by Dan DeMarle | Feb 27, 2022 | RCSD, School Districts
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle USA TODAY NETWORK Rochester City School District Academic and Fiscal Monitor Shelley Jallow quietly resigned earlier this month from her second job with a downstate charter school network after being criticized by local educational and...
by Dan DeMarle | Feb 25, 2022 | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of 2016, approximately 6.1 million children (9.4%) in the United States had an ADHD diagnosis. The rate of diagnosis is higher for boys at 12.9% than for girls at 5.6%. Researchers note that the...
by Dan DeMarle | Feb 24, 2022 | Autism, Autism Research
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted ‘breakthrough device’ designation to a hair-based test designed to aid autism diagnosis. The acknowledgment shifts the test into a fast lane through the agency’s regulatory review process. The test, called...
by Dan DeMarle | Feb 23, 2022 | Compensatory Special Education, Covid-19, Section 504
Amid a rise in complaints, federal education officials are reminding schools across the nation about their obligation to provide compensatory services to students with disabilities. Read More > Click this link to go to the Education Department webpage....
by Dan DeMarle | Feb 19, 2022 | Autism, Autism Research, Exercise/health
New research suggests that a balance-training video game could not only lead to improvements in posture for teens with autism, but it could also reduce symptoms of the developmental disability. After six weeks of balance training using a specially designed Nintendo...
