kristina@partnerstx.org, Author at Partners Resource Network

22 01, 2018

Parent Participation in IEP Meetings

kristina@partnerstx.org2018-07-23T14:34:38-05:00

IEP meetings can be emotional and overwhelming, but knowing how to work with the education team effectively is very important. You are a key member of the IEP team with the unique perspective that comes with the long view of your child’s developmental history, dreams, and resources. Your participation is very important. As the IDEA notes: “Almost 30 years of research and experience has demonstrated that the education of children with disabilities can be made more effective by… strengthening the role and responsibility of parents and ensuring that families … have meaningful opportunities to participate in the education of their children [...]

Parent Participation in IEP Meetingskristina@partnerstx.org2018-07-23T14:34:38-05:00

19 01, 2018

New & Improved IEP Meetings

kristina@partnerstx.org2018-01-08T12:57:10-06:00

The words, “IEP meeting,” can strike fear in the hearts of parents and educators alike. Anger, apprehension, dread, and a variety of other emotions may rise to the surface in anticipation of the meeting in which an Individual Education Program is written for a student who receives special education services. But we can change this! And many of the tips from Kathie Snow's "New & Improved" IEP Meetings article can be used at any type of “I” meeting. Download the PDF at https://nebula.wsimg.com/b28c3c44036764e26f7d1be3a7042856?AccessKeyId=9D6F6082FE5EE52C3DC6&disposition=0&alloworigin=1

New & Improved IEP Meetingskristina@partnerstx.org2018-01-08T12:57:10-06:00

18 01, 2018

Outcomes, Benefits and Drawbacks of Speech Therapy

kristina@partnerstx.org2019-07-02T11:39:15-05:00

The goal of speech therapy is to improve skills that will allow your child to communicate more effectively. There are other benefits as well.

Outcomes, Benefits and Drawbacks of Speech Therapykristina@partnerstx.org2019-07-02T11:39:15-05:00

17 01, 2018

What Treatments are Available for Speech, Language and Motor Issues for Children with Autism?

kristina@partnerstx.org2018-07-23T14:24:33-05:00

The following therapies—also called “allied health services”—address symptoms commonly associated with autism, but are not specific to the disorder. Speech-Language Therapy Most autism behavioral intensive therapy programs include speech-language therapy. With a variety of techniques, speech-language therapy addresses a range of challenges often faced by persons with autism. For instance, some individuals on the autism spectrum do not speak, while others love to talk but have difficulty using conversational speech and/or understanding the nuances of language and nonverbal cues when talking with others. Speech-language therapy is designed to coordinate the mechanics of speech with the meaning and social use of language. [...]

What Treatments are Available for Speech, Language and Motor Issues for Children with Autism?kristina@partnerstx.org2018-07-23T14:24:33-05:00

16 01, 2018

What are Supplementary Aids and Services?

kristina@partnerstx.org2018-07-23T14:24:46-05:00

According to IDEA, Supplementary Aids and Services means, aids, services and other supports that are provided in regular education classes or other education-related settings to enable children with disabilities to be educated with nondisabled children to the maximum extent appropriate. Supplementary Aids and Services can include changes in: […]

What are Supplementary Aids and Services?kristina@partnerstx.org2018-07-23T14:24:46-05:00

15 01, 2018

7 Assessment Tools to Identify Strengths

kristina@partnerstx.org2018-07-23T14:26:22-05:00

It is part of federal law that students with special needs should have their strengths identified and described in their IEPs (IDEA 2004 Section 1414(d)(3)(A)). And yet, when I search the special education literature online, I find virtually nothing dedicated to identifying strengths in these students. If a student is having difficulty in school, what they need is to have adults around them who see the very best in them, not just their deficits, disorders, and dysfunctions. I’ve created an informal 165-item strength-based checklist in my book “Neurodiversity in the Classroom: Strength-Based Strategies to Help Students with Special Needs Succeed in School [...]

7 Assessment Tools to Identify Strengthskristina@partnerstx.org2018-07-23T14:26:22-05:00

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