Getting a medical diagnosis for your child is the first step to helping your child reach their potential in life. If you don’t have a diagnosis, you don’t have a plan. And if you don’t have a plan, you are inadvertently choosing the “wait and see” decision. The “wait...
Independent Educational Evaluations (IEE) are one of the powerful special education rights that parents have. Each time the district conducts an evaluation, you only get one IEE at the district’s expense. Therefore, it is very important to select the right...
There are many kinds of special education classrooms as required by Federal law under the “continuum of placement” options. The problem is this, many parents are not fully informed or understand what kind of class the district is offering to place the child in the...
I am a parent, just like you. My daughter, Chanel, was placed on an IEP when she was 3 years old. I know how scary, overwhelming, and isolating it can be to be a parent of a special needs child while trying to navigate the maze of special education. Over the years, I...
When was the last time you did something that allowed you creative self-expression? I started painting when I was 9 years old. My dad saw that I could draw, and he signed me up for painting classes. I immediately started painting as if I had done it in another life; I...
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