teachers are in a precarious position in the public schools of today. With the pressure to perform on standardized tests via NCLB the threat of the unknown with the Common Core Curriculum [...]

New Study Suggests Link between TV Ads for Alcohol and Underage Drinking

By: AD Midd - 01 May 2012 - 0 Comments

The American Academy of Pediatrics held its annual Pediatric Academic Societies meeting in Boston, MA this weekend. Yesterday, I reported on one important presentation at that meeting that linked bullying and depression among special [...]

New Reports Looks at Connection between Bullying/Ostracism and Depression in Special Needs Students

By: AD Midd - 30 April 2012 - 1 Comment

It’s no secret that bullying in American schools is a mounting problem for all children. As special needs educators the link between bullying and exclusion and children who struggle with additional health conditions or [...]

ChildsWork News, April 27, 2012: Developmental Delays, ADHD and College Prep…Oh My!

By: AD Midd - 27 April 2012 - 0 Comments

This morning on CW News, I want to offer a variety of articles that touch on some of CW’s most popular subjects. The first comes from Education Week blogger Nirvi Shah who reports on [...]

By: ChildsWork - 26 April 2012 - 0 Comments

Childswork was out on the local Long Island scene last Thursday April 19th at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury to show our support for autism awareness and promote all the great things celebrities are [...]

By: AD Midd - 26 April 2012 - 0 Comments

I have a really special treat for readers this morning. If you don’t already know her, Ann Bauer is a writer and mother of three. Her oldest son, Andrew, is autistic. At 24 years [...]

Technology and the ‘Next Generation’ – Preparing Students for College and Beyond

By: AD Midd - 25 April 2012 - 0 Comments

As a college educator, the topic of technology is of extreme interest to me. At least one of the courses that I teach each semester is online, while I have also dabbled in so-called [...]

The Importance of Visual Aids in Special Education

By: AD Midd - 24 April 2012 - 1 Comment

Today, I am sharing a new post with you from one of my favorite special needs bloggers – Gavin Bollard. Gavin is a married father who found out about his own Asperger’s syndrome only [...]

Study Looks at New Way to Curb Binge Drinking among College Students, Teens

By: AD Midd - 23 April 2012 - 0 Comments

Binge drinking is defined by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism as drinking alcoholic beverages in so much excess that one’s blood alcohol content (BAC) raises above 0.08. Binge drinkers are not [...]

By: AD Midd - 20 April 2012 - 0 Comments

Today marks a sad anniversary in the history of the American school system. It was on this day, April, 20, 1999 that the first massive school shooting in our country’s history took place in [...]

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