OK, so I’ve posted a “stay in The Episcopal Church ( TEC )” piece and a “Get out of TEC now” piece tonight. What’s my deal? I gave very serious thought to leaving a couple of years ago. In a number of ways, God has restrained that impulse. 1) God’s used the Church of the Good Shepherd itself. Like many South Dakota congregations, it’s hung in there in some very lean times. The people are accustomed to facing difficulties by pulling together. I’ve come to understand congregations here a bit more over these few years.

As I said previously, I was asked to give the family euology at my father’s funeral service.  Several people asked me to post what I said, so here it is.  While I’m the final author, these comments reflects the thoughts, feelings, and love of the family and friends who have been here mourning my Dad’s passing this past week: I’ve been asked to give you the family’s perspective on Ed Hamburger: husband, dad, step-dad, uncle, brother, grandfather, teacher, friend!  When I asked family members to describe my Dad, several words kept coming up: Loving!

Regional experts weigh in on early childhood education In time for the new school year, experts in kindergarten readiness and early childhood education discuss kindergarten readiness and answer questions from parents about the emotional, physical, social and cognitive attributes youngsters should have to be ready for kindergarten. The panel will include Sharon Shepherd , director of preschool programs & special education, Roanoke County Public Schools; Danielle Murray , program manager, Smart Beginnings of Greater Roanoke; U.S.

(Bolstered by Soren Kirkegaard’s lament that “ours is a paltry age because it lacks passion,” Dr. Alan Karbelnig writes this regular column to provoke thoughtful reaction from his SGVPA colleagues. He has been a member of SGVPA since 1988, served as its president in the early 1990s, and chaired its Ethics Committee for 15 years. Alan is a Training and Supervising psychoanalyst at the New Center for Psychoanalysis and the Newport Psychoanalytic Institute.

Beating Autism Naturally: How Body Ecology Mom, Gina LaVerde, Healed Her Son of Autism by BodyEcology.com Gina LaVerde healed her son, Dougie, of autism by focusing on the Body Ecology diet, probiotic-rich fermented foods and drinks and other healing practices. Find out how this passionate mom changed her life, her son’s life and the lives of her family. We recently met with Gina LaVerde, a BEDROK mom ( Body Ecology Diet Recovering Our Kids ) who shared her inspiring story of healing her son of autism.

Final post in a series on Internet resources for Educators working with Special Needs students. This week’s post is a bit of a mixed bag. I’ll wrap up this 5 part series with some information on resources for students with physical handicaps (other than visual impairments , and hearing impairments , covered the last two weeks) . I also will cite a few more general resources for working with special needs students, as the focus on specific categories of needs in these recent posts could not (by its very definition) include all varieties of disabilities.

Local legislator tapped by Senate Leader for four key committees, commissions STATEHOUSE (August 24, 2009) - Indiana Senate President Pro Tem David Long (R-Fort Wayne) today appointed State Sen. Mike Delph (R-Carmel) as a member of the Interim Study Committee on Professional Licensing. Long also tapped Delph to serve as a member of the Military and Veterans’ Benefit Board and the Code Revision Commission.

Local legislator tapped by Senate Leader for four key committees, commissions STATEHOUSE (August 24, 2009) - Indiana Senate President Pro Tem David Long (R-Fort Wayne) today appointed State Sen. Jim Buck (R-Kokomo) as a member of the Interim Study Committee on Education Matters. Long also tapped Buck to serve as a member of the Joint Study Committee on Mass Transit and Transportation Alternatives; the Advisory Council to Bureaus of Lands, Cultural Resources and Water Resource Regulation; and the Indiana Recycling Market Development Board.

Local legislator tapped by Senate Leader for seven key committees, commissions STATEHOUSE (August 24, 2009) - Indiana Senate President Pro Tem David Long (R-Fort Wayne) today appointed State Sen. Luke Kenley (R-Noblesville) as a member of the Interim Study Committee on the School Funding Formula and as co-chair of the Interim Study Committee on Gaming. Long also tapped Kenley to serve as a member of the Budget Committee, the Indiana Stadium and Convention Building Authority, Northwest Indiana Advisory Board,  Select Joint commission on Medicaid Oversight and the Simplified State Sales Tax Administration Delegates.

