tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150405412011-04-21T21:20:04.185-07:00SPECIAL EDUCATION SITEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18229232070789202834noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040541.post-1123129832585204012005-08-03T21:07:00.000-07:002006-10-31T00:15:35.223-08:00<font style="COLOR: rgb(102,204,204)"><font style="COLOR: rgb(102,255,255)">Special Education Links</font> :</font><br /><br /><font style="COLOR: rgb(255,204,102)">For your convenience, bookmark the following websites :</font><br /><a href="http://www.spedsites.blogspot.com/"><em><strong><font style="COLOR: rgb(102,255,255)">http://www.spedsites.blogspot.com</font></strong></em></a><em><strong><font style="COLOR: rgb(102,255,255)"> </font></strong></em><br /><a href="http://www.spedjoyce.blogspot.com/"><em><strong><font style="COLOR: rgb(102,255,255)">http://www.spedjoyce.blogspot.com</font></strong></em></a><em><strong><font style="COLOR: rgb(102,255,255)"> </font></strong></em><br /><font style="COLOR: rgb(102,255,255)"></font><br /><font style="COLOR: rgb(255,204,102)">The sites listed above will continuously be updated. </font><br /><font style="COLOR: rgb(255,204,102)"></font><br /><font style="COLOR: rgb(255,204,102)">Below are some links to topics related to Special Education.<br />You may click or cut and paste any of the links listed below. </font><br /><font style="COLOR: rgb(255,204,102)"></font><br /><font style="COLOR: rgb(255,204,102)">If you know any related websites that you would like to add in this webpage, please send an email to:</font> <a href="mailto:sped_joyce@yahoo.com"><strong><em><font style="COLOR: rgb(102,255,255)">sped_joyce@yahoo.com</font></em></strong></a><br /><br /><font style="COLOR: rgb(255,204,102)">Please send email if any of the links below is no longer working. Thank you for your visit!</font><br /><br /><a name="115255498999304993"></a><font size="+0"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="3"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/07/july-2006.html"><font style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,204)">JULY 2006</font></a></font><br /></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><font size="3"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/07/july-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">* Healing horses giving help to handicapped kids</font></strong><font size="+0"><br /><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Children able to gain confidence, physical strength through program</font></strong></font><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><font size="3"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/07/july-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">* Online science and math courses in Spanish may aid immigrants<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><font size="3"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/07/july-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">* Love Complicates Life Even for the Autistic</font></strong><font size="+0"><br /><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Autistic Man Practices Art of Dating<o:p></o:p></font></strong></font></a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><font size="3"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/07/july-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">* Lifting The Curtain On How Ritalin Packs Its 1-2 Punch<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><font size="3"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/07/july-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">* Children's trouble processing information can disrupt lives<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><font size="3"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/07/july-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">* Older Students Who Need Basics Pose Challenge</font></strong><br /><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Systems Use Special Programs to Help Immigrants With Little Education in Their Native Countries<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></font> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><font size="3"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/07/july-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">* Educating gifted students<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><font size="3"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/07/july-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">* School districts turn to paid readers for grading student essays<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><font size="3"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/07/july-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">* Music therapy helps develop communication and motor skills<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><font size="2"><font size="3"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/07/july-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">* 'Academic Redshirting' Is Getting a Mixed Report Card</font></strong></a></font><font size="+0"><font size="3"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/07/july-2006.html"><br /></a></font><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><font size="3"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/07/july-2006.html">The popular practice of delaying schooling is not necessarily helpful, researchers say</a></font><o:p></o:p></font></strong></font></font></p><br /><font size="+0"><a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/06/june-2006.html"><font style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,204)">JUNE 2006</font></a><br /></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/06/june-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">* Mainstream schools can't manage special needs pupils, say teachers</font></strong><font size="+0"><br /></font><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><st1:place><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Union</font></strong></st1:place><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> calls for an end to the policy of inclusion after a study suggests that it harms all children<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/06/june-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">* As Babies Are Born Earlier, They Risk Problems Later<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/06/june-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">* ADHD in girls overlooked<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/06/june-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">* Is tech injuring children?<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/06/june-2006.html"><font size="+0">* Immigrant children lag behind in European schools<o:p><br /></o:p><br />* Gifted and Tormented</font><br /><font size="+0">Academic Stars Often Bullied -- and More Likely to Suffer Emotionally as a Result<o:p><br /></o:p><br />* Dropout Data Raise Questions on 2 Fronts</font><br /><font size="+0">One Side Says Problem Isn't as Dire as Thought, but Others Doubt Research</font><o:p></o:p></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/06/june-2006.html"><font size="+0">* From a Poet's Failing Sight, a Novel 'Seeing Machine' Emerges<o:p><br /></o:p><br />* Hang It Up<o:p><br /></o:p><br />* Schools, students match wits over Web access<o:p><br /></o:p><br />* Seeing college in the future</font><br /><font size="+0">At fair, focus is on special ed<o:p><br /></o:p><br />* Teacher putting down her pen after 69 years<o:p></o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/06/june-2006.html"><font size="+0"><o:p>* </o:p></font><font size="+0">Can Computers Help Schools?