Assistive Technology does not have any devices that are suitable for my non verbal autistic 4 year old son in the EC program. I have videotaped him using an iPad. He meets the goals when using this iPad. The IEP Team is not the problem. It’s the Board of Education not knowing how to implement […]
Tags: Assistive Technology · communication needs · IPad · non-verbal children · Special Factors
I am a general education teacher. One of my students, who has an IEP, interrupts class several times a day. It is not uncommon for him to blurt out on- and off-topic comments, or start singing, or get up and leave the room. I have been told that there is nothing the school can do […]
Tags: Behavior Intervention Plan · Behavior Problems · FAPE · free appropriate public education · Functional behavior assessment · IEP · Inclusion · Least Restrictive Environment · LRE · Mainstreaming · Postitive Behavior Supports · Special Factors
My son is deaf and low functioning. What are the laws about using an interpreter as a teacher? My son’s education team feels that this is appropriate. I don’t. What is the guidance on this? Interpreters are not teachers. It is ridiculous that an IEP team would design an education plan that does not specify […]
Tags: Evaluations · Highly Qualified Teachers · IEPs · Interpreting Services · Related services · Special Factors
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