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Monday, December 2, 2013
12 Days of Inclusion
INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS WEEK is December 2-7, 2013!
12 Days of Inclusion // Paula Kluth: Toward Inclusive Classrooms and Communities
Paula Kluth shared a link.
When your books become tattered, don’t throw them away! Instead, cut them up and create a series of stick puppets to use in retellings, dramatic play, and as a tool for creating new narratives.
Puppets make lessons whimsical, bring a bit of levity to the classroom, and provide opportunities for writing, communication, and social...
Puppets make lessons whimsical, bring a bit of levity to the classroom, and provide opportunities for writing, communication, and social...
"Life on the Autism Spectrum can be ENJOYable."
Sunday, November 24, 2013
' Addressing the Needs of Autistic Adults' - Madison House Autism Foundation
'Addressing the Needs of Autistic Adults' -
CHILDREN WITH AUTISM BECOME TEENAGERS, ADULTS, AND SENIORS WITH AUTUTISM.
Help us act now.
ESTIMATES OF AUTISM ARE AS HIGH AS 1 IN 50 CHILDREN.
What kind of future will we create for them.
500,000 WILL COME OF AGEIN THE NEST 6 YEARS.
Who will care for them?
Madison House Autism Foundation
Madison House Autism Foundation shared a link.
Madison House signs AFAA’s Position Statement on Housing
www.madisonhouseautism.org
Madison House Autism Foundation is proud to be a signor on AFAA's position statement on housing policy for adults with autism, which was released yesterday
"Life on the Autism Spectrum can be ENJOYable."
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Kids Unlimited Playground at Camp Salmen near Slidell opens - Video | NOLA.com
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Kids Unlimited Playground at Camp Salmen near Slidell opens - Video | NOLA.com
Additional info.
http://www.nola.com/community/st-tammany/index.ssf/2013/02/slidells_kids_unlimited_playgr.html
Kids Unlimited Playground construction
Volunteers from the United States Coast Guard, Western University in Canada, Habitat for Humanity and others build the Kids Unlimited Playground at Camp Salmen Nature Park Located just off U.S. 190, west of Slidell, Thursday February 21, 2013. The project has been in the works for three years, including fundraising and coordination. The playground is for children of all ability levels, and includes many unique features. (Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com |The Times-Picayune)
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Transition - Least Restrictive Environment beyond the Classroom
OSEP issues favorable transition LRE letter
Q & A with Office of Special Education Programs Director Melody Musgrove
Re: Least Restrictive Environment applying to Transition and the Workplace
Question: Is the individualized education program (IEP) Team required to include work placement in a transition-age student's IEP?
Question: Is the IEP Team required to provide parents with "notice of placement" when determining a student;s work placement?
Question: Can segregated work be considered an appropriate outcome, particularly with appropriate assessment in a LRE before such a placement occurs?
Question: Is the LEA required to provide suppplemental aids and services to allow the student to participate in the least restrictive work placement possible?
How must LRE for work placements be monitored?
Are State required to consider a student's work placement when they report the number of students participating in regular education?
This Q & A was prompted in response to a letter 'Disability Rights Wisconsin' sent to OSEP Director Musgrove on December 22, 2011. They had a conversation about it on December 2, 2011, in which 'Disability Rights Wisconsin' requested an opinion from OSEP on the applicability of the least restrictive environment (LRE) requirements under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to transition work placement. Director Musgrove addressed her response letter to Jeffrey Spitzer-Resnick, Beth Swedeen, and Lisa Pugh. The letterhead states: United States Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, along with the official seal of the United States of America Department of Education.
OSEP Policy Letter dated June 22, 2012 (MS Word)
Disability Rights Wisconsin. 131 W. Wilson St. Suite 700 ... This is in response to your letter to me, dated December ... /s/ Melody Musgrove. Melody Musgrove, Ed.D. Director
www2.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/memosdcltrs/062212...
OSEP Policy Letter dated June 22, 2012 (MS Word)
Jeffrey Spitzer-Resnick, Beth Swedeen, Lisa Pugh. Disability Rights Wisconsin. 131 W. Wilson St. Suite 700. Madison, Wisconsin 53703. Dear Mr. Spitzer-Resnick, Ms ...
www2.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/memosdcltrs/062212...
