Parents Advocating for Quality Education - PAQ Education

03/27/2024

Grants for students with autism.

https://www.itaalk.org/grant-and-funding-source-list

07/08/2019

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10217346911318659&id=1049759150&sfnsn=mo

The public school children of New York City just got a piece of great news. Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza declared his opposition to “recess punishment,” the banned but widespread practice of taking recess away from children for reasons unrelated to playground safety.

11/13/2018

http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/reading-language/reading-tips/how-to-create-a-literate-home/

What exactly is a “literate home?” It is an environment that encourages children to learn to read and write and become lifelong readers and writers. Transforming your home into a litera…

10/15/2018

http://www.thekidswelose.com

The Kids We Lose is a 90-minute documentary film (currently in production) about the human side of having a child or student with behavioral challenges, and the struggles faced by parents, educators, staff in facilities, mental health clinicians, and law enforcement professionals in trying to ensure...

10/13/2018

https://www.stopbullying.gov/laws/ohio/index.html

Find out what laws and policies cover bullying and cyberbullying in Ohio. Visit StopBullying.gov for more information.

08/06/2018

WHAT IS A SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVOCATE?

"Special Education Advocates or IEP Advocates help parents write appropriate Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and attain special education services for their child with a disability from their public school system. They do so by familiarizing themselves with the special education process. Please be aware, advocates are not attorneys. However, advocates are extremely helpful in IEP meetings to assist in the negotiation process between parents and their school. The Advocate can provide information about special education options and requirements and can help seek specific services or programs. The advocate knows local schools resources and can see solutions others might not. "

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07/28/2018

To-Do List

Update the School Nurse. You may want to disclose medication status and changes.

Educate the New Staff. Initiate friendly contact with your child’s new teacher, aide and therapists to describe how to best handle your child.

Monitor. Watch your child's progress on a regular, periodic basis. Report your concerns early to the teacher ... Don't assume your child is making progress during the year. And, don’t wait until the annual IEP meeting to find out.

Parent attorney Lisa Krizman offers back to school tips for parents of special needs children who are starting a new IEP advocacy year.

07/26/2018

http://www.toledoblade.com/Education/2018/06/04/TPS-receives-over-1-from-state.html

Toledo Public Schools received a financial boost from the state as it continues to focus on early childhood education. The Ohio Department of Education awarded TPS nearly $1.2 million as part of the U.S. Department of Education's Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Grant. ODE awarded more than $...

07/22/2018

Did you know that...

Seventy percent of children in the juvenile justice system have educational disabilities -- the vast majority have an Emotional Disturbance (ED) and/or Specific Learning Disabilities?
Children with ED fail more courses, earn lower grade point averages, miss more days of school, and are retained more often than other students with disabilities?
Children with ED have the lowest graduation rates of all children with disabilitiess, nationally, only 35% graduate from high school (compared to 76% for all students)?
Children with ED are three times more likely to be arrested before leaving school, when compared to all other students?
For children with ED who drop out of school, 73 percent are arrested within five years?
Children with ED are twice as likely to live in a correctional facility, halfway house, drug treatment center, or "on the street" after leaving school, when compared to students with other disabilitie?.
Children with ED are twice as likely to become teenage mothers as students with other disabilities? [Source: Stopping the Schoolhouse to Jailhouse Pipeline]
Juvenile Justice involvement in kids within the special education system is a hot topic. When the federal special education law was passed in 1975, Congress found that most children with disabilities were not receiving an appropriate education - and that millions of children were excluded from school altogether.

Today, schools continue to suspend and expel students with disabilities for behaviors that are a direct result of their disabilities. These children often become delinquent, feel worthless, are viewed as "failures," stop trying, and/or end up in the juvenile justice system as a result of their treatment by those who are charged with educating them.

Articles, publications, newsletters, and resources about juvenile justice, juvenile delinquency, safe schools, and special education

07/22/2018

https://www.verywellfamily.com/how-learning-disabilities-can-affect-behavior-2161916

Education has long considered the effects of behavior on learning. But what if a child lacks the necessary skills to perform expected tasks?

07/22/2018

https://www.apmreports.org/story/2017/09/11/hard-to-read

There are proven ways to help people with dyslexia learn to read, and a federal law that's supposed to ensure schools provide kids with help. But across the country, public schools are denying children proper treatment and often failing to identify them with dyslexia in the first place.