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  2. Children with Special Healthcare Needs in the United States

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    In school, these children have an increased risk of missing class, being disengaged in the classroom, and repeating a grade. [3] They also have more cases of inadequate sleep every night in comparison to their peers. [3] CSHCN are more likely to not exercise the recommended four times a week, and they have higher chance of being overweight ...

  3. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act - Wikipedia

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    the child's current levels of physical, cognitive, communication, social or emotional, and adaptive development; the family's resources, priorities, and concerns to help in their child's development; the desired end result for the child and for the family (goals/outcomes), as well as the steps needed to achieve said end result (objectives).

  4. Special education - Wikipedia

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    Special education (also known as special-needs education, aided education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, and SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates their individual differences, disabilities, and special needs.

  5. Special education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1965, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (PL 89–10) and the State Schools Act (PL 89-313) granted funds to states to help educate children with disabilities. In 1968, the Handicapped Children's Early Education Assistance Act of 1968 (PL 90-538) funded early childhood intervention for children with disabilities.

  6. Individualized Education Program - Wikipedia

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    Most schools do not automatically provide parents a knowledgeable person to guide them through the IEP process. Parents usually have to do the research to know what their child's rights are and what the school can do to help their child. [13] IEP's are not automatically given to children whose parents believe they need special education resources.

  7. Special needs - Wikipedia

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    A 1989 study performed by Richard Barth and Marianne Berry found that of the adoptive parents that disrupted, 86% said they would likely or definitely adopt again. 50% said that they would adopt the same child, given a greater awareness of what the adoption of special needs children requires. [10]

  8. 'Vulva' versus 'vagina': What should we be teaching kids? - AOL

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    Those “cutesy” nicknames for genitalia can be especially harmful when it comes to childhood sexual abuse prevention and response. “I have also worked with kids who struggled with describing ...

  9. Services and supports for people with disabilities - Wikipedia

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    Some states contract services out (privatize) and maintain a skeleton state government staff. Being a good advocate or self advocate is necessary to maximize services and supports but several advocacy groups have emerged that provide services, especially health advocacy, for disabled people such as Disability Health Support Australia. [7]