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What’s New in Schools? – It’s Called RtI

Starting now it will be much harder (in fact, I think nearly impossible in Florida)to get your learning disabled (“LD”) child special education services. That said, special ed services historically haven’t helped LD kids very much. So, let’s hope these changes are all for the good. Children with behavior problems may not receive special ed services as easily as before either.

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Congress Comes to the Rescue of Learning Disabled Students: Now Easier to Get a 504 Plan

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 >

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

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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Can A Child with Behavior Problems Survive in a Regular Classroom?

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 >

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