MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'education money'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:01 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734614&cid=t_439657_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fthe-power-of-focus%2F A recovery book for people who have attained good sobriety time and are looking to expand their horizons. Whether they are corporate professionals, budding entrepreneurs, or they own a home business, most people are looking to achieve more in less time, while earning enough money to live comfortably. This book reveals the proven techniques thousands of people have used to attain all of the money they wanted while living healthy, happy and balanced lives. The Power of Focus, the new blockbuster from the co-authors of the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul, is a practical no-nonsense guide that shows readers how to reach their business, personal and financial goals without getting burned out in the process.Canfield, Hansen, and Hewitt have taken the best ideas from their own successful c... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734614 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:41:00 +0100 4734614 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2758022&cid=t_439657_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FVdGjnynngqU%2F The site I Teach Autism is an excellent resource for the coming school year. Almost 20 sites and blogs are mentioned, and awareness materials offered for sale. I Teach also offers tips on parent/student/educator cooperation, a few of which we hope to post here before, as the Staples commerical once put it, “the most wonderful time of the year” begins again. Especially useful: tools for teachers, including transition tips, picture communication examples, and peer initiation strategies. * * * Our note about the young Michigan woman with autism who has carved out a living cutting rags gave us great hope for Alex at precisely the right time of his life. We join many parents of children with autism, I think, in being terrified of our kids’ adulthoods in terms of care and l... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2758022 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:54:06 +0100 2758022 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2074630&cid=t_439657_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theangriestpharmacist.com%2F2008%2F12%2F29%2Fzolpi-whaaaat%2F I got a note from The Ole Apothecary about a new drug he got wind of after reading my old post, Removing the Wool. TaestP, I can’t remember if you were the one who was blogging about ripoff prescription drugs such as Treximet or Solodyn. How about adding Zolpimist to the list? http://www.novadel.com/pipeline/zolpimist.htm I’ll just let you ponder this one. I’m glad he brought this to my attention. This is yet another product that serves no purpose other than to milk the public dry. It’s ridiculous how a company could do this and continue to remain a respected corporate citizen. It just doesn’t make any sense. “Faster absorption - quicker to reach steady state.” What a crock a shit! So, you take an Ambien - you fall asleep in 45 minutes. You spray s... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2074630 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:00:06 +0100 2074630 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2056139&cid=t_439657_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FJwOdrLqZslQ%2F Plans to construct a new 27,000 school for autistic children in Milford, Connecticut, have been put on hold after Planning and Zoning Board members questioned the design and material of the proposed school, today’s New Haven Register reports: PZB Chairwoman Jean Cervin said the board specifically did not like the “rectangular box” appearance of the proposed school, and the metal roof. She also said the playscape is proposed for the front yard, and some members felt it was too close to the road, and should be placed at the rear of the site. Cervin said PZB members do not object to the proposed 30,000-square-foot school, which includes a gymnasium. “They do a very necessary piece of education for autistic children,” Cervin said. Suzanne Letso, co-founder and chief executive off... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2056139 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:52:16 +0100 2056139 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2052841&cid=t_439657_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FpxZzVZ4JjYc%2F An Arizona man, Raymond G. Parenteau, was arrested on Wednesday on the charges of allegedly defrauding the Prescott Unified School District of almost $20,000, today’s Daily Courier reports. Parenteau had contracted with the school district for $55 an hour to homeschool his 12-year-old autistic son; he is alleged to have hired a certified special education instructor to work with his son for $25 an hour, and to have kept $30 for himself: During a nine-month period starting in January 2007, Parenteau allegedly charged the school district $36,258. He paid the special education assistant only $16,262 of the money he received from PUSD. Parenteau also allegedly billed the school district for hours not used for teaching his son and created false invoices. Says Parenteau, who has also advoc... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2052841 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:45:52 +0100 2052841 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2035857&cid=t_439657_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FJ9vZGdd_fzg%2F As in, school closures and budget cuts to programs for autistic children. In Brooklyn, a nationally recognized program for speech and language delayed children, The Little Room, will either be moved from its location in the Brooklyn Heights Montessori School or closed, according to the December 13th New York Times. The Little Room, which has been in operation since 1970, is “one of the most popular and best regarded [preschools for special education students], not just for those enrolled but for dozens of other families who receive evaluations and support services at the school.” Among the factors being cited as reasons for moving or closing The Little Room are the costs incurred from maintaining a small class size (The Little Room’s classes are capped at nine students) a... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2035857 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:45:18 +0100 2035857 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2027196&cid=t_439657_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F1tKB_p7qnzI%2F Washington’s first private school specifically for autistic children, Wintros Academy, closed its doors last Friday, according to yesterday’s Whidbey News Time Reporter: Founders of the academy say local school districts are partly to blame after months of failed talks with special education departments. It’s a problem a spokesperson with the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) called “common.” In order for Wintros to receive state funding, it first needed sponsorship by a school district to be certified as a non-public agency, instead of a private school. But no Whidbey school district would sign on. “A district would need to extend their liability to the school, which is where problems can start,” Doug Gill of OSPI said. Wintros Academy h... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2027196 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:00:20 +0100 2027196 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2013668&cid=t_439657_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FbEksIa4t7nk%2F Okay, there’s probably a few other things, and generally we’ve been pleased with—-and Charlie seems comfortable, for the most part, to like—his current school placement. Nothing’s entirely perfect and things this week have been more frazzled than they have been, with Charlie irked by a sore in his mouth (’tis the season for such things). Plus, he seems more sensitive to sound than ever, especially to certain types of people’s voices, and especially when these are at higher pitches and loud. A low-ceilinged classroom in a really big middle school — and fluorescent lights and linoleum — probably aren’t the ideal set-up and his teacher and I have been emailing a lot. Fortunately a package from my parents with some noise-cancelling he... