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30 States Failed to Meet Federal Special Education Requirements This Year. Here's How to Use Your State's Rating to Push Back.
...Department of Education handed every family...scorecard for special education, the...scorecard for special education, the review required...with Disabilities Education Act. Just 20 states...early intervention programs for children from...off much of its special education oversight...of its special education oversight to the...Linscott, director of education and family policy...
Assistive Tech > Software
The Most Accessible Apps and Software for People with Disabilities
...users, NVDA remains the tool most special education programs teach first. It's...NVDA remains the tool most special education programs teach first. It's free, open...remains the tool most special education programs teach first. It's free, open source,...exposure to JAWS in a transition program before entering a workplace that requires...
Education > K-12
What to Look for in an Adaptive Summer Camp for Your Child
...counselors with actual experience: a background in special education, a certification in behavioral support,...with actual experience: a background in special education, a certification in behavioral support, or years...camp places kids with disabilities into general programming alongside typically developing peers, with...
Lifestyle > Art
VSA Arts Certification: What It Means for Inclusive Art Programs
...comparing art programs for your child...their MFA. Another program mentions "VSA training"...disabilities. VSA (Very Special Arts, now branded...teaching artists, and program administrators...It's not a degree program and it doesn't...replace formal art education credentials, but...professional development programs focus on three...from a social and educational perspective, adapting...
Financial > Financial Planning
Medicaid Estate Recovery and Special Needs Trusts
When families establish special needs trusts, they often...lifetime: therapies, education, recreation, medical...decades, the estate recovery program can target assets that...pass through probate. Special needs trusts exist partly...process. But not all special needs trusts work the...Requirement. A first-party special needs trust holds money...
Education > Special Education
IEP Services Can't Be Cut by a Budget Crisis. Here's How to Hold Your School Accountable.
...Appropriate Public Education). That obligation...Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and...the Office of Special Education Programs...Office of Special Education Programs in 2025,...Special Education Programs in 2025, gutting...annually for special education services...for special education services like...entitled to special education and...entitled to special education and related services...
Assistive Tech > Mobility
Wheelchair-Accessible School Bus Transportation: Legal Rights and Practical Solutions
...Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), transportation...child to access their education. If your child's wheelchair...disability to benefit from special education." Transportation...benefit from special education." Transportation falls...their Individualized Education Program (IEP) and provided...Individualized Education Program (IEP) and provided at...
News > Education
New Hampshire's Open Enrollment Bill Would Force Schools to Accept Students with Disabilities. Here's What Families with IEPs and 504 Plans Need to Know.
...currently rejected from open enrollment programs at rates two to three times higher...According to the state Department of Education, a student's home district would continue...home district would continue to pay special education costs under IDEA. But the...district would continue to pay special education costs under IDEA. But the receiving...
Education > Special Education
Sensory-Friendly Community Events for Autism Acceptance Month
...across the country respond with sensory-friendly programming. Museums offer quiet hours. Theaters run modified...April brings a concentration of autism-focused programming that doesn't exist the rest of the year. Venues...shows up in how events are structured: acceptance programming assumes autistic ways of engaging with the...
Education > Special Education
How Families Find Sensory-Friendly Community Events for Children with Autism
...deliver the same experience. You're looking for programs where your child can participate without the sensory...and many venues offer sensory-friendly hours or special programming. Year-round options exist too. The...venues offer sensory-friendly hours or special programming. Year-round options exist too. The challenge...
Education > K-12
Gifted Students with Disabilities: Serving Twice Exceptional Learners in K-12
...scores. The special education team...The special education team says they're...students in gifted programs also meet...criteria for special education services,...for special education services, but...institutional. Gifted programs and special...programs and special education operate...and special education operate as...across domains. Special education focuses...domains. Special education focuses on...
Special Needs > Learning Differences
IEP or 504: Which Plan Does Your Child with a Learning Difference Need?
...Provides. An IEP (Individualized Education Program) is a legal document...(Individualized Education Program) is a legal document created...Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). It exists because...it adversely affects their educational performance. Both parts matter....a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE), meaning the services...