</font><br /></a></p><font size="+0"><br /><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/05/may-2006.html"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(255,255,204)">MAY 2006</font><br /></a></font><strong style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><br /><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/05/may-2006.html"><font style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)">*Policy fails special-needs students</font><o:p></o:p></a></font></strong><a style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)" href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/05/may-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><o:p> </o:p></font></strong></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/05/may-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Disabled girl wins right to compete</font></strong><font size="+0"><br /></font><st1:place><st1:placename><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Howard</font></strong></st1:placename><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> </font></strong><st1:placename><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">County</font></strong></st1:placename></st1:place><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> must include wheelchair user, judge declares<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/05/may-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Teenager in a Wheelchair Reaches a Racing Milestone</font></strong><br /><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Paralympic Athlete Competes Alongside Runners at Track Meet<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/05/may-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Extra 1,500 teachers employed to help special needs pupils<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/05/may-2006.html"><st1:state><st1:place><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*New York</font></strong></st1:place></st1:state><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> Offers Housing Subsidy as Teacher Lure<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/05/may-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*MPS aims to provide free Web access</font></strong><font size="+0"><br /><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Students, staff would get in-home wireless Internet<o:p></o:p></font></strong></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/05/may-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><o:p></o:p></font></strong><st1:place><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*S. Florida</font></strong></st1:place><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> educators use latest technology in the classroom<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/05/may-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><o:p>*</o:p></font></strong><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal" size="12">Tooth Fillings With Mercury Are Held Safe</font></strong><br /></a></p><br /><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/05/april-2006.html"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(255,255,204)">APRIL 2006</font><br /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/05/april-2006.html"><st1:state><st1:place><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*California</font></strong></st1:place></st1:state><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> Seeks Teachers in </font></strong><st1:country-region><st1:place><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Philippines</font></strong></st1:place></st1:country-region><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> to Fill Gap<o:p> </o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/05/april-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Patriotism lessons for </font></strong><st1:country-region><st1:place><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Japan</font></strong></st1:place></st1:country-region><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">'s schools<o:p> </o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/05/april-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Tech helps teach complex reading skills<o:p> </o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/05/april-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Early help for the special child<o:p> </o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/05/april-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Solo Viewing, Bad EndingsWatching Violent TV May Cost Kids Friends<o:p> </o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/05/april-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Rare </font></strong><st1:place><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Opportunity</font></strong></st1:place><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> for Hearing-Impaired Children As School Opens UN Integrated Regional<br />Information Networks<o:p> </o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/05/april-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*'</font></strong><st1:street><st1:address><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Sesame Street</font></strong></st1:address></st1:street><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">' sparks controversy over videos for infants<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/05/april-2006.html"><strong style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><o:p></o:p></font></strong></a><a style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal" size="12">*How 4 people turned learning disabilities into stories of success, fortune and happiness</font></strong></a><br /></p><br /><a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/03/march-2006.html"><font style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,204)">MARCH 2006</font></a><br /><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><br /><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/03/march-2006.html">*Not quite mainstream<o:p></o:p></a></font></strong> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/03/march-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Inclusion debate treads new ground </font></strong><br /><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Are ministers pulling back from their resolve to educate all pupils in the mainstream?