Disability Rights Wisconsin
DRW and the Board for People with Developmental Disabilities (BPDD) wrote a letter to the federal Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) seeking better guidance about the least restrictive environment (LRE) impact on community based transition services. OSEP responded with a favorable letter on June 22, 2012. Click here for the letter. [ http://www.disabilityrightswi.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/OSEP-transition-letter.0622121.pdf ]
DRW and BPDD believe:
The letter provides more guidance to states on how to apply Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) requirements under Part B of IDEA to transition work placements. There has been confusion among states, school districts, IEP teams (including parents and youth) about how transition services can facilitate integrated employment. USDOE clearly states that transitions services are a coordinated set of activities for a child with a disability that are designed as part of a results-oriented process. This process is meant to help the child move to post-school activities, which include integrated employment (including supported employment).
Transition services (including work placements) should be based on a child’s strengths and interests.
USDOE clearly state that a work placement, if it is included as part of a youth’s transition services, must be included in the child’s IEP and then is subject to the provisions of a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) and Least Restrictive Environment (LRE).
USDOE clearly states that when work placements are part of transition services, they must meet the LRE test, which includes the IEPs team’s determination that the youth is only receiving services in a segregated setting (segregated work placement) if the use of supplementary aids and services could not support the youth in a less restrictive setting. We believe those supplementary aids and services should include things like job coaches and assistive technology.
USDOE clearly states that, just as the LRE test applies in the classroom, supplementary aids and services based on peer reviewed research – must be provided to the youth to help him or her make progress in the work placement setting. An IEP team must consider those aids and services the can help the student participate with non-disabled peers.
USDOE clearly states that SEAs (DPI) has the responsibility to monitor whether LRE is being met for youth in work placements. Therefore a district would be expected to show a variety of work placements based on the strengths and interests of the youth in their district.
Posted in DRW Announcements, Public Policy on Thursday, June 28th, 2012
DRW Managing Attorney Jeff Spitzer-Resnick is quoted in an Education Week blog post on this topic:
Click here to read the blog post. [Spitzer-Resnick said these conversations must happen more often, because often for students with disabilities, especially severe disabilities, the job they get after high school is the job they have for the rest of their lives.Otherwise, while a lot has been done to improve the education of students with disabilities, serve them more inclusively at school, and demand more of them academically, that effort may be going to waste.
"It is clearly the IDEA's goal that children get an education so they can lead a productive adult life," he said. "If we are doing a good job in the earlier years... and we end like this, what a waste of resources."
'Least-Restrictive Environment' Must Be Considered at Workplace, Too
In 'The Capitol Insider Blog', The Arc - 'For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities' posted on : In a June 22, 2012 letter sent to Disability Rights Wisconsin,... Dr. Musgrove clarified that if a work setting is an appropriate transition service for a student, it must be included in the child’s individualized education program (IEP). She also stated that the LRE provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) pertain to the employment portion of the student’s program and services in a segregated setting (work placement) if the use of supplementary aids and services (job coach, assistive technology) could not support the student in a less restrictive setting. The guidance indicated that schools should count students’ time spent in integrated employment settings as time spent inside the regular classroom.
Disability Scoop, 'The Premier Source on Developmental Disabilities News', reported:
Feds: Least Restrictive Environment Applies To Transition Too
Informal guidance issued recently from the U.S. Department of Education indicates that the requirement in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA, that students be placed in the “least restrictive environment” extends beyond the confines of the classroom.
Specifically, the concept should apply to work placements if such experiences are part of a student’s individualized education program, or IEP, officials at the Education Department said.
“Placement decisions, including those related to transition services (including work placements), must be based on these (least restrictive environment) principles and made by the IEP team,” wrote Melody Musgrove, director of the Office of Special Education Programs at the Department of Education. “The IDEA does not prohibit segregated employment, but the (least restrictive environment) provisions would apply equally to the employment portion of the student’s program and placement.”
News of Musgrove’s letter was first reported by Education Week.
