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Famous Quotes About Children

"Children are great imitators. So give them something great to imitate."

Anonymous

"You have to love your children unselfishly. That is hard. But it is the only way."

Barbara Bush, former U.S. first lady

"Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven."

Henry Ward Beecher, reverend and social activist

"The soul is healed by being with children."

English proverb

"If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children."

Mohandas Gandhi, political and spiritual leader in India

"No one has yet fully realized the wealth of sympathy, kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure."

Emma Goldman, author

"Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them."

Lady Bird Johnson, former U.S. first lady

"Children are our most valuable resource."

Herbert Hoover, 31st U.S. president

"Safety and security don't just happen; they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."

Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa

"Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun."

Mignon McLaughlin, journalist and author

"If I could relive my life, I would devote my entire ministry to reaching children for God!"

Dwight L. Moody, evangelist

"A person's a person, no matter how small."

Dr. Seuss, author

"I continue to believe that if children are given the necessary tools to succeed, they will succeed beyond their wildest dreams!"

David Vitter, U.S. senator

"Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see."

John W. Whitehead, founder, Rutherford Institute

"The potential possibilities of any child are the most intriguing and stimulating in all creation."

Ray L. Wilbur, third president of Stanford University

"Every child you encounter is a divine appointment."

Wess Stafford, President, Compassion International

Assessment services for school-age children in Mexico

How are services provided for children? The two models in Mexico for service delivery are:

• Regular Education Support Services Unit (Unidades de Servicios de Apoyo a la Educación Regular or USAER)
• Multiple Attention Centers (Centros de Atención Múltiple or CAM).

According to Todd Fletcher of the University of Arizona, USAER and CAM serve children with and without disabilities who have special learning needs, akin to combining 504 plans with disability categories. A student, therefore, may not be assigned a disability category, but may receive services for special learning needs that teachers and USAERs have identified, but have not specifically labeled. For example, hyperactivity (ADHD) is not considered a disability, but special education professionals are aware of it and any intervention associated with hyperactivity would be provided by mental health professionals such as psychologists or psychiatrists. There are educational associations that focus on ADHD-type conditions, but teachers generally do not have knowledge or training in how to deal with it in the classroom (email communication, Todd Fletcher, 2007).

The USAERs conduct psychopedagogical evaluations similar to holistic assessments in which they gather information, such as student history, educational experience, and student work samples. Special education personnel conduct informal non-standardized assessments to determine learning needs (email communication, Fletcher, 2007). USAERs usually consist of a social worker, a psychologist, a speech and language therapist, and a special education teacher. They serve four or five schools, spending one day per week in each. USAERs conduct studies of the school operations and environment, and of the community the school serves as well.

USAERs are designed to integrate special needs students into regular classrooms. Special education teachers in these units collaborate with regular classroom teachers to help build success among special needs students in the classrooms. Primary objectives of USAER are: initial evaluations, intervention planning, intervention, and ongoing assessment, and monitoring. The USAER uses curriculum-based assessments to determine progress. Students are provided with curriculum adaptations in the regular classrooms according to their needs.

CAMs are alternative settings or special schools designed to provide education to preschool through high school students who are unable to integrate successfully into regular classrooms and need additional accommodations. The centers are organized by group and age and work to provide instruction to students with diverse disabilities in the same group. Each center maintains autonomy in organizing, planning and instruction of their students.

Reverences

Special education in Mexico - Policies for immigrant transfer... Retrieved from

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