{"id":22340,"date":"2017-11-09T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=22340"},"modified":"2017-11-06T13:18:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T17:18:03","slug":"the-military-child-law-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/the-military-child-law-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"The Military Child: Law + Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"The%20Military%20Child%3A%20Law%20%2B%20Resources\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><em>Nearly 2 million children and youth are military-connected, with the largest group under <\/em><br \/>\n<em>5 years of age. Approximately 20 percent or more have special needs<\/em><em>. <\/em>&#8211; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)<\/p>\n<p>November is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.military.com\/military-family-appreciation-month\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Military Family Appreciation Month<\/span> <\/a>&#8211; a time set aside to recognize the military family.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22382\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/mil.girl_.dad_.900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"335\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this post about the unique challenges of military families who have children with exceptional needs, we salute these military families and children and honor their sacrifices.<\/p>\n<p>Military families who have children with special needs face unique problems. These children transfer schools often and sometimes attend school overseas.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve included information and resources to help military families locate programs, services, and supports to meet their needs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking at a PCS this summer?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Military families cannot pick when they move, or the installation. But they can pick the school system they move into. &#8220;Why not go shopping?&#8221; says LTC Elizabeth Schuchs-Gopaul, USAF.<\/p>\n<p>Military parents should read these two articles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/move.schls.shop.gopaul.htm\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Finding the Right Program Before You Move<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/mil.parents.12things.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Legal Issues Facing Military Families with Special Needs Children.<\/span><\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Also you might want to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/militarychild.handout.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><strong>download<\/strong> Pete&#8217;s handout<\/span> <\/a>that he provides at his training for military families.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ulrzR4o02Vc&amp;feature=youtu.be\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0px solid #000000; margin-left: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/images\/inhouse\/YouTube.icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"22\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ulrzR4o02Vc&amp;feature=youtu.be\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Military Child with Special Needs video<\/span><\/a> on the Wrightslaw YouTube Channel.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"678\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ulrzR4o02Vc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/mil.discount.htm\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Military Discounts<\/span><\/a> in the Wrightslaw Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 2 million children and youth are military-connected, with the largest group under 5 years of age. Approximately 20 percent or more have special needs. &#8211; National Institute of Child <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/the-military-child-law-resources\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[486],"tags":[817,816,1335,1473],"class_list":["post-22340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-military-families","tag-comparable-ieps","tag-dodea","tag-military-families","tag-military-family-appreciation-month"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22340"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22387,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22340\/revisions\/22387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}