A few questions for Joel Klein
According to widespread reports, in your just-published book about your time as chancellor of the New York City Schools, Mr. Klein, you wrote that firing a teacher “took an average of almost two and a...
View ArticleBullying of Kids With Disabilities – Postscript II #bully
In My Room from the Bully Series (Photo credit: Wikipedia)As I mentioned in the last post in the series, I have given a number of presentations on Bullying and IDEA over the last few years, ranging...
View ArticleSuspension data by U.S. state
Over on On Special Education, Christina Samuels reported that a group that is part of the Civil Rights Project of the University of California, Los Angeles, has indicated that 37% of secondary students...
View ArticleAutism encounters with law enforcement
Have you ever fretted about what would happen if someone who has not learned to comply with commands encounters someone who expects immediate compliance? Suppose further that the person who relies on...
View ArticleWho’s keeping the longitudinal data on schools’ outcomes?
I’m sorry to admit that a post on TE from just about 10 years ago has almost exclusively dead links. Now, link rot (as it’s called) is common on the Internet, but one still feels some responsibility...
View ArticleHow do students fare after HS?
The transition from high school to work, post-secondary education, and other alternatives is a challenge, especially for students with disabilities. In “Diplomas Count 2015: Report and Graduation...
View ArticleNational Academies EBP guidelines
The US National Academies Press published a a booklet recommending a framework for promoting evidence-based practices in the areas of mental health and substance abuse. The focus is not expressly on...
View ArticleGeorgia students with EBD unnecessarily segregated and denied equal services
On 15 July 2015, The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice declared that the U.S. state of Georgia had been illegally segregating students with behavior disorders from their peers and...
View ArticleCriminalizing mental health problems
Police officers sometimes must use extreme force to protect the population (us!) and themselves from harm. I get that. I am fretful, however, about their use of force in situations with people who have...
View ArticleIDEA Celebration
ED Celebrates IDEA 40th—Live! Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the U.S. Department of Education and its Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), we are pleased to invite you to...
View ArticleSummary of workshop on measuring SED in children
On 1 February 2016, the US National Academy of Sciences published a booklet that summarized the presentations and discussion at a workshop on measuring serious emotional disturbance in children. Some...
View ArticleRecommendations for ending discrimination
Book cover, courtesy NAP The U.S. National Academy Press published a book 20 April 2016 entitled Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders: The Evidence for Stigma...
View ArticlePolice encounters with Individuals with Autism of the bad kind
In South Florida (US) on 18 July 2016 a caregiver for a young man with Autism was shot by police while he was working to protect the young man from harm. Parts of the scene were recorded on bystander...
View ArticleMr. Kinsey was not the target: Better or worse?
According to John Rivera, the head of Police Benevolent Association of Dade County (FL, US), the bullet that struck Mr. Charles Kinsey on Monday 18 July 2016 (while Mr. Kinsey was working to return a...
View ArticleInvestigation: Texas systematically denied students sped services
Brian M. Rosenthal of the Houston Chronicle published a report entitled “Denied: How Texas keeps tens of thousands of children out of special education” that documents systematic denial of special...
View ArticleAbout appropriate police encounters!
In late August of 2016 Michael D. Thompson published a fine post in Scientific American entitled “When Police Deal with People Who Have Mental Health Issues” with a subtitle of “It too often ends in...
View ArticleStudents with EBD Hit Hardest by Texas Cap in Special Ed Enrollment
According to reports Brian M. Rosenthal published in the Houston (TX, US) Chronicle, since the early 2000s when the Texas Education Agency (TEA) essentially limited enrollment in special education to...
View ArticleIs RTI a billion-$$ boondoggle?
The Concept Of RTI: Billion-Dollar Boondoggle by Beverley Holden Johns, James M. Kauffman, and Edwin W. Martin. The writers argue that RTI and iterations known as tiered frameworks for education (e.g.,...
View ArticleIs Special Education In Trouble? #IDEA #special education #POTUS
OK it is time for a serious question, is special education in trouble? This blog is not partisan; we do not endorse candidates or tell you how to vote. Indeed, I take great comfort in the fact that...
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