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Accommodations in Grades K-12. How to Navigate the Public System. . .

Dec 2nd

Posted by AllisonHertog in Accommodations

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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 >

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Finally, Some Good News for Gifted and Disabled!

Feb 6th

Posted by AllisonHertog in Gifted and Disabled

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One of the most challenging and infuriating areas in which I practice is advocating for the gifted and disabled (called “twice exceptional”) these days.  I feel particularly passionately about these cases because I fall into the category of twice exceptional (I suffer from multiple learning disabilities) and when I was a student in public school, I was More >

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