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Free Handbook
Empowers Parents of African American Children with Learning
Disabilities
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from CHADD (Volume 02, Number 38)
Date: 08-20-2002
Category: Special Events
Contact: Peg Nichols or Winnie Imperio
301-306-7070, extensions 102 or 117
First Publication of the National Association for the
Education of African American Children with Learning
Disabilities
As reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act looms, it is important that all families,
teachers, and school officials be aware of how this federal
special education law affects children with learning
disabilities, particularly African American children with
disabilities. The disproportionate representation of African
American children in special education is one of the issues
currently being considered in the reauthorization of the
federal special education law.
CHADD (Children and Adults with
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) encourages parents
to obtain "One Child at a Time . . . A Parent Handbook and
Resource Directory for African American Families with Children
Who Learn Differently," the first publication of the National
Association for the Education of African American Children
with Learning Disabilities (NAEAACLD).
According to research from The Civil Rights Project at Harvard
University, minority students are improperly and
disproportionately placed in special education classes despite
an increase in civil rights protections and special education
services over the past 25 years. The handbook provides a guide
for parents to assist their children to reach their fullest
potential by exercising their rights and accessing services to
which they are entitled by law. It also aims to empower
African American parents to become advocates for their
children and to improve the quality of education for all
children by raising the level of awareness about learning
differences.
The first copy of this publication is available free of
charge to any individual or organization by contacting
NAEAACLD at (614) 237-6021. This is made possible by the
generous underwriting support of Schwab Learning.
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