Oct 6, 2019, Delaware State News: State gets grant for special ed training https://delawarestatenews.net/news/state-gets-grant-for-special-ed-training/ DOVER — Over the past seven years the state’s public school enrollment has increased by about 8,800 pupils. At the same time, the number of students with disabilities has climbed from around 17,200 to nearly 22,500. That discrepancy, one state officials have been grappling with for several years now, illustrates why education officials are so excited about a recent grant. The Department of Education announced Monday it has been awarded a federal grant worth close to $1 million. That money will allow the state, in partnership with the University of Delaware, to unveil a certification program for special education administrators. … The state will work with the University of Delaware to develop and evaluate the program. Hopefully, officials say, the new certificate will enable Delaware to better respond to the needs of its growing population of pupils with disabilities — a concern of great importance given the percentage of Delaware students in special education programs, which was between 12 and 12.5 percent every year from 2004 to 2011, has risen to 16.2 percent this year, according to state data. “If we can have special education directors that are ready on day one, it’s going to lead to better programs for our students that sometimes have the greatest challenges,” Ms. Mieczkowski said.
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Childhood Lost
Children today are noticeably different from previous generations, and the proof is in the news coverage we see every day. This site shows you what’s happening in schools around the world. Children are increasingly disabled and chronically ill, and the education system has to accommodate them. Things we've long associated with autism, like sensory issues, repetitive behaviors, anxiety and lack of social skills, are now problems affecting mainstream students. Blame is predictably placed on bad parenting (otherwise known as trauma from home).
Addressing mental health needs is as important as academics for modern educators. This is an unrecognized disaster. The stories here are about children who can’t learn or behave like children have always been expected to. What childhood has become is a chilling portent for the future of mankind.
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What will happen in another 4 years? How can we go on like this? This is a national (and international) problem of monumental proportions. We have an entire new class of children who cannot be accommodated by the system: many are manifestly neurologically impaired. Meanwhile, the government and the medical profession sleep on regardless.
John Stone,
UK media editor, Age of Autism
The generation of American children born after 1990 are arguably the sickest generation in the history of our country.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
It seemed to me that with rising autism prevalence, you’d also see rising autism costs to society, and it turns out, the costs are catastrophic.
They calculated that in 2015 autism cost the United States $268 billion and they projected that if autism continues at its current rate, we’re looking at one trillion dollars a year in autism costs by 2025, so within five years.
Toby Rogers, PhD, Political economist
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