Special Education

15 05, 2017

What Are Extended School Year (ESY) Services?

kristina@partnerstx.org2019-06-25T12:11:17-05:00

If your child receives special education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), did you know he or she may be eligible for a program of special education and/or services beyond the normal school year? Such services are commonly referred to as extended school year (ESY) services. Read on to learn how ESY might help your child, the types of services it might include, and how the Individualized Education Program (IEP) team would determine if your child is eligible. ESY services are individualized special education and/or related services (such as speech/language therapy or occupational therapy) that are uniquely designed to provide a [...]

What Are Extended School Year (ESY) Services?kristina@partnerstx.org2019-06-25T12:11:17-05:00

8 05, 2017

Planning for a Meeting about Your Child’s Behavior Needs

kristina@partnerstx.org2017-06-30T15:26:36-05:00

Raising a child with a disability is challenging. Raising a child with a disability who also has behavioral needs is even more challenging. As a parent, you may find yourself among competing approaches to handling behavior concerns. Planning ahead for an individualized meeting about your child’s behavior needs will help you explain your own ideas about the best way to help your child in addition to listening to the ideas of others. […]

Planning for a Meeting about Your Child’s Behavior Needskristina@partnerstx.org2017-06-30T15:26:36-05:00

8 05, 2017

Need for Functional Skill Training

kristina@partnerstx.org2017-06-30T15:19:11-05:00

Functional Skills are defined as life skills that people use every day, in different environments. Functional skills focus on different areas such as home, family, self help skills, social skills, independent living skills. Also, skills needed for employment and job retention, recreation, community living, as well as functional academics that can be used every day. While academic skills are important for all children with disabilities, many parents and advocates seem to overlook, the importance of functional skill training and instruction. These skills need to be addressed during a child’s school career, but absolutely during the child’s transition from high school to [...]

Need for Functional Skill Trainingkristina@partnerstx.org2017-06-30T15:19:11-05:00

8 05, 2017

5 School Trouble Spots

kristina@partnerstx.org2018-07-23T14:00:41-05:00

Getting your child an appropriate educational program is hard enough, but even if you’ve dotted every “i” and crossed every “t” on the IEP, or chatted up every teacher on your child’s strengths and weaknesses, there will still be times during the school day when all those helps fall down a hole. Periods like recess and lunch and gym and locales like restrooms and buses are hard for most school kids — there are volumes of children’s literature devoted to them. But for kids with special needs, those youthful rites of passage can be downright dangerous. […]

5 School Trouble Spotskristina@partnerstx.org2018-07-23T14:00:41-05:00

3 05, 2017

Awkward! The Tough Transition to Middle School

kristina@partnerstx.org2019-10-03T11:45:08-05:00

[rescue_box color="blue" text_align="left" width="100%" float="none"]Article by Kelly Wallace, CNN [/rescue_box] There is a reason why when people post pictures of themselves during their middle school years on Facebook for "Throw Back Thursday," we all stop and take notice. We recognize the fear or uncertainty or absolute angst in their eyes. Raging hormones. Changing bodies. Awkward social interactions. No longer a child but not yet an adult. Those are just a few of the zillion reasons why most of us would never want to go back to that time, and why some parents of beginning middle schoolers are freaking out as school starts. [...]

Awkward! The Tough Transition to Middle Schoolkristina@partnerstx.org2019-10-03T11:45:08-05:00

24 04, 2017

Disability Disclosure in Postsecondary Education

kristina@partnerstx.org2025-01-07T14:37:08-06:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMb5aURm81s&w=500 Accommodations at the postsecondary level (after you exit high school) are provided only when a student discloses his or her disability and requests reasonable accommodations. It is not essential to divulge specific personal information about your disability. What is most important and helpful is to provide information about: how your disability affects your capacity to learn and study effectively the environment, supports, and services you’ll need in order to access, participate in, and excel in your area of study YOU decide what and how much information is necessary to reveal in order to obtain the needed accommodations. Keep [...]

Disability Disclosure in Postsecondary Educationkristina@partnerstx.org2025-01-07T14:37:08-06:00

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