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It Can Be Ordinary: Help Children Manage--And Even Benefit--When They Encounter Evil
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Harvey, Michael A. – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2004
People cannot protect their children--hard of hearing, deaf, or hearing--from exposure to evil. The prevalence of evil, perhaps especially ordinary evil, is particularly high for those with disabilities, including hard of hearing and deaf people. Everybody bears witness to ordinary evil, or will do so in the not-too-distant future, despite good…
Descriptors: Partial Hearing, Deafness, Disabilities, Child Advocacy
Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy--The Special Education Survival Guide.
Wright, Peter W. D.; Wright, Pamela Darr – 2002
This book for parents of children with disabilities is a guide to parent advocacy and the special education system. The five sections focus on: (1) getting started in advocacy; (2) "Advocacy 101"; (3) the parent as expert; (4) special education law; and (5) tactics and strategies. Individual chapters address the following topics:…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Educational Legislation
The Classroom Acoustical Environment and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Sorkin, Donna L. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2000
This article discusses the lack of an acoustic standard in classrooms and an effort by a broad-based coalition of engineers, audiologists, parents, architects, and educators to develop a standard for acoustics that would then be referenced in the Americans with Disabilities Act. The benefits to all children are emphasized. (Contains six…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Acoustics, Auditory Perception, Child Advocacy
Improving Acoustics in American Schools.
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Nelson, Peggy B. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2000
This closing article on a clinical forum exploring negative effects of classroom noise on learning discusses the need to make structural changes to classrooms to provide a high-quality acoustical environment for learning. The efforts of the Classroom Acoustics Working Group to develop acoustic standards for classrooms is highlighted. (Contains one…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Acoustics, Auditory Perception, Child Advocacy
Challenging Abusive Filing of Juvenile Petitions against Children with Disabilities by School Officials.
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Ordover, Eileen L. – 1996
This paper presents an outline and analysis of federal legislation and court decisions relevant to the exclusion of students with disabilities by school systems through the filing of delinquency and other petitions based upon in-school behavior. In many cases the behavior is related to the disability and/or to the consequences of the school…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Advocacy, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation
Youth Focus: Implementing IDEA. A National Conference (Cleveland, Ohio, June 4-6, 2001). Participant's Manual.
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George, Carri; Heinsohn, Dawn; Langbehn, Kristy; Buppapong, Raweewan; Hollowell, Elizabeth; Petty, Richard; Hughey, Anne-Marie; Jones, Darrell Lynn; Boundy, Kathleen; Hollowell, Maureen – 2001
This participant's manual is part of a training program sponsored by IL NET, a national training and technical assistance project working to strengthen the independent living movement. It is intended to teach participants what the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) law and regulations require, how to do transition planning and the…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Standards, Child Advocacy, Disabilities