<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/03/march-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Bush says math, science economic tools<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/03/march-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*A truce of sorts in WASL battle</font></strong><font size="+0"><br /><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Polarized groups agree to two-year study of assessment test<o:p></o:p></font></strong></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/03/march-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Device brings high-tech to disabled students</font></strong><br /><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">EagleEyes: The system translates subtle head and eye movements into mouse-style<br />commands<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/03/march-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Study: 'Power Users' drive pedagogy Research suggests tech-savvy students are having an<br />impact in the classroom<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/03/march-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Class division</font></strong><font size="+0"><br /><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">A plan to help poor achievers has gifted students worried<o:p></o:p></font></strong></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/03/march-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Schools forced to focus on ADHD </font></strong><br /><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Parents and educators are debating the best way to teach a growing number of children who<br />have been diagnosed with an elusive brain disorder<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/03/march-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*The Cries of a Crisis<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/03/march-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Helping the new, poor and disabled in college</font></strong><font size="+0"><br /><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">STEP gives 50 at S. Mtn. help with aid, tutoring, more<o:p></o:p></font></strong></font></a></p><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/03/march-2006.html">*<strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal" size="12">Student demand for AP classes jumps Enrollment in Advanced Placement courses jumped in<br />high schools this year, especially at low-performing schools</font></strong></a><br /><br /><br /><a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/02/february-2006.html"><font style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,204)">FEBRUARY 2006</font></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/02/february-2006.html"><font size="+0">*Musically trained children process language better<o:p> </o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/02/february-2006.html"><font size="+0">*Handshakes with the past<o:p> </o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/02/february-2006.html"><font size="+0">*Schools want male teachers<o:p> </o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/02/february-2006.html"><font size="+0">*State assessments show boys lagging in literacy<o:p> </o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/02/february-2006.html"><font size="+0">*Disabilities can result in steeper learning curve for some<o:p> </o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/02/february-2006.html"><font size="+0">*Drawing Out Autism</font><br /><font size="10">Using brain imaging and advanced genetic tools, a new MIT collaboration is trying to show how genes<br />could mold the autistic.<o:p></o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/02/february-2006.html"><font size="10"><o:p></o:p></font><font size="+0">*TAKS welcomes three new additions to the family</font><br /><font size="+0">Tests are state's attempt to satisfy federal special-ed requirements<o:p> </o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/02/february-2006.html"><font size="+0">*Math gap grows for minority students </font><br /><font size="+0">Difference in WASL scores shows significant jump at seventh grade<o:p> </o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/02/february-2006.html"><font size="+0">*DPS maps plan to 'fix' district</font><br /><font size="+0">Language curriculum one of several issues school chief will address<o:p> </o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/02/february-2006.html"><font size="+0">*The special squad<o:p> </o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/02/february-2006.html"><font size="+0">*Schools look abroad to find needed teachers</font><br /><font size="+0">Practice Expected To Grow Nationwide As Districts Struggle To Fill Openings<o:p> </o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/02/february-2006.html"><font size="+0">*Sending classrooms video digitally<br /></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/02/february-2006.html"><font style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)">*School board to end 'zero tolerance'</font></a><br /><br /><font size="+0"><o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="+0"><o:p></o:p></font><font size="+0"></font></p><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/01/january-2006.html"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(255,255,204)">JANUARY 2006</font><br /><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><br /><font style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)">*Athlete With Down's Syndrome Scores 99-Yard Touchdown</font></font></strong></a><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/01/january-2006.html"><br /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/01/january-2006.html"><font size="+0"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Coach Arranges Play For Special Athlete<o:p></o:p></font></strong></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/01/january-2006.html"><o:p></o:p><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Teachers to get legal right to restrain pupils<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/01/january-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Online phys ed takes hold in </font></strong><st1:city><st1:place><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Minneapolis</font></strong></st1:place></st1:city><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/01/january-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Honors for a Principal Whose Impact </font></strong><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Extends Even to the Cafeteria</font></strong><br /><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Head of </font></strong><st1:place><st1:placename><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Fairfax</font></strong></st1:placename><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> </font></strong><st1:placetype><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">School</font></strong></st1:placetype></st1:place><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> Wins National Award<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/01/january-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Overworked doc turns to the Web<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/01/january-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Genetic Cause of Speech Defect Discovered<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/01/january-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Keep on keeping up<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/01/january-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Speaker allows deaf to feel music<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/01/january-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: 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Age of Autism: The Amish Elephant<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/01/january-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Researchers May Have Discovered Dyslexia Gene<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/01/january-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Texting