Wednesday, August 30, 2006

VESID Special Education Updates

Re: State Assessments

A memorandum has been issued providing revised guidelines regarding
the participation of students with disabilities in State assessments, as
required by recent directives from the United States Department of
Education (USDOE). child-autism-parent-cafe.com

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Re: Behavioral Interventions

Effective June 23, 2006, the Board of Regents approved regulations
that establish general standards for behavioral interventions and set a
general ban on the use of aversive behavioral interventions,
with a provision and procedures for a child-specific exception to this
ban. child-autism-parent-cafe.com

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