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Education > K-12
FAPE and LRE Explained: A Parent's Guide to Your Child's Rights Under IDEA
...early in your special education...your special education journey: FAPE...your child's educational rights under...under federal law. Understanding...Appropriate Public Education. LRE means...Disabilities Education Act (IDEA),...the federal law governing...governing special education....governing special education. Schools must...entitled to an education that meets...requires education "reasonably...
Education > Other
Charter Schools and Special Education: What Parents Need to Know
...charters handle special education....special education. Maybe a...federal special education...special education law that...education law that applies...schools. That law is IDEA...Disabilities Education Act), and...appropriate public education. Charter...But the law and the...governance, but special education...special education isn't one...federal law, charter...appropriate public education (FAPE) to...
Education > Early Intervention
What Happens When Early Intervention Ends at Age 3: The Transition to Preschool Special Education
...intervention from birth to age 3. Part B covers preschool special education from age 3 through high school. They're...birth to age 3. Part B covers preschool special education from age 3 through high school. They're separate...prepare. When the Transition Timeline Starts. Federal law requires your early intervention team to begin...
Therapies > Occupational
Occupational Therapy for Children with Special Needs: School, Private, or Both?
...the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Under IDEA, schools must...your child's ability to access their education. Educational necessity is a legal...ability to access their education. Educational necessity is a legal standard, not...IDEA defines the obligation. The law provides a floor, not a ceiling. School-based...
Special Needs > Hearing Impairments
IDEA Rights for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Public Schools
...moderate hearing loss was placed in the general education classroom without an FM system, and the teacher...nice to have. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) includes specific protections for students...children who are deaf or hard of hearing. The law recognizes that communication access isn't a bonus....
Special Needs > Down Syndrome
Preparing Your Teen with Down Syndrome for Adult Life: A Transition Planning Guide
...the script most parents grew up with. The federal law (IDEA) requires transition planning to begin no...measurable postsecondary goals in three areas: education or training, employment, and independent living...employment, and independent living skills. What the law doesn't provide is a realistic picture of what those...
Education > Special Education
How to Find an IEP Advocate or Special Education Attorney
...you need a lawyer. Schools...between an educational advocate and...advocate and a special education attorney,...and a special education attorney, and...legal advice. Educational advocate: A...specializes in special education law...in special education law and IEP...special education law and IEP processes...but isn't a lawyer. Educational...isn't a lawyer. Educational advocates know...
Education > Special Education
Special Education Programs Are Moving to HHS. What Does It Mean for Your Child's IEP?
...what many special education...special education advocates...feared: special education...special education programs...Department of Education. They're...federal special education...special education policy....Office of Special Education...Special Education Programs...Department of Education, where...federal special education...special education law. Under...education law. Under...of an education-focused...Department of Education. Moving...
Parenting > Early Intervention
Making the IFSP to IEP Transition at Age 3: A Parent's Roadmap
...of IDEA and transition to Part B: school-based special education. Parents describe this as "falling off...and transition to Part B: school-based special education. Parents describe this as "falling off a cliff,"...their child's third birthday. It doesn't. Federal law requires the transition process to start between...
News > Education
What to Do When You Disagree with Your Child's IEP: Your Rights and Options
...the decision or hire a lawyer. Neither is true. Special...lawyer. Neither is true. Special education law under IDEA...Neither is true. Special education law under IDEA includes...true. Special education law under IDEA includes a...Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) gives parents...optional. It's federal law. If you disagree, that...
News > Education
IEP vs. 504 Plan: Which One Does Your Child Need and What's the Difference?
...with Disabilities Education Act. This is federal...This is federal special education law....federal special education law. It requires...special education law. It requires schools...Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) to students...benefit from their education. 504 Plans are...is civil rights law. It prohibits discrimination...access the same educational opportunities as...
Legal > Advocacy
When Your Child's School Breaks the Rules: A Parent's Guide to Filing Complaints
...violated disability law. Maybe they refused...violate disability law: state complaint,...state's department of education when a school district...district has violated special education law or...violated special education law or procedure....special education law or procedure. This...parents access to educational records The state...district followed the law. If the investigation...