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Assistive Tech > Hearing
Real-Time Captioning for Deaf Students: CART vs. Auto-Captions and What Works
A deaf student sitting in a mainstream classroom with auto-captions...sentences, a lab instruction where accuracy affects safety. The 2014 Joint Committee on Infant Hearing's position...Committee on Infant Hearing's position on access for students with hearing loss specifies full access to...
Assistive Tech > Apps
Stop Bullies App is Education and Prevention Mechanism
...iAlertEM is an app that allows students to anonymously send bullying...Studio. It works by allowing student to send a picture, message,...the tip is sent anonymously, students do not have to be afraid to...about bullying activity, and students were actually posting footage...too late to intervene, and students end up getting hurt. "I wanted...
News > Education
States Are Putting Cameras in Special Education Classrooms. Advocates Have Questions. Here's What Families Need to Know.
...classroom cameras stems from cases where nonverbal students couldn't report mistreatment. Oscar's Law is named...mistreatment. Oscar's Law is named for a West Virginia student whose mother discovered he was being shoved and...requirements. Supporters argue cameras protect students who can't advocate for themselves. The footage...
Education > K-12
Teaching Special Needs Kids to Swim
...takes a patient understanding of each swimming student as well as a well-thought-out plan for how the...Utilize appropriate adaptive equipment — Some students may benefit from adaptive equipment that makes...help children with motor disorders enjoy swimming safely. For children with tubes in the ears, specialized...
Special Needs > Respiratory Health
Trach and Ventilator Care at School: A Planning Guide for Families
...homebound instruction. You're being told this is about safety, about liability, about what's realistic. The standard...safe. What IDEA Requires for Medically Complex Students. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act...doesn't make it legally compliant. If your child can safely attend school with nursing coverage and emergency...
Lifestyle > Art
VSA Arts Certification: What It Means for Inclusive Art Programs
...if it's marketing language, or if it signals real expertise in teaching students with disabilities. VSA (Very Special Arts, now branded as VSA and The Kennedy...participation are often environmental or instructional, not inherent to the student. A VSA-trained teacher learns to see a child arranging materials in repetitive...
Legal > Government Benefits
When Your Child with Disabilities Can Work While Receiving SSI
...relevant for young adults still in school is the Student Earned Income Exclusion. Student Earned Income...school is the Student Earned Income Exclusion. Student Earned Income Exclusion (SEIE). SEIE lets students...Student Earned Income Exclusion (SEIE). SEIE lets students under 22 who are regularly attending school exclude...
Career > Skills Training
Pre-ETS for Students with IEPs: Workplace Skills Before Graduation
Your student has an IEP. You've...realize is that students ages 14-21 with...early 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 they...fields your student is curious about,...experiences put students in real work...
News > Education
Three School Employees Were Arrested for Abusing Children with Disabilities in a Special Education Classroom. Here's What Families Need to Know.
...child's ear to improperly restraining a student in a Rifton chair, a positioning device...education, especially non-verbal students, face elevated risks when staff aren't...captured staff interactions with students that led to criminal charges. Franklin...hasn't publicly disclosed how many students were affected or the timeline of the...
Education > Special Education
IEP Services Can't Be Cut by a Budget Crisis. Here's How to Hold Your School Accountable.
...technology and specialized equipment, many timed to begin toward the end of 2026. But here's what hasn't changed: IDEA's FAPE requirement. Every eligible student must receive the services written in their IEP, and a school's inability to pay for those services doesn't change that. What FAPE Guarantees and What...
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.
...districts from rejecting transfer students based on disability status...for school-choice families. Students with IEPs and 504 plans are...Department of Education, a student's home district would continue...enrollment applications from students with disabilities in 2021-2022,...2021-2022, compared to 14% from students without disabilities. One...
Education > Online Learning
Online Learning Platforms for Students with Disabilities: A Complete Comparison
...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...