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Special Needs > Dyslexia
How to Request a School Evaluation for Dyslexia: Your Rights and the Step-by-Step Process
...Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), you have the legal...principal or director of special education creates a paper...principal or director of special education creates a paper trail. Verbal...my child is eligible for special education services under IDEA."...child is eligible for special education services under IDEA." Specific...
News > Research
What Evidence-Based Really Means in Special Education and Therapy
The term shows up everywhere, but it doesn't always mean the same thing. Here's how to tell the difference.
Global Insights > Education
Inside Inclusive Classrooms: What Co-Teaching Models Actually Look Like
...child's IEP says "general education classroom with co-teaching...These models come from educational research on collaborative...like when it fails: The special education teacher sits...it fails: The special education teacher sits in the back...during observation: The special education teacher intervenes...observation: The special education teacher intervenes only...
Special Needs > Visual Impairments
Braille and Technology: Why Your Child with Visual Impairment Needs Both
...won't develop the reading and writing skills your child needs for school and work. Both perspectives come from people who care about your child's education. Both sound convincing. And you're left trying to choose between two tools that seem to serve the same purpose. Here's what the research shows: it's...
Education > K-12
FAPE and LRE Explained: A Parent's Guide to Your Child's Rights Under IDEA
...early in your special education journey:...your special education journey: FAPE...your child's educational rights under...Appropriate Public Education. LRE means Least...Disabilities Education Act (IDEA),...law governing special education. Schools...governing special education. Schools must...entitled to an education that meets their...(2017), requires education "reasonably...
Education > K-12
When Your Child Refuses to Go to School: Understanding Anxiety-Based School Refusal
...genuinely wrong. This pattern has a name: school refusal. And for students with special needs, it's rarely about not wanting to learn. School refusal is anxiety-driven...is the message when words aren't enough. What Drives School Refusal in Special Needs Students. Sensory overwhelm ranks high among anxiety triggers. Cafeterias,...
Education > Other
Charter Schools and Special Education: What Parents Need to Know
...charters handle special education. Maybe...handle special education. Maybe a school...same federal special education law...federal special education law that applies...Disabilities Education Act), and it...appropriate public education. Charter schools...governance, but special education isn't...but special education isn't one of...appropriate public education (FAPE) to students...
Education > Other
Twice Exceptional Students: When Your Child Is Both Gifted and Has a Disability
...students slip through the cracks, how to get dual identification, and what educational services work for kids who need both challenge and support. What Twice...disability. The giftedness can show up in verbal reasoning, math, visual-spatial skills, creative thinking, or specific subject domains. A 2e student's...
Education > Online Learning
Universal Design for Learning: What Parents Need to Know About Accessible Online Education
...accessibility. UDL is the framework underlying genuinely accessible online education, but it's described in academic language that keeps parents from evaluating...Learning is a teaching framework developed by CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology) built on three principles: Multiple means of representation:...
Education > Early Intervention
What Happens When Early Intervention Ends at Age 3: The Transition to Preschool Special Education
...covers early intervention from birth to age 3. Part B covers preschool special education from age 3 through high school. They're separate programs with...early intervention from birth to age 3. Part B covers preschool special education from age 3 through high school. They're separate programs with different...
Education > Special Education
The 13 Disability Categories Under IDEA: Who Qualifies for Special Education
...qualifies for special education....special education. Then you...diagnosis and special education...special education eligibility...Disabilities Education Act) requires...affect their educational performance...of that equation matters....general education setting,...adversely affect educational performance...requires special education,...special education, not just...evaluate educational impact...
Education > Special Education
Aging Out of Special Education: A Parent's Guide to Transition Services and 18-22 Programs
Your child's special education services don't end at high... Your child's special education services don't end at high school...in these areas: Post-secondary education or training: what comes after high...certificate programs, or continuing education Employment: competitive integrated...