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BREAKING NEWS – Can You Get McKay $ w/o Going Back to Public School?
Jul 26th
Under an incredible brand new law (HB 1505) disabled children can use the McKay Scholarship towards their private school tuition, if they have: a) never used the Scholarship before; and b) attended public school for any year in the last 5 years.** That means that if your disabled child is now in private school without More >
RtI – the details
Sep 7th
RtI is a 3-tiered process of increasingly intensive research- based instruction which is part of federal law (IDEA 2004). At the end of the process (Tier 3), students who are still struggling in reading, math and/or behavior will be eligible for special education services (an “IEP”). The theory of RtI, which is to catch struggling students early and provide high quality research-based instruction, is great.
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 >
