Special Ed: IS EVERY CHILD WITH AN IEP “SPECIAL ED”?
Dorothy: Is every child with an IEP considered a “Special Education” Student?
Author Archives: Community
Class Ratios: TEACHER TO STUDENT RATIOS IN SPECIAL ED CLASSROOMS
Catherine: Our high school just reduced the number of SPED classrooms, while cutting staff, and are adding more students. What is the legal limit for the amount of students they Continue Reading →
Section 504: 504 PLANS and PRIVATE SCHOOLS
Stan: Are private schools that accept federal Title I monies required to write 504 Plans for children with disabilities? My school is willing to write an equivalent Alternate Learning Plan. Continue Reading →
FAPE: NOT LETTING SPECIAL NEED KID START SCHOOL (TX)
Hurley: I moved to TX with my special needs child. she had a TBI and requires accommodations. I called in June and July asking about what needed to be done Continue Reading →
Section 504: SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER AND 504
Christa: Can a 504 be filed with a child that has a sensory processing disorder. My child’s school says no.
Discrimination: PRESCHOOL EXCLUSION
Marnie: Our local public school district (in Ohio), excludes special education students from it’s 5-day-a-week, integrated preschool program for four year olds. Students with IEPs are instructed to attend only Continue Reading →
Honors / AP Classes: SCHOOL CHOOSING NOT TO USE IEP ACCOMMODATIONS IN AP CLASSES
Zoe: I am a high school student with high-functioning ASD (Asperger’s) and ADHD. I’ve had an IEP since I was ten, and my list of accommodations hasn’t changed much over Continue Reading →
Absences: RECEIVED NO HELP FROM SCHOOL WHEN CHILD MISSED SEMESTER FOR CHRONIC CONDITION
Jean: my son has chronic functional dysepsia. he had to miss an entire semester while being diagnosed even though the school received documentation from vision and his absences were excused. Continue Reading →
Transportation: DENIED TRANSPORTATION IN IEP
Eva Veronica: My daughter is in preK. She has multiple issues and she recently had an IEP. The school district recommended speech 5 times a week, PT 3 times a Continue Reading →
Discrimination: PRIVATE SCHOOL
Brandon: A Montessori school told us that our 5 year old daughter with a LD could not attend because they didn’t have the resources. This was on her first day Continue Reading →
