A Private Law Firm – Allison Hertog, Esq., M.A.
Posts tagged students with disabilities
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 >
Gov Christ Signs Law on Restraint and Seclusion of Students with Disabilities
Jun 28th
On June 4, Gov Charlie Christ signed into law the state’s first regulations for the use of restraint and seclusion on public school students with disabilities. The law requires that a school prepare an incident report within a specified period after each occasion of student restraint or seclusion and that the school notify the student’s More >
Transition to the “Real” World from FL Public Schools (in a bleak economy no less)
Jan 29th
The IEP meetings are crucial for not only diploma planning, but also for transition planning and career preparation. Good transition goals in the IEP (which are critical years prior to high school graduation) can include workplace experiences that help students learn about employment settings and vocational opportunities and specific plans for developing self-determination skills. IDEA More >
Types of Diplomas cont.
Jan 29th
It is important to realize that a special diploma is not a substitute for a regular standard diploma. With a special diploma, students may or may not be able to enter the work force, enter the military, attend adult basic education classes, or enroll in community colleges or technical centers. Students may be required to More >
If RtI Isn’t Working for Your Child: Knowing Your Legal Rights
Aug 12th
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 by a private or public school psychologist). The evaluation needed to show More >
How Do I Know if My Child Needs Accommodations?
Dec 2nd
If your child is capable of learning and demonstrating his knowledge, but not in the same way, at the same rate or under the same conditions as his or her typical peers,* your child may be legally entitled to accommodations. The first step is to find out if he or she has a disability usually More >
Finally, Some Good News for Gifted and Disabled!
Feb 6th
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 >
