Project: “Open-source” school for autistic children

By Rick Colosimo / October 13, 2009 / Comments Off on Project: “Open-source” school for autistic children

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…

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News: Teacher attempts to poison special ed student

By Rick Colosimo / October 11, 2009 / Comments Off on News: Teacher attempts to poison special ed student

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…

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What happens to an IEP when you move?

By Rick Colosimo / August 5, 2009 / Comments Off on What happens to an IEP when you move?

A tweet I saw today asked about what the expectations are for implementation of her son’s IEP following an impending move. My response: Did you get answer to your IEP transfer question? See 20 USC 1414(d)(2)(C). Short answer: FAPE until they re-eval. Here’s the complete text of the section: (C) Program for children who transfer…

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Avoiding classification doesn’t help your child

By Rick Colosimo / August 3, 2009 / Comments Off on Avoiding classification doesn’t help your child

I just saw this quote in a recent article: “We don’t want to identify kids as disabled,” Charla MacKenzie, director of pupil personnel services for Southwest Licking Local Schools, said “To us, that’s a very big thing.” “It’s only when we’ve exhausted all those suggestions, all those interventions, and we still don’t see progress that…

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