Editorial: Restraint rules need to be a federal issue Nov 2, 2009
The use of physical restraint or seclusion to control mentally or emotionally disabled children is a tortured and emotional subject. Two things jump out from a federal report on the use of such methods on school children. (The News-Press -- Opinion)
Connecticut Budget Impasse Now Longest On Record, And Counting Aug 24, 2009
Besides closing six courthouses around the state, Rell also wants to reduce funding for non-emergency dental care for the elderly, services for emotionally disabled and blind children, public libraries, job training programs, nonprofit agencies that perform state services, magnet schools, state cultural institutions, and the $1. 4 million annual subsidy for the Life Star emergency helicopter. (FOX61, CT)
‘1000 Times No’ and ‘After the Moment’ are tours de force for young readers Aug 23, 2009
All of the many secondary characters are marvelous - the bereaved and lovable younger stepsister Millie; Leigh s father, so tersely uncommunicative he borders on emotionally disabled; even the teenage villains are convincingly nasty and brutish without plunging into stereotype. At the center of it all is Leigh s desperate, reluctant, enduring adoration of Maia, as fine a portrait of first love as I ve read. (Boston Globe)
WWII death march survivor recalls ordeal Aug 18, 2009
Despite his ordeal one that many did not survive and left others physically and emotionally disabled Robinson said he has suffered few ill effects since the war, and generally is in good health. He said a doctor of psychiatry at the University of Maryland studied him and 40 other veterans who, despite going through horrendous experiences and extreme trauma during the war, showed no signs of post-traumatic stress, while so many others did. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
LETTERS: NCT, July 29, 2009 Jul 29, 2009
" To kowtow to Abbott would have been un-American.Margaret LilesEscondidoTeaching occurs through 'letters' John Terrell still needs to understand the difference between fact and opinion/conjecture. Terrell continually tries to pass off as fact that which is clearly opinion/conjecture.With respect to Simon LeVay's "matter of fact" statement ---- "It's important to stress what I didn't find. I did not prove that homosexuality is genetic, or find a genetic cause for being gay. (North County Times)
School calendar has no parent-teacher time Jul 23, 2009
half of a teacher position for emotionally disabled at Southside for two years. additional physical therapy services. (Hartford City News-Times, IN)
