Download or read book Schooling Homeless Children written by Sharon Quint and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Quint has done a valuable service in describing one effort to make school a good place for kids who live on the dangerous margin of society.” —The Washington Post
Download or read book School Help for Homeless Children with Disabilities written by National Center for Homeless Education, Greensboro, NC. and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is difficult for families dealing with homelessness to enroll their children in school and ensure their daily attendance. The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act gives homeless children and youth the right to enroll in school immediately, even if they do not have documents that are usually required for enrollment. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) guarantees rights and services for children and youth with special needs. This brief provides information about IDEA and how it can help homeless children with special needs. It is designed for parents, guardians, and other people who are taking care of children and youth.
Download or read book School Help for Homeless Children with Disabilities written by National Center for Homeless Education at SERVE. and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parents experiencing homelessness may be struggling to enroll and keep their children in school. If they have a child with special needs, they may have even more challenges to make sure their child receives the help she needs. This brief helps parents with the following concerns and offers resources for additional assistance: (1) not knowing who to talk to about their child's needs; (2) not knowing if their child's problems in school are caused by a disability or by the stress of being homeless; (3) not being sure how to help their child adjust to a new school after moving to a temporary living situation; (4) not being able to arrange time and transportation for parent-teacher conferences or meetings at school; and (5) not understanding the process for getting special education services for their child.
Download or read book Supporting Homeless Children and Youth with Disabilities written by National Center for Homeless Education at SERVE. and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year, over 1.2 million children and youth identified as homeless in the nation's schools experience educational disruption that is caused by not having a safe and stable place to live (NCHE, 2014). Homeless children and youth face educational challenges that include a lack of basic necessities, such as food, clothing, and medical services; discontinuity of education due to mobility; and trauma caused by the chaos, poverty, and instability of their family's circumstances, or in the case of unaccompanied homeless youth, their own circumstances. Many homeless children and youth have disabilities that create additional challenges for educational progress. The National Center on Family Homelessness reported that children who are homeless, as compared to other children, have three times the rate of emotional and behavioral problems, are four times more likely to show delayed development, and have twice the rate of learning disabilities (NCFH, 2008). Educational barriers homeless children and youth with disabilities face include: (1) not being identified as needing special education services; (2) difficulty with diagnosis due to mobility and other stressors; (3) lack of timely assessment, diagnosis, or service provision; (4) lack of continuity of services due to school transfers; (5) lack of timely or efficient records transfer when enrolling in a new school; and (6) lack of an available parent or surrogate to represent the child or unaccompanied youth. Two federal laws increase the educational stability and support needed to help homeless children and youth with disabilities succeed in school: "Subtitle VII-B of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act" [42 U.S.C. ʹʹ 11431-11435], reauthorized in 2001 by Title X, Part C of the No Child Left Behind Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 [20 U.S.C. ʹʹ 1400-1444] (IDEA). This brief reviews the requirements of the McKinney-Vento Act and IDEA so that educators and administrators in education for homeless children and youth (EHCY) programs and special education programs can increase their familiarity with both laws in order to coordinate efforts to improve the educational access and success of homeless children and youth with disabilities. In addition, the brief summarizes specific amendments and implementing regulations in IDEA that address the needs of homeless and highly mobile children and youth with disabilities.
