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41. EDUCATION - OVERSEAS
between states in levels of enrolment of disabled students in mainstream as opposedto special schools. test scores in New York, Dayton, ohio and Washington
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DECISION-MAKING IN AUSTRALIAN HIGH SCHOOLS B. Mulford, and others
International Studies in Educational Administration, vol.29, 2001, p.51-75 This article examines the decision-making process in high schools in one Australian State. The more positively teachers viewed the decision making process in the school, the higher the degree of influence they perceived to be exerted by education staff in the school. DIFFENTIATING INTEGRATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION K. Thomson
European Journal of Special Needs Education, vol.17, 2002, p.33-47 In the Soviet Union education of children with special needs was sharply segregated and based on locally developed theories of "defectology". Since the fall of Communism the segregated system has largely remained intact due to financial constraints, the organizational legacy of the Soviet differentiated system, the tenacious ideological legacy of "defectology" and resistance to integration as a Western idea. However, small-scale changes to the special education system at the local level are being made. EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY S. Fallows and R. Bhanot

42. The Marietta Times Viewpoint Local Boards Need To Be
The ohio Department of Job the health and safety of our county's disabled residentsin Local boards are dedicated to understanding the special needs of their
http://www.mariettatimes.com/columns/story/021202003_col02licoll.asp

43. Ab_peterson_inclusive_1|Student Resource Center|InclusiveNet
Inclusion Network in Cincinatti, ohio. of disabled people, parents of disabled childrenand their special needs Education Building an Inclusive Education and
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Home Student Resource Center InclusiveNet Student Resource Center
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Note that resources in a Portable Document Format are noted by the symbol . You will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader to access these documents which you can download HERE. They may also take a bit longer to load on your screen. Comprehensive Inclusive Education Sites The Consortium for Inclusive Schooling represents a collaborative effort to build the capacity of state and local education agencies to serve children and youth with and without disabilities in school and community settings. Inclusion Press A site filled with resources, publications, videos, and other information related to inclusion and social justice. National Institute for Urban School Improvement. Site with many resources regarding inclusive education practices that also help improve urban schools for all children. Family Villages Inclusive Education Resources Site. A wonderful site with many resources related to families. These links are related to inclusive education. Inclusion Resource Network This site is dedicated to including all children in the classroom. It has links to databases of information and links to sites related to special education. This site also has a monthly Focus PSA, provincial specialist associations, that focus on a specific area related to inclusion.

44. Inclusive Technology - ISEC 2000 - Presenters S - V
Inclusion from State to local level in ohio. Parents of kindergarten children withand without special needs. The African voice travails of disabled in Nigeria.
http://www.isec2000.org.uk/presenters/stuv.htm
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Sadek Farouk Egypt Attitudes towards inclusive education in Egypt Sadek Rita Egypt Teacher Training for inclusion Sader Saajidha South Africa Including educators: the experience of South African educators in a changing educational milieu Sage Rosemary England Supporting communication for better access to the curriculum Salas Sonia Chile Bridging the gap between education and employment for mentally retarded children Salzberg Charles USA Enhancing the success of students with disabilities in higher education Santos Maria Portugal Inclusive schools: the power in our hands Sari Hakan England Development of special education provision in Turkey: from the inclusive perspective Sarkissian Leon Russia Medical pedagogy at Moscow Institute-Internate Satoshi Shimizu Japan Transfer between schools for the physically handicapped and mainstream schools Sazesh A Iran It is easy to include all Schoeman Marie South Africa Disability and the politics of difference. Some cautionary remarks Schwartz Louis USA Vulnerable but victorious lives Segni Yaara di England Multi-sensory reading: simultaneous audio and Braille presentation to improve reading skills Sen Reena India The changing role of special education centres in facilitating inclusive education Sepehr H Iran Inclusion and the multi-model nature of children's learning Shagufta Shahzad Pakistan Inclusive education a perspective of services Sharmila M.