An education expert well-known for helping students with special needs thrive in mainstream classrooms will visit Bristol Township Thursday, organizers said. The Bristol Township Parent Group is sponsoring Richard Villa’s visit because more than 20 percent of the school district’s student population has learning disabilities, the organizers said. District staff and parents are looking for ways to improve the school system’s existing inclusive practices, spokeswoman Eileen Kelliher said.

I live across the street from Chaparral High School in Temecula , Calif., and every school morning and afternoon dozens of yellow school buses roll in and out of the campus’s sprawling parking lot. Temecula is a semi-rural area 60 miles southeast of Los Angeles and its boundaries extend miles in all directions. As most school districts, Temecula offers bus transportation to students living outside a determined radius, usually 1.5 miles, and by law for all handicapped and special education pupils.

Those of us who have ever had the luxury of working as part of a team–particularly that rare, unicorn-like beast that is the school library team–know how easy it is to take good co-workers for granted. Not sure how to approach a reference question? Consult the team. Need someone to grab the other end of that table so you can rearrange furniture for a DDR tournament? Ask a co-worker. Forgot to pack a lunch and need to pop out for a bite? You can probably get desk coverage if you ask real nice.

Grand Canyon University Online Quick Facts: Grand Canyon University Online was established 1949 Grand Canyon University Online is accredited by ACICS Grand Canyon University Online offers online and campus based programs Grand Canyon University Online is primarily a Christian University Learn more about Grand Canyon University Online About Grand Canyon University Online Grand Canyon University Online prepares its students to become global citizens.

Melissa Andreini is a Utah teacher who is alleged to have paid a student for sex. Or perhaps she paid him to keep quiet. Read about the case below and see her mugshot. Melissa Andreini - Mugshot Utah Teacher Paid Student for Sex? Melissa Ann Andreini is a 28-year-old special education teacher who taught at the Helper Junior High School in Helper, Utah until about three weeks ago. She resigned her position on August 3, 2009 after an investigation alleging she had engaged in sexual relations with a 15-year-old male student.

There are some people who, though briefly we have met them, gave a considerable impact to our lives. We may have met them briefly, worked with them or even met them just once but they left a somewhat lasting impression. Yes, these people are few and far between. In my career as a teacher, I have encountered students who made these impressions with me and very few of them, I worked with very briefly. This thought came to me last night when we were on our way to our favorite fast food place.

Making A Difference Differently « Education On The Plate tags : commented TipLine – Gates’ Computer Tips: A College Freshman’s Lament tags : commented It’s Worth It | Special Ed Justice | Connecticut Special Education Lawyer tags : commented Posted from Diigo . The rest of my favorite links are here.

The report “Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies” from the US Department of Education suggests that online learning is more effective than face to face classroom learning, that blended learning is no more effective than purely online learning and that video and online quizzes do not improve online learning.It should be noted that the US study has limitations: it is a “meta” analysis, that is analysis of previous results, not new data collection.

So as a few of you know I get itchy feet and I thought I’d post a bit about my latest venture  Rival Pioneers - a South African focused initiative aimed at the development of entrepreneurial talent and helping the right ideas become long-term sustainable businesses. The South African government has long held the belief that small to medium sized enterprise would be the only way to tackle rising unemployment in the country - they just forgot a critical aspect - holding the hand of the budding entrepreneur.

Deadline: September 24, 2009 Contract to provide academic services to general and special education students in a location other than school as directed by the Homebound Services Department of the Metropolitan Public Schools (MNPS).

