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Education and Children with Disabilities, 2005.
This paper provides an examination of the history of laws relating to education and children with disabilities.
4,500 words (approx. 18.0 pages), 10 sources, $ 178.95
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In this article, the writer discusses the subject of education as it relates to children with disabilities. The writer firstly looks at the history of laws regarding disability and the education system. The writer then studies the system and laws in more modern times.
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"This paper has its origins as part of a larger study of disability and the education system. The operating hypothesis of this paper in its research stages was that while paternalistic structures of authority and control - inherent in the medical model of disability - were expected to have played a prominent role in the early history of the education of children with disabilities, in the modern (post 1970) era this will have yielded to educational approaches based more on the social model of disability."
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Education and Children with Disabilities, 2005.
"This paper has its origins as part of a larger study of disability and the education system. The operating hypothesis of this paper in its research...
3,600 words (approx. 14.4 pages), 10 sources, $ 142.95
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"This paper has its origins as part of a larger study of disability and the education system. The operating hypothesis of this paper in its research stages was that while paternalistic structures of authority and control inherent in the medical model of disability were expected to have played a prominent role in the early history of the education of children with disabilities. In the modern, post-1970 era this will have yielded to educational approaches based more on the social model of disability."
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This paper has its origins as part of a larger study of disability and the education system. The operating hypothesis of this paper in its research stages was that while paternalistic structures of authority and control - inherent in the medical model of disability - were expected to have played a prominent role in the early history of the education of children with disabilities, in the modern (post 1970) era this will have yielded to educational approaches based more on the social model of disability.
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Educating Children with Disabilities, 2005.
An overview of the No Child Left Behind Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 23.95
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This paper addresses the following two distinct issues: 1) how the standards movement has impacted educational programs for the disabled, 2) how the No Children Left Behind law has impacted special education programs.
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"According to an essay published on the Duff White Boykin LLC websites, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB)Act has implications for students who have been identified as disabled under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Under NCLB, students with disabilities are one of the major subgroups required to achieve educational proficiency. NCLB and IDEA are similar in that both are outcome-oriented. NCLB focuses on annual progress against standardized tests. IDEA focuses on assessing disabled students to ensure they are making measurable improvement against individual..."
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Children with Disabilities, 2005.
This paper analyzes the history of education for children with disabilities.
4,500 words (approx. 18.0 pages), 10 sources, $ 178.95
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This paper focuses on the medical model and more recently the social model of disability of the history of education for children with disabilities. The author points out the pervasive yet often hidden scale of disability in children in our society.
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"This paper has its origins as part of a larger study of disability and the education system. The operating hypothesis of this paper in its research stages was that while paternalistic structures of authority and control - inherent in the medical model of disability - were expected to have played a prominent role in the early history of the education of children with disabilities, in the modern (post 1970) era this will have yielded to educational approaches based more on the social model of disability."
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Children with Disabilities, 2004.
A look at the many social and educational aspects that confront children with disabilities, as well as the parents of those children.
2,205 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 68.95
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This paper discusses the issues, concepts and findings of recent literature on the important issue of children with disabilities. It also includes information on how a disabled child and the parents search for help and resources, with an emphasis being on treatment and educational strategies for both the child and parents.
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"When parents discover that a child has a disability, either learning or physical, is certainly a stressful time for them. Their perfect world is temporarily put on hold and they usually experience fear for their child?s growth, education and future. They are unsure where or who to turn to for help, resources or additional training. Their search often leads to their doctor of choice, but soon they also turn to various medical or government agencies developed for the protection and best interests of the whole child."
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Siblings of Children with Disabilities, 2005.
An analysis of issues and concerns of parents and siblings of children with disabilities.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 4 sources, $ 26.95
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Parents and siblings of children with disabilities experience unique issues and concerns that distinguish them from members of families without disabilities. This paper argues in the process of exploring a number of these concerns, that most of these concerns have as a common focus the existence and nature of social and institutional structures that support them in the delivery of the additional needs that may be required for children with disabilities.
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Language Problems in Children with Learning Disabilities, 2002.
An in-depth discussion and analysis of the article ""Language Problems in Children with Learning Disabilities: Do They Interfere with Maternal Communication?" by Helena Rasku-Puttonen.
