The Advisory Committee for Students with Disabilities (ACSD) will hold its monthly meeting on March 14, 2012 in room 1600 at the Gatehouse Administrative...
The Department of Education is exploring ways to assess how well states are educating students with disabilities. This post in EdWeek's On Special Education...
From the CEC Smartbrief: "Students with disabilities are significantly more likely than those without disabilities to be restrained by an adult at school,...
What We Know sheets are developed by the National Resource Center on ADHD to keep the general public and professionals up to date on new developments in...
This post from the Chesapeake ADHD Center of Maryland has some good tips for helping students with ADD/ADHD be successful in the postsecondary setting:...
From the VCU Autism Center for Excellence: VCU-ACE Online Paraprofessional Course VCU-ACE is pleased to announce the launch of a new online course on April 2,...
Frost-Woodson Special Services is pleased to present "7 Steps for Successful Transition to College" on Thursday, March 15, at 7:00 pm in Cav Hall. This...
Rick Lavoie will present "The Motivation Breakthrough" and "It's So Much Work to be Your Friend", at the 7th Annual Special Education Conference: Parents +...
The Fairfax County Government is recruiting college students and recent graduates with disabilities for paid summer internships. Interns are paid $13.00 and...
This is an interesting article about how a special need diagnosis should not define the person -- and also includes some good tips about explaining a student's...
Interesting Wall Street Journal article; I've always been curious about how my son is able to retain vast amounts of (certain specialized) information.... ...
Wednesday, April 18 - Strategies for Secondary School Success Thursday, April 19 - Safety First: Autism Spectrum Disorders and Public Safety Considerations:...
Education Quest, a Nebraska non-profit, has a good overview PDF at http://apps.educationquest.org/pdfs/CP_Disability.pdf This brochure covers the basic...
Elizabeth Hamblet gave a GREAT presentation on March 15 to over 25 parents, teachers, and students. Her 7 Steps for Successful Transition to College covers the...
What are you doing for lunch next Wednesday? PEATC (Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center) will be presenting a 1-hour informative webinar designed to...
FCPS Career and Transition Services is presenting the program "From High School to Real Life," Wednesday, April 25, 7-9 pm, Cafeteria A, Woodson. This free...
Summer of Success! Resource Fair Open House Friday, May 4, 2012 10:00am - noon Dunn Loring Center for Parent Services, 2334 Gallows Road Entrance 1, Room 100 ...
FCPS news release: Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) and Hopecam have established a formal partnership that would expand opportunities for homebound...
From the International Dyslexia Association: A recent study from the University of Padua, in Italy, argues that problems in visual attention may underline the...
The current Wrightslaw e-newsletter ("My Child is Graduating...What Next?") covers topics such as the Summary of Performance (a document all students with IEPs...
The current issue of ADDitude has some tips on helping kids manage anxiety at http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/print/867.html I also have a book I'd...
The Advisory Committee for Students with Disabilities (ACSD) will hold its monthly meeting on May 9, 2012 in room 1600 at the Gatehouse Administrative Center...
The Eric Fund has a mission to help children and adults with disabilities lead more independent lives. It is now accepting applications for grants to purchase...
From the CEC Smartbrief: The proposed diagnostic criteria for autism and the current criteria yielded nearly the same number of children diagnosed with the...
Materials from the 7th Annual FCPS Special Education Conference in March are now available online at http://www.fcps.edu/dss/conference/materials/index.shtml...