Deadline: September 21, 2009 Contract to provide in the contractor’s facility special education and related services to students placed by Public Schools (MNPS). Services shall be provided in accordance with the Individualized Education Program (IEP) of each student. Metro anticipates there will be 1-3 awards from this procurem…

Education authorities in Mazabuka have expressed concern at the negative attitude by some parents towards their physically challenged pupils at Nanga boarding school for the handicapped.Mazabuka District Education Board Secretary, Darius Kaluba complained to ZANIS in Mazabuka today, that some parents have completely abandoned their children and do not want to be associated with them because of their physical disabilities.Mr Kaluba said the parents have found the school to be a dumping ground for

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Guy Brandenburg, a retired DCPS math teacher analyzed the DC-CAS scores raw data and released the press release below on August 18. Guy reported that DC public elementary schools outperformed their charter school counterparts while the situation was almost exactly reversed at the secondary level with charter schools taking the lead. I did want to share portions of Guy’s analysis with my readers. If you are desirous of reading the document in its entirety, please send me an email c/o saveourcounselors@gmail.com or leave a post on my blog with your email address.

- Randy Bish, cartoonist for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Friday, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi – the only person convicted in the December 21, 1988 bombing that took down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland – returned home to Libya a free man.  He served only 11 days for each of the 270 people who died on the plane and the unsuspecting residents of Lockerbie who died on the ground. His release, based on a doctor’s confirmation that al-Megrahi has terminal prostate cancer, has outraged people in every civilized country in the world.

With the new school year about to begin for most, and already started for a few, it’s time for parents of children with special needs to get ready to track their children’s progress in school and keep tabs on their local education agencies to make sure that business is being taken care of. Now through September 30, 2009, our publication, The Special Education Parent Data Book , is on sale!  The print edition has been discounted to $43 per copy and the electronic download version has been discounted to $7.50.

A reader of our blog sent us a link to another incredibly informative site, which we want to share with you here.  The site, IDEAMoneyWatch.com, tracks where the federal special education dollars are going and how they are being spent.  See http://www.ideamoneywatch.com/main/ . Of particular note was the article found at http://ideamoneywatch.com/balancesheet/?p=15 titled, “OSEP’s Responsible Request.”  This article includes information about the increased special education funding resulting from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

I have survived my first week of teaching the mathematics.  It’s been a roller coaster already with almost every day swinging from one extreme to another.  Here’s how the week went: Monday: (Labor Day) Attended a barbecue where a fellow teacher (not first year) described the first year like being tossed into a shark tank.  I naively thought I was on top of my game because I had two weeks of teacher conferences under my belt with not too much stress added.

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It is the last game of a very bad football season, and only a few minutes left until the game and the season becomes just another bad memory.   Before the game, the two coaches got together and one, the losing coach, had an unusual request.   He wanted to get one special player in the game.   This special player has never played in a game although he has practiced with the team for three long years.   The opposing coach agreed.   The game began.

Hi My name is Laura and I am a special education teacher working on getting my masters in early childhood special education at NEIU.   I loved student teaching in an early childhood autism room and am excited to learn many things on this site.

Wow – here I was – taking a quick break from writing lesson plans for the week – just foolin’ and toolin’ around and look at what I stumbled across…. Newtools ! Click on the “click here” button to see new possibilities. My thoughts for this in my classroom would be to use this when kids need a break from the usual routine, when things are getting stale, on early out days and class periods are short, and so on. Once you see how it works, you could also make your own options with your own curriculum and choices for how/what type activities and let kids draw from a hat.

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Children with autism have difficulty adjusting to changes. They mostly rely on routines and familiar places, objects and activities to occupy their time, day in and day out. Any change in schedule would probably bring an onslaught of varied reactions from them. Family-friendly places are beginning to make adjustments to accommodate these families to their places. For example, these families can now have Florida vacations because Walt Disney World have made arrangements for guests who have a child with autism welcome.

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“My child can’t read. He muddles through but sometimes fails tests, and I can tell he doesn’t understand what he reads. When he reads out loud, he stammers…

August 25th, 2009 Today there are many online and traditional universities that are offering online degrees in special education that enable you to earn a degree at your convenience. Getting an online degree in education is even convenient and flexible option. Know more about online degree in special education and why it is gaining wide popularity in present scenario.

Friends,To all of you who have at anytime visited this blog and interacted with me, I want to say thank you. Sometime next month (maybe sooner) I will surpass 100,000 hits and I am happy about that. I am no longer a paid preacher. I resigned from my church last month amidst not a little unrest in the congregation.I will leave the blog open because people are still accessing the sermons and bible school lessons I have posted here and uploaded at box.net.I am still blogging and will continue to do so as I make this transition and mid-life career change.

