Save the Date! Next LD Talk Tuesday, April 18, 2006 5:00 - 6:00 PM ET (2:00 - 3:00 PM PT, 4:00 - 5:00 PM CT) Response to Intervention: What Parents Need to...
As we recently announced, the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) held a teleconference on Response to Intervention (RTI). Here is the link for...
NCLD has developed a new guide to IDEA that is designed to help parents and teachers understand the law. Here's a summary and link: NCLD has created this...
The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) has learned that the final IDEA regulations are at the Office of Management and Budget. This likely...
From June 6, 2006 AUCD Legislative News in Brief: Education: IDEA Part D Final Regulations On June 5, the Department of Education released final regulations...
Teaching, Assessing Students With Disabilities In striving to help all students achieve to high standards, the U.S. Department of Education recently released a...
The U.S. Dept. of Education has issued final regulations dealing with service obligations under Part D of IDEA - the Personnel Development to Improve the ...
Many thanks to NICHCY, the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities, for posting this on their Email list. For those on the OCLB Email...
The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (_www.copaa.org) _ (http://www.copaa.org)%20has/) has learned that the Office of Management and Budget approved...
Click on this link http://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/idea2004.html#regulations for the new regulations implementing IDEA 2004. Regulations Final...
The IDEA regulations and Dept of Ed new model forms are now linked off COPAA's website. The Regs/Federal Register Notice can be downloaded as one document,...
As you no doubt already know from our eNews mailings of recent days, the official and final Part B regulations of the IDEA have been published in the August...
August 18, 2006 Dear Colleague: Alexa Posny, Director of the Office of Special Education Programs, and I would like to inform you that on Aug. 3, 2006, ...
Information regarding OSEP's regional meetings for IDEA 2004 implementation is available at this link. Note that these meetings are geared toward State ...
Wednesday, August 30, 2006 Today the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) at the U.S. Department of Education will launch its new Web site devoted to...
NICHCY UPDATE: NICHCY hopes that you have a splendid Labor Day weekend ahead of you, full of relaxation, good food, and great friends---and, of course, all...
Here's the link to the updated list of IDEA training meetings being held by OSERS (Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in the U.S. ...
We received this information and wanted to pass it along. The OSEP meeting includes some useful topics for parents, including the future of special education,...
EASI is proudly hosting this Web conference. While it's focus is K-12, the content has obvious relevance for all educational levels. National experts will...
The NCLB Commission is in the process of completing its work, drafting its report, and then issuing a final report regarding the reauthorization of the No...
As you know, the new IDEA regulations went into effect on 10/13/06 (Friday the 13th!). We found this free online presentation that discusses those regs - we...
The following update is courtesy of COPAA (Council for Parent Attorneys and Advocates: _http://www.copaa.net_ (http://www.copaa.net/) ): The proposed IDEA...
With the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) up for reauthorization in the near future, a special commission has put together a report containing recommendations...
This update is courtesy of the Feb. 20 edition of the AUCD Legislative News In Brief: The No Child Left Behind Commission released a report on Tuesday, ...
This excellent summary of issues affecting students with disabilities is courtesy of Candace Cortiella of the Advocacy Institute and is posted on the website...