Special Ed FAPE What does education mean beyond the classic three “R’s” of reading, writing, and arithmetic? We hear a lot about FAPE (free appropriate public education). To be appropriate, education programs for students with disabilities must be designed to meet the…
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Difficult Special Education School Districts Santa Clara Parents have mixed feelings when preparing for their child’s IEP. They hope that their child will get what s/he needs. Parents are concerned with maintaining good working relationships with their child’s school staff….
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There are times in every parent’s life when dealing with the agencies who are supposed to provide services for our child wears us down. We naively thought they would support our child and make their life better. Instead, they seem…
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Advocacy Special Education Santa Clara Advocacy can make a difference. We have clients who knew their children had a disability, and lived in districts that refused to assess. We have seen IEPs where the goals are not measurable or the…
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School District Special Education Games One way that schools try to confuse parents when trying to develop an IEP for a student, is by throwing a LOT of information at them all at once. There is so much to know…
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IEP Help Santa Clara Is your child’s school district doing what they agreed to do in the IEP you spent hours working on? Some school districts fully implement all aspects of the student’s IEP. Others follow some parts of the…
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Special Education Parent Having a child in special education often feels like parenting by committee. You don’t get to make decisions based on what you feel is best for your own child. You have to get the whole team to…
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Year End Special Ed Advocate So much is going on at the end of the school year. Testing, class parties, field trips…..and lots and lots of IEP meetings. It is hard to get all the details taken care of so…
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Special Education Advocacy Ropes Santa Clara There are quite a few ways to learn more about special education and how to know what to ask for and how to ask. Some of us learn out of necessity as the school…
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