45. Diocesan Outreach Ministry
Javascript is either disabled or not supported by on diocesan outreach ministriesthat respond to special needs. their families on the ohio, Cumberland, and
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Diocesan Outreach Ministry
In order to provide ideas and references, this page offers a directory of online information on diocesan outreach ministries that respond to special needs. Please send additional references to Ralph Spence
Humanitarian Aid African Palms, USA
- the unique mission of turning an African Product (a simple palm cross) into a source of income and humanitarian aid for Africa founded in 1965 - Maryland Dominican Development Group - a partnership of several dioceses for the development of the Dominican Church to further its development and to make the Dominican Church self-sufficient - Western Louisiana Five Talents International - is an initiative seeking to combat poverty in the developing world, equip the poor with business opportunities and affirm the value of work and the dignity of every human being - Virginia
Family Assistance The Children's Mission
- a ministry for city children and their families seeking to enrich children's lives through books, art, music, worship, loving adult attention, table fellowship and pastoral care - Connecticut El Buen Samaritano - seeks to participate with low-income and working poor families in building a sense of community and partnership providing some needed services - Texas Seamen's Church Institute a pastoral outreach to mariners and their families on the Ohio, Cumberland, and Mississippi rivers providing pastoral care for crew and family members and support for projects -

46. Education - Page 2 Of 2
support and enlighten parents in the ohio school systems teaching a student who isgifted and learning disabled. to meet the needs of special education students
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47. Unit Studies, Special Needs, And Teens Page
Program TECEP, 609633-2844, ohio University, Office www.enablingdevices.com , toysfor special needs children of the techniques for learning disabled to teach
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Pick an Interest, Any Interest How Do You and Your Children Learn Best? Special Needs: Unit Studies and Labeled Children Homeschooling Teens, College and Distance Education Links: Start Your Unit Studies What Is a Unit Study? Pick a Topic, Any Topic! Homeschoolers, like all educators, often fall into the easy trap of spouting educational jargon until it becomes almost meaningless, especially to newcomers. We forget, perhaps, that everyone was once a newcomer. The term "unit studies" is an especially slippery fish of a term, because it can mean so many things. It may refer to a relaxed, interest led frolic through a subject, initiated by a child's interest in, for instance, cars. The child reads about cars, draws cars, examines the insides of cars, takes cars apart, measures cars, studies the math and science of cars, bakes and eats car shaped cakes, and builds a model car. The opposite extreme may be the child homeschooled with a traditional approach. His parents pick a unit study out of a book, or perhaps buy a unit study curriculum. The publisher supplies or suggests the materials, and the parent (as teacher) sits with the child, going progressively through the planned unit study. Most often, homeschool families fall somewhere in between these two examples.

48. Cincinnati Builders : Community Guide
special needs. The Child Advocacy Center is a source of information about stateand federal laws that affect disabled students in ohio, Kentucky and
http://www.cincinnatibuilders.com/comm_guide/others.html

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Indiana
  • Indiana Department of Taxation 317-232-2240.
  • State Tax is 3.4% of taxable income. Personal and dependency exemptions are $1,000. Federal Income Tax is not deductible.
  • Dearborn and Ohio Counties assess both real and personal property per $1,000 of value (tax rate of 81.22 with a 33% ratio for an effective tax rate of 27.7).
  • Sales Tax is 5%.
Kentucky
  • Kentucky Income Tax Division 502-564-3111
  • Kentucky Tax Rate Schedule on taxable income:
    over - $8,000 6%
  • 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:
    Taxable Income Rate
    over - $100,000

49. Vouchers: Myth Vs. Fact
Court, in June 2002, upheld a voucher program in Cleveland, ohio. therapy, and thosecosts associated with educating disabled and special needs children.
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Promoters of "educational choice" make many assertions about the positive effects of private school vouchers on America's educational system. Are these claims true? What would vouchers really do? Let's examine some of the common myths about vouchers and review the facts.
MYTH: All voucher programs are constitutional. FACT: Sectarian schools account for 85 percent of the total private school enrollment in the United States. These schools serve as arms of religious ministries and integrate religious values and doctrine throughout their curriculum, indoctrinating students on controversial subjects such as abortion, creationism and the role of women in society. Despite these facts, however, the Supreme Court, in June 2002, upheld a voucher program in Cleveland, Ohio. The decision was extremely narrow. It is limited to circumstances in which the non-religious options that are available to students – such as through charter and magnet schools – predominate over religious options. The Court refused to overrule pre-existing decisions striking down voucher systems where private schools are the only options available to students apart from regular public schools.

