IEPs: TEACHER SAYS I (PARENT) DON’T NEED TO ATTEND IEP MEETING
Roberta: A teacher recently told me that I didn’t need to come to my son’s IEP meeting since we were going to meet again in a few weeks to review Continue Reading →
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Placement: IS A NEW ASSESSMENT NECESSARY FOR CHANGE OF PLACEMENT?
Silvia: When considering a change of placement for a student already in special education, are new assessments required?
Nursing Services: IS SCHOOL REQUIRED TO HAVE FULL TIME NURSE FOR CHILD WITH DIABETES?
Marg: Her private school only has a nurse four days a week and no substitute if she is out a day. Is the school required to have a full time Continue Reading →
Behavior: BAD BEHAVIOR IN CLASS
Janice: I have a child in my class who severley disrupts the whole class to the extent where it IS having a negative impact on the students who want to Continue Reading →
Goals: ADDING ACADEMIC GOALS TO A SPEECH IEP
Lori: Can academic goals for a student, far below grade level, be added to an existing speech IEP or does the full SPED assessment have to happen to add academic Continue Reading →
How to Avoid Having a Related Service Downgraded to RTI
My district recently tried to wriggle out of its legal obligation to provide my child with his documented related service by moving him “up” to Response to Intervention (RTI). Here’s Continue Reading →
IEP Meeting: ATTENDEES AT THE IEP MEETING
Tom: Can a parent require (beside whom the law says must attend) require specific staff to attend an IEP meeting? Can a parent require the students entire teaching team to Continue Reading →
IEPs: IEP MEETING AND DOCUMENTED NEED FOR FUTURE SERVICES
Mike: My daughter is deaf and hears with a cochlear implant in one ear and a hearing aid in the other. In one month, she will be receiving her second Continue Reading →
Evaluations: SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST REFUSES TO EVALUATE IF PARENT REQUEST IS VERBAL NOT WRITTEN
d: A teacher informed the newly hired school psychologist (the third psychologist this year) that a parent verbally requested that their child be tested to see of the child still Continue Reading →
Visual Impairment: ADVOCACY AND SERVICES FOR VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
Donna: My son has a visual impairment. What materials do you suggest I get to best advocate for him and receive the services he needs? Right now he is in Continue Reading →
