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 →
Category Archives: Question
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 →
Transportation: SHORTENED SCHOOL DAY
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 →
Tests / Alternative Tests: SCHOOL TRYING TO PUSH ALTERNATIVE STATE TESTING
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 →
Re-Evaluations: SCHOOL SAYS RTI FIRST, BEFORE RE-EVALUATION
Kelly: My daughter was first evaluated for Special Ed service in Sept 2015 (High functioning autism) and deemed not eligible for services. Recommendation was that when she started Kindergarten and Continue Reading →
