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IEP or 504: Which Plan Does Your Child with a Learning Difference Need?
Special Needs > Learning Differences

IEP or 504: Which Plan Does Your Child with a Learning Difference Need?

By Isabella Johnson
...provides is more than most families expect. It includes individualized academic goals, specialized instruction, related services like speech therapy or...related services like speech therapy or occupational therapy, and built-in progress monitoring. The school is legally required to offer a Free Appropriate...
Dyslexia and College: How Accommodations Change and What Students Need to Know
Special Needs > Dyslexia

Dyslexia and College: How Accommodations Change and What Students Need to Know

By Leslie Turner
...because college students are considered adults responsible for their own academic lives. Students with dyslexia can absolutely get the support they need...Teachers, counselors, and case managers initiated meetings and monitored your progress. Your parents attended every IEP meeting and signed off on your accommodations....
How to Request a School Evaluation for Dyslexia: Your Rights and the Step-by-Step Process
Special Needs > Dyslexia

How to Request a School Evaluation for Dyslexia: Your Rights and the Step-by-Step Process

By Leslie Turner
...dyslexia." You're requesting an evaluation because you have concerns about academic progress. The...You're requesting an evaluation because you have concerns about academic progress. The...
Evolving IEPs for Progressive Conditions: Planning Ahead When Your Child's Needs Will Change
Special Needs > Muscular Dystrophy

Evolving IEPs for Progressive Conditions: Planning Ahead When Your Child's Needs Will Change

By Amelia Harper
...with static IEPs for progressive conditions. A child...Physical abilities decline. Academic access must not. An anticipatory...IEPs Fail Children With Progressive Conditions. IEP 101:...disabilities, that's enough. For progressive conditions, it's not....The "present levels of academic achievement and functional...with minor edits. For a progressive condition, last year's...
The Hidden Mental Health Crisis: Why Teenagers with Disabilities Need Psychiatric Care (And How to Access It)
Medical > Psychiatry

The Hidden Mental Health Crisis: Why Teenagers with Disabilities Need Psychiatric Care (And How to Access It)

By Chloe Davis
...developmental stressors as any adolescent: identity formation, peer relationships, academic pressure, physical changes. Then add disability-specific layers: chronic...restricted independence, and for some, knowledge that their condition is progressive. Depression doesn't look like sadness in every...
The Real Path to Employment: What Happens Between High School and Your Child's First Paycheck
Global Insights > Employment

The Real Path to Employment: What Happens Between High School and Your Child's First Paycheck

By Ms. Amelia Peterson
...delay or underemphasize transition work, particularly when a student's academic progress is the primary focus. But...underemphasize transition work, particularly when a student's academic progress is the primary focus. But...
Accommodations vs Modifications: What Every Parent Must Know Before the IEP Meeting
Education > Accommodations

Accommodations vs Modifications: What Every Parent Must Know Before the IEP Meeting

By Benjamin Thompson
...student accesses learning. The content and the academic standards stay the same. A student who gets extended...a student's IEP includes modifications to core academic subjects, they are no longer progressing through...to core academic subjects, they are no longer progressing through the general education curriculum in...
Barack Obama Charter School – Guiding Students Toward Success
Education > K-12

Barack Obama Charter School – Guiding Students Toward Success

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...know exactly what their child needs to achieve in order to master the next academic level. Ingenium Schools' focus is helping all students develop a passion...for each of the California State Standards. Each child's knowledge and progress towards proficiency is evident to all. In a traditional system, time is...
NYC Department of Education Planning Changes to Special Ed
News > Education

NYC Department of Education Planning Changes to Special Ed

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...least part of the day, but it is still unclear if special ed students made academic progress because of the integration. Still, protestors say parents of...of the day, but it is still unclear if special ed students made academic progress because of the integration. Still, protestors say parents of both general...
Making IEP goals that support Language and Communication: Tweaking the plan in the New Year
Education > Accommodations

Making IEP goals that support Language and Communication: Tweaking the plan in the New Year

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...hours per day in the classroom, their teachers and specialists track their progress (or lack thereof) by following the goals in their Individual Educational...writing and speaking. Each goal has a particular focus and purpose with academic and communication or speech/language goals separated. When all goals have...
Bullying and Children with Special Needs
Special Needs > General Special Needs

Bullying and Children with Special Needs

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...measures against future incidents can make all the difference in the life and academic progress of a child with special needs. Signs for Parents that Signal...against future incidents can make all the difference in the life and academic progress of a child with special needs. Signs for Parents that Signal Incidents...
ADHD: When Your Child Needs a Tutor vs an Executive Functioning Coach
Education > Tutoring

ADHD: When Your Child Needs a Tutor vs an Executive Functioning Coach

By Dr. Eileen Hart
...work your child already understands. Hiring more academic support when the barrier is something else entirely...Distinction: Content vs. Process. A tutor teaches academic content. An executive functioning coach teaches...functioning coach teaches the systems that make academic work possible. Tutors address: Subject matter...

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