Special Offer! Wrightslaw Special Education Law, 3rd Edition
Wrightslaw Special Education Law expanded to include Section 504, ADA, IDEA, and other special education laws. Continue Reading →
Category Archives: College & Continuing Education
Find Your Dream Job: Know Your Interests
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“My son is 21 and attends a local college. He likes computers but has trouble passing the classes required for computer technology. He gets F’s. He seems depressed and lost. Continue Reading →
Long COVID under Section 504 and IDEA: A Resource Guide for Children, Students, Educators, Schools, Service Providers, and Families
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Many children and young adults who planned to return to school in the fall struggle to recover from “long COVID.” The terms “long COVID” and “long haul COVID” refer to Continue Reading →
Why You Need to Begin Transition Planning Early
“My child is 14. When I requested a transition plan and transition services, the IEP team said they don’t have to provide transition services until he is 16. Is this Continue Reading →
Help! My son with LD is graduating. Who will write his 504 when he loses his IEP?
Gina-Marie writes – Help! My son with LD and an IEP is graduating from high school and I understand he will lose his IEP. Will he have a 504 now Continue Reading →
Accommodations for High School Students in Advanced Placement (AP) Classes
Can my high school student with a learning disability take an AP class? The school told us AP classes were not for kids with LD. This is discrimination that is Continue Reading →
Should We Discontinue Services & Terminate the IEP?
My daughter is an 18 year old junior who misses school because of migraines. She has an IEP for reading problems. The Special Ed teacher doesn’t believe she has headaches, Continue Reading →
How Can I Get My Son’s IEP Updated for College?
My son’s IEP was last updated in 3rd grade. He is now a senior at a private christian school. How can I get his IEP updated for college? There are Continue Reading →
Testing Accommodations for ACT and SAT
My daughter’s evaluation results said, she “may experience difficulty in retrieving phonological information from long-term or permanent memory, as well as difficulty executing a sequence of operations quickly and repeatedly.” Continue Reading →
Caution! Don’t Let the Transition Plan Fail Your Child
My daughter has autism. Her goal is to get a college degree, not a specific kind of high school diploma. Her high school told us she did not need a Continue Reading →