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What Evidence-Based Really Means in Special Education and Therapy
The term shows up everywhere, but it doesn't always mean the same thing. Here's how to tell the difference.
Global Insights > Education
What U.S. Parents Can Learn from How Other Countries Educate Students with Disabilities
...everywhere, negotiates their child's education this way. Not all of them do. Understanding...other countries structure disability education reveals which parts of the U.S. system...physical access is infrastructure, educational access follows more naturally....with disabilities access primary education. In Nepal, 85% of out-of-school children...
Global Insights > Education
Inside Inclusive Classrooms: What Co-Teaching Models Actually Look Like
Your child's IEP says "general education classroom with co-teaching support."...Co-Teaching Models. These models come from educational research on collaborative instruction....looks like when it fails: The special education teacher sits in the back correcting...flag during observation: The special education teacher intervenes only with students...
Global Insights > Culture
Person-First or Identity-First? What Parents Should Know About Language in the Disability Community
..."the blind." Reducing someone to their diagnosis was the norm in medical, educational, and policy settings. Person-first phrasing was a correction. It emphasized...into disability rights law, including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). For many families, it's the first framework they encounter....
Special Needs > Visual Impairments
Braille and Technology: Why Your Child with Visual Impairment Needs Both
...won't develop the reading and writing skills your child needs for school and work. Both perspectives come from people who care about your child's education. Both sound convincing. And you're left trying to choose between two tools that seem to serve the same purpose. Here's what the research shows: it's...
Education > K-12
FAPE and LRE Explained: A Parent's Guide to Your Child's Rights Under IDEA
...in your special education journey: FAPE and...of your child's educational rights under federal...Appropriate Public Education. LRE means Least...with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the federal...governing special education. Schools must provide...is entitled to an education that meets their...(2017), requires education "reasonably calculated...
Education > K-12
When Your Child Refuses to Go to School: Understanding Anxiety-Based School Refusal
School refusal isn't defiance. Learn why special needs students avoid school due to anxiety and what actually helps.
Global Insights > Advocacy
Beyond the IEP: Legal Rights Parents of Children with Disabilities Should Know
...experts in IDEA, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. They can cite IEP timelines, know what FAPE...same legal structure that governs their child's education also covers discrimination at work, barriers to...children the right to a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment, with extensive...
Financial > Scholarships
Writing a Scholarship Essay About Your Disability: What Works (and What Doesn't)
You're staring at a 500-word prompt asking how your disability has shaped your educational journey. The committee will read hundreds of essays about overcoming adversity. Yours needs to do something different. Most scholarship essays about...
Financial > Scholarships
How Vocational Rehabilitation Can Pay for Your College or Trade School
...vocational rehabilitation agencies fund higher education for students with disabilities when that education...education for students with disabilities when that education connects to an employment outcome. VR is an employment...system, not a scholarship program, and it pays for education, training, books, tools, and assistive technology...
Education > Other
Charter Schools and Special Education: What Parents Need to Know
...charters handle special education. Maybe a school tour...same federal special education law that applies to traditional...(Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), and it requires...free appropriate public education. Charter schools can't...governance, but special education isn't one of them. Under...free appropriate public education (FAPE) to students with...
Education > Other
Twice Exceptional Students: When Your Child Is Both Gifted and Has a Disability
...This article walks you through what twice exceptionality means, why these students slip through the cracks, how to get dual identification, and what educational services work for kids who need both challenge and support. What Twice Exceptional Means. Twice exceptional means a child qualifies as both gifted...