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March 29, 2011
Educational Services of America, the nation’s leading provider of special and alternative education, has been selected to present at the Education Innovation Summit hosted by Arizona State University and NeXt Advisors. The Summit will take place April 5 – 7, 2011, at SkySong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center. Up to 450 invitation-only attendees are expected, including representatives from more than 85 of the world’s most innovative education companies and more than 50 investors.
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Educational Services of America and Education Innovation Network
ESA News Release
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SkySong
Spectrum Center
Educational Services of America
Arizona State University
Education Innovation Summit
Ombudsman
ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center
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February 18, 2011
Public school districts throughout California turn to Spectrum schools and programs for students with behavior challenges associated with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other special needs.Spectrum provides personalized, evidence-based educational services for non-traditional learners in collaboration with families and school districts.
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Laura Shumaker
San Francisco Chronicle: CIty Brights Blog
News Coverage
Spectrum Center
California
ABA
Lisa Britton
Autism Spectrum Disorders
SWPBS
school-wide positive behavior support
Applied Behavior Analysis
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November 17, 2010
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Nov. 17, 2010) – Spectrum Center students hosted Assembly Member Joe Coto (D-San Jose) and guests to celebrate the signing of the “Spectrum Law” (AB 1742), which was initiated by Spectrum students who have special needs and provides all California students who have special needs equal access to technology-based learning materials in the classroom.
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Spectrum Center Schools and Programs
Spectrum Center Schools News Release
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Spectrum Center
California State PTA
Joe Coto
Technology-based learning
California Association of Private Special Education Schools
AB1742
Spectrum Bill
California Alliance of Child and Family Services
Schwarzenegger
Spectrum Law
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October 12, 2010
Spectrum Center students will host Assembly Member Joe Coto (San Jose) and other guests on Tuesday, October 26 to celebrate the signing of the “Spectrum Law,” which provides equal access to technology-based learning materials to students with special needs in nonpublic schools throughout the state. Spectrum students developed the idea for the law and advocated for it during the recent legislative session. The legislation passed the Assembly and the Senate and was signed by Gov. Schwarzenegger in August. It takes effect Jan. 1, 2011.
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Spectrum Center Schools and Programs
Spectrum Center Schools and Programs News Release
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Coto
Spectrum Center
California
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Spectrum Bill
Schwarzenegger
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September 15, 2010
In the July 2010 issue of the Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, Brandi Simonsen (University of Connecticut), Lisa Britton and Dale Young (Spectrum Center Schools) explored the use of school-wide positive behavior support in an alternative educational setting for students with severe challenging behaviors. These researchers found that there was some evidence that using the procedures being employed in typical schools to improve the expectations for the school, the staff and the students may have had a positive influence on reports of serious incidents in the school.
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Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions
Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions News Release
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Spectrum Center
Lisa Britton
behavioral intervention
Brandi Simonsen
SWPBS
Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions
school-wide positive behavior support
research
Dale Young
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August 23, 2010
Gov. Schwarzenegger signed a bill making it possible for nonpublic schools to include technology-based learning materials in the curriculum for students with special needs.
The bill passed the state Assembly (76-0) and the Senate (34-0) with unanimous bipartisan support. Introduced by Assembly Member Joe Coto (D-San Jose), AB 1742 will expand the kinds of “technology” permitted in the classroom for students with special needs who attend nonpublic schools. Working with Assembly Member Coto, staff and students from Spectrum Center Schools and Programs presented the bill to the California State Legislature to demonstrate their public support for its adoption.
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Spectrum Center Schools and Programs
Spectrum Center Schools and Programs
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Coto
Spectrum Center
# AB1742
Spectrum Bill
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Schwarzenegger
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June 17, 2010
A handful of Metro Nashville special education students with severe behavioral problems will get a chance to learn in a new intervention program opening this fall. Spectrum Academy will gather about 30 high school students for whom the traditional school setting has proven unsuccessful in advancing academically and socially.A handful of Metro Nashville special education students with severe behavioral problems will get a chance to learn in a new intervention program opening this fall. Spectrum Academy will gather about 30 high school students for whom the traditional school setting has proven unsuccessful in advancing academically and socially.
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Natalia Mielczarek
The Tennessean
News Coverage
Linda DePriest
Nashville
Spectrum Center
Gail Debiec
MNPS
Emotional Disturbance
Tennessee
Spectrum Academy
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April 27, 2010
Spectrum Center Schools and Programs students, parents and staff presented a bill to the California State Legislature that will make it possible for nonpublic schools to include technology-based learning materials in the curriculum for students with special needs. Introduced by Assembly Member Joe Coto (D-San Jose), the legislation would expand the kinds of “technology” permitted inside the classroom.
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Spectrum Center Schools and Programs
Spectrum Center Schools and Programs
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Spectrum Center
California
IEP
# AB1742
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