Families and Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE) Newsline Archive: 2002

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

12 December 2002

  • Guidance on School Choice and No Child Left Behind
  • Research Note: Help for Behavior at Home
  • E-mail list about Mental Retardation
  • Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002
  • Expert Panel on Accessible File Formats
  • Upcoming Events:
  • The World of PBS: Science, Values & Vision – The First International Conference on Positive Behavior Support
  • Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Annual Convention and Expo
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29 November 2002

  • Research Note: Families Support Transition to Employment
  • A Look at IDEA Implementation
  • Final Regulations for No Child Left Behind Act
  • New Site Regarding Young Workers with Disabilities
  • On the Web: Virtual Math
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30 September 2002

  • New FAPE E-mail Address
  • IDEA Partnerships Annual Report
  • Research Note: Internet Use in Schools
  • Helping Your Child Resources
  • New CD on Understanding IDEA
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20 September 2002

  • Newly Designed Websites: Redesigned FAPE.org wins Golden Web Award
  • NICHCY Site, www.nichcy.org, Gets a New Look
  • Family Center on Technology and Disability site, www.fctd.info
  • Helping Children Understand Disabilities
  • What Works Clearinghouse
  • Research Note: Agreements on Disability

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2 September 2002

  • Resource on Keeping Children Safe
  • National Disability Mentoring Day
  • Public Comment Sought for New Commission on Mental Health
  • Research Note: Dropout Rates for Students with Disabilities
  • National Governors’ Association Adopts Special Education Policy

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19 August 2002

  • Research Note: Statistics on Undergraduate Students with Disabilities
  • Changes for the ACT College-Entrance Exam
  • Teleconferences on Dual Diagnosis
  • American Sign Language Videos at Public Libraries
  • New Bilingual Resource for Information on Education

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24 July 2002

  • New Resource for Understanding the No Child Left Behind Act
  • Research Note: Information on Physical Activity for Youth
  • Report on IDEA Reauthorization: Where Do We Really Stand?
  • Request for Public Comments on Special Education Report
  • Upcoming Conference on Learning Disabilities
  • Old Phones to Help People With Disabilities

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12 July 2002

  • Website for IDEA Feedback
  • Recommendations for IDEA Improvements for Minority Students
  • Research Note: Positive Results for Early Head Start
  • Summer Camp Directory for Youth with Disabilities
  • Resource on Education Strategies

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28 June 2002

  • Coordinating Committee for Autism
  • After School Activities for Students with Disabilities
  • Research Note: Successful Inclusive High School Classrooms
  • Resource for Teens with Disabilities
  • Services for Students with Limited English Proficiency

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30 May 2002

  • Research Note: 23rd Annual Report to Congress on Special Education
  • Simplified Captioning for PBS Hit Show Arthur
  • Helpful Resource for Families
  • August Conference on Latinos with Disabilities
  • Other Upcoming Events

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29 March 2002

  • IDEA Partnerships Award State Replication Grants
  • Free Material on Research Studies
  • Applicants wanted: Summer 2002 International Exchange Program
  • Improving Teacher Quality
  • Careers in the Arts
  • Web Accessibility Training Event
  • Research Note: The Thinking Reader Project

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15 March 2002

  • Office of Special Education Programs Has New Director
  • Public Meetings and Request for Comments on Reauthorization of the Rehabilitation Act
  • International Parent to Parent Conference 2002
  • Research Note: Educating Children with Disabilities
  • Student-Led IEPs
  • Training in Evaluation Curriculum Available from Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health

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28 February 2002

  • IDEA 2002: Accountability, Achievement, Enforcement
  • Research Note: Minority Students
  • Education Act Reauthorized
  • New Transition Resource
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • The Learning Difference Journey
  • 2002 CEC Convention

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15 February 2002

  • The Rights of Children with Disabilities
  • Barriers to and Strategies for Service Integration
  • Pacific Rim Conference on Disabilities
  • State Child Advocate Priorities
  • Youth Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C.
  • Efforts to Combat Lead Poisoning

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28 January 2002

  • Public Comments on IDEA Needed
  • Transition: Public Input Needed
  • Citigroup Offers $10,000 Plus Paid Summer Internships
  • Research Note: Assessment
  • Coalition of National, State, and Local Organizations to Protect the Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Minority Students in Special and Gifted Education

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