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unusual facts about Special education



Hans Würtz

Hans Würtz, born Johannes Würtz (18 May 1875, Heide, Holstein - 13 July 1958, Berlin) was one of the most influential and controversial figures in German "Krüppelpädagogik" (special education) during the Weimar Republic.

Interim alternative educational setting

The Individualized Education Program or IEP is a plan determined by a team who develops a set of modifications for the educational program of a special education student.

Leslie David Baker

He taught special education, grades K-8, while working on his masters.

Metropolitan Borough of Dudley

Dudley MBC maintains 78 primary schools (39 include nursery facilities), 20 secondary schools, and 7 special schools, along with 3 Pupil Referral Units and 1 standalone nursery school.

Nancy Stockall

Nancy Stockall (Haas) is an Associate Professor of Early Childhood Studies and Special Education at Sam Houston State University.

Ohio Education Association

OEA is the largest teacher organization in the state of Ohio representing more than 131,000 teachers, educational support professionals, counselors, curriculum specialists, librarians, health care workers, school nurses, school psychologists, vocational-technical instructors, higher education, students and retirees in the state of Ohio.

Priscilla Lord

A graduate of the University of Minnesota, she worked for Hubert Humphrey, as both Senator and Vice President, and Young Life before teaching third grade and special education.

Salem-Keizer School District

Currently, the district has just over 17% of its students receiving English Language Learner services, 13% receiving Special Education, 10% in the Talented and Gifted Program, and 52% in the Free and Reduced Meal Program - meaning a high percentage of students are living in poverty.

University of Stavanger

The university offers doctorates in Petroleum Technology, Offshore Technology, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Special Needs Education, Literacy and Social Science (with specializations in Medicine and Health, Risk Management and Societal Safety, Management, Economics, Tourism, Sociology, Social Work and Culture & Society).


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Ari Ne'eman

In February 2006, he had been appointed by then Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine to the New Jersey Special Education Review Commission, a body tasked with developing recommendations on the educational needs of students with disabilities in the State of New Jersey.

Bob Bellemore

After earning his master's degree Bellemore began serving as a special education instructor at South Kingstown High School.

Brigance

Albert Brigance (died 2007), special education resource specialist

Canadian Action Party candidates, 1997 Canadian federal election

Victor Knight was a special education teacher in Kent County.

Doan's Hollow Public School

However, even Doan's Hollow Public School and the Simcoe Lions School were forced to turn away people with Down syndrome and epilepsy in the early years of the special education pilot program.

Early childhood education

Another study, The Abecedarian Project, shows that low-income children in quality preschool programs are less likely to repeat grades, need special education, or get into future trouble with the law.

Elżbieta Jakubiak

She graduated from the School of Special Education in Warsaw in 1991.

Emma Gresham

Mayor Gresham taught mainly elementary age special education students in Talladega, Alabama and Augusta, GA for over 32 years.

Ernesto Nieto

Nieto later transferred to Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Education in 1964 with a specialization in special education.

Facilitated communication

In 1989 Douglas Biklen, a sociologist and professor of special education at Syracuse University, investigated Rosemary Crossley's work in Australia.

Finabah

The band formed in high school (Centenary Heights State High School Special Education Programme) in Toowoomba before moving to Brisbane in early 2008 to pursue their music.

Food for the Brain Foundation

The best known and launching campaign of the Food for the Brain Foundation was a pilot study carried out at Cricket Green special education school in Merton, London.

Frank Rusch

Collaborators in the Alliance included the National Transition Network at Minnesota, the Academy for Educational Development in Washington, D.C., the National Alliance for Business, the National Council of Chief State School Officers, and the National Association of State Directors of Special Education.

Gangdong District

Gangdong District is home to 25 elementary schools, 17 junior high schools and 12 senior high schools, including a specialized high school (Hanyoung Foreign Language High School), and a special education school (Jumong School).

Goo Kennedy

As of 2003, Kennedy was working for the Special Education/Alternative Education Center of the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District in Texas.

Kate Capshaw

She taught Special Education at Southern Boone County High School in Ashland, Missouri, and Rock Bridge High School in Columbia, Missouri.

Lifeline Center for Child Development

The Lifeline Center for Child Development in Queens, NY, is a non-profit psychiatric day treatment center and special education school serving emotionally and mentally disturbed children and their families from the New York metropolitan area.

Maryville, Tennessee

Albert Brigance - author and special education resource specialist

Mifflin Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania

According to the 2003 data collected by Standard & Poor's, 18.4% of students are economically disadvantaged, 13.1% receive special education services and 71.1% of students pass the state-mandated testing.

Nazik Al-Hariri Welfare Center for Special Education

Nazik Al-Hariri Welfare Center for Special Education was founded by Nazik Hariri in 1985 in Amman, Jordan.

Sharrif Floyd

With help from special-education students and counselor, Dawn Seeger, Floyd baked brownies and sold them at school for weeks to raise the money.

Toshiko D'Elia

After graduating from Tsuda College in Tokyo, she could find no Special Education training available in post World War II Japan and came to Syracuse University in 1951 as a Fulbright Scholar.

Trident Academy

Dr. Tom Mahan encouraged teachers to attend graduate school and a consortium between the College of Charleston and the Citadel which resulted in the development of a Masters in Special Education with an emphasis on Learning Disabilities.

Willowbrook, California

--Type in the address of Avalon Gardens ES--> Banneker Special Education Center, a special LAUSD school, and King Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science, an LAUSD magnet school, are in Willowbrook.