Under the headline, “Schools turn to intervention: Program aims to prevent kids from being rushed into special education,” Lisa Singleton-Rickman of the Times Daily (of northwestern Alabama, US) reported about local schools’ use of response-to-intervention procedures.
School districts across the country are adopting early intervention programs in hopes of steering some children away from expensive special education classes.
While it’s a cost savings to the system, the payoff comes mainly for the student who, through intervention from the school, won’t be among those identified as in need of special education.
The adoption of such programs, known as Response to Intervention, is catching on across the country as school districts are trying to cut down on over-identification - too many children being shunted off to special education who don’t need to be there. This year, there were 84,772 special education students in Alabama schools. The cost to educate a student through a special education program can be twice as much as a general education student, up to $12,000 a year.
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Graduation stories
It is the season of graduations from high schools and colleges, and with them will come a rash of stories about individuals with Learning Disabilities reaching those milestones in education. I came upon one of them in John Schumacher’s story, “Payne’s basketball dream now a reality:The former Sac State player will graduate today, against some tall odds,” that appeared in the Sacramento (CA) Bee. This graduation story, however, raises questions about the competence of educators.
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