8,004 words (approx. 32.0 pages), 23 sources, MLA, $ 172.95
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This research delves into the still open question of the influence of family interaction on communication impairments and learning disabilities. It shows how some have suggested that interactional or family environment factors combined with neurocognitive issues are relevant in the etiology, the manifestation, and the maintenance of learning disabilities, since guided participation through joint involvement with parents as well as with other social partners is essential for "learning to learn." The paper explains how this is where the child first learns to handle intellectual skills and tools such as language. Some parental behaviors are thought to hinder language development. Children with learning disabilities show the inability to employ effective communication strategies, and this lack seems to develop over time. It analyzes why children with language disorders show greater difficulty in selecting and using appropriate vocabulary than do children with language disorders, but why the evidence implicates underlying language deficits for children with LD as well.
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"This article reports on a study of parent-child interaction by observing two carefully matched subgroups: 1) school-age boys with learning disabilities (LD) who showed a discrepancy between their verbal IQ and performance IQ and had more extensive difficulties in higher-level language abilities; and 2) boys with LD who did not manifest a discrepancy between verbal IQ and performance IQ. The effects of the child's language problems on child task performance and on the quality of maternal communication were analyzed in a mother-child problem solving task. Children in the first group were found to be less successful on the task than children in the second group, and their mothers also showed lower communication clarity in their instructions than the mothers of the children in the second group. The researcher also notes an interesting interaction effect for communication deviances. For mothers in the first group, the extent of deficient communication increased from the monologue to the dialogue situation, whereas communication deviances decreased for mothers in the second group. This leads to a discussion of three possible models to explain the differences between the two groups."
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Advocacy for Children with Disabilities, 2005.
A look at the battle for advocacy and inclusion for children with disabilities.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 0 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper examines how accessibility and inclusion are primary issues of concerns for people with disabilities in our society. It discusses how given that increasingly our public spaces are actually private spaces accessed by the public for business and consumption, for example shopping malls or sports venues, it is clear that the implementation of greater accessibility and inclusion is complex and requires a critical analysis of a variety of competing agendas.
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Children with Disabilities, 2002.
A look at various learning disabilities in children.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses in brief the symptoms of children with learning disabilities and the ways in which such disabilities can be treated.
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Trauma in School and Children with Learning Disabilities, 2001.
Takes a look at the possible effect a traumatic school experience can have on a child with a learning disability.
3,856 words (approx. 15.4 pages), 14 sources, $ 105.95
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The paper discusses how a negative school experience affects the actions of the individual as an adult. The author argues that children with a disability suffer more than usual. He then states specific areas and draws attention to the basic issues that could develop like the tendency to commit murder.
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" Unfortunately the stigma children receive when placed in classrooms with special learning needs remain well into adulthood. This situation is exacerbated when the faculty themselves misguidedly condone the negative behavior exhibited by the ?normal? students towards those with special needs. The effects of psychological abuse in the home have been well documented, but the effect of childhood taunting and educational labeling can have similar effects. Arguably a negative school experiences can have the same, detrimental effect as a negative home experience. For most children approximately eight hours of the day are spent in school, more if the child participates in extracurricular activities. School then becomes like a second home and those faculty and administrators in that school become figures of authority looked to for guidance, similar to the role of parent."
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Inappropriate Behavior of Children with Developmental Disabilities, 2005.
A paper on the use of everyday activities to reduce inappropriate behavior displayed by children with autism and other developmental disabilities.
9,070 words (approx. 36.3 pages), 50 sources, APA, $ 188.95
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This dissertation study tests the effectiveness of an everyday activities-based protocol for managing challenging and disruptive behaviors of 13-23 year old residential students (male and female) with autism who live at Melmark Homes and attend school or adult day programs. The study applies behavior analysis and focuses on everyday occupations (activities) and combines this analysis and focus during the intervention phase. The study also uses reinforcements sub-task completion and the duration of participation, but not for the absence of target maladaptive or disruptive behaviors. Behavior analysis is used, however, to document the frequency/duration of the target behaviors during each condition. In the study, interventions occur daily, Monday through Friday and a single-subject, multiple-baseline, across-subjects design with nine subjects is used to evaluate change in behaviors under alternating conditions. Data is analyzed using graphical, semi-statistical, and statistical techniques, including slopes, 2 standard deviation bands, and the C-statistic. The projected outcome of the study is the validation of an activities-based protocol to enable greater participation of individuals with Autism in everyday activities and in their communities, be they residential or non-residential (home-based) communities.
