Learning Disabilities

ABSTRACT This phenomenological study examined the experience of being the father of a child with severe cerebral palsy (CP). Participants were selected using purposive sampling. Two interviews were conducted with 6 English-speaking, biological...

* Closed approximately $630.0 million in Commitments in 2011, up 20% Year-over-Year * Closed approximately $165.0 million in Commitments to new and existing portfolio companies in the Fourth Quarter * Entered into an...

ePharma Consumer ([R] ) Study Reveals New Trends around How Consumers Interact with Pharma, Including Customer Service Options, Patient Education, and Pharma Websites - Webinar January 25 at 2pm ET NEW YORK --...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b67c6f/forensic_case_form) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Forensic Case Formulation" to their offering. Forensic Case Formulation is the first text that describes...

* Dell delivers integrated learning platform, actionable data and IT efficiency to schools and universities * Dell's Next Generation Learning Platform helps educators improve student outcomes * New education resources delivered through Dell...

HEADNOTE Incident Reporting Among Working Minors in New Jersey Among many of the potential out- of -school activities that are available to older children, paid employment and volunteering are two common legal options....

HEADNOTE // SPOTLIGHT ON SUCCESS // The National Youth Transitions Center provides transition services to a niche population in Washington, D.C. On October 26,2011, the National Youth Transitions Center (NYTC) opened its doors...

HEADNOTE At Equest, horses help disabled kids and adults find strength, independence and joy. Thirty years ago, Susan Schwartz saw something remarkable that captured her imagination and she, along with hundreds of volunteers...

This Article asks the basic question whether the good enough education standard required by the Rowley Court is still good enough in the high-stakes context of the No Child Left Behind Act ("NCLB").2...

Constitutional Claims and Civil Rights Student and parents sought review of summary judgment granted in favor of school district and college regarding violations of stuent's free exercise of religion and right to due...

In Hendrick Hudson School District v. Rowley,'1 the United States Supreme Court interpreted the Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to mean that a...

I. INTRODUCTION When the decision in Board of Education v. Rowley' was announced in 1982, special education advocates viewed the decision as a defeat for students with disabilities. As the first decision by...

I. INTRODUCTION: THE SUPREME COURT SETS A COLORBLIND PARADIGM . . .[I]n finding that a segregated law school for Negroes could not provide them equal educational opportunities, this Court relied in large part...

Articles Joseph P. Liu, Sports Merchandising, Publicity Rights, and the Missing Role of the Sports Fan, 52 B.C. L. Rev. 493 (2011). This article discusses how the current use of sports merchandising is...

The passage of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Amendments of 1997 ("1997 Amendments"),1 the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 ("NCLB"),2 and the passage of the subsequent...

Articles Mark C. Weber, A New Look at Section 504 and the ADA in Special Education Cases, 16 Tex. J. on Civ. Liberties & Civ. Rights 1 (2010). The author argues that children...

Thirty years old in 2012, Board of Education v. Rowley^ remains the Supreme Court's sole pronouncement on the meaning of the duty to provide appropriate education for children with disabilities. This duty is...

I. Background On September 25, 2008, President George W. Bush signed into law the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 ("ADA Amendments").1 Proponents of the ADA Amendments argued the legislation was needed to breathe...

What makes a prediction a good one? Like any announcement that must compete for attention in the public sphere, the predictions that gather the most notice are the strangest or the boldest, or...