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Facilitating Student Achievement with Assistive Technology
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Parette, Howard P.; Peterson-Karlan, George R. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2007
This article discusses an evolving understanding of the relationship of assistive technology (AT) to student achievement. Clarifying the compensatory nature of AT and its role in creating a "floor of opportunity" for students with disabilities, the authors then emphasize the importance of AT for access to and productivity within both the life…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Academic Achievement, Developmental Disabilities, Educational Technology
Educating Blind and Visually Impaired Students; Policy Guidance; Notice. Federal Register, Part IV. Department of Education
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Riley, Richard W. – National Archives and Records Administration, 2000
The Department issued this Notice of Policy Guidance (notice) to address the requirements of Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), as amended by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997, as they apply to the education of blind and visually impaired students. This notice updates the Office of…
Descriptors: Blindness, Visual Impairments, Educational Legislation, Equal Education
Alaska Special Education Handbook, September 2001.
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Alaska State Dept. of Education and Early Development, Juneau. – 2001
This handbook provides guidelines for the operation of local special education programs for Alaskan children with disabilities. It addresses: (1) the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Amendments of 1997 and basic concepts of special education; (2) identification of students with disabilities, referral, screening programs, and…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Assistive Technology, Charter Schools, Compliance (Legal)
Special Education: A Reference Book for Policy & Curriculum Development. Second Edition
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Grey House Publishing, 2009
A reference work that presents a chronology focusing on special education, its development, and the important issues that both positively and negatively affect the field. Updated through current events, this second edition provides an excellent introduction to special education in all of its practical aspects--how it developed, its curriculum,…
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational History, General Education, Legal Responsibility
Assistance to States for the Education of Children with Disabilities and Preschool Grants for Children with Disabilities: Final Rule. Federal Register, Part II: Department of Education, 34 CFR Parts 300 and 301
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National Archives and Records Administration, 2006
The Secretary issues final regulations governing the Assistance to States for Education of Children with Disabilities Program and the Preschool Grants for Children with Disabilities Program. These regulations are needed to implement changes made to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, as amended by the Individuals with Disabilities…
Descriptors: Federal Regulation, Federal Aid, Grants, Disabilities
A Handbook for Supplementary Aids and Services: A Best Practice and IDEA Guide "To Enable Children with Disabilities To Be Educated with Nondisabled Children to the Maximum Extent Appropriate".
Burns, Edward – 2003
This book describes how supplementary aids and services are defined by best practice, interpreted by individual states, and viewed by the courts to enable children with disabilities to be educated with typical children to the maximum extent appropriate. The first three chapters of the book deal with the need to provide a free appropriate public…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Ancillary School Services, Assistive Technology, Classroom Techniques