I got two inquiries recently that are very similar. Both parents asked for something on their child’s IEP and were told, “We don’t do that here. It happens often. Can a school say that? Can they deny ...

“Life skills classroom” is one of those special education terms that means very different things depending on the district, the program, and the child sitting at the IEP table. And that’s part of what ...

If your child seems bright but takes forever to finish homework, struggles with timed tests, loses track of multi-step directions, or melts down from the mental effort of keeping up all day, ...

As a profession, special education advocacy is fairly new. After all, IDEA has only existed since 1975. So, the cottage industry surrounding special education and IEPs came shortly thereafter. One of ...