Special education
A Special Needs School in Need of Special Help
The last time Tom played organized sports in league was back in grade school when he played for his little-league baseball team. A couple weeks after joining the team, the coach pulled Tom, who has Down Syndrome, and his mom aside to talk to them privately. The coach said, in the nicest way possible, that [...]
Rolling Thunder: Racing Across America
For the Rolling Thunder Special Needs Program—a running and wheelchair racing club based in Long Island, New York for athletes with disabilities—the Sunday morning run is the last run of the training week. At 8 AM one Sunday morning in December, the distance runners on the team gathered at the gates of Connetquot State Park [...]
Methods for Educating Special-Needs Students
Special needs students are often the most challenging to teach yet also the most neglected by politicians and government educational policymakers. The number of students in special education has skyrocketed since the 1980s and only stabilized in the last few years. During the 2008–2009 academic school year, about 6.5 million students aged 3 through 21 [...]
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