Advocacy Tips Advocate Help Santa Clara County How IEPs are supposed to work There are times a parent can attend an IEP and get their child what they need. We have attended IEPs where the team looks closely at what…
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Bay Area Special Education Advocacy Crumbs Leigh and Susie get calls daily from frustrated parents. IEP conversations have gotten to the point where the parents are asking for basic services, and Districts are telling them they cannot provide them. Not only…
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IEP Team Membership Special Ed Advocate San Jose Parents are equal members of the IEP team. This is not in dispute. Our ability to participate fully is often deliberately limited by the rest of the IEP team. When To Meet?…
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IEP Insider Tricks Cupertino Part 3 How to ask for what your student needs Schools are required to identify children who may have special needs or may be at risk. It may surprise you that some school districts will fail to…
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IEP Insider Tricks Sunnyvale Part 2 Write it down! Susie and Leigh want to emphasize this statement when it comes to your child’s IEP. If it is not in writing, then it never happened. Some of the items this includes…
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Special Education IEP Options Santa Clara Your child has an IEP. Did you know students with an IEP have many options for how to receive the services specified in their IEP? Your child’s district will not share all the available…
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IEP Advocate Basics San Jose Part 2 Your child’s needs, and assessments Your child’s school district has agreed to assess your child in all suspected areas of disability. The assessment plan must: – Assess the student in all areas of suspected disability….
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IEP Advocate Basics Campbell Santa Clara Many parents have a clear idea of what their child needs to be able to learn. One example is a one to one aide to support their student’s safety or ability to focus. Another is adequate speech…
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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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