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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...
Special Needs > Dyslexia
Dyslexia and College: How Accommodations Change and What Students Need to Know
...IDEA, your school was required to evaluate you, develop an Individualized Education Program (IEP), and provide services to help you succeed. Teachers, counselors,...school was required to evaluate you, develop an Individualized Education Program (IEP), and provide services to help you succeed. Teachers, counselors,...
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...Disabilities Education Act (IDEA),...governing special education....governing special education. Schools must...entitled to an education that meets...(2017), requires education "reasonably...different program, a more intensive...
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...from age 3 through high school. They're separate programs with different eligibility rules, different service...