kristina@partnerstx.org, Author at Partners Resource Network

12 06, 2018

Comments that Parents Hear: “Modifications and Accommodations Are the Same Thing.”

kristina@partnerstx.org2018-07-23T14:33:09-05:00

Recall the Law There is no definition or mention of these terms in IDEA regulations. It is generally accepted that “Accommodations are changes in how a student accesses information and demonstrates learning. Accommodations do not substantially change the instructional level, content, or performance criteria. The changes are made in order to provide a student with equal access to learning and equal opportunity to show what he or she knows and can do. Accommodations can include changes in the following: presentation and/or response format and procedures; instructional strategies; time/scheduling; environment; and equipment.” and “Modifications are changes in what a student is expected to [...]

Comments that Parents Hear: “Modifications and Accommodations Are the Same Thing.”kristina@partnerstx.org2018-07-23T14:33:09-05:00

7 06, 2018

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

kristina@partnerstx.org2018-07-23T14:33:22-05:00

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education. FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to their children’s education records. These rights transfer to the student when he or she reaches the age of 18 or attends a school beyond the high school level. Students to whom the rights have transferred are “eligible students.” […]

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)kristina@partnerstx.org2018-07-23T14:33:22-05:00

7 06, 2018

What Does Parent Participation Mean in the Procedural Safeguards?

kristina@partnerstx.org2024-04-12T14:24:33-05:00

Ask five people and you might easily get five different answers, including at least one response of, “Huh?” The term procedural safeguards sounds rather legalistic and perhaps even a little scary. When it comes to education, what or who needs to be safeguarded? Children? Parents? Teachers? Schools? For our purposes, Procedural Safeguards are a set of requirements to ensure that children with disabilities are provided with a free appropriate public education, according to the standards and mechanisms established by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and its regulations. Stated in another way, Procedural Safeguards serve [...]

What Does Parent Participation Mean in the Procedural Safeguards?kristina@partnerstx.org2024-04-12T14:24:33-05:00

6 06, 2018

What is Educational Need?

kristina@partnerstx.org2019-11-14T14:39:21-06:00

Under the IDEA children with disabilities are entitled to a "free appropriate public education (FAPE) designed to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education, employment, and independent living. FAPE requires that a school district provide special education and related services designed to meet the needs of a particular student and are in conformity with the IEP. There is a two part process in determining if a student is to be provided services through special education. Federal regulations require that eligibility for special education services be determined by a two-step process based on: 1. The presence of a disability, [...]

What is Educational Need?kristina@partnerstx.org2019-11-14T14:39:21-06:00

5 06, 2018

Teaching Social Skills to Kids Who Don’t Yet Have Them

kristina@partnerstx.org2018-07-23T14:35:46-05:00

Do any of these comments sound familiar? “I tell him to stop doing that, but he keeps on doing it. This kid must have been raised by wolves!” “That kid knows how she is supposed to behave. She CHOOSES to misbehave.” “I ask him what he is supposed to be doing and he can tell me. He knows better, so why isn’t he doing it?” Yep. Some kids know “intellectually” what to do, but they’ve never “physically” done it before. It’s difficult for all of us to all-of-the-sudden display a completely different behavior than we’ve been showing for years. Changing a [...]

Teaching Social Skills to Kids Who Don’t Yet Have Themkristina@partnerstx.org2018-07-23T14:35:46-05:00

5 06, 2018

Prior Written Notice of Refusal

kristina@partnerstx.org2018-07-23T14:35:56-05:00

Prior written notice of refusal, often referred to as PWN, is frequently mentioned on parent forums and advocacy sites. This post will address what prior written notice of refusal (PWNR) is and how it can assist parents in dealing with public schools to promote the provision of appropriate and required services for their child. Prior Written Notice (PWN) is a procedural safeguard provided in the federal law for parents and is actually broader than PWNR. The IDEA regulations at 300.503 say that a school must give written notice “to the parents of a child with a disability a reasonable time before [...]

Prior Written Notice of Refusalkristina@partnerstx.org2018-07-23T14:35:56-05:00

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