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Jerry's Special Education Blog December 2003 Archive

By Jerry Webster, About.com Guide to Special Education

What To Do When You Disagree...

Tuesday December 30, 2003
Do you disagree about the type of support or placement suggested or given to your special needs child? Find out how you can effectively deal with disagreement or conflict between ... Read More

Allergies and Learning Disabilities?

Saturday December 27, 2003
Is there a connection between learning and behavior disorders and allergies? There just might be, find out more....

My Favorite 'Freebie'

Tuesday December 23, 2003
Text to speech and speech to text technology is changing the way our struggling readers and writers learn. Technology can motivate learning disabled children and support their reading and ... Read More

Help for the Reluctant Reader

Saturday December 20, 2003
Struggling readers seldom take enjoyment from reading. Try these strategies to assist the struggling readers. Remember, read to them often to help develop the love for literacy.

New Rules - Alternate Assessments

Friday December 12, 2003
Test scores of special needs students will no longer have to be measured against grade-level standards and considered "not proficient." Although congress did not address the issue in the ... Read More

Senate Adjourns: No IDEA Reauthorization

Saturday December 6, 2003
Will the new, apparently flexible No Child Left Behind guidelines for testing special education students not to be released until January 2004 meet our studen'ts needs? Many think not. ... Read More

Strategies and Accommodations

Thursday December 4, 2003
Looking for a tried and true list of classroom strategies to assist special learners? Try this one.

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