Graduation: IEP STUDENT LACKS CREDITS, CONTINUATION SCHOOL NOT AN OPTION
Ema: My son who has an IEP and is a senior is behind schedule to graduate. He failed a few classes, but has been trying hard to make them up Continue Reading →
Author Archives: Community
Class Ratios: TEACHER AIDES IN GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSES
Sonia: How many special education students can you have in a regular education classroom with only one teacher?
Diapering: CHANGING TABLE IN THE OPEN ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM?
Megan: Hello. A colleague is being told that the changing table for her kindergarten-3rd grade students with moderate to severe disabilities, must be kept and used inside her classroom rather Continue Reading →
Services: PERSONAL CARE SERVICES-FEEDING BY UNTRAINED TEACHER
Rachel: I am a special education teacher at a charter school in Texas and have a new student in my class with a severe physical disability, wheelchair bound and non-verbal. Continue Reading →
LRE: NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL AND LRE
Karen: Does a school’s written policy of “educating children with similar needs together” violate the requirement that a child be educated at his neighborhood school?
College / Continuing Ed: COPY OF IEP FROM OVER 15 YEARS AGO?
Nicole: I am trying to help a student receive accommodations in a college setting. Unfortunately, he does not have a copy of his IEP and is 31 years old. How Continue Reading →
Advocacy: DO I HAVE TO HAVE A CHILD WITH DISABILITIES TO BE AN ADVOCATE
Elena: Hello, my question is ,do I have to have a child with disabilities to get informed? I’m really interested in becoming an advocate. I currently work with adults. I Continue Reading →
Transfers: STATE TO STATE MOVE
Kara: My son is on an IEP I just moved this summer to a new state do they have to honor the existing IEP or can they re test and Continue Reading →
Discrimination: WHEN SPECIAL ED STUDENTS DON’T HAVE ELECTIVE OPTIONS
Monica: My son in a 7th grade autistic child. Today the special ed coordinator called me to tell me that my son would not be allowed to take the elective Continue Reading →
Goals: GRADE LEVEL GOALS IN IEP
Dave: If a mild/moderate student with a specific learning disability in a gen. ed setting is several grade levels below his/her current grade in a specific content area, or more Continue Reading →
