kristina@partnerstx.org, Author at Partners Resource Network

30 06, 2017

5 Reasons Why Presuming Competence is ALWAYS a Good Idea

kristina@partnerstx.org2018-07-23T14:04:52-05:00

This is an article that Kim, PRN Training & Evaluations Specialist, gives to everyone who works with her son, Hayden. I think all teachers have had students who led them to that “ah-ha” experience that helped them realize why they got into teaching in the first place. The students were eager, curious, funny, stubborn, persistent, or just plain nice kids. It happened for me back in 1992. I was doing some school reform and inclusive education work with a newly built high school in southern New Hampshire. On my first day at the school, I met two incoming 9th graders, both [...]

5 Reasons Why Presuming Competence is ALWAYS a Good Ideakristina@partnerstx.org2018-07-23T14:04:52-05:00

29 06, 2017

Comments that Parents Hear: “Since your child just moved here, there is no reason to review the IEP.”

kristina@partnerstx.org2018-07-12T11:27:42-05:00

How should you respond if the school says: “Since your child just moved here, there is no reason to review the IEP. We will just transfer the old goals to our new forms.” Chuck Noe, Partners Resource Network’s Education Specialist, shares possible options in this post from the Comments that Parents Hear series. The regulations differentiate between a student who has transferred within the state and one who transferred from another state. If the student came from another school within the same state, the new school “in consultation with the parents” must provide FAPE (Free Appropriate Public Education) to the child [...]

Comments that Parents Hear: “Since your child just moved here, there is no reason to review the IEP.”kristina@partnerstx.org2018-07-12T11:27:42-05:00

28 06, 2017

2017 Texas Bills Regarding Education

kristina@partnerstx.org2025-01-09T13:16:44-06:00

Chuck Noe, PRN Education Specialist, shares his insights on newly signed Texas legislation. Please keep in mind that even though a bill is effective immediately, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) must go through the process of developing and posting rules before schools can begin implementing some of the laws. HB 1866 “Sec. 8.061. DYSLEXIA SPECIALIST. Each regional education service center shall employ as a dyslexia specialist a person licensed as a dyslexia therapist under Chapter 403, Occupations Code, to provide school districts served by the center with support and resources that are necessary to assist students with dyslexia [...]

2017 Texas Bills Regarding Educationkristina@partnerstx.org2025-01-09T13:16:44-06:00

27 06, 2017

Tips for Surviving Your Freshman Year of College

kristina@partnerstx.org2018-07-23T14:05:17-05:00

One of the first things I figured out after I graduated from high school and went to college was that college has a lot more responsibilities and work than high school. In high school, you may have had a whole posse (group of people to support you) behind you, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, etc. In college, you are on your own to find the help you need, even if you do not know what that need is yet. The following is a tip sheet to assist you in your quest for higher education. […]

Tips for Surviving Your Freshman Year of Collegekristina@partnerstx.org2018-07-23T14:05:17-05:00

27 06, 2017

Advocating for Yourself in Middle School and High School: How To Get What You Need

kristina@partnerstx.org2017-06-30T15:04:35-05:00

You should always be able to have the accommodations you need in school for your disability or health care needs. Sometimes it just takes some extra effort to get what you need. Just because you have a disability it doesn’t mean you can’t do as well as the other kids in school, you have the same rights to succeed. By law every school has a process [a set way] for you to talk to teachers and others about what you need. Sometimes this plan or process is called an Individual Education Plan [IEP], a 504 plan, or sometimes something else. Step [...]

Advocating for Yourself in Middle School and High School: How To Get What You Needkristina@partnerstx.org2017-06-30T15:04:35-05:00

23 06, 2017

30 Days of Summer Fun

kristina@partnerstx.org2018-07-23T14:05:29-05:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0jotZGV_PQ&w=500 Summertime is fun! But how do we keep the children entertained to avoid the summer blahs until school starts again? PRN is happy to present its Pinterest board of summer activities with only our top picks for kids and parents. […]

30 Days of Summer Funkristina@partnerstx.org2018-07-23T14:05:29-05:00

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