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Navigating Special Education in Middle & High School
Navigating special education from middle to high school can be daunting for parents and their learners. Your role as a parent is crucial in managing these transitions, potential service removals, and adjusting to an environment where students are expected to advocate for themselves. Let’s discuss how you can effectively support your child in special education during these critical school years.
Holiday Season Sensory Preparation Checklist
The holiday season may present various sensory challenges for our neurodivergent children. As their advocates, our goal is to ensure they have an enjoyable holiday experience and feel supported in meeting their needs. To aid in achieving this, we’ve crafted a helpful checklist.
Neurodiversity Let's Talk About it!
Hey, Destiny Huff here. I am late-diagnosed Autistic and ADHD and currently raising two neurodivergent children while navigating this military life. I wanted to talk to you about topics I’m passionate about – neurodiversity and neuroaffirming! If you are like me when you first heard neurodivergent, you were wondering what that means, so here is a quick breakdown with links to help you dive deeper.
Preparing for the Second Half of the School Year
Winter break is over, and the kids are headed back to school. While this can be a sigh of relief, if your kids eat twice what they eat in a school day when they’re on break like my children do, it can also be stressful if your child is in Special Education. Four to five months of school left and it’s time to get back on top of their education. Here are some recommendations for preparing for the second half of the school year!
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Federal law that protects the privacy of students education records.
OCR’s mission is to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence through vigorous enforcement of civil rights in our nation’s schools.
Welcome to the U.S. Department of Education’s Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) website, which brings together IDEA information and resources from the Department and our grantees.
The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) understands the many challenges still facing individuals with disabilities and their families. Therefore, OSERS is committed to improving results and outcomes for people with disabilities of all ages. OSERS supports programs that serve millions of children, youth and adults with disabilities
The mission of the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) is to lead the nation's efforts to improve outcomes for children with disabilities, birth through 21, and their families, ensuring access to fair, equitable, and high-quality education and services. Our vision is for a world in which individuals with disabilities have unlimited opportunities to learn and to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives.
An official website of the Department of Defense. DoDEA is a Department of Defense Field Activity operating under the direction, authority, and control of the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.
Exceptional Families of the Military’s mission is to connect military families with Disabilities, Special Healthcare Needs, or additional educational needs from all branches of the service in order to navigate within the Exceptional Family Member Programs and identify areas of improvement that affect the families we represent.
MCEC supports all military-connected children by educating, advocating, and collaborating to resolve education challenges associated with the military lifestyle.
Founded in 2008, the Military Interstate Children’s Compact Commission (MIC3) is the governing body of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children or ICEOMC. Commission members include the 50 states, District of Columbia, and five ex-officio representatives – which include the US Department of Defense. The collaborative’s mission, to ease the educational transitions of school-aged, military-connected students attending public schools and Department of Defense schools worldwide, also promulgates and enforces the compact rules.
Our mission is to Protect the Rights Of Military children in Special Education and disability communities to ensure they receive equal access to an education. We develop data-informed solutions that equip parents, inform leaders and enable military students to thrive. We promote the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion by advocating for the futures of our military children with unique and diverse backgrounds and needs.