What is the State of Early Special Education in Idaho?
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I would strongly suggest contacting the statewide parent advocacy group for Idaho:\nhttp://www.ipulidaho.org/
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My son was diagnosed as attention deficit and mildy autistic by our public education system in Texas. We were told he would never hold a job, graduate from H.S., and would be institutionalized as an adult. We fought the system continuously, forced them to place him in mainstream classes and to accommodate his learning disabilities, much to the dismay of educators. He graduated last month from college, has had a job for six years and drives a new car he purchased himself. \nIf you are willing to completely dedicate yourself to helping your child , they can overcome this disability, it will not be easy. The public education system would rather label your child and place them in special education. Without a voucher system there is no help available from private specialized programs.
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I found one school that helps children with special needs.\n\nHere is more information about it:\n\nEph Phatha Residential School for the Deaf and Dumb Children\n\nDevelopment Focus \nEducation & Training, Handicap Support, Speech & Hearing Impaired\n\nOther Details \nIt was established in 1983\n\nAddress\n3-12-33/h/1, Opp. TV Studio Lane\nNear Ravendra Swami Temple\nGanesh Nagar\nRamanthpur \nHyderabad\nAndhra Pradesh \nPhone:040 - 2703 8035 \n\nHere is one more:\nHelen Keller School For Deaf and Dumb\n\nCONTACT DETAILS\nContact Person: Mr P Ummar Khan, Founder-Chairman\nWebsite: http://www.planetvidya.com/sol/index.htm \nEmail:  \nTel: +91 040 55456825 \n\nAlthough these are in Hyderabad, I'm sure there must be others all over the state and you can choose one depending on where you live. Contacting this school may be your first step and you can get more information from them.\n\nGood Luck.
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Try these sites....Good luck!\n\n\nhttp://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/nacc/education/alaska/ak-edu-3.htm\n\nhttp://www.agci.org/publications/EOC97/eoc97session2/Weller.html
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Try here: http://dir.yahoo.com/regional/u_s__state. thats a good place to find out.
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I'm assuming your are talking about a site for the USA.\n1.  For federal info on nationwide laws about special education regulations and guidelines you should search for ADA the Americans with Disabilities Act.\n2.  For info at the state level their should be a site for the department of education and a site under that for "special education" or "special needs children" lists of statewide APS "approved private schools" and other resources will be there along with contact info for more local info from the "intermediate units" or administrative offices at a county level.  Most school districts have a "special needs" parents groups too.\n3   NAMI, the "national alliance for the mentally ill" also has sites for mental health consumers and for family members who are living with or advocating for children or adults who struggle with mental health issues.
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Oh, if you're looking at Maryland, start here:\n\nhttp://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/divisions/earlyinterv/\n\nAnd of course, The Arc for Maryland:\n\nhttp://www.thearc.org/cgi-bin/scripts/zip22-f6y4.cgi
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I couldn't find much on private preschools in your area. The links are below. However, I would really recommend you look at the public school preschool programming for special needs.\nLook at this site: http://sped.ocde.us/CC_ap.asp?menu=cc \n\nFirst of all, I would NOT recommend Head/Early Start for a preschooler with special needs. The teachers are NOT specifically trained for special needs, and those preschools focus heavily on socialization and a pre-packaged curriculum and instruction for the "regular" kids. They focus more on social/income disadvantages rather than physiological. While certainly you want your son to build the skills to function comfortably in the regular ed environment, throwing him in the deep end at the age of 3 or 4 will most likely end up in him drowning.\n\nYou SHOULD let you public school district know about your son (if you haven't already)... and enroll him there. Those teachers ARE trained to help your son. Plus, he will have immediate access to therapies he would not necessarily get in a private preschool, such as Occupational Therapy (especially for Sensory Integration), Speech-Language, etc. Just be sure that when you all sit down to write the IFSP (the individual plan used to help your son), you insist that his teacher(s) have prior background and training to work with autistics, and in-service training to ensure the program is current and up-to-date. It looks from your district's webiste that they do. Once you have an IFSP (when your child turns 5, it becomes an IEP) that outlines programming, goals, therapies, and teacher training specific to your child's needs, hold your district to it closely. If you have a reputation with the administrators in your school district as being someone who knows her child's rights, are vocal about them, and are willing to put the time and energy into making their lives miserable until they abide by them.... then they will provide correct support to the teachers so that they can do their jobs effectively. \n\nGetting him into the public schools' special needs Preschools program also acts as a "heads-up" to your local elementary school, so that they can already start looking for the staff (if not already there) and/or provide in-service training for existing staff, to prepare for a child with autistic-type needs on-campus. The school social worker will also help you link up with available community supports quickly (for instance, you'd be asking the SW a question like this, rather than a bunch of strangers on the internet...lol).