special needs
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Take Inventory of Your School Supplies for Special Education Students
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Whether you have a young child or teenager with special needs, you will want them to have everything they need for the upcoming school year. It is never too early to take an inventory of any school supplies you have from last year that might be re-used or re-purposed. Knowing ahead of time what you…
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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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3 Reasons to Add “Teachers’ Notes” to the IEP and 3 Reasons It’s a Mess
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Originally published: March 22, 2016 Updated: July 26, 2024 This post has been updated as technology in schools, such as “Canvas” and “Blackboard,” have been updated to where students can log on from virtually anywhere to access their lesson assignments and classwork. Since the onset of Covid and distance learning, many accommodations have changed or…
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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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Why Neurofibromatosis Is Still Not About the Tumors
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Today, May 17 is Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day. Not a day to celebrate, but a day to communicate. A day to declare the horrible, ugly symptoms of a disease that makes people prisoners in their own home. A disease that turns heads while the sufferers must hear the vile insults shouted from across the room. There,…