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2013668 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:24:23 +0100 2013668 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1847989&cid=t_439657_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FxqjJXW1r478%2F It’s a too familiar story to too many of us: Growing numbers of children diagnosed on the autism spectrum and school districts straining, and groaning, under the need (the onus) to provide appropriate services and educational placements, aides and speech therapists who know how to teach an autistic child and not only run articulation drills, and to educate students with widely varying needs and levels of skills. Inadequate funding for special ed and all the more so as districts facing rising costs and no change in state funding, so that districts have to seek support locally from taxpayers. Does this sound like something that happened in your school district, and is even happening now? Yesterday’s Flathead Beacon (Montana) notes that In Montana, statistics from the state’s Of... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1847989 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:32:39 +0100 1847989 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1841094&cid=t_439657_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FgUNyAVU62qg%2F Given what’s going on in the world right now—this thing called an “economic crisis“—reporting about what one celebrity said about what another actress said about vaccines seems, well, something to remark upon and move on from, in order to read about how the financial crisis might affect credit for school districts. From Education Week today: With investment firms such as Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. going out of business, and others consolidating, there are fewer buyers for the bonds issued by districts to pay for such projects as new schools and major repairs, according to Susan Gaffney, the director of the federal-liaison center for the Government Finance Officers Association, in Washington. “The market dynamic is that there are fewer players, and that co... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1841094 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:20:39 +0100 1841094 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1837293&cid=t_439657_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FWfTh3Cg4TuM%2F Send students to out-of-district private school placements or bite the bullet and devote funds to creating in-district educational programs that can truly meet a student’s needs? The school district in Meriden, Connecticut, is weighing both options, as a September 27th Record-Journal article details. Out of a total of over 1,300 special education students, 207 Meriden students are outplaced. My son has been primarily in in-district public school programs. These have varied greatly in quality and in the training of staff. When Charlie was 7, the school district we then lived in just did not have the right program for him and for several months, Charlie floundered (and his behavior problems increased and escalated) until we took him out of school in the district in November of 2005. He... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1837293 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:26:01 +0100 1837293 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1779309&cid=t_439657_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FeeUwWuk3QSk%2F How to avoid being bankrupt by autism, is the topic of another NPR story on autism. We’ve skirted the bottom of our checking account on more than a few occasions; when we moved to the town my in-laws have been living in so Charlie could attend the autism program there in June of 2006, one reason we lived with them was because it was easier on our finances (though not on “family relations,” I guess you could say). One of the main reasons that there’s constant talk about “costs of autism” is because a lot of therapies, treatments, and schools, and more for autistic children come with a hefty price tag; the question is, of course, how do you what’s money well spent or not? Does any “result” justify handing over the dollars? There have been... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1779309 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:07:55 +0100 1779309 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1413488&cid=t_439657_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F281598869%2F Seattle Post-Intelligencer report Paul Nyhan writes about Teachtown software as a “high-tech way to lower the cost of autism.” Parents in Seattle report that they spend “$30,000, $40,000 and $50,000 a year on applied behavior analysis because few health insurance plans cover the costly treatment”; a subscription to Teachtown is $40/month. While the software’s founders stress that there is no substitute for actual, live human teachers (yes, there is no substitute!), it can provide “some—though not all—of the elements of the popular behavioral therapy.” Specifically, Backed by concepts co-founder Lars Lidén learned while earning a doctorate in cognitive and neural systems, the software allows speech therapists, psychologists, teachers an... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1413488 Thu, 01 May 2008 18:12:37 +0100 1413488 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=531803&cid=t_439657_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F107868992%2F A recent report from the conservative Hoover Institute notes that, while the numbers of special education students have been rapidly increasing, “that doesn’t mean special education costs are rising faster than the resources available for regular education.” Interestingly, authors Jay P. Greene and Marcus A Winters note: The near doubling in special education costs is not attributable to a rise in rare and expensive disabilities. Media reports often emphasize the growth in students with autism but their numbers remain very small, less than 0.3 percent of enrollment. The total cost of special education services for autism does not exceed 0.45 percent of all spending. Severe disability categories like mental retardation, which are costly to serve, have actually experienced a de... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=531803 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:01:11 +0100 531803 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=530564&cid=t_439657_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F107722826%2F Students enrolled in special education in New Jersey increased by 4.9% from 2002-2005, while total enrollment increased 2% in the same period. An article in the April 8th New York Times notes that 215,539 students are enrolled in special ed out of a total enrollment of about 1.4 million. According to prelimary figures released by the State Department of Education on March 23, the trend has continued in 2003. Increasing parent awareness of and understanding about their children’s development are factors that state officials attribute the growth to: “There is a continued increasing awareness by parents and an increasing desire to get help,” said Barbara Gantwerk, assistant commissioner for the Department of Education. “Special ed is viewed as a way to get needed services to stude... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=530564 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:40:17 +0100 530564