\n\nIf you want a program run privately, here are a couple of  possibles... but I don't know their real level of quality in their programming. I would recommend touring facilities, interviewing staff, observing programming in progress, etc. Also, if you can manage it, talk to parents who had their kids in the program you are interested in, a few years ago (not currently). Now that their child is older, do they feel the program was of benefit?\n\nhttp://www.pyramidautismcenter.com/\n\nhttp://www.theracare.com/services.asp\n\n\nHere's your public school link about their services:\nhttp://sped.ocde.us/CC_ap.asp?menu=cc\n\nAnd here's one example of inclusive, supported programming they provide:\nhttp://sped.ocde.us/SS_rsc.asp?menu=ocde_ss ... look at Reilly
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This isn't a Special Education related question. Special Education refers to the provision of services to kids with disabilities.
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There is a college in Camden, AR- Southern Arkansas University Tech and they offer the associates degree completely online in Early Childhood Education and Middle Level Math/Science.  You can start there and then transfer to Henderson State University in Arkadelphia and complete your bachelors degree online.  web site for is www.sautech.edu  and www.hsu.edu  I am going through the program now and it is wonderful.
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First look at the department of education website for the basic rights for your state.. Here is the one I found that should take you right to special education... www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/  Another site to check out is wrights law - I refer to this site almost daily! www.wrightslaw.com   Wrights law is so informative you will not only find information about speal needs, but also resources for your specific state and Plenty of info on the individual education plan (IEP) and helping to create the best education plan possible.
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the handicapped childrens early education assistance act--public law 90-538.
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Give the 1st website a look and then give them a holler.\n\nThe 2nd site: Florida's Transition Project for Infants, Young Children and Their Families assists local communities in establishing trained teams to develop a seamless system of transition among agencies providing services to young children with disabilities, birth to six years of age, and their families.\n\nGood Luck!
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http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm\n\ngood luck
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Birth certificates are legally confidential in Idaho for 100 years. Death, stillbirth, marriage, and divorce certificates are legally confidential in Idaho for 50 years. \n \nIn addition, the person requesting a certified copy of a certificate must provide a photocopy of Acceptable Identification. Proof of relation may be required. Step-relatives, in-laws, great-grandparents, etc., are not immediate family as defined by Idaho statutes.
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The list is too lengthly to list here. Starting with Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954 and the Civil Rights movement, to the first introduction of the Education of All Handicapped Children Act in 1975, to the total overhaul and repeated revamping of that law into the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in the 1980's and it's repeated revisions, not to mention FERPA, NCLB, and ADA, to a multitude of court cases seeking to define the elements of IDEA (special education policy is really about 99% defined by court cases rather than by legislative actions)... you are asking for almost 60 years of history on a chat forum!  For full details and explanations, it takes a college textbook.  Try here:\n\nhttp://ericec.org/faq/spedhist.html\nhttp://www.parentsunitedtogether.com/page15.html\nhttp://www.reedmartin.com/specialeducationstatutes.htm\nhttp://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/leg/idea/history.html\n\nThese summaries are only really a start.
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Try a early Head start center.  They are federal funded programs that run through different agencies and are free depending on your income and family size. My 2 year old daughter is getting ready to start in the fall.  These programs offer a lot of developmental activities and prepare ypur child for kindergarten.  I work for a Head Start program in Maryland any questions e-mail me.  Early head start starts at 6 weeks old until 3years old.  A Head Start program starts at 3 years old until kindergarten age.  All of my children have been in these programs and they are family orientated programs.  They offer more than education but family services like schooling, workshops on various topics.  Nad parent are encouraged to volunteer in some many ways.  If you have any questions please feel free to e-mail me \nxcstbabygirl@yahoo.com