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The Troubling Trend to Collect Behavioral Data on ALL Children

September 3, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 18 Comments

As school starts, many parents are being bombarded with information about behavioral data collection on their children. A lot of this is tied to the trendy push for social-emotional learning (SEL), and the attempt to connect behavior with a child’s ability to read and do well in school. But it’s troubling to see schools monitoring […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Behavioral Data, Behavioral Disabilities, Behavioral Problems in Children, data, Data Collection, emotional disabilities, Michigan Integrated Behavior and Learning Support Initiative, Privacy, Problematic Behavior in Children, Social Emotional Learning, Student Online Privacy Rights, Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities

Georgia’s Problem with Students with Behavioral Disabilities is Everyone’s Problem

August 8, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 16 Comments

How does one teach a student who shows up at school angry, defiant and/or sullen and depressed, who might hear voices—who acts so atypical that there is worry they might lash out at other students or hurt themselves? When they throw a chair, strike another child, or teacher, or hit their head repeatedly against the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: ADA, Behavioral Disabilities, Georgia, Justice Department, NCLB

Repercussions of Losing Part-Time Resource Classes for Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities

January 5, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 22 Comments

It is interesting that so many titles and posts I write involving school reform have to do with loss. The resource class for students with learning disabilities and sometimes behavioral problems is one more loss when it comes to students and their public schools. Resource classes were designed to help students in elementary, middle and […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Behavioral Disabilities, IDEA 1997, IDEA 2004, inclusion, Individualization, learning disabilities, Mild Disabilities, Moderate Disabilities, Regular Classroom, Resource Class, Teach for America

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