Families and Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE) Newsline Archive: 2000

This page comprises past issues of the FAPE Newsline from the year 2000. Issues available:

December 2000 #1

FAPE Partner Highlight: The Center for Law and Education Comments on High-Stakes Testing; Betraying the Young: Children in the US Justice System; Report from Panel on Life Long Care for Phenylketonuria (PKU); New Web-Based Resources for Employers and Journalists; Adobe works to make PDF format Accessible; IDEA Early Childhood Guide; America's Law Enforcement and Mental Health Project Bill Signed

November 2000 #1

New Address for FAPE; Clinton works on behalf of Americans with Disabilities; Medicaid Payments to Some States Frozen; FAPE Partner Highlight - Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health; Special Education Litigation Highlights; Ear Infections and Language Development; New IDEA Partnership Gateway Web Site ~ www.ideainfo.org

October 2000 #1

"How Do You Feel?"; IDEA Full Funding Act of 2000 (S. 2341); Creating High-Quality Preschools: New Ideas for Supporting Early Learning Programs; The State of the States in Developmental Disabilities; Notice for Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) — IDEA Early Intervention Program (Part C); Teaching Strategies, Inc.; Successfully Serving Students with Disabilities in Charter Schools

September 2000 #1

U. S. Department of Education Awards Grants to Help Reduce School Expulsions and Suspensions; OSEP Revises Policy Guidance For Educating Blind and Visually Impaired Students; New on the Federal Resource Center Web Site; Web Site for Emerging Self Advocates; Resources for Families from the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) listserv

August 2000 #1

A Cartoon Show You'll Want Your Kids to Watch?; Free Prescription Medicines; Parent Publication from ZERO TO THREE; Harassment Based on Disability is Wrong and Illegal; Celebrating the Americans with Disabilities Act

July 2000 #3

New Publications: A Call to Commitment: Fathers' Involvement in Children's Learning, Fast Facts Tailored to Answer Education Research Questions, Helping Your Child Become a Reader; 2000 N.O.D./Harris Survey of Americans with Disabilities; Conferences: "How will I know a good early reading program when I see one?", The Division for Learning Disabilities of the Council for Exceptional Children -- "Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice: Research-Supported Interventions for Students with Learning Disabilities"; Zero Tolerance Makes Zero Sense; Resource Foundation for Children with Challenges (RFCC); New High School Outreach Program Provides Depression Screening and Suicide Prevention Training for Students; www.dotolearn.com.

July 2000 #2

The National Association of School Psychologists Special Edition; Schwab Foundation for Learning Offers Two New Resources; National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Findings; Report from the Eisenhower Program; PBIS Center Update; US Department of Education and the Department of Justice Collaborate on New Civil Rights Publication; Highlights ~ FAPE Core Partner ~ Matrix Parent Network and Resource Center; ADA/IDEA Celebrations; March for Justice, Monday October 2, 2000, 12:00 noon, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.; New Publications

July 2000 #1

Two New Projects Put Computers in Hands of People with Disabilities; Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) Correspondence; Highlights ~ FAPE Core Partner; New Standards for Paraeducators on the Horizon; President Announces SSA Work Site; Federal Interagency Coordinating Council (FICC) Web Site; The National Center on Physical Activity and Disability (NCPAD); Promises to Keep: A Decade of Federal Enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act; Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice (CECP); Web Sites for Health Information.

June 2000 #4

The National Association of School Psychologists Special Edition; Schwab Foundation for Learning Offers Two New Resources; National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Findings; Report from the Eisenhower Program; PBIS Center Update; US Department of Education and the Department of Justice Collaborate on New Civil Rights Publication; Highlights ~ FAPE Core Partner: Matrix Parent Network and Resource Center

June 2000 #2

Children with Disabilities Web Site; President's Committee on Mental Retardation; New Parents Section Added to NIDCD Web Site; The American Foundation for the Blind; Safeguarding our Children: An Action Guide

June 2000 #1

Directories of Summer Camps for Children with Disabilities; AUTISM INCLUDED IN THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH BILL OF 2000; NATIONAL HEALTH LAW PROGRAM (NHeLP); The National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA); NEW ON THE CADRE WEB SITE

May 2000 #4

RESOURCE FOR PARENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; NEW REPORT FROM THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY; NEW IRS RULING HELPS PARENTS; "MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES" ON FAMILY EDUCATION NETWORK WEB SITE

May 2000 #3

MORE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION; HIGHLIGHTS ~ FAPE CORE PARTNER; FROM PREVENTING HARM - A RESOURCE AND ACTION CENTER ON CHILDREN AND THE ENVIRONMENT; HIGHLIGHTS FROM OSEP CORRESPONDENCE ON NICHCY WEB SITE; AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS (AAP) RELEASES NEW GUIDELINES FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF ADHD

May 2000 #1

SELF-DETERMINATION; STUDENT SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS; ON THE WEB; AMERICA READS; TWO PUBLICATIONS FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS (NASP)

April 2000 #3

SPECIAL EDUCATION CONSUMER SURVEY; FEDERAL MONITORING OF STATES; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: the most effective way to teach children to read is through instruction that includes a combination of methods; CENTER FOR LAW AND EDUCATION: Urgent Message for Parents; FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS: Every Single Student: A PEER Resource Manual on Standards-Based Education and Students with Disabilities

April 2000 #2

SPECIAL TASK FORCE CREATED TO ADDRESS ISSUES AFFECTING CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH BRAIN INJURY; CHILDREN'S BUREAU EXPRESS; The 1999 National Survey of State Directors of Special Education; "What are the Barriers to the Use of Advanced Telecommunications for Students with Disabilities in Public Schools?"; 21ST ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT

March 2000 #4

News from: The Council on Exceptional Children; the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty. What is the Federal Register? What's Happening in Congress.


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