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Bullying May Violate Disabled Child’s Civil Rights
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Bullying is a hot topic in the news lately as well it should. And as a special education attorney I hear about students with disabilities being bullied frequently. See this article from StopBullingNow.com and this site EyesonBullying for good advice about what to do if your child is being [...]
Finally, Some Good News for 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 [...]
Charter Schools Have a Great Opportunity to Serve Sped Students Well
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As many of you may have heard, last spring the U.S. Government Accountability Office issued a study concluding that charter schools enroll a lower percentage of special education students than traditional public schools. The latest is that the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights [...]
Response to Intervention
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Response to Intervention (RTI) is a multi-tier approach to the early identification and support of students with learning and behavior needs. RTI is mandated in many states (including Florida) and used to varying degrees in most states in the country. The RTI process begins with high-quality [...]
If RtI Isn’t Working for Your Child: Knowing Your Legal Rights
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Response to Intervention (RtI) is a 3-tiered process of research-based instruction, which is part of federal law (IDEA 2004). Before RtI, in order to get considered for special education services (an “IEP”) the main thing your struggling learner needed was a psycho-educational evaluation (conducted [...]