50. Camps In Society > Disabled
A beautiful 165 acre campus in North Central ohio. whose goal is to provide disabledindividuals around the focus on therapy for kids with special needs and/or
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51. Child And Adolescent Behavior
Email -Healthy families - strong communities - safe schools-. with young childrenwith special needs or developmental Children at Risk in Wayne County, ohio.
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Patricia (Patti) MacEwan MSW, RSW, AGDM - Licensed Child, Adolescent and Family Practitioner - Advanced Graduate Diploma in Management 3609 Balmoral Road (RR4) Tatamagouche, N.S. B0K 1V0 Phone/fax 1-902-657-2139 E-mail -Healthy families - strong communities - safe schools- Back to home page Back to Family Health Online ... main home page Child and Adolescent Behavior A warm welcome to all parents, teachers and others who come here seeking information about child, adolescent, teen and youth behavior. Early Intervention Resources In terms of physical, intellectual, emotional and social well-being, the period from conception to age 6 is the key to subsequent growth, development and ultimate productivity. Pre-natally through the sixth year there are several distinct stages. They include: intra-uterine, intrapartum (the birth itself), postpartum (birth to 1 month), early infancy (the first six months), late infancy (6-12months), toddler (1 to 3 years), and the pre-school child (3-6 years of age). Children have different needs, depending on where they are within these stages.

52. Computer Recycling Programs: Ohio
ohio Technology Access Project; PCology Computers For addresses the abilities of disAbledindividuals by and distribute them to individuals with special needs.
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STATE OF OHIO
Organizations that facilitate the donation of used computer hardware:
  • Computer Ownership For Neighbors
  • Dayton Microcomputer Association
  • disAbled Electronic Resource Exchange Project (Project dERE)
  • M.U.S.I.C. Computer Recycling Center
  • North Coast Computer Recycling
  • Normandy High School Computer Recycling Project
  • Ohio Technology Access Project
  • PCology Computers For Kids
  • COMPUTER OWNERSHIP FOR NEIGHBORS
    Computer Ownership for Neighbors
    is a community project of the Stockyard Area Developers Association. Since 1995 they've provided computers, training and e-mail to more than 400 lower income family members of the inner-city Cleveland neighborhood. Donations from individuals and businesses are refurbished and redistributed throughout greater Cleveland. Windows-capable PC's (486 or greater) are needed. They do not accept printers or Apple computer models.
    Computer OwnerShip For Neighbors
    c/o Stockyard Area Development Assn.
    6209 Storer Avenue
    Cleveland, OH 44102
    (216)631-1270 (phone)
    Email: Stockyards
  • DAYTON MICROCOMPUTER ASSOCIATION
    The Dayton Microcomputer Association in association with TRC (Technology Resource Center) and the National Cristina Foundation , accepts donations of used computers. These computers are inspected, adjusted, tested and repaired before being offered to handicapped persons, social agencies working with handicapped people and to schools.

