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Special Education is not a Place, it’s Support & Services |
Lucy Sprague Mitchell: “What, then, is a good life for
children?” An active, a full, a rich life of meaningful experiences at each stage
of their development. It is a sound
humanitarian impulse to give children such lives. But it is more than that. A good life is a life in which one keeps
growing in interests, in breadth of emotions and powers of expression, in
dept and extent of human relations.
Growth in all one’s powers … leads on to an adulthood which is not
static, completed, but still retains the capacity and the eagerness to
grow. Adults, for good or bad, retain
in their very fiber the results of their childhood experiences. Children’s best chance to be learners,
doers, creative, constructive members in the society they live in as adults
is to have lived lives which gave these qualities a chance to grow steadily …
A good life for children is, above all, a chance to keep growing as ‘whole
children.’” |
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The one thing I do know is that IEP goals (and goals in
general) should be SMART Source - unknown Submitted by Angie Guerin |
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Parenting with Love &
Logic Classes Classes for parents of children of all ages and parents of children
with special needs QuixWorks Therapeutic Massage: Calming Therapeutic massage for children with special
needs and their families The
Autism Book, Answers to Your Most Pressing Questions by S. Jhoanna Robledo & Dawn
Ham-Kucharski University of Michigan Dance Marathon abc teach - A place for kids, parents and teachers. Basic
Learning Activities (ABC's, Numbers, Colors, Handwriting, etc.), Theme Units,
Fun Activities, Research and Reports, and Flash cards to name a few. A
yearly fee to join, but I only use the free stuff. D'Nealian
handwriting for all children Abilitations Integrations. Sensory intergration solution items like calmers
& organizers (oils, vibrators, sitting items, tents, weights, visual
timers), mouth & language items (whistles & blowers, music CD's &
soundtracks, videos, and games), body readiness items (bands, balls, swings,
scooters, tampolines), daily routine items (potty items, food helpers,
vibrating soap, weighted blankets, shoe tying, calendars, clear vinyl
backpack), eye & hand helpers ( clip boards, balls, nuts & bolts,
puzzles & games, hi-write paper, easels, pencils & grips, crayons,
handwriting helpers, scissors, putty, fidget pens & pens), books Ann Arbor Center for
Developmental & Behavior Pediatrics Ann Arbor Hands On Museum & COSI in Toledo
The ARC of Northwest Wayne
County Auditory Processing Disorder
in Children Bike Therapy – Program to
Educate All Cyclists Central Auditory Processing
Disorder & Attention Deficit Disorder Information Children’s Special Health
Care Services - Michigan The Children who Live with
the Children of Autism Citizen’s Alliance to Uphold
Special Education (C.A.U.S.E.) Different Roads to Learning An |
Discount School Supply. Every imaginable school supply you may need. (Craft
supplies, puzzles & games, puppets & dolls, books, science materials,
musical items, blocks, manipulatives, furniture, playground equipement,
infant & toddler items. do2Learn. Games, songs. communication cards,
print resources and information for special needs. They have a lot of
free items. I've used them to create Easter Seals Children’s
Therapy Eastem Michigan Speech &
Hearing Effective parent-teacher
communication Embracing
Ashley: One Mother’s Reflection on Raising a Child with Special Needs by Deanne Lee Bialy EP,
Exceptional Parent. Magazine: Information and Support
for the Special Needs Community: Parents - Families - Physicians –
Professionals. Family Support Subsidy
Program - Michigan Flaghouse Special Populations Software, switches & adapted devices & toys,
strollers & standers, Snoezelen sensory world products, positioning
devices, accessible tables & desks, orthopedic devices, mats, playground
items & ride-ons, gross motor items, physical & recreation items, and
manipulatives Gopher Sport.
Physical
education equipment Great Strides Therapy - Hippotherapy Ross Greene: The Explosive Child: A New Approach
for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible
Children Handwriting without tears. I
don't currently own their product, but I will be ordering it. My son
uses part of it in occupational therapy. He uses the magnetic
writing board and magnets to form letters. By breaking them down into
lines and curves, my son has quickly learned to write letters. He gets
less frustrated now that he can SEE a letter is made up of simple line
and curve. Hearing Colors, Tasting
Shapes Helping Children with
Adoption – Mr. Rogers Helping Your Children to do
well at school HOPE Center – Beaumont
Hospital IDEA 97 (Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act) Internet Special Education Resources Kaleidescope Eyes: The
Secrets of a Novel Gift Mayer-Johnson, Inc. Software, hardware (rollers, joysticks, switches), picture
symbols (communication boards, display books and folders, bulk veltro and
clips), and books (interactive stories, social skills, and
instructional) for persons with special needs |
Michigan Department of
Education Michigan Parents of the
Visually Impaired Michigan: Special Education Information
for Parents and Families Mother Knows Best – OT
Advance No One To Play With by Betty
Osman Palaestra Magazine. Forum of Sport, Physical Education &
Recreation for Those with Disabilities.
