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Universal Design for Learning: Promoting Access in Early Childhood Education for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
Get PDFThe following article is a literature review of the guiding principles for universal design for learning (UDL) specifically for early childhood education with implications for children who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH). In recent years, early childhood education has become more inclusive for all children with and without disabilities. Given that educators need to plan lessons and design their classrooms with every child in mind prior to meeting them, guidance on the UDL framework is warranted. DHH children present unique barriers in the classroom. This article walks through the three guiding principles, engagement, representation, and expression along with integration of assistive technology for DHH children and their educators. Three future directions for integrating the UDL framework into the classroom are included. They are (a) educator preparation programs, (b) school district’s professional development, and (c) select available technology web-based resources
Are the Kids All Right? An Examination of the Current Landscape of Early Adolescent Temperament in the Post-COVID Social Environment
No full textThis study examines the specific behavioral presentations of children who endured prolonged social isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is hypothesized that social isolation will result in specific behavioral presentations in late childhood/early adolescence. Parents of children aged 9-15 were recruited through online advertisements and social media platforms. Participants completed the Early Adolescent Treatment Questionnaire-Revised (EATQ-R), a self-report measure designed to assess the temperament of early adolescents. Linear regression was used to compare the mean ratings of temperament scales considering levels of parental stress during school closures, presence of a similarly aged sibling in the home, and if the child’s remote/hybrid schooling included an average of 25-35 hours of video facetime with teachers/peers. Qualitative information was also gathered. The study analyzed data from 57 participants who provided information about their children\u27s temperament and remote learning experiences. Only a few scales showed significant relationships at a p-value of less than .05, with the Pleasure Sensitivity scale negatively associated with Remote Time, and parent stress positively associated with Fear and Shyness. Small to moderate positive correlations were found between some scales, including activation control with parent stress and high intensity pleasure/surgency with remote time. Overall, this study provides valuable insights into the relationship between children\u27s temperament and remote learning experiences
A Brief Legal History of Wisconsin Conservation
Get PDFThe State of Wisconsin\u27s longstanding conservation ethic includes the passage of the Conservation Education Statute, which required conservation of natural resources be taught in public schools, and the creation of “Earth Day.” However, a lack of recent interest and scholarship in Wisconsin\u27s important conversation history and development of conservation law has driven us to write this Article which offers a brief legal history of Wisconsin conservation--how the state\u27s conservation values were expressed in law, how its natural resources law has evolved and what that has (and has not) embodied, and how Wisconsin helps us define modern concepts of “conservation.” Specifically, this Article discusses the pre- and post-WWII history of Wisconsin conservation law and explores the nature of Wisconsin\u27s conservation movement and law--why it came to be, why it now finds itself in decline, and what lessons should be carried forward. We argue that the elements that allowed for Wisconsin\u27s exceptional conservation record were neither surprising nor revolutionary. Instead, the combination of public investment in conservation causes, the creation of jobs that allowed working class Wisconsinites to become stewards to their natural resources, and the state\u27s established commitment to providing broad access to policymakers helped make environmentalism a personal issue for Wisconsinites from across the sociopolitical spectrum. The slow erosion over several decades of the coalitions between working class and academic environmentalists, large-scale divestment from conservation causes, and the rerouting of jobs in conservation to industry--led by groups who tend to oppose regulation for being anti-business--fostered the decline of conservation policy in the state. Moreover, this decline, we argue, effectively mirrors environmentalism\u27s decline at the national level. Nevertheless, by understanding how environmentalism came to falter in Wisconsin, we hope to better understand how it can regain its footing, both in the state and elsewhere
Commercialization of Separated Human Body Parts - Unpacking Instrumentalization Approach
Get PDFThe principle of non-commercialization, which prohibits trade in separated human body parts, has long been firmly embedded in many European legal orders and has become an integral part of them. However, many new uses for human biomaterials have now been discovered, and the need for them has reached a historical climax. This paper aims to explain the main tenets of non-commercialization theory, including such principles as human dignity and need to protect human’s health, and to show that these categories have so far been understood in a very one-sided and visceral way, and largely in contradiction to their true spirit. We will not dwell on a critique of the existing approach, but will propose an instrumental approach to human health based primarily on the will of the individual. At the end of this paper, we will describe possible legal constructs through which the market for separated human body parts can function, and the outcomes of adoption of one or another model
Fostering Resilience Within Ecological Civilization: Contributions of Environmental Law
Get PDFMy presentation will examine water, to illustrate the questions that Ecological Civilization presents. I shall address five points: (1) Often proposals for attaining Ecological Civilization raise issues relevant to environmental law, but do not examine the roles that environmental law can serve; (2) environmental law is essential to resolving unsustainable water management issues; (3) scientific studies indicate that trends in global environmental degradation limit the time available for implementing reforms to attain Ecological Civilization; (4) environmental legal systems for environmental impact assessment (EIA) can accelerate efforts to attain Ecological Civilization; and (5) For Ecological Civilization to ensure a firm foundation for the future, its norms should have priority
When it Happens Here: Reproductive Autonomy, Fascism, and Dobbs V. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Get PDFWithin six months after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, nineteen states passed laws prohibiting abortion within the first trimester. The most restrictive laws banned abortion entirely, except to save the life of the person giving birth. The Court’s eager abdication of its role in protecting individual liberty under the 14th amendment marks a grim chapter in the life cycle of American democracy. The Dobbs decision, along with the political environment that demanded the repeal of Roe v. Wade, promises to severely limit the role of women in public life. The specter of forced pregnancy threatens women’s full citizenship and the sustained stability of American democracy.
This article argues that the threat to women’s bodily autonomy is not simply a feminist problem, but rather a democracy problem. The speed and consistency with which state legislatures have moved to restrict the rights and lives of women have placed America on the cusp of a democratic crisis. We need to be willing to name this crisis and adopt a clear-eyed, united response founded in a framework of democratic self-defense. The second half of the 20th century offered our country a profound “glimpse of freedom” that the Founders could not have envisioned. However, this freedom is the result of the liberatory democratic structure they designed. History teaches us that robbing women of their autonomy will move us further away from a fully functioning and effective democracy. History also guarantees us that it will not be the last step.
This article proceeds in three parts. Part I outlines the characteristics of fascistic regimes and the social and political environments that contribute to their growth. Part II situates the Dobbs decision within a broader historical understanding of the use of patriarchy and gender subordination by fascistic regimes, with a special emphasis on the current American socio-political reality. Part III concludes that the present democratic crisis demands a robust democratic self-defense, specifically the deployment of an integrated model that is rooted in decreasing social, political, and economic inequality while fostering education and engagement
