Planning for your first IEP

October 30, 2009

What advice do you need to help you think about your child’s first IEP? This guide gives you some principles and tips to help you think about how to plan for your first IEP.

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Special event honoring Catherine Maurice

October 27, 2009

Every parent of a child on the spectrum knows the name Catherine Maurice. Her book, “Let Me Hear Your Voice,” is a literary landmark in the field that has touched almost every parent I know.
In a rare public appearance made even more rare because it’s parent-driven, Catherine Maurice will be honored by REED Academy at [...]

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Project: “Open-source” school for autistic children

October 13, 2009

I refer to this as 30seats.com, wth a focusing on creating one classroom at a time to serve our entire community of new children with ASDs.
Mission:
A program that would collect, create, and curate tools, information, and content to address the physical, program, and regulatory requirements to found a school-centered program for children with autistic spectrum [...]

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News: Teacher attempts to poison special ed student

October 11, 2009

This  article from Indiana describes one of the more crazy things that I have read about special education teachers.
For those who are interested, I would probably define this as attempted murder. It’s absolutely reckless behavior that is so depraved as to lead me to believe that she deserves that level of punishment.
1. She knew he [...]

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Severe discrepancy: references

October 10, 2009

Here are some quotes from relevant laws and regulations regarding the usage of the severe discrepancy model for determining whether a child has a specific learning disability:
1. IDEA sections:
a. 20 USC 1414(b)(2) says:
(2)  Conduct of evaluation
In conducting the evaluation, the local educational agency shall—
(A) use a variety of assessment tools and strategies to gather relevant [...]

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