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September 2024 Disability Awareness Information
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Please see the awareness opportunities for the special needs community throughout September 2024. Guidance and support are available on the websites below. Parents should contact their local offices for information on events and programs. Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Hydrocephalus Awareness Month Newborn Screening Awareness Month Reye’s Syndrome Awareness Month Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Day Sept.…
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August 2025 Disability Awareness Information
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Please see the awareness opportunities for the special needs community throughout August 2025. Parents are urged to contact their local office for information on events and programs. Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month Spinal Muscular Atrophy
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Why It’s Important to Take the Emotion Out of Special Education
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Originally published December 14, 2014 Updated: July 11, 2024 Frequently, I hear from parents who want advice on how to handle their child’s teacher and/or the Individual Education Plan (IEP) meeting. Many want to know ideas and strategies to “win” at getting what they want. In other words, how can they convince a group of…
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2 IEP Items Never to Toss Out
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Updated: July 10, 2024 Original post August 2015 Parents of special education students need a good filing system–whether it be in a desk or online–be mindful of the documents. That being said, there are only two documents that parents should keep. When I say “keep,” I mean locked up in a fire-proof safe needing only…
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Does Your Child Have Special Needs or a Disability?
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Originally published March 2016 Updated April 2024 If you refer to your child as having “special needs” instead of having a “disability” you would not be alone. Many schools refer to some classrooms as “special education” not “disability education.” So, it is only natural that parents would follow suit. Below you will read about an…