Reposted and updated from Thinking at Last Previous posts in this series: IF OPPORTUNITY KNOCKs–I AM NOT READY FINDING YOUR DREAM JOB – WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP? FINDING A DREAM JOB–CAREER INTEREST SURVEYS MY DREAM JOB – PART 4 – AmeriCorps Grant Program Officer & Emergency Response Coordinator MY DREAM JOB – PART 5 – Special Education Teacher DREAM JOB PREPARATION – PART 6  - OmniCare Pharmacy, Catholic Charities Maine and U.S.

Previous posts in this series: IF OPPORTUNITY KNOCKs–I AM NOT READY FINDING YOUR DREAM JOB – WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP? FINDING A DREAM JOB–CAREER INTEREST SURVEYS MY DREAM JOB – PART 4 – AmeriCorps Grant Program Officer & Emergency Response Coordinator MY DREAM JOB – PART 5 – Special Education Teacher This is the last of my efforts to look back in my past work history to see what my work experience has been.  I believe that I am getting a really good idea of what my experience is and what I enjoyed or disliked about the more recent ones.  should be looking for if I decide to look for a new position or if out of the blue an opportunity arises.

Once again, it’s Monday, and it’s time for that Mailbox Monday thing that I do. As always, thanks to Marcia at The Printed Page for hosting. This week, I got boring books in the mail. Not ARCs, not “fun” books. I got textbooks. I’m 9 semester hours into my MAT (Masters of Arts in Teaching) degree through Liberty University’s Distance Learning Program, and after taking some time off, I’m back into it. I’m only taking two classes this semester, just enough to qualify for my student loan, but that will be plenty.

Dr. Ann Yehle has been named principal of McKinley Middle School, replacing Lori Sue Pelk , who took a job in North Carolina. Dr. Yehle will join the district on Sept. 15. Most recently she was executive director of Educational Services for the Madison School District, where she previously was a middle school principal and special education teacher. She also worked for the Department of Public Instruction as an administrator for the Title I, principal leadership and support to the Milwaukee Public Schools.

STATEHOUSE (August 24, 2009) - Indiana Senate President Pro Tem David Long (R-Fort Wayne) today appointed State Sen. Connie Lawson (R-Danville) as chair of both the Commission on Developmental Disabilities and the Commission on Mental Health. Long also tapped Lawson to serve as a member of the Census Data Advisory Committee, Committee on Child Care, the Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities Interagency Coordinating Council and the Medicaid Work Incentives Council.

Today was Charlie’s first day of school for the new school year. It feels a little bittersweet. Ray’s not sweating it too bad, he is gone during the day anyway, but the fellowship of the brothers is broken up for know. I don’t know if Calvin is relieved for a bit of piece and quiet, or wondering where his partner in crime is all day long. Mommy is doing okay… I guess. And, Charlie? Well, the kid has an amazing ability to “just roll with it” when it comes to things like these.

Local legislator tapped by Senate Leader for six key committees, commissions STATEHOUSE (August 24, 2009) - Indiana Senate President Pro Tem David Long (R-Fort Wayne) today appointed State Sen. Sue Landske (R-Cedar Lake) as chair of both the Census Data Advisory Commission and the Illiana Expressway Proposal Review Committee. Long also tapped Landske to serve as a member of the County Redistricting Commission, the Interstate Rail Passenger Advisory Council, the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact Commission and the Northwest Indiana Transportation Study Commission.

STATEHOUSE (August 24, 2009) - Indiana Senate President Pro Tem David Long (R-Fort Wayne) today tapped State Sen. Randy Head (R-Logansport) as a member of the Commission on Courts, the Criminal Code Evaluation Commission, the Indiana Commission on Autism, the Probate Code Study Commission and the Water Resources Study Committee. During summer and fall months when the legislature is not in session full-time, lawmakers utilize bipartisan interim study committees and commissions to conduct in-depth research into complicated, complex issues facing Hoosiers.