Ambitious and Challenging Goals for Children with Cognitive Impairments
Parents often complain to me that their child’s Committee on Special Education (CSE) is trying to lower expectations for their child due...
The "Back-To-School Edition" (Whatever "Back-To-School" Means)
We’re finally there. For months everyone’s been asking, “What’s next year going to look like?” Well, it’s next year. And school...
Don't Want Your Child To Graduate This Year? You May Be In Luck!
There's great news if you don't want your child to graduate this year. I recently wrote a blog post on what parents can do if their...
What's In A Name? The Mysteries of IEP Classification
Parents frequently ask me about the Disability Classification on their children's IEPs. This is usually found at the top of the first...
Life After Corona
At this point, it seems trite to say that the Coronavirus quarantine has been very challenging for children with disabilities and their...
"Sorry, your child doesn't qualify for services because her scores are too high"
Have you heard this before? Remember, the IEP starts with THE evaluation. You can't develop goals for the student until you identify...
Evaluation Delayed is Justice Denied
What to do if your child's initial evaluation for special education is taking too long.
But I Don't Want My Child To Graduate!
What if I DON’T Want my Child to Graduate? Does a school’s FAPE obligations end when my son graduates? Believe it or not, the answer is...
Psst! Can I get my district to pay for that evaluation????
Parents often ask me about getting their school districts to pay for private evaluations. Sometimes their districts ignore their...
Did Someone Say Summer School?
Temperatures are dropping. Snow is falling. Could it be that time of the year again? Yep, you guessed it. Time to think about Summer...
