every child ispecial. every child has needs. woman: change colors. but what do we do when we're faced with the challenge of working with children who because of phical or emotional or developmental problems require much more specialized, individualized attention than the other children in our ce? woman: there you go. go for it. turn. hello. i'm joanne hendrick, the author of the whole child and your guide to this video series. in this program, we're going to explore a number of ways we can effectively work with children with special and exceptional needs. we'll observe children in a variety of programs: head start, family day-care homes, university schools, and private childcare centers. we'll also talk with teachers who will she their personal experiences working with children who have special needs. [computebeeps] woman: yes. press again. press ain, des. keep pressing. keep pressing. [computer makes tone] oh, look, des, look! pretty. hendrick: how do we begin to help that child? what are our responsibilities, obligations, and expectations? when wor

every child being able to learn. testing every child every year is the way to stop the cycle. we must care enough to ask how our children are doing. we must have the data to know how poor and minority children are doing. to see if we are closing the achievement gap in america. annual measurement is of special concern of mine. it is crucial. crucial part of a solid reform package. the good news is i'm not alone. take, for example, congress member george miller from california. some might think it odd that the republican president is mentioning a democrat member of the house. he and i have had discussions already. he understands the importance of strong accountability and we're going to work together to make sure this is an integral part of the package coming through the house and senate. secondly, the agents of reform must be schools and school distri districts. teachers and principals, local and state leaders but have the responsibility to succeed and the flexibility to innovate. one size does not fit all when it comes to educating america. school officials and entrepreneurs s

they call it a plan "b" for the no child left behind. to give the states an out to the provision in the law that requires all students to be at grade level in reading and math by 2014. 2014 is coming up fast. there are some schools that won't make that deadline and obama wanted to give those states some ability to come up with other school reforms while congress works out whatever problems that they might be having and i are writing the law. >> they gave the waiver to ten states. is it likely that others will follow suit and ask for the waivers as well? >> yes. when the administration first announced the plan which was last september, they offered up what they would call an advanced -- for states who are ready to go a quick approval process for them so they could plan for their next couple of years' budgets and the other things they're doing for the schools. but there's an expectation there will be a second or a third round. they have expressed interest there. there's a complex vetting process, the administration takes the state plans th

the child has white half for example but it is also possible that two people with dark hair have a child with a fair that actually will darken with age but also if you look at the other case. the. for example with his brothers when he was little it is actually quite tricky to say that he is not. brother all of these children i mean with the knowledge you can but if you look like these you know it all. moldova has no special laboratories for d.n.a. analysis the bill maher has had to send their blood samples abroad to have the results returned by mail. there is one vital person missing from this table on whom the moment of truth depends the family decided that to take a d.n.a. sample from the second mother one of the sons had to go to her. after six thousand kilometers and more than twenty four hours for your daughter returns home to the woman he once called his mother in childhood when she saw her son through the window maria was still struggling with feelings of resentment and could not hold back her tears. hi mom. mom. why are you crying. what happened it's ok. field or can hardly recog

well, it turns out that only the child on the right has the bruises associated with child abuse. as you can see, if you are just allowing yourself to look at a bruise and saying, "is that child abuse?" you can't do it. this one has a disorder where he got the flu and his platelet count went down, and that makes you bruise easily, and they can even be spontaneous bruises. but you can see how somebody like this might be considered a victim of abuse, and that's why the lab tests are so important. >> thompson: in the case of isis vas, the medical examiner, joni mcclain, recently said she didn't recall looking at the baby's lab tests. she came into the hospital and had a whole battery of tests done on her before she passed on. >> there were clear abnormalities, even in the routine lab tests, in this case. the tests called pt and ptt were markedly abnormal. the platelet count was low. >> thompson: the labs showed isis had blood in her stool, an elevated white blood count, and abnormal liver function. and that her ptt result, a test that measures the time it takes blood to clot, was lit

bush's proposal from no child left behind. we will talk to sam dillon. >>> when president lincoln was shot on april 14th, 1865, he was wearing a black coat made for his second inauguration by broobrook brooks brothers. it is displayed in the ford museum lobby. american history tv showed the original coat on display for the public and learned how the artifact is preserved for future generations. lincoln's coat on american artifacts this sunday morning at 8:00. >>> just the way i'll remember it. here is the wonderful moment when senator lott revealed his nostalgia. >> when he ran for president, we voted for him. we're proud of him. >> talkingpointsmemo.com, josh marshall into the breaking news business. >> the media ecosystem is such a different world today than it was ten years ago. i think things like that happen all the time now. i know that there are certainly big stories that, tpm has had. we have breaking news right and left. it has almost become commonplace. it's not nearly as surprising today as it w then. >> more about

