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From the Classroom to the Family Room: Using ABA for Best Behavior
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Smith, Dawn – Exceptional Parent, 2010
When it comes to supporting individuals with disabilities including Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) can be an invaluable tool in understanding and changing behavior. More than a technique or method, ABA is a disciplined approach rooted in science to teach specific skills and then reinforce them so individuals can…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Reinforcement, Autism, Program Implementation
Another Day in the Life of the National Children's Study
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Balsam, Marion – Exceptional Parent, 2009
Five years ago, the editor of "Exceptional Parent" Magazine requested the author to provide an account of a day in the life of the National Children's Study, an ambitious study by the federal government that aims to find out how the environment affects child health and development. Planning and implementation of the National Children's Study has…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Development, Environmental Influences, Longitudinal Studies
Independent Living Skills Can Be Fun! How One Mom Took Matters into Her Own Hands
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Schoenfeld, Jane – Exceptional Parent, 2006
Jane Schoenfeld's eighteen-year-old daughter and five of her daughter's friends have major learning differences. After searching fruitlessly for a summer class in independent living skills, Shoenfeld relates how she and the parents of her daughter's friends decided to set up their own summer program. They found a facilitator and invited two…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Learning Problems, Daily Living Skills, Program Implementation
The National Special Education Alliance: One Year Later.
Green, Peter – Exceptional Parent, 1988
The National Special Education Alliance (a national network of local computer resource centers associated with Apple Computer, Inc.) consists, one year after formation, of 24 non-profit support centers staffed largely by volunteers. The NSEA now reaches more than 1000 disabled computer users each month and more growth in the future is expected.…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Disabilities, Program Implementation
An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of P.L. 94-142.
Richmond, Julius B. – Exceptional Parent, 1983
The writer, a former federal official, reviews national policy developments regarding the effectiveness of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. He cites findings from a survey of five school districts which found difficulties with implementation of the least restrictive environment principle and the broadened definition of…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Definitions, Disabilities, Educational Policy
The 10th Annual Report to Congress--A Reason for Optimism.
Schleifer, Maxwell J., Ed.; Klein, Stanley D., Ed. – Exceptional Parent, 1988
Excerpts are printed from the "Tenth Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of The Education of the Handicapped Act." Described are legislative goals, number of students served, emphasis on the least restrictive environment, assistance for state/local agencies in educating handicapped children, employment of the disabled, and…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Opportunities