Special Education Law and Advocacy
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 →
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 →
Christa: Can a 504 be filed with a child that has a sensory processing disorder. My child’s school says no.
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Paul: Can my son’s school day be shortened to accommodate the bus schedule? For example, they want him out of school 30 minutes prior to the bell to get him Continue Reading →
Teresa: My son is 8 years old and in the 3rd grade. He has limited expressive/receptive speech disorder and autism. The school is trying to pressure us to put him Continue Reading →
