A study of students across Canada between 2004 and 2015 provides an estimate of anxiety symptoms in kindergarteners, and can serve as a baseline for comparing children’s anxiety after COVID-19.
Conversations around race and disability often get left out of schools.
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Students with disabilities do better when they remain in general education classes, but systemic bias often leads them to be placed in separate classrooms, a special education researcher writes.
PE teachers need better training to ensure children with disabilities have as much access to school sports as their able-bodied peers.
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Inclusive education has been promoted since the 1970s. But research shows children with disabilities are still excluded from school activities and sports in particular
Parents who have busy schedules may not feel as though they can make a valuable contribution to their child’s individual education plan.
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Individual education plans (IEPs) should be created by a team of professionals in collaboration with parents. If a child’s IEP is inaccurate, their learning needs won’t be met.
A recent Manitoba study documented the shocking use of restraints and seclusion of children with disabilities in schools.
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The use of restraints and seclusion in schools for children with disabilities is a human rights problem that needs redress through greater accountability.
Parents are missing in-person supports for children. Here, MaShel West holds her son Lucas’ hands while talking with his certified behaviour analyst at their home in Layton, Utah, March 5, 2020.
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Connecting with school staff, community groups, family and friends may look different right now for families of children with disabilities, but some benefits remain.
When it comes to inclusive education, England has gone backwards, with more and more students placed in segregated provision or excluded from educational opportunities.
How can we better prepare and support teachers for the reality of diverse Australian classrooms?
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A medical model tends to see disability as an individual impairment, but disability — including autism — is part of all of our precarious, precious lives.
Betsy Devos has been busy advancing a conservative education agenda since her confirmation earlier this year.
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From student loans to Title IX, Betsy DeVos has had a busy six months in office. But despite numerous reversals of Obama-era guidelines, little has come in the way of tangible policy.
The right app can help a child with dyslexia.
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A review has been announced into school policies in Canberra after it was reported that a school was restraining a child with Autism in a cage-like structure.
Mainstreamed, but left out.
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Bullying can affect anyone at any time, but young people with autism are especially vulnerable. The results can be devastating. Not being able to keep up with the teasing banter that often takes place…
Parents often know best how to help their kids overcome barriers to learning.
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How schools should support students with special educational needs and disabilities is a controversial area of research. Debates continue over whether certain conditions exist or not, or if they are “over…