Peter Gwazdauskas, a third-grade boy with Down Syndrome is beginning traditional school with regularly developing students for the first time. Originally, he was in a school only with other students with autism and special needs. Peter was enrolled in a traditional school because federal law states that students with special needs should be educated with regularly developing students in traditional schools. Peter's first half of the school year was not going well because he was exhibiting behaviors such as making loud noises, rolling around on the floor, and being injurious towards other students in class. But when it was the middle of the year in January, things started to improve much better for Peter and he did just fine towards the end of the school year. Because of his improvements throughout the year, Peter received an award for being an exceptional student on the last day of school along with his other classmates.
Sequeledit
Graduating Peter was released in 2001. The sequel follows Peter in middle school, high school, and his high school graduation.
Referencesedit
^"The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
^. Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2008.
educating, peter, 1992, american, short, documentary, film, directed, gerardine, wurzburg, about, peter, gwazdauskas, special, needs, student, with, down, syndrome, inclusion, standard, third, grade, classroom, blacksburg, virginia, oscar, 65th, academy, award. Educating Peter is a 1992 American short documentary film directed by Gerardine Wurzburg about Peter Gwazdauskas a special needs student with Down syndrome and his inclusion in a standard third grade classroom in Blacksburg Virginia It won an Oscar at the 65th Academy Awards in 1993 for Documentary Short Subject 1 2 Educating PeterDirected byGerardine WurzburgProduced byThomas C GoodwinGerardine WurzburgSheila NevinsStarringJudy GwazdauskasPeter GwazdauskasCinematographyGary GriffinEdited byGrady Watts Ilana BittnerMusic byRichard EinhornProductioncompaniesState of the Art Inc Distributed byHBO TV Direct Cinema Limited educational Release date1992 1992 Running time30 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Cast 2 Plot 3 Sequel 4 References 5 External linksCast editJudy Gwazdauskas as Herself Peter s Mother Frank Gwazdauskas as Himself Peter s Father Peter Gwazdauskas as Himself Mrs Stallings Peter s Teacher and her class Mrs Colley Special Education Teacher Plot editPeter Gwazdauskas a third grade boy with Down Syndrome is beginning traditional school with regularly developing students for the first time Originally he was in a school only with other students with autism and special needs Peter was enrolled in a traditional school because federal law states that students with special needs should be educated with regularly developing students in traditional schools Peter s first half of the school year was not going well because he was exhibiting behaviors such as making loud noises rolling around on the floor and being injurious towards other students in class But when it was the middle of the year in January things started to improve much better for Peter and he did just fine towards the end of the school year Because of his improvements throughout the year Peter received an award for being an exceptional student on the last day of school along with his other classmates Sequel editGraduating Peter was released in 2001 The sequel follows Peter in middle school high school and his high school graduation References edit The 65th Academy Awards 1993 Nominees and Winners oscars org Retrieved October 22 2011 New York Times Educating Peter Movies amp TV Dept The New York Times 2011 Archived from the original on May 20 2011 Retrieved May 30 2008 External links editEducating Peter at IMDb nbsp Educating Peter at Direct Cinema Limited Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Educating Peter amp oldid 1201033295, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
