Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Web Highlights: Stimulus Transparency, Controversial Restraint Technique, et

  • The stimulus package bolsters special needs education, but it also requires increased transparency for spending. The Journal, looks at one method of tracking IDEA program progress in Maryland.
  • In a disaster, what will your special needs riders and their families do? In Navajo County, Ariz., police and human services officials are helping to come up with plans for evacuation and shelter.
  • A California judge dropped a case against a school district alleging a teacher's use of the "prone restraint" -- where the student is held face down -- left an autistic boy with a broken nose, bruises and scratches.
  • A school in Canada gives children with special needs a classroom designed to engage their senses.

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