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Service and Assistance Animals Can Help People with Disabilities At School

Service and Assistance Animals Can Help People with Disabilities At School

Understanding the Difference Between Service Dogs and Assistance/Support Animals  Service animals are tr... Read More

Back to School for Children with Visual Impairments

Back to School for Children with Visual Impairments

The beginning of a new school year offers new opportunities, as well as challenges. When a child has a visual... Read More

Back to School, Back to Talking: How to Support Speech and Language Skills at Home for Parents of Children with Language Delays or Disorders

Back to School, Back to Talking: How to Support Speech and Language Skills at Home for Parents of Children with Language Delays or Disorders

As backpacks are stuffed with shiny new pencils and lunchboxes are labeled for the new school year, there&rsqu... Read More

Is it Dyslexia? Five Unusual Signs

Is it Dyslexia? Five Unusual Signs

If you ask people what dyslexia is, many will tell you that it’s when a person writes letters backward o... Read More

Effective Approaches for Children with ADHD

Effective Approaches for Children with ADHD

In the journey to understand and support children with ADHD,* it is crucial to recognize that their experience... Read More

Resources to Support Identification and Referral of Children Who Are Deafblind

Resources to Support Identification and Referral of Children Who Are Deafblind

“Deafblindness is not the sum of its parts – it’s a completely separate disability, and it&r... Read More

Helping Kids with Developmental Disabilities Prepare for a New School Year

Helping Kids with Developmental Disabilities Prepare for a New School Year

Summer break is in full swing and while many families are enjoying a break from the early morning alarms, some... Read More

Our Journey in Camo: Forging Our Own Path

Our Journey in Camo: Forging Our Own Path

Over the last few weeks, it has been bittersweet to open the mailbox each evening, to find another high s... Read More

Elijah’s Mom Shares Back to School Prep for Children with ASD

Elijah’s Mom Shares Back to School Prep for Children with ASD

In July, I started to prepare for my son to go back to school. There are things to consider when any child is... Read More

Bullying: How You Can Take Action To Identify, Address and Prevent This Destructive Behavior

Bullying: How You Can Take Action To Identify, Address and Prevent This Destructive Behavior

As we prepare to return to school, it is critical to ensure all children, including those with disabilities, a... Read More

Creating Success with Classroom Expectations: Five Inspiring Children’s Books for Students with Disabilities

Creating Success with Classroom Expectations: Five Inspiring Children’s Books for Students with Disabilities

As special education professionals, we recognize the significance of teaching expectations and fostering posit... Read More

Dyslexia Screening: What Parents, Teachers, and School Principals Need to Know

Dyslexia Screening: What Parents, Teachers, and School Principals Need to Know

When Chloe was in kindergarten, she was not able to keep up with her classmates in learning the letter names a... Read More

Tips for Encouraging and Supporting a Parent-Teacher Relationship

Tips for Encouraging and Supporting a Parent-Teacher Relationship

A couple of years ago I was teaching in a self-contained special education classroom and it was my first year... Read More

Three Ways to Help with Decision Making For Children

Three Ways to Help with Decision Making For Children

We have all probably heard it’s important to help in decision-making for children. Giving a child the op... Read More

Deadline to Request Compensatory Special Education and Related Services due to the Pandemic

Deadline to Request Compensatory Special Education and Related Services due to the Pandemic

What are Compensatory Services? It is important to note that COVID-19 did not change IDEA’s (Individual... Read More

Every Child Needs Someone to Believe in Them

Every Child Needs Someone to Believe in Them

In 1994, my son Nicholas failed first grade. Every day I saw signs of stress—his fingernails bitten to t... Read More