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GOOGLE LABS LAUNCHES ACCESSIBLE WEB SEARCH Google has launched Google Accessible Search, a stripped down version of the Google search results page. The design was created to make it easier and more effective for the blind and visually impaired. The results are a bit different, tailored to people with vision impairments, to show more accessible pages in the results. To try this service go to: http://labs.google.com/accessible WALGREENS RECRUITS EMPLOYEES WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH NEW, HIGHLY ACCESSIBLE WEB SITE Walgreens, the nation's largest drugstore chain, has launched an innovative initiative to hire people with disabilities at its new distribution center in Anderson, S.C. and is recruiting through a new, specially-designed Web site. Walgreensoutreach.com describes jobs available at the Walgreens distribution center and is designed to be accessible to people with sensory, physical and cognitive disabilities. The site incorporates audio messages, photos, video and a large-print text option to depict jobs and work life. The site also is designed to be accessible to individuals who use screen reader technology. Under the jobs section, videos show employees performing various jobs, and the text describes what the workers are doing. Prospective employees unsure if they can perform the essential job functions can take a self-quiz to get an idea of the tasks involved. To view the website, go to http://www.walgreensoutreach.com WEBSITE ON DISABILITY RIGHTS AND INDEPENDENT LIVING The Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement Project was launched in 1996 to capture the history of a remarkable movement by people with disabilities to win legally defined civil rights and control over their own lives. Since then, more than 100 oral histories with leaders, participants, and observers of the movement in the 1960s and 1970s have preserved the living memory of the movement. A rich collection of personal papers and the records of key disability organizations join the oral histories in the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley, comprising an in-depth research resource for the study of a contemporary social movement which has changed the social, cultural, and legal landscape of the nation. The website can be found at http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/drilm/index.html New NCSET Parent Brief on Dropout Prevention Students who drop out of school face a difficult future. They are more likely to be unemployed, incarcerated, and/or impoverished. For students with disabilities, the risks are intensified. "The Role of Parents in Dropout Prevention: Strategies that Promote Graduation and School Achievement" is a new parent brief available on the web site of the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET). The brief provides both background information on risk factors and strategies that families can use to promote school completion. http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=3135 NCWD Releases New Mentoring Guide Mentoring is recognized as one of the most important strategies for assisting youth in making a positive transition into adulthood. Despite all of the information available on mentoring, very little information exists about mentoring youth with disabilities or about career-focused mentoring of older youth. "Paving the Way to Work: A Guide to Career-Focused Mentoring for Youth with Disabilities" has been developed by the NCWD/Youth to specifically address the needs of youth with disabilities during their transition from school to work. The guide can be found at http://www.ncwd-youth.info/resources_&_Publications/mentoring.html OSEP TOOL KIT: TEACHING AND ASSESSING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES This site is designed to provide easy access to information from research to practice initiatives funded by OSEP that address the provisions of IDEA and NCLB. This web site will include resources, links, and other important information that supports OSEP’s research to practice efforts. Please continue to check the website for new information that will be posted as it becomes available. http://www.osepideasthatwork.org/index.asp IDENTIFYING AND IMPLEMENTING EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES SUPPORTED BY RIGOROUS EVIDENCE: A USER FRIENDLY GUIDE This
guide seeks to provide educational practitioners with use-friendly tools
to distinguish practices supported by rigorous evidence from those that
are not. http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/rigorousevid/index.html NICHCY PARENT GUIDE TO IDEA 2004 New
Resource: IDEA Parent Guide. We're
writing to make sure you know about the new IDEA Parent Guide available
from the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD). This guide
takes you through the special education process - a process that is the
same regardless of a child's particular difficulties or disabilities. Within
the guide, special emphasis is placed on the category of specific learning
disability. The guide includes parent perspectives, terms you'll find
helpful to know, and practical materials for parents such as Checklists,
Sample Letters, Charts, and Questions to Ask. Find
the IDEA Parent Guide online at: http://www.ncld.org/content/view/902/456086/ We hope you'll find this resource helpful to your interests or can pass along the information to someone who will. As we come across new resources, we'll let you know about them via an eNews letter such as this one. Until then, please feel free to call or email us with your disability-related concerns, or visit our Web site, at: www.nichcy.org OSERS Q&A REGARDING PARENTALLY-PLACED PRIVATE SCHOOL CHILDREN The
U.S. Department of Education (DoE) had issued a Fact Sheet regarding the
obligations of states and local education agencies toward students with
disabilities that have been enrolled by their parents in private schools.
This fact sheet was issued to explain the changes resulting from the 2004
reauthorization of IDEA that went into effect on July 1, 2005. The fact
sheet provides guidance to states and local education agencies on how to
comply with the requirements of IDEA. Full
Source: Office
of Special Education & Rehabilitation Services, U.S. DoE, Questions
and Answers on Serving Children with Disabilities Placed by Their Parents
at Private Schools (March 2006), at |
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