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....

For American students with disabilities, class sizes are increasing, services are waning and providers are disappearing. More than half of parents who have children with disabilities and responded to a survey say their schools have altered...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...