Families and Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE) Newsline Archive: 2001

This page comprises past issues of the FAPE Newsline from the year 2001. Issues available:

31 December 2001

Congress Approves Education Legislation; Technology Planning for Schools; Information about Alternative Educational Settings; Learn About Health Care; Understanding the Core Principles of Self-Determination; Personal Story about Hidden Disabilities; Public Meeting of the President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education

17 December 2001

Additional Members Appointed to Excellence in Special Education Commission; New Course on Self-Determination; New! Quick and Easy Access to OSEP's Interpretation of IDEA and the Regulations; Resources for Individuals Traumatized by Disaster; Research Note: Autism Fact Sheets Now Available from National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; A Parent's Guide Learning Differences

30 November 2001

Presidential Commission on Special Education; Educating Children with Autism; Disaster Preparedness for People with Disabilities; How to Get the Tools Your Child Needs; Bibliography of IEP Information

14 November 2001

Research Note: Indian Mental Health Initiative; The National Center on Physical Activity and Disability; Papers from the Learning Disabilities Summit; New Publication on Related Services for School-Age Children with Disabilities; National Family Week

October 2001 #1

Research Note: Teaching Inclusion to Teachers; Grants for Special Education Training; Information for Families; New White House Website

September 2001 #2

Research Note: Use of Early Intervention Services; U.S. Surgeon General Releases Report on Mental Health: Culture, Race & Ethnicity; Transition to Postsecondary Curriculum; Adolescents and Inclusion: Transforming Secondary Schools; Recognize an Outstanding Principal

September 2001 #1

Personnel Preparation for Education of Culturally Diverse Students; Research Note — Integrating Technology into the Regular Curriculum; New Resource on Transition; Career and Technical Education — Question and Answer Service; U.S. Department of Education Satellite Town Meeting

August 2001 #2

Research Note: U.S. Department of Education's Technology Agenda; Leveling the Playing Field: Technology as an Equalizer in Education, Transition to Careers, and Daily Life; Successful Student Outcomes: A Student Focused Approach; Part of the Community: Strategies for Including Everyone; Materials for Parents of Young Children; Administration Announces Nationwide Effort To Remove Barriers to Community Living for People with Disabilities

August 2001 #1

Research Note: Family Involvement Key to Improved Outcomes for Young Children; IDEA Partnership Summit Offers Summaries; Principles of Family Involvement in Infant and Toddler Programs; Secondary Education Reform; Exciting Project — LiteracyAccess Online; International Parent to Parent Conference 2002

July 2001 #2

Increase in Graduation Rates for Students with Disabilities; IDEA Partnership Holds National Summit; Parent Involvement in Special Education and Whole School Reform; School-wide Positive Behavior Support; Urban Parents' Opinions about Inclusion

July 2001 #1

Videotape on Assessment Accommodations; Directory of Summer Camps for Children with Disabilities 2001; New Federal Guide Issued for People with Disabilities Seeking to Work; Research Notes: State of the States; Student Positive Personal Profile and Post High School Planning Guide; Including Students with Orthopedic Impairments

June 2001 #2

New Computer and Web Resource; Resource on Child Development; IEP Aid for Parents; Research Notes: Preschool Setting; Resource for Rural Schools; Tourette Syndrome Association Genetic Study Seeks Subjects

June 2001 #1

Education Rights for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing; An Overview of Disability Rights Laws; Nationwide Improvement in Child Health — Kids Count; Homework & Students with Disabilities; Employment Resource for People with Disabilities

May 2001 #2

The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program for Children; National Strategy for Suicide Prevention; Services for Children with Special Health Needs; Teaching Students with Disabilities to Read

May 2001 #1

Strengthening the Safety Net; Diploma Options and Graduation Policies for Students with Disabilities; Access to the General Curriculum and Self-Determination Project; Research Note: Services for Diverse Populations

April 2001 #2

Mental Health Month; Using Art for Diversity Awareness; Emergencies and Special Needs Children; Research Note: The Online Academy; National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities; Autism Information in Spanish

April 2001 #1

Guide to IDEA Mediation; Research Note: High School Students with Disabilities; Speech To Speech Relay System; KASA: Website for and by Self-Advocates; Free Library of Open Captioned Videos

March 2001

Schwab Foundation Newsletter: LD Matters; Hotbraille.com; Sensory Integration in Infants and Toddlers; Korean Family Support; Research Note: Reading Accommodations and Reading Tests; Out-of-Level Testing

February 2001 #2

Questions & Answers on Mediation; Research Note: Discipline & IDEA; No Notations on Certain Standardized Tests; Multiple Chemical Sensitivity in School; New Down Syndrome Guidelines; IDEA Video

February 2001 #1

New Secretary of Education; No Child Left Behind; New Freedom Initiative; Research Note: School Discipline & IDEA; Accommodations for Students with Learning Disabilities; Future Disability Policy

January 2001 #2

Spinal Cord Injury: Going Back to School; National Housing Center for People with Disabilities; Newspaper on Youth Work; Department of Education Correspondence: Related Services; Clinical Trials - Treatment for Adolescents with Depression; Autism: Screening and Diagnosis Guidelines

January 2001 #1

Congress Passes Education Budget for 2001; Final Rules for Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act; National Action Agenda on Children's Mental Health; Designing Individualized Education Program (IEP) Transition Plans (ERIC Digest E598); Postsecondary Students with Disabilities: Statistics

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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