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Education > Higher Education
College Programs for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: What CTPs Offer
...years, the assumption was that high school graduation marked the end of formal...combines academic coursework, career training, and independent living instruction....building practical knowledge. Career training often takes the form of internships,...support from job coaches or program staff. The goal is paid employment after...
Special Needs > Epilepsy
School Seizure Action Plans: What Every Parent and Teacher Needs to Know
...epilepsy. The school knows this...Generic seizure training doesn't prepare...doesn't prepare school staff for your...prepare school staff for your child's...that tells school staff exactly...tells school staff exactly what...seizure at school is often the...Contains. A school seizure action...describe what school staff will...what school staff will observe:...Two minutes? Staff need to know...
News > Education
"Scream Rooms" Used on Special Needs Children
...elementary school's use of what...Teachers and staff at Farm Hill...Elementary School in Middletown,...Janitorial staff at the school...staff at the school reported having...want to go to school. She's constantly...students at the school says. She claims..."disturbing" and that school officials were...stressed that school policy states...included the school district hiring...special needs training to faculty...
Education > Special Education
New Hampshire Shifted the Due Process Burden to Schools in IEP Disputes. Is Your State Next?
...a due process complaint against a school district over an IEP, most states put...into the hearing room and prove the school failed your child. The district sits...progress notes, meeting records, and staff testimony. You have to build the case...the burden from the parent to the school district. Now, when a parent files...
News > Education
Three School Employees Were Arrested for Abusing Children with Disabilities in a Special Education Classroom. Here's What Families Need to Know.
...arrested three staff members at...Elementary School in Franklin,...report. A third staff member faces...at the same school. This case...risks when staff aren't properly...concerns about staff conduct in...surveillance captured staff interactions...City Public Schools completed an...the three staff members from...classroom. The school district hasn't...alleging that staff failed to implement...
Education > Special Education
IEP Services Can't Be Cut by a Budget Crisis. Here's How to Hold Your School Accountable.
...shrink when your school district's budget..."we're cutting staff and services will...need to know: a school district's budget...right now because school budgets are under...reimbursements, which provide schools $7.5 billion annually...data shows 80% of school leaders expect staff...leaders expect staff layoffs, 70% anticipate...their IEP, and a school's inability to pay...
Education > K-12
Transition Planning Through K-12: Preparing Your Child for School Changes
...IEP follows them from school to school. That's the...follows them from school to school. That's the law. The new...That's the law. The new school must implement it. But...16 under IDEA, but the school-to-school kind that starts...IDEA, but the school-to-school kind that starts in 5th...logistical adjustment. The staff who wrote their IEP won't...
Special Needs > Respiratory Health
Asthma Management at School: What Parents of Children with Disabilities Need to Know
...co-occurring disability, a standard school asthma action plan may not...any template captures. The school's job is to translate that...translate that knowledge into steps staff can execute reliably when you're...minimal supervision by middle school. They assume typical respiratory...include observable signs that staff can monitor...
Special Needs > Rare Disorders
IEP Advocacy for Children with Rare Disorders: When No One Has Done This Before
Your child has a rare disorder. The school district has never served a student...When you request an IEP evaluation, staff tell you they don't know how to write...the diagnosis has a name, whether staff have prior experience with it, or whether...Seen This Before" Doesn't Matter. School districts evaluate children based on...
Special Needs > Diabetes
Your Child's 504 Plan for Diabetes: A Complete Guide for School Management
...the dark. Now the school wants to meet about...need during the school day. It's named...funding. Every public school in the country is...walked back when staff change or budgets...be in it, what schools sometimes resist,...management during school hours. Your child...diabetes care (school nurse, trained staff,...nurse, trained staff, or the student...
Special Needs > Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic Fibrosis Day-to-Day Management: Airway Clearance, Nutrition, and School
...targets require deliberate planning. School staff need clear instructions for medication...require deliberate planning. School staff need clear instructions for medication...modulators do, and how to structure school accommodations that protect your child's...day. Morning clearance happens before school. Evening clearance happens before bed....
Education > Special Education
IEP Rights When Your School Cuts Special Education Services
...level, districts cutting staff, and budgets tightening....follows is immediate: if my school reduces or eliminates...shortages do not erase the school's obligation to provide...written into an IEP. If the school wants to reduce services,...Education laid off nearly all staff in the Office of Special...guidance. Without federal staff to intervene when states...