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Education > K-12
Transition Planning Through K-12: Preparing Your Child for School Changes
...Sensory breaks become "as needed, at teacher discretion." Extended time on tests...exactly what to advocate for, those supports slip away before the ink dries. This...brings a larger building, multiple teachers instead of one homeroom teacher, a...teachers instead of one homeroom teacher, a bell schedule, lockers, less structured...
Education > K-12
The Special Education Evaluation Process: What Parents Need to Know
...a disability? Does that disability affect their ability to learn? What supports would help? The evaluation team (usually a school psychologist, special...help? The evaluation team (usually a school psychologist, special education teacher, and sometimes a speech therapist, occupational therapist, or other specialist)...
Education > Early Intervention
Parent Coaching in Early Intervention: How You Become Your Child's Best Teacher
...Therapy). Parent coaching is a service delivery model in which the therapist teaches you how to support your child's development during everyday routines. The...coaching is a service delivery model in which the therapist teaches you how to support your child's development during everyday routines. The therapist observes...
Education > Accommodations
Sensory Accommodations Checklist: What to Request for Autism, ADHD, and SPD
...know your child needs sensory support at school. The evaluation report...processing challenges." The teacher's noticed they struggle with...IEP or 504 plan, "sensory support" feels too vague to be useful....interpreted differently by every teacher and often forgotten by February....compression, documented in teacher notes" is clear, actionable,...
Special Needs > Multiple Sclerosis
School Accommodations for Children with Multiple Sclerosis
...speed that slows note-taking to a crawl while the teacher moves on. These symptoms are real, measurable,...documented in your child's medical records. But to a teacher who has never worked with pediatric MS, they can...capable of what every other student manages without support. Fatigue is the most common symptom in pediatric...
Global Insights > Education
What U.S. Parents Can Learn from How Other Countries Educate Students with Disabilities
...recognize them. They have individualized support plans, but the baseline is different....the baseline is different. Every teacher completes disability pedagogy training...built in. Schools employ resource teachers who float between classrooms providing...between classrooms providing real-time support. What U.S. parents fight for at IEP...
Global Insights > Education
Inside Inclusive Classrooms: What Co-Teaching Models Actually Look Like
...co-teaching support." You agreed...practices train teachers in all six,...space, and teacher rapport. One...Assist. One teacher leads instruction....students who need support. What it looks...works: Both teachers planned the...The assisting teacher knows which...don't view one teacher as "the helper."...special education teacher sits in the...special education teacher intervenes...
Therapies > Occupational
Why Your Child's Handwriting Struggles May Be an OT Issue (And What to Do About It)
Your child's teacher mentions the handwriting again. Letters are inconsistent, spacing is unpredictable,...allowing the arm to move fluidly across the page. The shoulder stability supports wrist control, which anchors the hand. From there, the fingers execute...
Therapies > Music
Music Therapy for Special Needs Children: What Parents Should Know
...recommends music therapy, you might picture piano lessons with a patient teacher. You're thinking of the wrong thing entirely. Music therapy is a clinical...goals: improving communication, building motor skills, reducing anxiety, or supporting emotional regulation. Sessions are goal-directed and measurable. They're...
Health > Mental Health
The Invisible Child: Supporting Siblings of Kids with Special Needs
...meltdown will happen. Your youngest has started acting out at school, and the teacher wants to talk. These are not isolated incidents. They are the documented...problem is that most families have no roadmap for addressing it. Sibling support is rarely discussed at IEP meetings, not covered in discharge planning,...
Health > Diagnosis
Getting Diagnosed as an Adult: The Late Autism and ADHD Discovery
...settings. Adults who were compliant, high-masking, academically capable, or supported by stable environments often slipped through. The criteria were written...those symptoms were selected because they disrupted classrooms, triggered teacher referrals, or prompted parental concern. A child who is quiet, compliant,...
Education > Special Education
IDEA at 50: What Trump's 2026 Budget Proposal Could Mean for Your Child's Services
...enforced. Part D of IDEA, which funds teacher preparation programs, technical assistance...block grant, the targeted work they support tends to lose its dedicated focus....specifically trained special education teachers and the $39 million each that supported...teachers and the $39 million each that supported technical assistance networks have...