Consent: SON CAN’T ATTEND SCHOOL IF I DON’T SIGN IEP?
Deirdre: My son’s teacher told me if I didn’t sign the IEP, he couldn’t receive any services from her, or attend school. Is this true? Thank you
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Restraint: RESTRAINT AND ABUSE
Catharine: Last year I walked into my son’s classroom and found him tied in 5 point mechanical restraints (brain injury and nonverbal child) aide was “retrained”. New school same aide Continue Reading →
Consent: SCHOOL CHANGED IEP WITHOUT PARENTS AGREEING
Robert: What options do parents have when a school changes their child’s IEP, and places them in a SPED room for the entire morning, and in the regular class in Continue Reading →
Transportation: NO AIDE ON MORNING BUS-CHILD HAS ASD, ADHD, AND BEHAVIORS
Jennifer: My son has some behavior problems that can get out of control very quickly. He is currently riding on a special needs transportation bus with a male driver. His Continue Reading →
Speech: SPEECH THERAPY SESSIONS INCLUDE AIDES
Cher: During my son’s group speech therapy session their are aides for other children that sit through the half hour session and it makes my son uncomfortable is this legal?
Parent Rights: REQUESTING PSYCHOLOGIST’S CREDENTIAL
Rosie: As a parent, do I have the right to ask for the child psychologist’s credentials?
Video-Taping: SCHOOL SAYS VIDEO MODELING STUDENT WITH AUTISM AGAINST THE LAW
Debra: I am a special education teacher. One of the students in my class responds well to video modeling which is an evidenced based practice for working with students with Continue Reading →
Honors / AP Classes: IEP STUDENT ENROLLING IN ADVANCED CLASS AGAINST SCHOOL RECOMMENDATION
JA: Suppose a school places an IEP student into a grade-level course (8th grade Language Arts for example), but the parents decide to push their child into the Advanced course Continue Reading →
Teacher Issues: PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY RE CONCERNS ABOUT STAFFING
Girlie: A parent of one of my students who advocates for children with ASD, saw that I have 13 students and I am new to the district. All those kids Continue Reading →
Behavior: VIOLENT BEHAVIOR OF A CHILD WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Lorraine: My daughter is 7 and is in main stream school. She has a 8 year old boy in her class who has additional support needs. In 3 weeks he Continue Reading →
