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Georgia Bureau for Students with
Physical and Health Impairments

A Project Funded by the Georgia State Improvement Grant

The Georgia Bureau for Students with Physical and Health Impairments provides information of interest to teachers, school personnel, families, and students with physical and health impairments through articles and product development (See product page). Below are some of our on-line articles.

Newsletter Topics:

General Information Pertaining to OI

Inservice School Personnel on Orthopedic Impairments

News from the Georgia Department of Education/Division

for Exceptional Students

A Decade with the Americans with Disabilities Act

Girl Scouts

Growing Up with a Sibling with a Disability

Dogs Trained to Assist Persons with Physical Impairments

Teaching Tips and Classroom Modifications

Collaborative Teaching in the Inclusive Classroom

Scheduling Tips for OI Teacher

High Expectations for Students with Disabilities

Learned Helplessness

Classroom Modification Checklist

Literacy Strategies and Assistive Technology

Testing the Literacy Abilities of Students with Physical and Health Impairments

Review of Writing with Symbols 2000

Making Classroom Materials Accessible to Students with Writing Deficits

Literacy Profile for Students with Physical Impairments
Nonverbal Reading Approach

What Size Font Do I Use

        Academic Activities Using Speaking Dynamically Pro

High Frequency Alphabet Layout for On-Screen Scanning

        Use of a Split Onscreen Keyboard

        Using an Eye Gaze Board with Encoding for Written Expression or Communication

Health Care Procedures

Instructing Students to Perform Their Own Health Care Procedures

Special Healthcare Procedures in Schools: Meeting the Challenge in Cobb County

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