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 →
Category Archives: Independent Evaluations
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 →
Identifying Inattentive ADHD-1
I am an elementary school special education teacher and I’m concerned that one of my students is being overlooked. I work with a 4th grade student we believe has ADHD-I Continue Reading →
Transitional Programs on College Campuses or in the Community
My daughter, 19, has Down syndrome. The district wants to keep her in high school. I do not feel it is appropriate. I have signed her up at a community 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 →
