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Category Archives: Public policy
Full US IDEA funding proposed again
From John Lloyd over on SpedPro. Over on On Special Education Nirvi Shah reported that Senator Tom Harkin and colleagues once again introduced a bill proposing that the US federal government pay its full (i.e., 40%) share of the costs … Continue reading
Posted in Administration, IDEA, News, Public policy, The press
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Prevalence of developmental disorders
From John Lloyd over on SpedPro. Coleen Boyle and colleagues from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau reported in Pediatrics that, although data about the prevalence of developmental disabilities in the … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, News, Public policy, Research, The press
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Virginia campaign promotes action agenda
From JohnL over on EBD Blog. The Campaign for Children’s Mental Health outlined an agenda for improving mental health policy for children and youths in the US commonwealth of Virginia on 14 June 2011. The “Action Agenda” expresses the need … Continue reading
Posted in community, current issues, Families, mental health, mental illness, News, Parents, policy, public health, Public policy, The press, treatment, youth
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Milwaukee parents allege voucher program discriminates against students with disabilities
From John Lloyd over on SpedPro. Should students with disabilities get to use vouchers, too? Should private schools have to accept them? Some parents say some private schools aren’t taking vouchers from students with disabilities and they are complaining. Journalists … Continue reading
Posted in Administration, Disability, education, IDEA, News, policy, Public policy, Special Education, The press
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Altering Autism insurance coverage legislation in VA
From JohnL over on EBD Blog. Writing in the Richmond Times Dispatch, Olympia Meola reported on potential changes in support for insurance coverage for therapy for children with Autism in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the US. Under the headline … Continue reading
Autism legislation in Virginia
From JohnL over on EBD Blog. Under the headline “Autism legislation advances in Virginia” in the Washington Post Fredrick Kunkle and Anita Kumar reported about the slow-but-significant progress that parents in the US state of Virginia have made in advancing … Continue reading
Rigorous Evidence newsletter
The Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy, which covers many different social programs in addition to education, announced the publication of an electronic newsletter that should be of interest to some readers. The current issue of RIGOROUS EVIDENCE News… Continue reading
Posted in Administration, effectiveness, efficacy, evidence, evidence-based, evidence-based education, News, policy, Public policy, Research, The press
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NAS presses MH pubs
Noting recent news in the US, the National Academy of Sciences has taken the opportunity to promote some of its publications related to mental health. Among these is one that is relevant to those concerned about EBD among children and youths, a 2009 re… Continue reading
Posted in advocacy, Bookshelf, current issues, mental health, News, policy, Public policy, The press
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More props for Mr. Artest
Ron Artest’s PSA for LA Mental Health Professional basketball player Ron Artest, who admits that he experienced difficulties as a youth and an adult, has been promoting mental health awareness over the past few years. Recently I posted a note ack… Continue reading
Posted in advocacy, community, Families, mental health, Musings, News, Prevention, Public policy, The press, youth
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Where reformers ought to be aiming
Over on Ed Excellence, Robert Pondiscio published an editorial entitled “The Fierce Urgency of Eventually” in which he argues that those reform efforts that ignore curricular and instructional issues present less-than-timely and -helpful al… Continue reading →