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Educating Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities

As schools continue to mainstream children with disabilities, students with emotional and behavioral disabilities  may be the toughest to include.  They’re less likely to graduate and more likely to get arrested.  And there are questions about how to approach these kids – whether it’s a matter of more discipline or alternative methods.  We look at this issue and discuss a new documentary that takes a look at the topic through the life of a high school student coping with these disabilities.  

Guests:

Dan Habib, Filmmaker in Residence at the University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability. His new film, Who Cares About Kelsey?follows the experiences of a high school student coping with emotional and behavioral disabilities. The film premieres this Sunday, May 20, at Red River Theatres in Concord.

Christine Martin, principal of Manchester's Webster Elementary School, a magnet school for students with emotional and behavioral disabilities.

P. Alan Pardy, executive director of the New Hampshire Association of Special Education Administrators.

 

Laura is well known in New Hampshire for her in-depth coverage of important issues and is widely regarded for her interviews with presidential hopefuls. Laura is a graduate of Keene High School in New Hampshire. Prior to hosting The Exchange, Laura worked in public radio in Washington, D.C. as a local reporter and announcer for WAMU and as a newscaster for NPR. Before her radio career, she was a researcher for USA Today's "Money" section, and a research assistant at the Institute for International Economics. Laura occasionally guest hosts national programs such as The Diane Rehm Show and Here and Now. In 2007 Laura was named New Hampshire Broadcaster of the Year by the New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters.
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