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Pre-ETS for Students with IEPs: Workplace Skills Before Graduation
Career > Skills Training

Pre-ETS for Students with IEPs: Workplace Skills Before Graduation

By Dr. Mia Wilson
Your student has an IEP....realize is that students ages 14-21...postsecondary education counseling,...means your student gets more support,...activities to students with disabilities...services your student can request....counseling helps students identify interests,...evolves as your student learns what...fields your student is curious...experiences put students in real work...
Three School Employees Were Arrested for Abusing Children with Disabilities in a Special Education Classroom. Here's What Families Need to Know.
News > Education

Three School Employees Were Arrested for Abusing Children with Disabilities in a Special Education Classroom. Here's What Families Need to Know.

By Diana Foster
...children in a special education classroom, captured...restraining a student in a Rifton chair,...Department of Education's Office for Civil...children in special education, especially non-verbal...especially non-verbal students, face elevated...conduct in a special education classroom. Video...interactions with students that led to criminal...disclosed how many students were affected or...
IEP Services Can't Be Cut by a Budget Crisis. Here's How to Hold Your School Accountable.
Education > Special Education

IEP Services Can't Be Cut by a Budget Crisis. Here's How to Hold Your School Accountable.

By Ms. Charlotte Perkins
...(Free Appropriate Public Education). That obligation is...Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and it doesn't...the Office of Special Education Programs in 2025, gutting...annually for special education services like speech...requirement. Every eligible student must receive the services...entitled to special education and related services...
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.
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.

By Diana Foster
...rejecting transfer students based on disability...school-choice families. Students with IEPs and 504...state Department of Education, a student's home...Department of Education, a student's home district would...continue to pay special education costs under IDEA....applications from students with disabilities...compared to 14% from students without disabilities....
Online Learning Platforms for Students with Disabilities: A Complete Comparison
Education > Online Learning

Online Learning Platforms for Students with Disabilities: A Complete Comparison

By Caroline Harris
...Free, no premium tier Best for: Students who need conceptual depth, visual...parents. Task initiation is on the student. Khan Academy delivers comprehensive...patient, visual, and procedural. A student struggling with fractions gets multiple...and the pacing is controlled by the student. For dyscalculia, the visual models...
Gifted Students with Disabilities: Serving Twice Exceptional Learners in K-12
Education > K-12

Gifted Students with Disabilities: Serving Twice Exceptional Learners in K-12

By James Peterson
...The special education team says they're...This is the 2e student experience: twice...exceptional students have documented...suggest 14-17% of students in gifted programs...for special education services, but...and special education operate as separate...domains. Special education focuses on areas...of deficit. A student who excels in...reader. The student...
Best Colleges for Students with Disabilities: A Comparison of Top Support Programs
Education > Higher Education

Best Colleges for Students with Disabilities: A Comparison of Top Support Programs

By Diana Foster
...career services help students navigate workplace disclosure...program designed for students who need daily check-ins,...the right model to your student's needs is more useful...institution offers it. Students request accommodations,...check-in structure. Your student manages their own schedule,...sometimes peer mentoring. Students meet weekly or biweekly...
Disability Resource Centers: Your College Student's Guide to Registration and Services
Education > Higher Education

Disability Resource Centers: Your College Student's Guide to Registration and Services

By Diana Foster
Your student has been accepted...whether your student gets the accommodations...it's there for students who need accommodations,...reach out to your student first. Registration...self-initiated. If your student doesn't register,...accommodations for students with documented...accommodations so students can access the...Even if your student had an IEP or...on them. Your student must register...
Standardized Testing Accommodations: Making Sure Your Child's IEP Supports Transfer to State Tests
Education > Accommodations

Standardized Testing Accommodations: Making Sure Your Child's IEP Supports Transfer to State Tests

By Benjamin Thompson
...barrier without changing the skill being tested. A student with dyslexia can demonstrate their reading comprehension...reason. If the test measures math reasoning and the student's disability affects reading, reading the problem...because the test is specifically measuring the student's ability to decode and understand written text....
Sensory Accommodations Checklist: What to Request for Autism, ADHD, and SPD
Education > Accommodations

Sensory Accommodations Checklist: What to Request for Autism, ADHD, and SPD

By Benjamin Thompson
...headphones or earplugs Request: "Student will have access to noise-canceling...testing. Headphones will be kept at the student's desk for immediate use without requesting...from high-traffic areas Request: "Student will be seated away from the door,...fire drills and alarms Request: "Student will receive 24-hour advance notice...
Dyslexia and College: How Accommodations Change and What Students Need to Know
Special Needs > Dyslexia

Dyslexia and College: How Accommodations Change and What Students Need to Know

By Leslie Turner
...IDEA covers K–12 students because schools...identify and support students with disabilities....accommodations only when students request them. No...because college students are considered...academic lives. Students with dyslexia can...self-advocacy, and most students don't realize that...Individualized Education Program (IEP),...responsibility to the student. Colleges must...
Inside Inclusive Classrooms: What Co-Teaching Models Actually Look Like
Global Insights > Education

Inside Inclusive Classrooms: What Co-Teaching Models Actually Look Like

By Amelia Scott
...says "general education classroom with...come from educational research...checking in with students who need support....knows which students to prioritize,...reteaching. Students don't view...The special education teacher sits...only when a student raises their...assigned to one student in a mainstream...The special education teacher intervenes...only with students...

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