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How to Pay for Music Therapy: Insurance, Medicaid Waivers, and Grant Programs
Therapies > Music

How to Pay for Music Therapy: Insurance, Medicaid Waivers, and Grant Programs

By Jack Foster
...funding conversation. There are systems designed specifically to...developmental and therapeutic services that insurance won't touch....emotional regulation, the service itself falls outside the diagnostic...covered as a habilitative service. Waivers are designed to fund...Waivers are designed to fund services that help children with disabilities...
The Complete Guide to TPD Discharge: How Disabled Borrowers Can Get Student Loans Forgiven
Financial > Loans

The Complete Guide to TPD Discharge: How Disabled Borrowers Can Get Student Loans Forgiven

By Sophia Wilson
...you meet this standard. Veterans Affairs (VA) certification: You have a service-connected disability rating that is either 100% disabling or makes you unemployable....unemployable. The VA determines this through its disability compensation system. Physician certification: A licensed doctor of medicine or osteopathy certifies...
How to Be Your Child's Best Advocate: A Complete Guide to Special Needs Advocacy
News > Advocacy

How to Be Your Child's Best Advocate: A Complete Guide to Special Needs Advocacy

By Amelia Harper
...enters special education services, the system can feel overwhelming....education services, the system can feel overwhelming....meeting or appeal a denied service. It begins with a system...service. It begins with a system for capturing and organizing...needs, progress, and the services they're receiving. Create...does a digital folder system. What matters is that...
Advocating for Your Child with Special Needs in the Early Intervention System
Parenting > Early Intervention

Advocating for Your Child with Special Needs in the Early Intervention System

By Lucas Johnson
...Early intervention is a system of services that helps...intervention is a system of services that helps babies and...Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) listing the...the early intervention services your child and family...review, and evaluate services Refuse evaluations, assessments,...evaluations, assessments, and services Learn more about your...
Study: No Daily Activities for Adults with Disabilities
News > Employment

Study: No Daily Activities for Adults with Disabilities

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...and emotional problems, were underserved by the service system, and had parents who were less able to provide...emotional problems, were underserved by the service system, and had parents who were less able to provide...individuals with disabilities age out of the school system, where many of their needs are provided for, they...
Agency Spotlight: Dyslexia Awareness and Resource Center (DARC)
Special Needs > Dyslexia

Agency Spotlight: Dyslexia Awareness and Resource Center (DARC)

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...example of one that, although tiny, is mighty both in its example and its service to its community. Organizations such as this are among this country's true...without resources and who in many cases have been abused by the educational system which was supposed to enable them to achieve their full potential. –Hod...
Parents as Equal Partners at the IEP Table
Education > Accommodations

Parents as Equal Partners at the IEP Table

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...if their student will receive the supports and services they need or if they are going to lose a service...services they need or if they are going to lose a service that has been helping. They worry about their struggles...their student and to the learning of the complex system involved in the preparation of IEP documents, the...
Special Mothers
Parenting > Support Groups

Special Mothers

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...sleep, experience frustrations with the social service and health care system, have friction in relationships...frustrations with the social service and health care system, have friction in relationships and feel great...basis. This increases the amount of stress in your system which can go undetected until you begin to exhibit...
Government Websites Must Be Accessible to People with Disabilities by April 24. Here's What Families Need to Know.
Legal > Advocacy

Government Websites Must Be Accessible to People with Disabilities by April 24. Here's What Families Need to Know.

By Noah Bennett
...standard for state and local government digital services. For disability families, this means Medicaid application...school district communications, benefit eligibility systems, court document access, library catalogs, transportation...Bureau data, not by the number of employees or service users. Covered entities include city and county...
Gifted Students with Disabilities: Serving Twice Exceptional Learners in K-12
Education > K-12

Gifted Students with Disabilities: Serving Twice Exceptional Learners in K-12

By James Peterson
...coordinator says they don't qualify for advanced services with those low scores. The special education team...both gifted and disabled, and caught between two systems that refuse to see the whole child. What Twice...programs also meet criteria for special education services, but far fewer receive both. The problem is institutional....
Teaching Self-Advocacy Skills for College: A Transition Checklist
Education > Higher Education

Teaching Self-Advocacy Skills for College: A Transition Checklist

By Diana Foster
...IDEA requires that schools provide self-advocacy instruction in transition services, but most students don't receive it in any meaningful depth. So students...explained their disability to a professor, and never having navigated the system that determines whether they get the supports they need. Then they struggle,...
Disability Resource Centers: Your College Student's Guide to Registration and Services
Education > Higher Education

Disability Resource Centers: Your College Student's Guide to Registration and Services

By Diana Foster
...DRC, sometimes called a Disability Services Office or Access Services. It's free,...Disability Services Office or Access Services. It's free, it's there for students...exceptions. Here's how to navigate the system before the first day of class. What...provide tutoring, therapy, or medical services. It arranges reasonable accommodations...

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