53. People For The American Way
a seriously handicapped child.” An ohio Department of in state money for 85 disabledstudents, the to the public and ensuring that special needs students are
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=5471

54. Ohio Roundtable Online Library - School Systems Say Government Should Help Pay F
money frees local money for other needs such as number of children classified as learningdisabled, the biggest category of special education students.
http://www.ohioroundtable.org/library/articles/sfund/specialneeds.html
You Are Here: Home Online Library Articles School Funding School Systems Say Government Should Help Pay For Special Needs
from Cleveland Plain Dealer , March 19, 1999
BY ANJETTA MCQUEEN
Associated Press WASHINGTON - The school district in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, had already overspent its special education budget by $1 million when the Supreme Court ruled it had to pay for one-on-one nursing for a student - adding $30,000 a year. The case is really about the federal government creating rules requiring schools to educate children with disabilities, but not sending enough money to ensure they can afford it. Special education is one of the most emotional issues schools face, and one of their fastest-growing costs. States have long fought with local schools and the Education Department over costs. Now Republicans and Democrats in Congress are debating how much the federal government should help. Nearly 6 million children receive special education instruction and services costing $60 billion, about $5 billion of that from the federal government. About $55 billion comes from states and local districts, which follow strict rules stemming from the 1975 federal law covering special education. States get anywhere from 7 percent to 12 percent of their special education money from the federal program. The law allows the federal government to contribute up to 40 percent - or about $11 billion.

55. Special Education Enrollment: A Practical Primer - Ohio - GreatSchools.net
strike a balance between teaching special education students child taught with nondisabledstudents to
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56. Marge Hazelett's Homepage
owning her own Psychological Services in Marion, ohio. related problems as well asspecial needs of children focusing on the Learning disabled Student, and The
http://128.146.189.73/fac/hazelett/
M ARGARET H AZELETT Information
You Can Use: Office: 297 Morrill Hall Phone: (740) 389-6786 Ext. 6247 Email: Hazelett.2@osu.edu
  • OSUM Psychology Page Mrs. Margaret C. Hazelett, a native of Tiffin, Ohio, graduated from the Riverside School of Nursing and taught nursing at the Riverside School of Nursing, Toledo, Ohio. She graduated from Mary Manse College with a B.A. in Education, and a B.S. in Nursing. She also received an M.A. and an M.S. in Education from The Ohio State University. She taught fourth grade and was the Reading Coordinator for the Marion City Schools. She interned as a School Psychologist at the Betty Jane Center, Tiffin, Ohio, and served as a School Psychologist for The Marion City Schools prior to retirement in 1992. Hazelett has worked every year as a licensed Psychologist in a school district on an as needed basis since retirement. She has been in private practice since 1972, owning her own Psychological Services in Marion, Ohio. She specializes in school related problems as well as special needs of children, focusing on the Learning Disabled Student, and The Developmentally Handicapped Child. Marge has taught psychology for The Ohio State University Marion Campus for thirty-five years. She has taught the following courses: How to Study, General Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Test and Measurements, Developmental Psychology, Exceptional Children, Developmental Disabilities, and Educational Psychology. She is currently also serving as the Disability Specialist for The Ohio State University, Marion Campus.
  • 57. Allan L Forsythe
    Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, ohio BS 1958 apropriate setting for a learningdisabled child May A comparative analysis of special needs services in
    http://schoolmatch.com/ppsi/alf.htm
    Allan L. Forsythe
    5027 Pine Creek Drive
    Blendonview Office Park
    Westerville, Ohio 43081
    TEL: 614-890-1573
    FAX: 614-890-3294 Experience Testifying Expert on Schooling
    Court Qualified on School Choice and Standard of Care issues.
    Standard of Care issues related to school human resource management, school and school staff evaluation, school issues related to employee relocation and comparative evaluations for school choice for children in custody cases. SchoolMatch by Public Priority Systems, Inc.
    September 1986 - present Marburn Academy , Columbus, Ohio
    Headmaster; September 1982 - August 1986 The Carroll School , Lincoln, Massachusetts
    Assistant and Headmaster; July 1975 - August 1982 St. Alban's School , Washington, D.C.
    Director of Special Projects; September 1967 - June 1975 Mercersburg Academy , Mercersburg, Pennsylvania Physics Teacher; September 1966 - June 1967 The American School for Boys , Talas-Kayseri, Turkey Science Department Chairman, Assistant Director and Director September 1961 - June 1966 Western Reserve University , Cleveland, Ohio Research and Teaching Assistant; September 1960 - July 1961