child care? issues that the city is not addressing, things that we can do better in. >> wow, i was not expecting that question. i mean, -- wow. supervisor kim: just from your personal experience working as glide and in the tenderloin, anecdotal things you have seen. >> like i said, i am really new to this community, so i am not totally aware of all of the challenges and issues we may be facing. but in working at glide, i know that we're always struggling -- our families are always struggling for access to child care and quality child care. i definitely think that is an issue as a whole. supervisor kim: ok, thank you. are there any other questions? thank you very much. >> ok, thank you. supervisor kim: at this time, we will open it up for public comment for item number two. so pleased lineup. >> good afternoon, supervisors to deal for from the child care planning and advisory council. i wanted to speak on behalf of deepa mehta's recommendation to be appointed to the council. one of the things we h

called the indian child welfare act.ans veronica is part cherokee, too. so before they could finalize veronica's adoption, a family court judge ruled in favor of veronica's biological father, ordering them to hand her over. the law is designed to protect the interest of indian children and keep indian children with indian family members. congress took action after a 1976 study showed about thirty persh of indian children were being removed from their homes and of those, about 90% were being placed with non-indian families. the attorney general for the cherokee nation told us the law is working. >> one of the original authors of the indian child welfare act said his indent of this law was not to take adoptive children away from loving homes. how would you respond to that? >> it's not anyone's intent to rip a child away from a loving home. we want to make sure those loving homes have the opportunity to be indian homes first. you look at the welfare of the child and if at all possible, we want that child to be raised in a t

in the parent's rests the spark of love for each child. but one who has no child to love is maria she's left all alone in the far northern city of your could school.

to make and the iep team includes the child's parents of which assessment is appropriate to that child. does the child take an alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards? does the child take the regular assessment with or without an accommodation for modification? that is something that's currently required under ieda. what my two colleagues just described is exactly what's supposed to happen pr r. for those kids on alternate achievement standards, you have to design something appropriate to that child. those kids are on a unique place where they are not on grade level. i often time call them act of god kids. short of an act of god, these kids are never going to be on grade level. doesn't matter how much their mother loved them, what they had for breakfast, how many books were in their home, they're not going to be on grade level. they need a different measure but they need to make progress. someone needs to be making sure that this year, they learned more than they learned last year. and whatever it is to that child is what we need to have continue. so there's nothi

when it comes to no child left behind, no child left behind reminds me of the good, the bad and the ugly. because there is a little bit of that in the law. i think the good part is it brought us -- this was ten years ago. it brought us to a standards-based education system where now we were accountable for every child and we had to have a standardized way of measuring student achievement. the bad part of the law is it was a one-size-fits-all. in a state like idaho which has rural communities within the rural state, it was difficult to implement the law. the ugly part is we had a system where the federal government set the goal and then they prescribed to the states what programs and processes we had to meet that goal, and if their programs and processes didn't work, we were held accountable. and so, you know, that was the ugly part. i think that this law, this reauthorization has kept the good parts of no child left behind. in fact, i think it's even improved upon going to a growth model. because if we're serious about making sure that every child's needs are met, then a growth model dem

domestic violence in the presence of a child will damage the child psychologically. the child will suffer greatly. >> this canadian father says that could provide a loophole in the law. he moved to japan in order to claim custody of his daughters. he claimed his partner took them from canada without his permission. he says the relationship between husband and wife should be considered separately from that of parent and child. >> in the case of child abuse, perhaps, yes, you will remove a parent from a child or vice versa, but not in a case of spousal abuse. it's not a reason to not return the child. this is not acceptable. a child has a basic right to see and know both of its parents. >> both sides say it's unclear what level of violence would warrant the parent refusing to return a child. they say they need more precise criteria. >> the foreign ministry says the draft legislation will be shown next month. if it passes the government plans to sign the treaty as soon as possible. >> commuters are experiencing a cold morning, joining us with the details in the world we

one that says every child can learn. in this great land of america, no child will be left behind. it is an honor to be here. i'm thrilled you all came. god bless. [ applause ] >>> this past august, the obama administration would allow states to opt out of the no child left behind. at time, we talked about the move with sam dillon of the new york times. this is 35 minutes. >> our guest is sam dillon. he is the national education correspondent. the education department makes an announcement about no child left behind. what's the announcement? >> they announced they would be responding to the no child left behind's overidentification of schools failing across the country with the program details to be announced of waivers of the school accountability provisions of the law. >> what forced them to do that? >> well, we're getting large numbers of states, or maybe the vast majority of states now identifying the majority of the schools in each state as failing, which is a big problem educational educationally. they felt they had to respond. >> when it comes to failing, is it overall or in

violence in the presence of a child will damage the child psychologically. the child will suffer greatly. >> this canadian father says that could provide a loophole in the law. he moved to japan in order to claim custody of his daughters. he claims his partner took them from canada without his permission. he says the relationship between husband and wife should be considered separately from that of parent and child. >> in the case of child abuse, perhaps, yes, then you will remove the parent from a child or vice versa. but not in a case of spousal abuse. it is not a reason to not return the child. this is not acceptable. a child has a basic right to see and know both of its parents. >> both sides say it's unclear what level of violence would warrant a parent refusing to return a child. they say they need more precise criteria. >> thank you. appreciate it. >>> the foreign ministry says the draft legislation will be shown to the diet next month. if it pass, they plan to sign the treaty as soon as possible. >>> "newsline" is the place to turn to for the latest