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"Historically, documented disruptive behaviors displayed by residential students diagnosed with autism and other developmental disabilities include noncompliance, physical and verbal aggression, inappropriate verbalizations not characterized as aggression, poor social skills, as well as deficits in attention to task (Green, 1996; Luce, 1981; Maurice, 1996). These behaviors require residential treatment and preclude participation in community based activities, (Luce, 2004). Educators generally agree that deficits in academic skills result from a decrease in on-task behaviors because of disruptive off-task behaviors (Skinn, Ramsey, Walker, Stieber, & O'Neill, 1987)."
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Gifted Children with Learning Disabilities, 2003.
Examines the challenge to educators of gifted/learning disabled (LD) students.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 31.95
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The paper presents coping strategies that could help gifted LD students thrive in schools. It shows practical applications for the special educator. The paper is based on M. Coleman's 2001 article, "Surviving or Thriving?"
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"Gifted Students with Learning Disabilities
Coleman (2001) sought to explore the particular challenge to educators of children who seem to possess great potential although they also demonstrate significant difficulties in school. The focus in the article ..."
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Children With Learning Disabilities, 2006.
A review of the effects that learning disabilities can have on a child.
2,219 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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This paper takes a look at how learning disabilities can have a negative effect on many facets of a child's life, primarily self esteem, which if not correctly handled, will carry through to adulthood. This lack of self esteem often manifests itself in behavioural and emotional issues. This paper shows us that the cause of this all is not necessarily the learning disability itself, but rather the label that the child is given.
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"My nephew's situation was dramatic, to be sure. When my own daughter was diagnosed with a learning disability, I removed her from school and decided to homeschool her; I didn't want her to suffer any more "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" in the form of labeling than she would already face in overcoming the learning problem.
The opposite effect is also possible, however. In what they termed a quasi-experimental design, MacMaster et al. (2002) found that "Self-esteem increased significantly above prediagnosis levels following diagnosis of a learning disability while self-esteem levels in a control group of children without learning disabilities remained unchanged" (p. 101+). Even so, while describing the usefulness of a learning disability diagnosis in terms of a child's academic success, MacMaster et al. note that "dilemma arises because, in order to serve the child's needs, the application of a label is necessary, despite the many pitfalls that might be involved" as discovered by Wilson (2000)."
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The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 2006.
This paper analyzes the six principles of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
1,435 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper explains that, prior to the passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA - Public Law 94-142), upon which the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 (Public Law 105-17) is based, over half the children with disabilities in United States did not receive appropriate educational services. The author points out that today IDEA ensures that every child with a disability is given a free and customized public education, with the least restrictions, granting of certain rights to parents; the law guarantees that the children are not segregated or removed from the classroom altogether on the basis of their disabilities. The paper stresses that the six principles of IDEA can not be truly implemented and benefited unless all affected parties including parents and the schools have an understanding of the law and implemented it fully.
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Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
Appropriate Evaluation
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
Parent and Student Participation in Decision Making
Procedural Due Process
Conclusion
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"It used to be a common scene for parents to be told by school administrators that they did not have any plan for their disabled children. But not any more. With the introduction of new amendments in the form of IDEA, all children (ages 3 to 21) with disabilities are entitled to a free, and appropriate public education. The state and local school systems are made responsible to organize and pay for the education even if it is provided in a private or residential school outside of the local public school system. "
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Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act, 2005.
A within-groups study based on the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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Enacted in the 1970s, the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA) was intended to procure the same education for disabled children as provided for their non-disabled peers. The paper shows that, as a result, disabled students were moved from special education classrooms into regular classrooms, which provided the least restrictive environment demanded by the IDEA (The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. But do students with disabilities truly profit from this arrangement? This paper proposes a within-groups study to determine the answer to that question.
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