    58. Vitae
    for it's housing for the disabled program. for their child to receive special needstransportation as of Education training documents for ohio and California.
    http://www.whitebuffalopress.com/vitae.htm
    Curriculum Vitae
    Dayton Ray Turner, Ed.D.
    5306 King George Drive
    San Antonio, TX 78229
    210-614-1396 FAX
    Education
    Bachelor of Arts, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado. Major: Secondary Special Education-Mental Retardation. May, 1966. Minor: Sociology. Master of Science, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. Graduate Fellow of the United States Office of Education (USOE). Thesis topic:The Mentally Retarded Offender. October, 1970. Doctor of Education-Special Education Administration, University of Northern Colorado. Greeley, Colorado. Dissertation Topic: Guilford's Structure of Intellect and the Social Intelligence of Juvenile Delinquents. August, 1975. Postdoctoral Study. Educational Technology. University of Northern Colorado. Greeley, Colorado. Distance Learning for Special Populations. November, 1991.
    National Honors
    Recepient of the Sure-Lok National Special Needs Transportation Award, 2002.
    Presented at the National Association for Pupil Transportation 2002 Conference, Greensboro, North Carolina. November 3, 2002.
    Professional Affiliations
    National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT).

    59. Norma Cantu Strikes Again
    earlier occasions (including testing in ohio and affirmative reason families chooseto enroll disabled children in revision of the federal specialeducation law
    http://www.edexcellence.net/library/cantu.html
    "Norma Cantu Strikes Again" by Bruno V. Manno and Gregg Vanourek
    The Weekly Standard
    October 27, 1997 [Note: This is the original mansucript version
    and has been (heavily) edited by the staff of the Weekly Standard.
    While President Clinton calls for 3,000 charter schools by decade's end, his administration's lawyer-activists at the U.S. Education Department are doing all they can to savage these independent public schools of choice, now numbering around 700 nationally. First blood was drawn recently by Norma Cantu, a veteran of the Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund and now head of the Education Department's Office of Civil Rights (OCR). (Cantu's mischief was last exposed in these pages by David Tell on 8/11/97: "Norma Cantu's Cant.") Last month, Cantu's Boston office handed down two precedent-setting and outrageous rulings against the Boston Renaissance Charter School in response to allegations of discrimination by the school against a fifth-grade girl and a first-grade boy with "attention deficit disorder." Both youngsters are African-American. Here are the facts: The Boston Renaissance School, which is managed by the for-profit Edison Project on behalf of the non-profit community group that obtained a charter from the state in 1995, enrolls over a thousand students in grades K-8. It's one of the country's largest and most celebrated charter schools. Three-quarters of its students are minority; 12 percent are disabled.

    60. The Fordham Foundation
    which governs most special education in US schools. undertook to ensure that disabledyoungsters got a to educate thousands of children with special needs.
    http://www.edexcellence.net/library/specialed.html
    Commentary Give Special Ed a Road Map to Success by Chester E. Finn Jr.and Andrew J. Rotherham
    Los Angeles Times , December 26, 2001 For many boys and girls, particularly minorities, special education has become not a road to life but a cul-de-sac where they are stopped before they get the help they need to do as well as they can. Next year, Congress is due for its five-year review of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which governs most "special education" in U.S. schools. Special ed touches the lives of 12% of all U.S. children at a total annual cost nearing $60 billion. The shortcomings and complexities of this troubled program make it ripe for reform. IDEA dates back to 1975, when Washington undertook to ensure that disabled youngsters got a "free, appropriate public education." Until then, many school districts had neglected or refused to educate thousands of children with special needs. Over the past quarter-century, thanks in considerable part to IDEA, much has changed for the better. But IDEA also has plenty of problems. To name a few: over-identification of minority students for special education, double standards for student discipline, red tape for charter schools and interference with state and local education reforms. It exempts millions of children and teachers from academic standards, tests and accountability. IDEA needs a top-to-bottom overhaul.

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