Federal authorities are encouraging school districts to spend education stimulus money to save jobs and blunt the effects of statewide budget cuts, but districts have been slow to draw their share of the funds."We really hope that you'll do...

A group of parents are suing after they say their children with disabilities were repeatedly sent from school to hospital emergency rooms in response to tantrums and other behavior issues. The parents of six New York City students are suing the...

The National Institute of Mental Health reported today that youth who are going to develop psychosis can be identified before their illness becomes full-blown 35 percent of the time if they meet widely accepted criteria for risk, but that...

Secretary Spellings Announces More Workable, "Common Sense" Approach To Implement No Child Left Behind Law U.S. Department of Education April 7th, 2005 - Secretary Spellings Announces More Workable, "Common Sense" Approach To Implement No Child...

Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study (SEELS) Data Available The Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study (SEELS) is a study of school-age students funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) in the U.S....

December 22, 2004 National Association of Special Education Teachers 1201 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. Suite 300 Washington, D.C. 20004 Dear NASET Members, I am inspired by the task you perform in educating children with disabilities and the...

When children with autism get stressed, they often don't show it. Instead their tension might build until they have a meltdown, which can result in aggression toward others and even self-injury. Because these children often don't understand or...

The Social Security Administration will become the latest federal agency to start using the term "intellectual disability" in lieu of "mental retardation." In a final rule published in the Federal Register on Thursday, Social Security officials...

Last spring, Julia Kim's students with disabilities at Fairmount Elementary in San Francisco were ready to take a new standardized test. They were excited that it had been built especially for them. In past years, students with visual...