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Procedural Safeguards and Your Rights as a Special Education Parent
You've probably received the procedural safeguards notice at an IEP meeting: that dense packet handed across the table, usually while three other things are happening. Most parents tuck it away without reading it. That's...
Education > Other
Charter Schools and Special Education: Understanding Your Legal Rights
...every other public school in the country: the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Under IDEA, charter schools must accept students with IEPs and 504 plans, provide a free appropriate public education (FAPE), and implement the services outlined in your child's plan. Capacity concerns don't...
Education > Online Learning
Online Learning Platforms for Students with Disabilities: A Complete Comparison
You've seen the ads. Khan Academy is free and comprehensive. IXL promises adaptive learning. Boom Cards says it's built for special needs. Your child's IEP calls for technology supports, but no one tells you which platform serves dyslexia, ADHD, or autism best. The marketing is louder than the evidence....
Education > K-12
Transition Planning Through K-12: Preparing Your Child for School Changes
Your child's IEP follows them from school to school. That's the law....during state assessments. You sit in that first IEP meeting at the new building, and unless you know...logistical adjustment. The staff who wrote their IEP won't be there. The institutional memory of why accommodations...
Education > Higher Education
Teaching Self-Advocacy Skills for College: A Transition Checklist
For twelve years, your child had a team. Teachers modified assignments, IEP meetings happened on a schedule, and someone in the building knew exactly what your child needed before they could ask. College ends that, not gradually...
Education > Higher Education
Disability Resource Centers: Your College Student's Guide to Registration and Services
...accommodations so students can access the same curriculum as their peers. The Registration Process. Registration isn't automatic. Even if your student had an IEP or 504 plan in high school, those documents don't transfer to college. The college can't act on them. Your student must register with the DRC as a new...
Education > Accommodations
Standardized Testing Accommodations: Making Sure Your Child's IEP Supports Transfer to State Tests
Your child's IEP lists accommodations they use every day in the classroom. Extended time on assignments. A separate quiet space for quizzes. Read-aloud support for written...
Education > Accommodations
Sensory Accommodations Checklist: What to Request for Autism, ADHD, and SPD
...instruction. But when you sit down to write accommodation requests for the IEP or 504 plan, "sensory support" feels too vague to be useful. Schools respond...sensory category (auditory, visual, tactile, vestibular, proprioceptive) with IEP-ready language you can adapt to your child's profile. Use it to build requests...
Education > Accommodations
What to Do When Your Child's Teacher Isn't Implementing IEP Accommodations
Your child has an IEP. The accommodations are written. The...stemming from a disconnect between the IEP as a legal document and the IEP as a...the IEP as a legal document and the IEP as a set of practices that must happen...those reasons change the legal reality: IEP accommodations are legally binding under...
Assistive Tech > Software
Screen Reader Software for Students: JAWS vs NVDA vs VoiceOver Compared
Free doesn't mean inferior. Compare JAWS, NVDA, and VoiceOver for students: cost, school compatibility, learning curve, and IEP requests.
Special Needs > Speech and Communication Impairments
Funding an AAC Device: Navigating Insurance, Medicaid, and Grants
A practical guide to funding pathways for AAC devices, from private insurance appeals to Medicaid EPSDT to school IEP provision.
Special Needs > Multiple Sclerosis
School Accommodations for Children with Multiple Sclerosis
How to request IEP and 504 accommodations for MS cognitive symptoms and fatigue that schools often miss or misunderstand.