Sports: DENIED PARTICIPATING IN SPORTS
Lori: I transferred my son out of private HS to our local HS. He is a basketball player and has a 504 in place. His doctor advised that we get Continue Reading →
Author Archives: Community
Absences: SCHOOL SAYS CHILD IS TRUANT
Shelly: My child is in the 2nd grade and has missed enough school for my husband and I to receive a letter from the school that she is classified as Continue Reading →
IEPs: SCHOOL WON’T WRITE IEP FOR A DOCUMENTED MEDICAL CONDITION
Cat: I have a 5th grade son with generalized anxiety disorder and auditory impairments. He has had an IEP for ADHD behavioral only (which he has never been diagnosed), since Continue Reading →
Advocacy: HIRING AN EDUCATION/SPECIAL ED LAWYER
Bob: How does a family determine whether or not an educational lawyer is a quality hire? Qualities? Experience? How does a family determine when an educational lawyer should be fired?
Discipline: HOW TO HANDLE IEP, BULLYING & BEHAVIOR
Michele: Daughter, 13, has an IEP for behavioral issues resulting from anxiety, ocd and ADHD. She is often picked on by two specific students and she retaliates. This results in Continue Reading →
Teacher Issues: PULLING A GEN ED STUDENT FROM HIS CLASSROOM TO A SP NEEDS CLASS WITHOUT AN IEP?
Cecilia: I am a sp needs teacher in a resource room – the gen classroom I push into has a student (who struggles) however, he did not qualify for my Continue Reading →
Re-Evaluations: OMITTING AN EVAL
Miranda: So, among other things, my son came up for Re-evals. At the meeting, I signed Prior Written Notice for a handful of evals, including an Educational Eval (Woodcock, etc.). Continue Reading →
Classification: PLACING ALL KIDS ACCORDING TO CLASSIFICATION
Concerned Mom: Our school district IN WV, started this year by placing all of the Autism kids at one school and all of the BD kids at another. This is Continue Reading →
Eligibility: MEDICAL V. EDUCATIONAL DIAGNOSIS OF AUTISM
Lisa: Confused – My 10 yr old son was diagnosed w/autism Apr 2014. The school (in VA) has ONLY provided a 504 so far. I pushed this yr & they Continue Reading →
Section 504: RELATED SERVICES IN A 504 PLAN
Rebecca: Can a student receive related services (speech, OT, PT) in a 504 plan or just in an IEP?
