Parent & Family
This section offers resources, guidance, and tools specifically for parents and family members supporting children, youth, and young adults with disabilities. Family engagement is vital to child’s development and a student’s success. Topics include understanding special education, navigating IEP and 504 plans, accessing community services, building advocacy skills, and supporting children at home and in the community.
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Quick Look: How to Prepare for a Virtual Meeting
Schools and families continue to meet virtually to discuss special education services during the closures related to the coronavirus pandemic. Here are tips to help…
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Census 2020: Submit Your Response to Ensure Schools and Other Programs get Funding
The United States Census collects information to figure out how to spend about $1.5 trillion each year. Communities get federal money based on how many…
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Ideas to Support Children and Families Impacted by Abuse, Trauma and Divorce
Brief Overview The National Education Association (NEA) recognizes that childhood experiences related to domestic abuse, trauma or divorce affect education. This article includes recommendations for…
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Relatives Raising Children Face Unique Challenges
Imagine a knock on the front door at night. Outside is a police officer, bringing a child to the safe-haven of a grandparent’s home. A…
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I want the kind with the people and the pictures
By John O’Brien After a Difficult Start… Institutionalized from age three to twenty-three in a place where “they treated us like animals”– Mike has composed…
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Parents as Team Partners: Options When You Don’t Agree with the School
A Brief Overview Not every meeting with the school ends in agreement. This article provides information about what parents can do when they disagree with…
