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What Can I Do If I Suspect My Child Has a Learning Disability?
With early recognition and targeted intervention, children with learning disabilities can be helped so that they can ...
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A Helpful Guide for Parents Who Are Concerned About Their Child's Early Reading Skills
You Are the KeyAs the parent of a preschooler, you play an important role in your child's development. Preschoolers are ...
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Five Essential Skills for Becoming Your Child's Advocate
Learning the essential skills to become your child's advocate and ensure your child receives an appropriate education ...
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Knowing Your Child’s Rights
Your child has the right to a free and appropriate public school education. Getting involved in his or her education is ...
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Building and Maintaining a Good Relationship with Your Child's Teacher
Your child is your number one priority, and in a perfect world you could give them everything they need. But let's ...
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IEP Meeting Conversation Stoppers
Some of the statements made to parents at IEP Meetings are "conversation stoppers" - comments that create ...
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IDEA Terms to Know
Accommodations Tools and procedures that provide equal access to instruction and assessment for students with ...
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Helping Students With LD Pass High-Stakes Tests
A growing number of students now take tests that determine whether they will advance to the next grade level. If ...
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Parent Checklist for Special Education
This checklist is designed to be used by parents to aid in their selection or to help improve programs for their young ...
Source: Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), Division of Learning Disabilities (DLD)
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Training Foster Parents to Help Children with Special Education Needs
With funding from the Knowledge Works Foundation, they established the Education Advocacy Center (EAC), designed to ...
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Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)
NICHCY is pleased to connect you with resources on Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for children with ...
Source: National Dissemination Center for Children With Disabilities
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Support for the Transition to Postsecondary Settings for Students With Disabilities
The following sections describe several service coordination roles that assist youth to navigate a transition from high ...
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School Personnel
The general education teacher, the learning disabilities specialist, reading and math specialist, speech-language ...
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The Individualized Education Program: Parental Participation
One of the most important of the IDEA mandates is that parents be equal partners in the IEP process. Parental ...
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Student Placement in Elementary and Secondary Schools and Section 504 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Section 504 Prohibits Discrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs or Activities That Receive Federal ...
Source: U.S. Department of Education
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Children With Special Needs: Your Rights as a Parent
Maine Special Education Regulations, Chapter 101, governs the provision of "equal educational opportunities/free ...
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Questions and Answers On Serving Children With Disabilities Placed by Their Parents at Private Schools
The obligation of states and local education agencies (LEAs) to children with disabilities enrolled by their parents in ...
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Transition: Preschool to Kindergarten
Transition: The Next Step Transition is movement or change without interruption. It should be a smooth flow from one...
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Who Receives Special Education?
In the United States, school-aged children with disabilities are entitled to a free, appropriate public education. It is...
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Should All Students with Learning Disabilities Be Educated in the Regular Classroom?
For the majority of students with learning disabilities, the least restrictive environment for all or most of the school...
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A Community Approach to Keep Severely Disabled Children in Local Schools
It seems like when a student goes into crisis, the first thing we do is refer him to someone else.” (Author...
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Communicating with Your Child's School Through Letter Writing
Introduction Throughout your child's school years, there is always a need to communicate with school: teachers,...
