Education

Placer County Office of Education Seeks Feedback for ADA Plan Update

Placer County Office of Education Seeks Feedback for ADA Plan Update

The Placer County Office of Education, in keeping with its ongoing efforts to serve all members of the community, is updating its Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) transition plan and self-evaluation. The accessibility plan provides a comprehensive plan for access for individuals with disabilities to County Office facilities, programs, services, activities, events, and digital communication.

Taal (Rhythm): A Dance Program for Mentally-Diverse Youth (Session Two)

Taal (Rhythm): A Dance Program for Mentally-Diverse Youth (Session Two)

Taal, which translates to "rhythm" in English, is a series of no-cost, recreational and educational dance classes designed with the mentally-diverse student in mind.

2017 Scholarship Opportunities from Sacramento Region Community Foundation

2017 Scholarship Opportunities from Sacramento Region Community Foundation

Annual scholarship awards range from $500 to $7,000 and may be used for tuition, fees, and educational expenses at accredited academic colleges or universities and vocational training programs.

Taal (Rhythm): A Dance Program for Mentally-Diverse Youth

Taal (Rhythm): A Dance Program for Mentally-Diverse Youth

Taal, which translates to "rhythm" in English, is a series of no-cost, recreational and educational dance classes designed with the mentally-diverse student in mind.

Teaching Autistic Students Cheat Sheet

Teaching Autistic Students Cheat Sheet

Our "Teaching Autistic Students Cheat Sheet" is a concise list of research-backed teaching methods that can be viewed and shared electronically, or printed out. The document can be used by anyone - parents, educators, therapists, other service providers - to quickly gain a core set of methods for teaching autistic students.

An Overview of Independent Educational Evaluations (IEE) in the Special Education Process

An Overview of Independent Educational Evaluations (IEE) in the Special Education Process

IEEs are a tool provided for by federal law that allow parents to pursue assessments of a child that are performed by assessors independent of the school system, if parents believe that the assessments performed by a school are inappropriate or problematic.

Resumen Ejecutivo: Informe del Grupo de Trabajo Estatal de California Acerca de la Educación Especial

Resumen Ejecutivo: Informe del Grupo de Trabajo Estatal de California Acerca de la Educación Especial

Recientemente, un comité de educación especial de California desarrolló recomendaciones para el sistema de educación especial de nuestro estado.

Multisensory Structured Language Instruction for Dyslexia

Multisensory Structured Language Instruction for Dyslexia
"Students with ‪‎dyslexia‬ need multisensory structured language‬ (MSL) instruction. This means that ‪‎teaching‬ techniques are explicit, direct, cumulative, intensive, focused on the structure of language, and coordinating the use of visual, auditory, and kinesthetic–tactile pathways simultaneously to enhance memory and ‪learning‬ of written language."