Greetings again from NICHCY, the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities. Can you believe it? We're back already, with another training...
Resolution Meetings: A Guide for Parents A joint publication with the ALLIANCE, this document introduces the newest ADR option available under IDEA ‘04,...
Here’s the latest news: NICHCY has just posted another training module online for the Building the Legacy training curriculum on IDEA, our nation’s ...
A Parent's Guide to Response-to-Intervention: IDEA 2004 includes a new provision that allows states and school districts to use high quality, research-based...
NICHCY is back in your email box with another training module on IDEA. This week, NICHCY is pleased to offer “Highly Qualified Teachers” (Module 7), ...
From the 9/4/07 AUCD's Legislative News in Brief: No Child Left Behind Last week the House Education and Labor Committee released a draft bill to reauthorize...
From the 9/4/07 edition of This Week in Washington (PTA publication): NCLB Reauthorization Discussion Draft Released On Tuesday, August 28, House Education...
Hello to everyone from NICHCY, as the kids head back to school and another academic year begins. We're pleased to offer another training module on IDEA--this...
From Sept. 10, 2007 AUCD Legislative News in Brief: NCLB Katy Beh Neas, Director of Congressional Affairs for Easter Seals testifies before the House...
Greetings to you from NICHCY, the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities. We’d like to welcome in October by launching another...
From the National PTA Publication, This Week in Washington (10/2/07): NCLB Reauthorization Update The House Committee on Education and Labor’s efforts to...
From the Oct. 15, 2007 edition of the AUCD Legislative News In Brief: No Child Left Behind The House continues to work on legislation to reauthorize the No...
COPAA (the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates) has created a webpage of State materials. It contains links to each State's special-ed/Dept of Ed ...
FROM THE NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY (NDSS) NCLB Discussion Draft from the House of Representatives During September, the NDSS Policy team was busy...
IDEA Update (http://capwiz.com/ndss/issues/alert/?alertid=10473071&queueid=1506573031) 1. Final Requirements and Selection Criteria for IDEA Pilots 2. NDSS...
This was published in Tuesday's Federal Register - minor technical changes to IDEA 2004 regulations. We haven't had a chance to look this over, but wanted to...
Hi all. Please read the following and take action. Also, please share this widely with anyone you think might help. The timing may be right in Congress to...
____________________________________ IDEA Fairness Restoration Act _ More Info_ (http://capwiz.com/ndss/issues/alert/?alertid=10566561&queueid=1570971416)...
Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc. A national voice for special education rights and advocacy PO Box 6767, Towson MD 21285 www.copaa.org ...
This excellent alert also includes sample text to help facilitate Monday's call-in/email-in day - please share!! ____________________________________ IDEA...
In October 2007, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it was making technical changes to the 2006 IDEA regulations. COPAA has created a version of...
ACTION ALERT from The National Down Syndrome Congress The National Down Syndrome Society NDSS and NDSC have organized one day, today, December 3, to draw...
From the 12/10/07 edition of AUCD's Legislative News in Brief: Education Progress on reauthorization of No Child Left behind has stopped for this session of...
Greetings from NICHCY, the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities. We’d like to welcome in the holiday season by launching another ...
This update is courtesy of COPAA (the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates: _http://www.copaa.org_ (http://www.copaa.org/) ): On January 24, 2008 Rep....
Here’s the latest: NICHCY has just posted another training module online for the Building the Legacy training curriculum on IDEA, our nation’s special...
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE WIDELY: Below is the link to U.S. Dept. of Ed Secretary Spellings' fact sheet on the new 10-state pilot program starting next year...
OCLB strongly supports this initiative, and asks that you distribute this notice as widely as possible. Thanks! Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates,...
From the April 28, 2008 edition of the AUCD Legislative News in Brief: No Child Left Behind On April 22, AUCD staff attended a briefing where ED Secretary...