Download or read book Navigating the Intersections of the Mckinney Vento Act and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act written by National Center for Homeless Education at SERVE. and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year, over 1.2 million children and youth identified as homeless in the nation's schools experience the educational disruption that is caused by not having a safe and stable place to live (NCHE, 2014). Homeless children and youth face educational challenges that include a lack of basic necessities, such as food, clothing, and medical services; discontinuity of education due to mobility; and trauma caused by the chaos, poverty, and instability of their family's circumstances, or in the case of an unaccompanied homeless youth, their own circumstances. Many homeless children and youth have disabilities that create additional challenges for educational progress. Educational barriers homeless children and youth with disabilities face include: (1) not being identified as needing special education services; (2) difficulty with diagnosis due to mobility and other stressors; (3) lack of timely assessment, diagnosis, and service provision; (4) lack of continuity of services due to school transfers; (5) lack of timely or efficient records transfer when enrolling in a new school; and (6) lack of an available parent or surrogate to represent the child or unaccompanied youth. Coordination between education for homeless children and youth (EHCY) programs, which implement the McKinney-Vento Act, and special education programs, which implement IDEA, is key to ensure that homeless children and youth with disabilities receive the full range of services to meet their complex needs. Yet, many school districts or local educational agencies (LEAs) struggle with aligning laws, policies, and practices across programs to best meet the needs of these students. This brief offers some practical strategies to help local homeless education liaisons (subsequently referred to as local liaisons) and special education program administrators create a coordinated approach to serve homeless children and youth with disabilities. Drawing on good practices shared for over a decade, including a policy forum hosted in 2008 by the National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE) and the National Association of State Directors of Special Education, the brief features a collaborative process that will enable local EHCY and special education staff to work through complex issues from an administrative and policy perspective. [For the earlier report: "Navigating the Intersections of IDEA and McKinney-Vento: A Problem-Solving Process. Best Practices in Homeless Education," see ED522241.].
Download or read book Educating Children Without Housing written by Barbara Duffield and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2007 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Head Start Program Performance Standards written by United States. Office of Child Development and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rachel and Her Children written by Jonathan Kozol and published by Crown. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Extraordinarily affecting....A very important book....To read and remember the stories in this book, to take them to heart, is to be called as a witness." THE BOSTON GLOBE There is no safety net for the millions of heartbroken refugees from the American Dream, scattered helplessly in any city you can name. RACHEL AND HER CHILDREN is an unforgettable record for humanity, of the desperate voices of the men, women, and especially children, and their hourly struggle for survival, homeless in America.
Download or read book Homeless and in Need of Special Education written by Juane Heflin and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the plight of the fastest growing segment of the homeless population, families with children.
Download or read book Wrightslaw written by Peter W. D. Wright and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aimed at parents of and advocates for special needs children, explains how to develop a relationship with a school, monitor a child's progress, understand relevant legislation, and document correspondence and conversations.
Download or read book The Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Educating Homeless Children written by Rebecca Newman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newman's ethnographic study considers the ways in which the family and school environments of eleven homeless school children affected their school performance. Homelessness is revealed to be multi-faceted, serving simultaneously as a cause, result, and potentiator of their families' problems. A variety of initiatives in the realms of policy, research, and practice are suggested for addressing the problems of these youngsters, as well as the problems of the many other extremely poor school children. First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Homelessness Comes to School written by Joseph Murphy and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This seminal work on homeless students and our responsibility to them provides far-reaching research, effective intervention programs, and guidelines for teaching homeless students.
Download or read book The Education of Homeless Children written by Mary Nichols-Pierce and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The education for homeless children and youth program learning to succeed written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Supporting Homeless Students with Disabilities written by National Center for Homeless Education, Greensboro, NC. and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) guarantees rights and services for children and youth with special needs. This Q&A brief provides basic information about IDEA and specific ways the law applies to homeless and highly mobile students with special needs. In addition, the brief provides strategies recommended by homeless education and special education staff from across the country for implementing the law in school districts. School district administrators, local homeless education liaisons, teachers, and special education staff will find this brief a useful tool to clarify the law and assist them in planning effective ways to implement it. Local liaisons and special education staff should work together to consider the issues addressed in the brief and develop a comprehensive plan to serve homeless students with disabilities. (Contains 21 notes.).
Download or read book Wrightslaw written by Peter W. D. Wright and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [This text] teaches you how to use the law as your sword and your shield. Learn what the law says about: Child's right to a free, appropriate education (FAPE); Individual education programs, IEP teams, transition and progress; Evaluations, reevaluations, consent and independent educational evaluations; Eligibility and placement decisions; Least restrictive environment, mainstreaming, and inclusion; Research based instruction, discrepancy formulas and response to intervention; Discipline, suspensions, and expulsions; Safeguards, mediation, confidentiality, new procedures and timelines for due process hearings.--Back cover.
