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Education > K-12
When Your Child Refuses to Go to School: Understanding Anxiety-Based School Refusal
...you mention school, they're...sick in the traditional sense,...has a name: school refusal....to learn. School refusal is...absence from school, distinct...skipping school without distress....distress. School refusal involves...something at school that feels...disabilities, school refusal often...headaches before school may be signaling...What Drives School Refusal in...hallways during transitions, gym classes...
Global Insights > Advocacy
Teaching Your Child to Self-Advocate: Age-by-Age Strategies from Elementary Through High School
...doesn't start at graduation. It starts in elementary school, when your child learns to name what they need...moments are the foundation for the bigger ones. The transition from parent advocacy to self-advocacy isn't a...progression looks like at each stage. Elementary School: Ages 5–10. At this age, self-advocacy means understanding...
Education > Online Learning
Universal Design for Learning: What Parents Need to Know About Accessible Online Education
Your child's school announces a new online learning platform. The...interface assumes they can process rapid visual transitions, manage multi-step navigation without text cues,...parents from evaluating whether platforms and schools are implementing it. When a vendor says "we follow...
Education > Early Intervention
What Happens When Early Intervention Ends at Age 3: The Transition to Preschool Special Education
...intervention just mentioned a "transition conference." You've spent...from age 3 through high school. They're separate programs...to prepare. When the Transition Timeline Starts. Federal...intervention team to begin transition planning no later than...notify you and schedule a transition conference that includes...representative from your local school district. If you haven't...
Education > Special Education
Aging Out of Special Education: A Parent's Guide to Transition Services and 18-22 Programs
...end at high school graduation....regular high school diploma, whichever...endpoint. Transition planning is...bridge between school-based services...good. When Transition Planning Must...requires transition planning to...states and school districts...determine that transition services should...your child. Transition planning isn't...after high school, including...includes the transition services needed...
Education > Higher Education
College Programs for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: What CTPs Offer
...assumption was that high school graduation marked the end...That's changing. Comprehensive Transition Programs offer a pathway to...structured alternative to traditional four-year degree programs....experience. What Comprehensive Transition Programs Teach. CTPs vary...college courses alongside traditional students, participating...
Therapies > Physical
Physical Therapy for Children with Special Needs: A Complete Parent's Guide
...walking yet, and the pediatrician just said "let's watch and wait." Your school-age child trips constantly and struggles to keep up with classmates during...endurance: building the muscle power needed to walk, stand, climb stairs, or transition between positions Range of motion: keeping joints flexible and preventing...
Special Needs > Cancer
Childhood Cancer Survivorship: Understanding Long-Term Effects and Disability Supports
...oncology team cleared them. You thought the hard part was over. Then the school called about attention problems, or the pediatrician flagged developmental...long-term support. The survivorship phase is not a return to normal. It's a transition to a different kind of medical and developmental management, one that most...
Special Needs > Muscular Dystrophy
The Wheelchair Transition in Muscular Dystrophy: Preparing Your Child Emotionally and Practically
...Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the transition to full-time wheelchair use typically...happens between ages 10 and 14. This transition is predictable, gradual, and can...expands what they can do, and the transition shifts from loss to capability. This...they can keep up with friends at school, participate in activities without...
Special Needs > Learning Differences
College with a Learning Difference: A Four-Year High School Preparation Guide
The transition from high school...transition from high school to college for students...each year of high school so your student arrives...self-advocacy to the IEP as a transition goal. Federal law...requires IEPs to include transition planning starting...comes first. That transition planning must address..."By the end of the school year, [student] will...
Special Needs > Down Syndrome
Preparing Your Teen with Down Syndrome for Adult Life: A Transition Planning Guide
...and suddenly transition planning becomes...at that first transition meeting without...(IDEA) requires transition planning to...What the IEP Transition Requirement...process shifts. Schools must now document:...toward after high school. "Will live...management app" is. Transition services: instruction,...linkages: the school identifies outside...system. The first transition IEP often feels...
Special Needs > Diabetes
Managing Diabetes When Your Child Has Another Disability: A Dual Diagnosis Guide
...respond to fluorescent lighting, sudden schedule changes, and being asked to transition between activities. The nurse tested, caught it, gave glucose tabs. But...adapted approaches for blood sugar monitoring, hypoglycemia recognition, school coordination, and communication when diabetes intersects with another disability....