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The Special Education Edition

November 2022

Navigating your child's school and and understanding the services they may need through an IEP or a 504 plan can be confusing. Lots of kids who have histories of complex, early trauma need and deserve special education services. This Newsletter will explain the rights your school-aged student has and explores all the opportunities available to them in the public school setting. This subject can be scary and overwhelming so it is best to learn about all the special services your school can offer to help your child learn in the specific ways that help them to be the best student they can be.

What is Special Education?


It all starts with IDEA: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Basically IDEA makes sure that all children with disabilities have available to them a free and appropriate public education that emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education, employment, and independent living. Now that's a mouthful. Keep reading so you can help your child get what they need and deserve in school. 

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IEP or 504 Plan?



Once your student qualifies for special education services in their public school, they gain a written plan that follows them through their schooling. This document is either an IEP, which stands for an Individualized Education Plan or a 504 Plan. Keep reading to learn about each of these wonderful ways to support your child in school. 

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Educational Accommodations


Within your child's IEP or 504 plan, there will be a section listing very specific educational, behavioral, academic, and sensory strategies for your child.These are called accommodations, modifications, services, and/or specially designed instructions. Read on so you have a good understanding of which of these particular accommodations may best serve your student.

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Dear Director,


We adopted a sibling group of 3 from foster care and they each came with an IEP. I heard that you only have an IEP if you have a disability. My kids don't look disabled. I mean, I know about their trauma background and all, but they can read and they can see and all that. But now I am worried and it's all so daunting.


Very truly yours, confused

 

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