Published Quarterly. Paleastra
is published in cooperation with the Adapted Physical Activity Council of the
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance and
United States Paralyimpics of the United States Olympic Committee. The P.L.A.Y. Project. Play and Language for Autistic Youngsters Plymouth Canton Schools
Special Education Services & Resources Program to Educate All
Cyclists - PEAC School Achievement Reports
Often Exclude the Disabled, Diana Schemo Speaking Positively – An Introduction to Positive
Adoption Language – Pat Johnston Super Duper Publications. They have it all and ship free.
Articulation/phonlogy, augmentative commuication, autism, speech &
hearing, bilingual/ESL, hearing & sign language, language - (auditory
processing, basic concepts & skills, games, cards, sequencing skills,
social skills, early intervention, vocabulary), motivational games &
awards, oral-motor, phonemic awareness, supplies, software, tests &
assessments. Ten things Every Child with
Autism/Asperger’s Wishes You Knew Therapists aren’t the only
ones who knows what therapy can do for a client - OT Therapy Shoppe. All your occupational therapy items like handwriting
specialties, special scissors, weighted vests & blankets, massagers &
vibrating toys, therapy putty & brushes, fidget toys, oral motor, fine
motor & gross motor items, bilateral toys, visual percetual toys, therapy
bands & balls, vestibular & prorioceptive items, videos & music,
dressing & tying tools, feeding items, chairs and tubes. They
have a great supply of scissors. United Cerebral Palsy Associations The University of Michigan
Exhibit Museum of Natural History ToysRUs Differently Abeled
Catalog UMACC (University of Michigan Autism and Communication Disorders Center)
Wayne County Community Mental Health Agency Western-Wayne County
Therapeutic Recreation Your Child – University of
Michigan |
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Kid friendly Parent friendly Family Friendly |
Angie Guerin, email : abguerin@sbcglobal.net Ø
Kid friendly - A place
where kids play and explore with little or no intervention needed. Ø
Parent friendly - A place that understands that sometimes children have
to come along, even when you know it's not a place for kids. A place
where someone will smile and help you, so you can get in and out
quickly. So when you leave, you let out that breath and say to
your child, "You did a good job inside, I'm proud of you." Ø
Family Friendly - A place where we all can go and Mom and Dad leave
feeling that it was a good idea to go out in the first place. A place
where you don't have to explain yourself or your children's behavior. A
place that responds to your needs, before you have to ask and if you do ask,
they are happy to help. |
Dawn Ham – Kucharski, email : dhamkucharski@futureshealth.com Ø Kid-Friendly – “where everyone knows their name,” (just
like Cheers) Ø A parent-friendly place is anywhere a mouse can go
over, under, in, out, in front, behind.
Ø A parent-friendly place is somewhere where neither you
nor your child is judged by their behavior at any given moment. A place where people encourage children
socializing together, and interacting with each other, too. |
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Thanks to Dawn Marie Ham-Kucharski, The Futures HealthCore for
submitting most of the resources above. |
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A person with a Ph.D. could spend a lifetime studying one
square metre of the forest floor and the square metre right next to it could
be completely different. ... So how much do we know of life’s diversity? Of the vast range of life-forms on this
planet, scientists have identified perhaps 1.4 million species. That includes about 750,000 insect, 250,000
plants, and 47,000 vertebrates. The
rest are invertebrates and micro-organisms.
Of the vertebrates, 4,300 are mammals, 9,000 birds, 4,000 reptiles,
3,500 amphibians, and the rest are fishes.
That gives you an idea of the spectrum of life-forms on Earth. David Suzuki |
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Debra Madonna, QuixWorks Therapeutic Massage . www.quixworks.com . email: debra@quixworks.com Handout found at: www.parentcollege.com/resources.html |
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Sept 3, 2007