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		<title>Sea Adventure Program for Kids with Special Needs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mitch Pittman - Parents always try to inspire their kids to dream big, but for one local father it’s the other way around. As the father of two children with learning disabilities, Jason Nelson had long wanted to start a program for them to experience life on the water. For years, the Tacoma native [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Darien Special Education  Director Placed on Administrative Leave</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Megan Spicer -  Darien Superintendent Stephen Falcone announced this morning that embroiled Special Education and Services Director Deirdre Osypuk has been placed on administrative leave. A complaint filed on March 20 against Osypuk, who took over for Robin Pavia in July, claims her new policies violated the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act by removing the &#8220;team aspect&#8221; of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special Education can be Daunting for Parents</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parents advocating for their children to receive the best education and special services can be become &#8220;difficult&#8221; parents for school districts, specially when services involved are costly. by Keith Reid - A file folder, bursting at its seams, sits atop a table in Gorge Sanchez&#8217;s north Stockton apartment. It&#8217;s filled with Individual Education Plans for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Educating the Public about Dyslexia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though research shows 10% of children have dyslexia, public knowledge, teacher training and school interventions for the disorder seem limited. by Jenni Vincent - Payne Auchmuty is bright and engaging, almost always smiling and happy. Now getting ready to enter ninth grade, he enjoys hanging out with friends and doesn&#8217;t even mind some good-natured [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Studying the Neurological Pathways of Learning Disability through Handwriting</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For less than $100, University of Washington researchers have designed a computer-interfaced drawing pad that helps scientists see inside the brains of children with learning disabilities while they read and write. The device and research using it to study the brain patterns of children will be presented at the Organization for Human Brain Mapping meeting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Can Kids Be Successful When Teachers Refuse to Admit that a Learning Problem Exists?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jay Mathews - Stacie Brockman is the Prince George’s County mother of lively twin 9-year-old boys. Her sons were born two months premature. She has done everything possible to deal with the disabilities that often impede the progress of such children. She took them to the developmental pediatricians at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special Education Student Success Takes Community Effort</title>
		<link>http://specialedpost.com/2013/06/18/special-education-student-success-takes-community-effort/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many parents look for the support of advocates to manage the special educations system when searching for supports to help their children succeed in school. by Kristine Stolakis - For the past two months, KALW has spoken to families making their way through the special education system here in the Bay Area. A similar thread [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding the Life-Long Impact of ADHD</title>
		<link>http://specialedpost.com/2013/06/18/understanding-the-life-long-impact-of-adhd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[ADHD/ADD]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Maiken Scott - A long-term study that followed people with ADHD over 3 decades found a link between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and obesity. The obesity findings came as a surprise to researchers. The study was about tracking the life-long impact of ADHD on people, NYU researchers started with a group of boys when they were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shortage of ADHD Meds</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s more stress for parents with a child diagnosed with ADHD. Drugs needed to treat their child’s diagnosis are in short supply. “The last thing I wanted to do was medicate my daughter.” Kali Wehmeyer has ADHD and has been on Ritalin for three years. But when the drug became in short supply, she was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Son&#8217;s Secret to Overcoming Dyslexia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week we ran a story about a the struggles a student with dyslexia faced in school on his journey to college. Here&#8217;s part two. by Emil Guillermo - For Father’s Day, I wanted to share the rest of the story about my son. He’s got something in common with Charles Schwab, Picasso, John F. [...]]]></description>
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