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	<title>Florida Parents Speak Out Against Abuse in Schools</title>
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		<title>Disabled Palm Beach County students unfairly punished for behavior, group claims</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parents, Please let your voices be heard and leave a comment if this is happening to your child in the public school system.  When you leave your comment please identify your county.  This is happening to our children all over Florida in all counties.   Regards, Phyllis ************ Disabled Palm Beach County students unfairly punished for behavior, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flaparentsspeakout.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4627255&amp;post=118&amp;subd=flaparentsspeakout&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Pocket Manual for Special Education Advocates</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Pocket Manual for Special Education Advocates Information and Resources For Lay Advocates     http://www.brightword.com/advocacy_manual.pdf<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flaparentsspeakout.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4627255&amp;post=116&amp;subd=flaparentsspeakout&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Update on 100 Ideas Autism Summit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Parents and Advocates,   I want to give you an update on the restraint and seclusion portion of the 100 Ideas Autism Summit I spoke at on Tuesday 9/16/08.   The R &#38; S portion went very well and people were very interested in this growing problem.  There were lots of questions from people in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flaparentsspeakout.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4627255&amp;post=113&amp;subd=flaparentsspeakout&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SECLUSION ROOMS: An example about what we fight against</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is riveting information about a school that had a seclusion room located in the basement of their school. No door knobs, no supervision, nothing. There is also a video linked to the article that could show you just how children are treated and what we fight against every day. No child should have ever [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flaparentsspeakout.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4627255&amp;post=111&amp;subd=flaparentsspeakout&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Both Vice President Candidates to be in Orlando</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please follow the link for more information: Both VP candidates may be in Naples in early October http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/16/sarah-palin-coming-naples-october/<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flaparentsspeakout.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4627255&amp;post=109&amp;subd=flaparentsspeakout&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Will Florida change how schools treat autistic children?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will Florida change how schools treat autistic children? By Colleen Wixon (Contact) Wednesday, September 17, 2008 ORLANDO — Several state lawmakers said Tuesday that as early as this next legislative session changes could be coming to how autistic children are treated in schools. Several Treasure Coast families traveled to Orlando on Tuesday to take part [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flaparentsspeakout.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4627255&amp;post=106&amp;subd=flaparentsspeakout&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Restraints &amp; Seclusion in Florida Public Schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Florida Families,   I hope some of you are going to be able to attend the 100 Ideas Foundation to be a part of the session on the Education Issues Panel Discussion which will be held on Tuesday 9/16 from 8:30 am &#8211; 11:00 am.  A portion of the Educational issues will cover restraint and seclusion [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flaparentsspeakout.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4627255&amp;post=104&amp;subd=flaparentsspeakout&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Please do not forget!!! 100 Ideas Summit</title>
		<link>http://flaparentsspeakout.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/please-do-not-forget-100-ideas-summit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[100 Ideas Foundation Statewide Policy Discussion On Autism &#38; Developmental Disabilities This is a great opportunity for Florida parents to get as much information as possible and discuss their concerns about what is currently going on in the world of families with children that have autism and other developmental disabilities. Please try and attend, mark [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flaparentsspeakout.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4627255&amp;post=102&amp;subd=flaparentsspeakout&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A call to arms &#8211; DEADLINE: September 15, 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 26, 2008 BUT IS BEING REPOSTED DAILY UNTIL DEADLINE IS MET Today there was a phone conference on Proposed Rule 6A-6.05271: Standards for the Use of Reasonable Force. This rule will apply to ALL children in the public school system. WHY YOU SHOULD BE CONCERNED: 1- There is no ban on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flaparentsspeakout.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4627255&amp;post=12&amp;subd=flaparentsspeakout&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>COALITION AGAINST INSTITUTIONALIZED CHILD ABUSE</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Coalition Against Institutionlized Child Abuse has made it a point to raise awareness about abuses going on in schools and institutions. Please make sure to visit this site for valuable information such as the information below on the use of restraints and their links to death. LIST OF RESTRAINT DEATHS Click on the link [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flaparentsspeakout.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4627255&amp;post=94&amp;subd=flaparentsspeakout&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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