WHO WE ARE Ferncliff Manor is residential school program that is dedicated to serving the needs of people with developmental disabilities, supporting their families, and cultivating excellent relationships with the community to help realize the...

Students with Intellectual Disabilities Graduate from Internship Program Aimed at Giving Them Real-World Job Experience It's graduation season, and students across Hamilton County are celebrating their accomplishments and looking toward the...

Inclusion Series- Exceptional Students Introduction This issue of the Inclusion Series provides an explanation of the exceptional students and the 3 categories of students: Students classified under the Individuals with Disabilities Act 2004...

Spellings Announces New Special Education Guidelines, Details Workable, "Common-Sense" Policy to Help States Implement No Child Left Behind Guidelines reflect the latest scientific research to help students with disabilities States continue to...

Conversation Analysis of Shared Reading with Students who Have Significant Support Needs Nancy Quick, Ph.D. CCC-SLP Penelope Hatch, Ph.D. CCC-SLP Karen Erickson, Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Abstract Shared reading focuses...

The National Institutes of Health has developed a research plan to advance understanding of Down syndrome and speed development of new treatments for the condition, the most frequent genetic cause of mild to moderate mental retardation and...

NASET NEWS ALERT U.S. Department of Education - Office for Civil Rights Office for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Supplemental Fact Sheet - Addressing the Risk of COVID-19 in Preschool, Elementary and Secondary Schools While...

Table of Contents Special Education Legal Alert. By Perry A. Zirkel Buzz from the Hub Supports in Equity: Universal Design for Learning for Students with Disabilities in Higher Education. By Melissa Beck Wells, EdD Better Together on Behalf of...

Table of Contents Special Education Legal Alert. By Perry A. Zirkel Buzz from the Hub Have You Ever Flown?—A Personal Essay. By Charlie Strecker Graduation Rates Are Increasing, but Students with Special Education Needs Are Still in Peril. By...

Table of Contents Special Education Legal Alert. By Perry A. Zirkel Buzz from the Hub Lehigh University Section 504 Coordinators Institute – June 27–28, 2019 Mediating Parental Advocacy and the School District’s Guidelines. By Karina...