Can the School be Forced to Evaluate a Child?
What can you do if a school team refuses to evaluate a child? What can you do if the school team insists that an evaluation will not provide relevant information Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Independent Evaluations
Should Poor Organizational Skills be Accommodated in an IEP?
What can be included in the IEP accommodations? Can we stipulate in my son’s IEP that he will not be required to keep an assignment notebook, but will have the Continue Reading →
Getting Help for a Child with a Behavior Disorder
My son is in the 10th grade. He has a behavior disorder and he can’t control himself at times. The school does not understand when he gets agitated and angry. Continue Reading →
Child is Aggressive: Will Special Ed Help?
My son is three. He is very aggressive. He is not cognitively delayed, seems bright, knows his alphabet, can count, is learning to recognize letters and numbers by sight. He Continue Reading →
Retention or Promotion? What’s best for my child?
Parent #1: My son wants to be “left behind”. I feel that another year in the smaller, familiar middle school would be less intimidating and give him some time to Continue Reading →
School Evaluations: Should schools provide parents with a copy before an IEP meeting?
Update: OSEP Letter to Anonymous, September 9, 2019. Question: Is it best practice to withhold an educational report from the student, parent, guardian, a special education teacher,or another IEP Team Continue Reading →
Independent Evaluations: Should parents provide a copy for the school?
I have just a short time to post today – I have a flight to MO this afternoon for the conference being held in the Jefferson City area on Thursday. Continue Reading →
