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Even If You Could Get a 1:1 Aide, Here’s Why You May Not Want One.
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I hear it less now than I used to, but parents still routinely ask whether I can help their child get a 1:1 aide (meaning a paraprofessional who is ostensibly hired only to support a single child). My first response is that it’s always been very difficult, but due to budget cuts, it’s more [...]
Miami-Dade School District Cut ESE Funding by Over $46 Million, Broward – $32 Million!
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If you’ve heard your child’s teachers complaining more than ever about scarce classroom resources – or worse, your child has lost classroom support, such as a paraprofessional or an extra teacher – there’s a reason. The most recent data gathered by Washington, DC – based Advocacy Institute shows [...]
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 [...]
Accommodations in Grades K-12. How to Navigate the Public System. . .
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Once the psycho-educational evaluation of your son or daughter is complete (See this post for more details on getting an evaluation), 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 educational [...]
