by Valerie Aprahamien | Apr 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
In this episode of Parents Prevailed, we’ll be looking at a very unusual case resulting in an outcome that you don’t see every day in terms of special education IEP programs. My client’s parents hired me when the student was in grade school, however, we’ll be...
by Valerie Aprahamien | Mar 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
In this week’s episode of “Parents Prevailed”, I’m going to talk about a student in the Corona-Norco Unified School District in California. This student was found eligible for an IEP under the category of Autism (Primary) and Speech and Language Disorder (Secondary). ...
by Valerie Aprahamien | Mar 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
In this week’s article, “Parents Prevailed” Episode 3, I’m going to talk about a student who attends High School in the Riverside Unified School District. He has an above-average IQ, and with my assistance, he was finally found eligible for special education services...
by Valerie Aprahamien | Feb 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
I’m starting a new blog series to talk about all the successful wins we’ve gained for parents of children on an IEP. A while ago I wrote on my Facebook page and talked about a case I had in which the parents prevailed in getting what their child needed to be...
by Valerie Aprahamien | May 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
I have had the pleasure of working with hundreds of parents of special needs children for 25 years to assist in the development and provision of an appropriate special education program. I am also a parent of a 31-year-old daughter with a diagnosis of autism and...
by Valerie Aprahamien | Dec 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
Students with special needs and disabilities face alarming challenges amidst the COVID crisis and school closures. Without reliable in-person professional support for these students, and because virtual teaching and related services largely have not been designed with...
