Category Archives: bullying

Bullying of Kids With Disabilities – Part II

From Jim Gerl over on Special Education Law Blog. Image via WikipediaBullying remains a hot button issue in special education law. This is the second post in the current series on this topic.  Last week I discussed some of the … Continue reading

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Bullying of Kids With Disabilities – Part I

From Jim Gerl over on Special Education Law Blog. Image via Wikipedia Bullying is a real problem in our society.  Bullies often take advantage of those whom they perceive as weaker.  The Columbine tragedy brought the problem to a higher … Continue reading

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Procdeural Safeguards – The Series Returns!

From Jim Gerl over on Special Education Law Blog. Image via Wikipedia A lot of the work that I do in special education concerns procedural safeguards.  It is the heart of my work.  In the past we have run a … Continue reading

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The Gift of Knowledge

From Jennifer Laviano over on Connecticut Special Education Lawyer.   It’s been a couple of years now that I’ve been blogging about special education legal issues.  Unfortunately, the realities of juggling a busy law practice, a family, and other professional … Continue reading

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Addressing bullying via PBIS

From JohnL over on EBD Blog. Tim Lewis Do you want to learn how to do something about bullying in schools? Here’s a way to get started. Under the auspices of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), Tim Lewis will … Continue reading

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More on Bullying

From Bignity over on Bignity. This article highlights the research regarding special needs children and bullying. The statics are pretty heartbreaking, but this issue is something that we all have the power to change. It does not happen overnight, but … Continue reading

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Free-Falling to End Bullying with Jesse

From jaime over on Bignity. Over the course of the past few weeks, I’ve had the pleasure to get to know Jesse Saperstein. He is kind, funny and committed to doing so many awesome things, including this incredible skydiving to … Continue reading

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The Discomforting Skin

From Amy over on Bignity. Fifteen years ago, walking around in my body was an exercise in torture. I’m referring not only to the bullying to which I was subjected on a near-daily basis at school, or the tumultuous relationship … Continue reading

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50 Cent’s anti-bullying book

From JohnL over on EBD Blog. According to the Publishers Weekly, rap artist 50 Cent is writing a book with an anti-bullying theme. 50 Cent, whose book Playground was bought by Razorbill publisher Ben Schrank, will address the topic of … Continue reading

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Bullying of Kids with Disabilities: How One Young Man Took Back Control

From Jennifer Laviano over on Connecticut Special Education Lawyer. For followers of my blog, you know that the bullying of kids with disabilities is a subject that I believe has long been overlooked.  I have spoken and written about this topic for … Continue reading

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