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Education > K-12
What to Cover in Your Child's IEP Review Before Summer Break
...Data, Not a Summary. "Making good progress" is not an answer. Ask the case manager...the case manager to pull the actual progress-monitoring data for every goal on...manager to pull the actual progress-monitoring data for every goal on the current...situations. A goal that says "70% progress" could mean your child mastered the...
Special Needs > Learning Differences
IEP or 504: Which Plan Does Your Child with a Learning Difference Need?
...related services like speech therapy or occupational therapy, and built-in progress monitoring. The school is legally required to offer a Free Appropriate...services like speech therapy or occupational therapy, and built-in progress monitoring. The school is legally required to offer a Free Appropriate Public Education...
Special Needs > Cerebral Palsy
Hip Surveillance for Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Parent's Guide to the Monitoring Schedule
...cerebral palsy, there's a monitoring schedule for their hips that...problem on an X-ray. But the monitoring protocol exists for a reason:...surveillance is a proactive monitoring program using scheduled X-rays...discussing intervention. Without monitoring, hip displacement can progress...monitoring, hip displacement can progress silently. By the time a child...
News > Education
IEP 101: What Every Parent Needs to Know About Individualized Education Programs
...document with your input Implementation: delivering the services and monitoring progress Who Is Eligible for an IEP? To qualify for an IEP, your child...with your input Implementation: delivering the services and monitoring progress Who Is Eligible for an IEP? To qualify for an IEP, your child must meet...
Legal > Advocacy
Your First Call to a Parent Training and Information Center: What to Have Ready
...or digital: The IEP or 504 plan currently in effect, including the signature page The most recent evaluation report, even if it's three years old Progress reports or report cards from the past school year Every email and letter from the school about the issue you're calling about, arranged by date That...
Therapies > Animal
Is My Child Ready for Animal Therapy? Pre-Assessment Questions for Parents
A friend mentions her son has made real progress with a therapy dog, and now you're picturing the same thing for your own child: a calm animal, a breakthrough, a photo you'd frame. Then you remember...
Education > Early Intervention
IFSP Explained: The 8 Required Components of Your Child's Individualized Family Service Plan
What an IFSP must legally include, how it differs from an IEP, and how to use it to track your child's progress.
Therapies > Speech
Virtual Speech Therapy: Does It Work as Well as In-Person Sessions?
...decade and accelerating sharply after 2020. The consistent finding: children working on articulation and expressive language goals make comparable progress through telehealth as they do in person, provided the platform supports real-time video, the session is structured the same way a clinic visit would...
Lifestyle > Self-Care
Sharing Caregiving Responsibilities: Division of Labor for Couples
...schedule because they happened to make the first call. That parent continues because they already know the therapist's availability and the child's progress notes. Over time, this becomes "their job," and the other parent loses visibility into what's involved. The same pattern repeats with school communication,...
Lifestyle > Recreation
Recreational Therapy vs Leisure Activities: Understanding the Difference
...delivering it holds a credential (CTRS), bills insurance, and documents progress the same way a physical therapist or speech-language pathologist does....treatment plan with measurable objectives, delivers interventions, and tracks progress toward discharge criteria. The credential to verify is CTRS (Certified...
Lifestyle > Recreation
Preventing Summer Regression in Children with Autism
...communication, self-care, and academic skills. But regression isn't inevitable. With intentional planning, you can build a summer schedule that maintains progress without replicating a classroom at home. Here's what the research says about summer regression, which skills are most vulnerable, and how to structure...
Lifestyle > Independence
Laundry Skills for Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
...your young adult one piece at a time and ask, "Where does this go?" Don't rush. Let them hold the item, look at it, decide. If they hesitate, that's progress. Hesitation means they're thinking through the rule, not guessing. Common sorting mistakes: light-colored jeans going into lights (they're heavy,...