News: Special Needs Students
While You Can Write a Student’s Individualized Education Plan. . . It (Legally) Needs to be Acceptable, Actionable, and Appropriate
This Blog discusses the needs assessment and budgeting process that districts are currently engaged in, and that must include—based on students’ IEPs—the funding needed for next year’s special educati...
Read Full ArticleImproving Special Education Services for our Students: What the New Administration Must Do on this 20th Anniversary of IDEA 2004
This Blog uses the 20th anniversary of the signing of the last reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA 2004), and the coming second Trump administration to analyze, cr...
Read Full ArticleBreaking Down the Wall Between General and Special Education Teachers in Our Schools: How Organizational Missteps Create Classroom Barriers
This Blog discusses the institutionalized wall between General Education and Special Education Teachers that has existed since Students with Disabilities were fully included in our nation’s public sch...
Read Full ArticleWhen a School’s Multi-Tiered System of Supports Needs Support: How Do You Motivate Educators and Avoid Educational Malpractice?
Blog discusses the multi-tiered systems of support process, how to best prepare for MTSS Case Study meetings using six “First Things First” activities, the implications—through a Case Study—when these...
Read Full ArticleLaundromats, Lawyers, Learning Loss, and Life: An Autobiographical Day in Education
This Blog described an autobiographical day in the educational life of a school psychologist who works nationwide as a consultant. He reflects on the harsh and sometimes fixed realities he observed in...
Read Full ArticleA 2023 Review of Education’s Most (De)Pressing Issues: Productive Practices to Address the Pressure Points in Your District or School
Blog presents a year-end review of the most-pressing issues in education during 2023. It then addresses these issues and their solutions by reviewing our twenty-three 2023 Blogs as organized in five t...
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