A Private Law Firm – Allison Hertog, Esq., M.A.
Accommodations
Congress Comes to the Rescue of Learning Disabled Students: Now Easier to Get a 504 Plan
Jan 29th
In the past, as many of you know, it has been extremely difficult for a learning disabled student who has performed well in school by compensating for his or her disabilities to obtain a 504 Plan. That was because the law (Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act as interpreted by More >
Accommodations in Grades K-12. How to Navigate the Public System. . .
Dec 2nd
Once the psycho-educational evaluation of your son or daughter is complete (See the Post below entitled “How Do I Know if My Child Needs Accommodations” for more details on this), if a disability is found the next step will be to have a school meeting to determine if that disability significantly impacts his or her More >
Accommodations for Entrance Exams. . .
Dec 2nd
Getting accommodations from the College Board (which administers the SAT, AP exams and others) or from any other standardized testing or professional licensing boards, is even more difficult, and is governed by a whole different set of laws, than getting accommodations in public grade school. When a parent of a disabled child come to me More >
How Do I Know if My Child Needs Accommodations?
Dec 2nd
If your child is capable of learning and demonstrating his knowledge, but not in the same way, at the same rate or under the same conditions as his or her typical peers,* your child may be legally entitled to accommodations. The first step is to find out if he or she has a disability usually More >
Can A Child with Behavior Problems Survive in a Regular Classroom?
Dec 3rd
This issue is really getting to me lately. It seems I have several clients right now who have bright kids who are perfectly capable of doing well in a general education classroom but for their behavior problems. The schools I’m dealing with want to transfer the kids to special education classrooms which are exclusively for kids with “emotional More >