get some help for your child because a mother who herself is damaged and injured cannot help her child. very good. and, dr. clark, you were talking about different types of scenarios in terms of how parents need to cope with different types of trauma that their children may have experienced. what other types of actions should parents be taking in a different scenario? well the most important thing, as dr. harris pointed out, you listen but you should also believe your child unless the evidence is overwhelmingly to the contrary, which means, as dr. harris points out, you are taking it outside to explore, to get vindication. so, if it's bullying you are talking to the school. you're talking to the teacher. if it's sexual assault, you're bringing in the appropriate authorities to address that. if it's a family member, you are not keeping it a secret because you're afraid of embarrassing the family. the issue is that the child will suffer long-term consequences, and you too will suffer consequences because you are either, you're a victim yourself based on the past or you're sitting there h

it wasn't child abuse. >> it's a crime. >> every prisoner should use their child. >> the authorities this woman acted this way. it was irresponsible and now her child doesn't have any supervision. so we're going to take the child away and try to put it in a god -- good home. >> put the child in foster care you don't revoke somebody's parental rights because they go to prison. there are fundamental rights to raise the child you gave birth to. >> bill: why did the missouri authorities grant the right for this couple to adopt the child. >> they found she had abandoned the child because she went to jail. in the missouri supreme court said this is a travis city of justice. this ridiculous you can't do this. >> bill: you believe it's better for the child to go back to the illegal alien mom? >> listen, i don't know what kind of a life is he going to have. >> bill: mom wants to take the child back to mexico, correct? >> yes. >> bill: you believe it's best for the child to do that? >> listen, it doesn't matter whether i think it's better to be brought up in the united states or mexico. obviou

it is not about the child advocacy. she is excellent. i know that she will bring the greatest resources. but that solution, if that talks and is there, we need to deal with that. supervisor cohen: thank you. [reads names] >> good afternoon, supervisors. i simply want to tag on to the folks who are suggesting that we hold this off for a little while and explore other options in terms of location. i come from as far back as 1969. i actually worked at that location, evans and third street. i know that that is the cross- section of functionally a freeway. you have big rigs rolling through there. i was shocked to hear mr. schmidt said that there are trains, locomotives that roll up to that building. i am not certain what is going to happen in the rezoning of that facility. where trains can actually still roll up to it. it seems to me that that is a very awkward condition for a facility that is designed to be on the health care matter. i would also say that, you know, when you look at where that location is, it seems to me that it is more -- i

i do child care and psychotherapy with the families in the clinic. in addition, i spent the first six years of my life in the bay view community. i am here in two roles. someone who grew up in the community and someone who is coming back to serve in a professional role. it has been a privilege to be a part of this program. coming from a relationship-based program, where i am allowed to parallel that process with families that i work with. i have noticed some collaboration of we have. basing their relationship in the community is where it starts. leading the families where we are is the hardest part, but it has been a part of the mission of the clinic to meet the families where they are. i am here in support of cyw and where it would be located, because access to services is huge. a lot of times they will not go to where they need to to get services. they are spread out in every direction. part of what we want to do is not just work with the children, but the parents and family as a whole. that is a huge step. supervisor cohen: thank you. next, we hav

i am asking you to increase penalties for child abuse. those who abuse children should face severe mandatory penalties. we must also put justice for victims first during every legislative session. senator bill payne and i had the opportunity to meet with a family of michael snyder, an albuquerque man who was murdered by his wife, and then secretly buried him at his home for eight years. michael's sisters terri and laura, as well as michael's mother alleen, are here today. please stand. [ applause ] michael's wife said, he had simply gone missing. simply had left, and sadly, her secret was kept long enough that the statute of limitations had run out. so this killer will serve only a few years for a murder that should have kept her behind bars the rest of her life. that is not right, and we are going to change the law and fight to ensure that no one is able to murder someone in our state and get off easy or get away with it completely by simply letting out the -- the clock run out. that is wrong. i am confident that we can work together to

jury report found that members of the staff failed to report alleged incidents of child abuse. if the bill is passed here penalties for not reporting child abuse would include a thousand dollar fine and one year in jail. back to you. >> thank you. maryland is one of only three states that doesn't currently have a criminal penalty to failing for report cases of suspected child abuse or negotiate. >> going through security at 28 airport is is about to get easier, that is including bwi thoroughgood marshall. the tsa says passengers who volunteer more personal information will be vetted before they arrive pat the airport and go through a dedicated checkpoint. the program is expected to go into effect by the end of this year. >> our ongoing mild winter could mean more money in our pockets, bge says its customers will see a drop in their energy bills this season. some people could save up to 16% or about 100 dollars. it is both gas and electric customer whose can expect smaller than normal bills. >> we have returned to mild weather here today. the precipitation has cleared out of the