teenagers are proving 'more literate than ever before'<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/01/january-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Signs of literacy</font></strong><font size="+0"><br /><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Classes in three languages help deaf children learn to read<o:p></o:p></font></strong></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/01/january-2006.html"><st1:place><st1:placename><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Arundel</font></strong></st1:placename><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> </font></strong><st1:placetype><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">School</font></strong></st1:placetype></st1:place><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> Closes Achievement Gap</font></strong><br /><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">At North Glen, Black Students Outperform Whites in Many Areas<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/01/january-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Google restarts online books plan<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/01/january-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Mystery of "Blindsight" Lets Some Blind People "See," </font></strong><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Study Shows<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/01/january-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Students to Evaluate Teachers<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/01/january-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Autism nothing more than an extreme form of male brain development<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/01/january-2006.html"><st1:state><st1:place><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Alberta</font></strong></st1:place></st1:state><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> planning law to allow fetus to sue mom<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/01/january-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Touch-screen terminals coming to all </font></strong><st1:state><st1:place><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Minnesota</font></strong></st1:place></st1:state><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> polling places<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/01/january-2006.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><o:p></o:p></font></strong><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal" size="12">*Normal noise often painful to autistic kids, study finds</font></strong><br /></a></p><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/01/january-2006.html"><br /></a><a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/12/december-2005.html"><font style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,204)">DECEMBER 2005</font></a><br /><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><br /><a style="COLOR: 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style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*FDA Issues Alert on ADHD Drug Strattera<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/12/december-2005.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Bilingual preschool programs expand<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/12/december-2005.html"><strong style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"></font></strong></a><strong style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)">*Study: Ex-military often make better teachers</a><o:p></o:p></strong> <p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/12/december-2005.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*Turn On, Tune Out, Get Well?</font></strong><br /><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Researchers Test Video Games' Potential to Speed Kids' Healing<o:p></o:p></font></strong></a></p><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/12/december-2005.html"></a><a><strong style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><font style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)">*How young is too young?</font><o:p></o:p></font></strong><br /><br /></a><strong style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><a><font style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)">*Disabled kids 'written off' in ex-East Bloc</font></a><o:p></o:p></font></strong> <p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/12/december-2005.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*'No Child' Closes the Gap</font></strong><font size="+0"><br /><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Harder for Special Needs, Low-Income Students to be Left Behind<o:p></o:p></font></strong></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/12/december-2005.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*More kids may get to 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Is Back With 'Vengeance,' Author Says<o:p></o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/12/december-2005.html"><font size="+0">*A to F Scale Gets Poor Marks but Is Likely to Stay<br />Universal Use Limits Change, Experts Say<o:p></o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/12/december-2005.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*The whole school included</font></strong><font size="+0"><br /><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Special needs should be central, not an appendage,</font></strong><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> says Meinir Rees<o:p></o:p></font></strong></font></a></p><a style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)" href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/12/december-2005.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal" size="12">*Scientists dismiss evidence of MMR link with autism</font></strong></a><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/12/december-2005.html"><br /></a><br /><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2006/05/may-2006.html"><br /></a><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/11/november-2005.html"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(255,255,204)" size="4">NOVEMBER 2005</font></a><br /><font size="+0"><br /><a style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)" href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/11/november-2005.html">*'I love being alone on the water'<o:p></o:p></a></font><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/11/november-2005.html"><font style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><o:p> </o:p></font></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/11/november-2005.html"><font size="+0">*Writing helping young Katrina survivors<o:p> </o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/11/november-2005.html"><font size="+0">*Storm's Many Lessons Reach the 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touted for teens<br />New equity boss says it could work<o:p> </o:p></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/11/november-2005.html"><font size="+0">*New tests urged for schoolchildren</font><br /><font size="+0">Special education students need individual assessment, critics say<o:p> </o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/11/november-2005.html"><font size="+0">*New policy on autistic kids criticized<o:p> </o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/11/november-2005.html"><font size="+0">*Miami-Dade schools may split genders<br />County may follow </font><st1:place>Central Florida</st1:place><font size="+0"> school's single-gender class experiment<o:p> </o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/11/november-2005.html"><font size="+0">*Opposition grows to mental-health screening by schools<o:p> </o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/11/november-2005.html">*Boy Brains, Girl Brains<br />Are separate classrooms the best way to teach kids?