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Your child's teacher may never tell you, but he or she is taking on the burden of buying classroom materials with their hard-earned money. With school budget cuts across the nation, school teachers are on a budget. According to a recent survey conducted by SheerID, last year, teachers in the U.S. spent an average of $514/year

...then you must understand your parental rights first. Tuesday, February 10, 2015,  CASA in partnership with Project Graduation is offering parents of special needs children an opportunity to be informed about special education law that will help parents advocate with greater success.  The session will also give parents an opportunity to ask questions, listen to

by: Meena Tadimeti, MBA Contributor to specialneedsinmycity.org @SNinmycity  Countless books have been written on the importance and benefits of using positive language with children to help them build confidence, self-perception and self-control. However, as parents, we all know how easy it is to slip into using negative and angry words to deal with our frustrations and feelings of

Often, as parents, we don't consider certain sports for our children with disabilities for obvious reasons. But here is an inspirational video that will capture your heart and attention. Moreover, it offers hope that our children could explore certain sports that we may have thought were impossible.  And showing them how others rebound in the face of adversity,  given the ever-changing

Here are some wonderful volunteering opportunities for families looking to assist local organizations that help our Communities during this Thanksgiving holiday.  Great way to give thanks!   Before/On Thanksgiving Day Contact Details Days of Hope in Turlock Christopher Scott at 209-304-4291 Modesto Gospel Mission Garrison at (209)225-2951 Salvation Army Modesto Citadel  Barbara Borba 524-1307 ext. 113 or bborba@uwaystan.org

Students with disabilities, like all students, must have opportunities to participate in school. And an important part of this participation involves communicating with peers, teachers or school staff.   With this in mind, this November, all three Federal offices, Office of Civil Rights Division (Department of Justice), Office for Civil Rights and Office of Special Education/ Rehabilitative

By: Stephen Gallup My developmentally disabled son Joseph is 29 years old, and for the last nine years he has lived in a licensed residential facility. Earlier, as a little guy, he had been the focal point of a very, very, very intensive home therapy program managed by his mother and me. So I can speak