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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...
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...
Education > Special Education
She Graduated With Honors. She Can't Read or Write. Now She's Suing.
...Hartford Public High School in June 2024 with an...Education, alleging the school system knew about her...stretched over most of her school years. By sixth grade,...making progress, while school records showed she...through middle and high school asking for dyslexia...By her senior year, school staff told her it was...senior year, school staff told her it was too...
Parenting > General
How to Use Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month to Advocate at Your Child's School
...moment where the usual resistance at school tends to soften a little, where phone...includes events at state capitols, school districts, and community organizations...feel like an act of pure persistence. Schools are busy. Staff are stretched. Your...pure persistence. Schools are busy. Staff are stretched. Your concerns, however...
Parenting > General
What Every Special Needs Parent Should Know Before Walking Into an IEP Meeting
...vague or unmeasurable, ask how the school is tracking it. If you plan to suggest...therapists or providers outside of school, ask them for a brief written summary...summary of what they're observing. School staff often don't have visibility into...of what they're observing. School staff often don't have visibility into what...
Education > Accommodations
Safety-Care: Making Least Restrictive Interventions Available.
...solutions within their Safety-Care Program. Safety-care is designed to provide staff with that least restrictive approach and teach those applicable skills that...therapeutic application. In the event of asking your child to get ready for school in the morning, one that typically triggers difficult behavior, you may...
Assistive Tech > Apps
App of the Day: Reading Comprehension Camp
...Comprehension Camp Jonathan Fernandes taught high school English at an inner city school in Dallas for seven...Fernandes taught high school English at an inner city school in Dallas for seven years before joining the staff...school in Dallas for seven years before joining the staff at Smarty Ears Apps, which was founded by his wife,...