From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 4 12:53:16 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37F7037B401 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 2003 12:53:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from list.feat.org (list.feat.org [64.84.16.180]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08CC843F75 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 2003 12:53:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-WRIGHTSLAW*questions**FREEBSD*-ORG@LIST.FEAT.ORG) Received: from felix (list.feat.org) by list.feat.org (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1b) with SMTP id <0.00139B3A@list.feat.org>; Wed, 4 Jun 2003 12:49:14 -0700 Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 12:48:27 -0700 From: Wrightslaw Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: questions@FREEBSD.ORG Message-Id: <20030604195315.08CC843F75@mx1.FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: The Special Ed Advocate, June 4, 2003 (Issue 218) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 19:53:16 -0000 = Wrights= law The Special Ed Advocate Newsletter June 4, 2003 _________________________________________________________________ [1]Home Issue - 218 ISSN: 1538-3202 In this Issue . . . [2]I Don't Get It - Pysch's Questions About NCLB [3]NCLB Weapons of Public Ed Destruction - Response = [4]Are Children with ADD/ADHD Eligible for Special Ed? [5]Section 504 & Kids with ADD/ADHD [6]Super Savings, Free Shipping in Our Summer = Sale (Ends 6/20) [7] Suspensions, Expulsions & IEPs by Bob Crabtree<= br> [8]The Truth About Wrightslaw Advocacy Training [9]Subscription & Contact Info Subscribe ____________________ ____________________ Your Email:= ___ Please Check Email for Spelling Your= Name & Zipcode: ___ ____________________ Pull-Hammind Kunt A= t Wrightslaw, our goals are to help you gain the information and= skills you need to navigate the confusing world of special education.= Highlights: Answers to questions about No Child Left Behind, retention, high stake= s testing; children with ADD/ADHD may be eligible for special ed= ; Section 504 and children with ADD/ADHD; great deals = & free= shipping in our Summer Sale; suspension= s, expulsions and IEPs; the truth about Wrightslaw advocacy training = programs. Subscribers on June 3, 2003: 43,193 Message to Subscribers: In 2002, there were major changes in education law. More changes = are expected in 2003. Every parent, school employee, student, scho= ol board member, board of education employee, and taxpayer will b= e affected by these changes. You need to know where to get accur= ate information about changes in these laws. Please [10]download and distribute this new flyer from Wrightslaw. [11]http://www.wrightslaw.com/flyers/wrightslaw.educate.pdf The Special Ed Advocate newsletter is free! Please forw= ard this issue or [12]the subscription link to your friends and colleagues so they c= an learn about special education law and advocacy too - [13]http://www.wrightslaw.com/subscrib= e.htm [14]Download newsletter in html: [15]ht= tp://www.wrightslaw.com/nltr/03/nl.0604.htm _________________________________________________________________ 1. "I Don't Get It" - A Psychologis= t Has Questions About NCLB A psychologist writes: "I have a ques= tion about N= CLB. As I read it, all kids need to be on grade level as = measured by the statewide assessments. As a psychologist, I d= on't get it. 1) Grade equivalents are not valid. 2) Students' scores on the state assessment will be = compared to all the other students who took the test and they= will become the normative sample. "What are we (educators) supposed to do? It seems as though Pr= esident Bush has been visiting Lake Woebegone!"= Are you confused about the testing requirements in No Ch= ild Left Behind? You aren't alone! Read [16]NCLB: How Will Kids Be Tested? at: [17]http://www.wrightslaw.com/in= fo/nclb.testkids.heath.htm _________________________________________________________________ 2= . Response to "NCLB Weapons of Public Education De= struction"= by Sue Heath On May 29, 2003, [18]EducationNews featured an Op/Ed article entitled [19]NCLB Weapons of Public Education Destruction. This = article included inaccuracies about retention, high-stakes tes= ting, and the No Child Left Behind Act. Research editor Sue Heath wrote a letter to set the re= cord straight. [20]Her letter was published in EducationNews on May 30. <= br> You can [21]read Sue's letter - and learn about high stakes tes= ting, retention and NCLB at - [22]http://www.wrightslaw.com/news/2003= /nclb.weapons.heath.htm We urge you to subscribe to [23]EducationNews - it is an incredible source of news and information -= and it's free. To subscribe, send an email to [24]educationnews-subscribe@yahoo= groups.com _________________________________________________________________ 3. Are Children with ADD/ADHD Eligible for Special Ed Services Under IDEA? Many people write to ask whether children with ADD/ADHD are eligi= ble for special education under the IDEA. For many readers, the = answer is a clear "Yes." For others, the answer is an equally clear= "No!" What do you think? [25]Are Children with ADD/ADHD Eligible for Special Education Se= rvices Under IDEA? discusses eligibility issues, and gives = readers a Game Plan that will help them learn more about these thorn= y issues. [26]Read article [27]htt= p://www.wrightslaw.com/advoc/ltrs/eligibility_add.htm Learn about [28]ADD/ADHD issues: [29]http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/add.index.htm _________________________________________________________________ 4. Section 504 and Child= ren with ADD/ADHD The Office of Civil Rights published a Memorandum that clarifies= the school's responsibility to evaluate children who may have AD= D/ADHD. This Memorandum includes Questions and Answers about ADD, Se= ction 504 and IDEA, evaluations, more. For example: Q: Can a school district refuse to provide = special education services to a child with ADD because he or she doe= s not meet the eligibility criteria under the IDEA? 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