Read the entire article:
Feds: Least Restrictive Environment Applies To Transition Too - Disability Scoop
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Disability Rights Wisconsin
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The Affordable Care Act and People with Disabilities
Read this informational paper from the Survival Coalition of Wisconsin Disability Organizations to understand what the Affordable Care Act means for people with disabilities, how it can promote employment of people with disabilities and next steps for implementation in the state. Click here to read the informational paper.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Matthew Hesmondhalgh - Olympic Torchbearers - 2012 Olympics | London 2012
Matthew Hesmondhalgh - Olympic Torchbearers - 2012 Olympics | London 2012I am nominating Matthew because through his foresight and determination he has made a phenomenal difference to the lives of many autistic children, young people, adults and their families in Sheffield. Initially he set up the Integrated Resource Unit at King Ecgberts School, Sheffield, providing a facility for young people with autism to be educated alongside their peers, to develop academically but more importantly to gain in confidence both emotionally and socially and equipping them with many life skills. With 85% of autistic adults being unemployed, Matthew realised that if these young people were to make a successful transition into the world of employment they would need additional support and so founded The Autism Centre for Supported Employment - a charity which helps young autistic people find work placements, supports them during their placement and continues the support when they hopefully gain paid employment. Matthew's constant drive and determination plus the motivation he provides to those teaching and supporting young people with autism and to their families is inspirational and humbling. He believes passionately in what he does and with the support of his amazing family spends much of his leisure time fundraising with colleagues and providing help, advice and support to parents and pupils who may be struggling with problems, often in isolation. Matthew is an inspiration and undoubtedly deserves the honour of bearing the Olympic Torch in 2012.
Hometown: Bradwell
Age 49
Carrying the Flame through: Sheffield
Carrying the Flame on: 25 June 2012
Olympic Torch in Sheffield- megathread - Page 4 - Sheffield Forum
I'm happy for each and every torchbearer, hope its the ... The whole Olympic thing has been force fed to me ... Matthew Hesmondhalgh Age: 49 Hometown: Bradwell Paul Cloke
www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?p=8695263
BBC coverage of Day 38 of the Olympic Torch Relay ... are taking pictures of the day's first torchbearer Mike ... 1828: Ending his stint is Matthew Hesmondhalgh who set up the ...
www.bbc.co.uk/torchrelay/day38
London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay stunning images of the 2012 Olympic Cauldron !
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Paralympics and Paralympic Games
Paralympic Games 29 August - 9 September (2012 - London)
Disability And Me shared a link.
Amazing 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremonies when it comes to inclusion
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Data Matters!
Letters: Follow up with data on interventions for autistic children
"Life on the Autism Spectrum can be ENJOYable."
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
EH5!A favs!
'EH5! favs!'
The Center for Self-Determination
Autism Dog-Services
WrongPlanet.net Autism Group Wrong Planet
Self-advocates As Leaders
Peoplefirst Npt
PooleForum SpeakingUp
Inclusion Europe
Mike Talkaboutautism Talk about Autism
NationalAdapt FreeourPeople
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
Self Advocates Connect
Dash Disability-Art
"Life on the Autism Spectrum can be ENJOYable."
PRAYING & Hoping for a Good, Productive and Enjoyable School Year :-)
As Adults living on the Autism Spectrum, Parents need your advice.
The Center for Self-Determination Autism Dog-Services WrongPlanet.net Autism Group Wrong Planet Self-advocates As Leaders Peoplefirst Npt PooleForum SpeakingUp Inclusion Europe Mike Talkaboutautism Talk about Autism NationalAdapt FreeourPeople American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) Self Advocates Connect Dash Disability-Art"Life on the Autism Spectrum can be ENJOYable."
PRAYING & Hoping for a Good, Productive and Enjoyable School Year :-)As Adults living on the Autism Spectrum, Parents need your advice.
As CareGivers of Adults with Autism, we appreciate your perspective.
As Supporters of Adults diagnosed with Autism, we are grateful that you understand, accept, appreciate and support our endeavors.
Share your insights, post a link, give advice regarding ways our Students having a Good, Productive and Enjoyable School Year.
Tell us what worked for you in school. Tell us what challenges you overcame. Tell us what are Adults on the Autism Spectrum are capable of achieving.
References & Resources
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Select the 'uniquely different' site that relates to your interests:families, Parents, children, adults, couples, Self-Advocates, supporters, fundraisers, businesses; with audio posts, and holiday-tips seekers.
http://www.twellow.com/babymiracle2005
http://enjoyhi5autism.hi5.com
http://enjoyhi5autism.hi5.com
http://enjoyhi5autism.blogspot.com
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Integrating the Arts Acrossthe Curriculum
Education Week Webinar - Integrating the Arts Across the Curriculum
Presenters:
Sandra Ruppert, director of the Arts Education Partnership
Shana Habel, dance demonstration teacher, Los Angeles Unified School District and co-president of the California Dance Education Association
Moderator:
Erik Robelen, assistant editor, Education Week
"How do we integrate the Arts across the Curriculum for Students with special needs and/or participating in a special education program at an inclusive Local Education Authority (LEA)?
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Joining us today: Sandra Ruppert, dir. of Arts Ed. Partnership & Shana Habel, co-pres. of Calif. Dance Ed. Assn.: http://bit.ly/artinteg
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