<o:p> </o:p></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/11/november-2005.html"><font size="+0">*Stammering 'best treated early'<o:p> </o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/11/november-2005.html"><font size="+0">*Video games that get kids' attention, enhance learning<br />Children put on helmets linked to sensors that monitor their brain<o:p><br /></o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="+0"><o:p><a style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)" href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/11/november-2005.html">*A Team Effort Helps Deaf Students Succeed at School<br />Parents Lead the Push for More Services</a><br /></o:p></font></p><font face="'" size="12"></font><br /><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/10/october-2005.html"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(255,255,204)">OCTOBER 2005</font></a><br /><font size="+0"><br /><a style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)" href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/10/october-2005.html">*Experts offer homework help online<o:p></o:p></a></font><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/10/october-2005.html"><font style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><o:p> </o:p></font></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/10/october-2005.html"><font size="+0">*The Eyes Have It<o:p> </o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/10/october-2005.html"><font size="+0">*Saying It With Feeling </font><br /><font size="+0">New Technology Lets Deaf, Hearing People Enjoy Richer Conversations<o:p> </o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/10/october-2005.html"><font size="+0">*The Chalkboard's Energetic New Cousin Interactive Screens Reshaping Lessons<o:p></o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/10/october-2005.html"><font size="+0">*An Unexpected Reprieve </font><br /><font size="+0">Thanks to new treatments, people with cystic fibrosis now have </font><br /><font size="+0">adulthoods they could never have imagined<o:p></o:p><br /></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/10/october-2005.html"><font size="+0">*Study: Daily routine helps bipolar disorder<o:p> </o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/10/october-2005.html"><font size="+0">*Anger as experts claim dyslexia is a myth<o:p> </o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/10/october-2005.html"><strong><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">*New tool aims to ease academic file sharing<o:p> </o:p></font></strong></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/10/october-2005.html"><font size="+0">*Students tackle math via fantasy football<o:p></o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/10/october-2005.html"><font size="+0"><o:p></o:p>*Computer simulation is 'making history'<o:p><br /></o:p><br />*Simulation-style video game targets education field<br /></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/10/october-2005.html"><font size="+0">*Gizmoz do not a Hemingway or a Copernicus make<o:p></o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/10/october-2005.html"><font size="+0"><o:p></o:p></font><font face="'" size="12"></font></a><br /><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/09/september-2005.html"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="4"><font style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,204)">SEPTEMBER 2005</font></font></a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/09/september-2005.html"><font size="+0">*Group builds nationwide playground network to serve disabled<o:p></o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/09/september-2005.html"><font size="+0"><o:p></o:p>*Tribune Profile: Marca Bristo, Champion for rights of disabled<o:p></o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/09/september-2005.html"><font size="+0">*New UW study documents autistic regression<o:p></o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/09/september-2005.html"><font size="+0">*Report on Risks of Ritalin Prompts a Federal Study<o:p></o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/09/september-2005.html"><font size="+0">*Cruise's aversion to antidepressants at odds with scientific evidence<o:p></o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/09/september-2005.html"><font size="+0">*Software a sight for sore eyes<o:p></o:p></font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/09/september-2005.html"><font size="+0">*The power of music: Therapy opens up new world 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Skills Every Educator Should Have</a><o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="+0"><o:p><br /><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/08/august-2005.html"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(255,255,204)">AUGUST 2005</font></a><br /></o:p></font></p><font face="'Times New Roman'" size="12"></font><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/08/august-2005.html">*When two plus two equals April<o:p></o:p></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/08/august-2005.html">*The ABCs of Stuttering: New DVD for Parents and Teachers<br />Give your child’s teacher a copy on the first day of school<o:p></o:p></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/08/august-2005.html">*Tears before bedtime<o:p></o:p></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/08/august-2005.html">*Girls' autism 'under-diagnosed'<o:p></o:p></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a 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/></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/08/august-2005.html">*Video games have therapeutic potential - expert</a><o:p></o:p></p><font face="'Times New Roman'" size="12"></font><br /><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/07/july-2005_01.html"><font size="4"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(255,255,204)">JULY 2005</font></font></a><br /><br /><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/07/july-2005_01.html"><font style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)">*Crickets offer hope to deaf</font><o:p style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"></o:p><br /><br /><font style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)">*Braille, Computers And Paws </font><br /><font style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)">Blind Valedictorian Has The World At Her Fingertips</font><o:p style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"></o:p></a> <p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://spedjoyce.blogspot.com/2005/07/july-2005_01.html"><o:p></o:p>*On Autism's Cause, It's Parents vs. Research<o:p></o:p></a></p><a 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