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Education > Online Learning
Universal Design for Learning: What Parents Need to Know About Accessible Online Education
...framework underlying genuinely accessible online education, but it's described in academic language that...framework developed by CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology) built on three principles: Multiple...built on three principles: Multiple means of representation: Information is presented in more than one format....
Education > K-12
Special Needs Schools
...other graphical representations of information...children with special needs, traditional...result, teachers in special needs schools must...alternatives for special needs students....schools usually have special needs programs...require them. Special needs teachers...(individualized education programs), which...limitations to the special needs programs...
Education > Early Intervention
What Happens When Early Intervention Ends at Age 3: The Transition to Preschool Special Education
...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...includes both your early intervention team and a representative from your local school district. If you haven't...
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...and transition to Part B: school-based special education. Parents describe this as "falling off a cliff,"...includes your early intervention team, you, and a representative from the school district. The goal is to review...
Legal > Advocacy
How a Special Needs Attorney Can Help You
...comes to hiring a special needs attorney,...to consider. A special education attorney...consider. A special education attorney can be...complex cases or special education cases...cases or special education cases that require...possible. A special needs attorney...Another way a special needs attorney...is to be your representative. This is a great...
Special Needs > Dyslexia
Dyslexia and College: How Accommodations Change and What Students Need to Know
...through their first semester. What Changes When You Leave High School. Under IDEA, your school was required to evaluate you, develop an Individualized Education Program (IEP), and provide services to help you succeed. Teachers, counselors, and case managers initiated meetings and monitored your progress. Your...
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,...