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Education > Tutoring
Educational Remediation From the Brain Stem Up: An Interview With Anna Buck
...Anna: Anna's House offers educational remediation from the brain stem...Anna's House offers educational remediation from the brain stem up. The American...typically treats the symptoms of educational and learning difficulties, not the...growth. Paula: You became a remediation specialist because of experiences...
Social Engagement > Inclusion
How to Write Effective IEP Goals That Support Inclusion
...goals that pull your child out of the general education classroom for most of the day. Or they write...elements: 1. It names participation in the general education setting as the context. The goal doesn't say...independence. Traditional goals often focus on remediating deficits in isolation. Inclusion goals ask: what...
Special Needs > Learning Differences
IEP or 504: Which Plan Does Your Child with a Learning Difference Need?
...Provides. An IEP (Individualized Education Program) is a legal document created...the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). It exists because some...exists, and it adversely affects their educational performance. Both parts matter. What...offer a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE), meaning the services must...
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. What...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....like when it fails: The special education teacher sits in the back correcting...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....
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...
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...
Education > Other
Twice Exceptional Students: When Your Child Is Both Gifted and Has a Disability
...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...
Education > Special Education
The 13 Disability Categories Under IDEA: Who Qualifies for Special Education
...qualifies for special education. Then you meet...diagnosis and special education eligibility aren't...Disabilities Education Act) requires...affect their educational performance to...in a general education setting, and eligibility...adversely affect educational performance in...requires special education, not just accommodations....Schools evaluate educational impact through...
Therapies > Occupational
Occupational Therapy for Children with Special Needs: School, Private, or Both?
...the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Under IDEA, schools...provide OT services only when they're educationally necessary. That means the therapy...child's ability to access their education. Educational necessity is a legal...ability to access their education. Educational necessity is a legal standard, not...
Special Needs > Rare Disorders
IEP Advocacy for Children with Rare Disorders: When No One Has Done This Before
...Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) protects all children...disabilities that impact their education, regardless of whether...Eligibility is based on educational impact, not diagnosis...their ability to access education. They don't diagnose...conditions. They assess educational need. A child with a...Rare disorders with educational impact qualify here....