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Education
- Grade Retention: Achievement and Mental Health Outcomes - from The Center for Development & Learning.
- Special Education information
- State Approaches to Serving Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders - Clarifies terminology and reports findings gathered from a survey of state special education staff. Findings are reported in the following areas: state-level staff time and responsibilities; specific services for Part C eligible children; specific services for students with Asperger Syndrome; types of professional development activities offered; taskforce roles; how states measure outcomes; barriers to providing services to this population; and more. The most mentioned barrier to serving this growing population was the lack of educational professionals with ASD expertise.
- Training Center/OPS develop "Safe and Secure-Learners from the Start" curriculum. The Early Childhood Training Center (ECTC) and Omaha Public Schools (OPS) developed this curriculum to support young children's mental health.
