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Should An Education Advocate Run For The School Board?
There have been several cases where a person with special education advocacy experience has run for the school board. There was, of course, hue and cry on both sides of the issue any time it presented itself.
Some people were afraid that the...
The following are examples of what educational needs, SDIs, and Goals could look like for a child with autism who needs ABA.
This does not have to be an ABA or VB classroom!
The following is just so you can get a taste of what should be individualized in the IEP.
Let’s...
SMARTER GOALS – R
RESEARCH/EVIDENCE-BASED METHODS SHOULD BE USED.
So why the emphasis on research/evidence based methods or programs? If you google something like "teach phonics step by step" you will have a mere 1,460,000 responses to plow through and figure out which ones...
SMARTER GOALS - TEACH
TEACHING MUST BE INDIVIDUALIZED WITH SDIs & RELATED SERVICES
Special Education is specially designed instruction (SDI's)and the related services needed by the child to benefit from that instruction according to the US Dept of Education.
Instructional Aids,...
5 IEP CURRICULUMS
Surprise, surprise, its not just reading, writing and arithmetic that we address in the IEP. The purpose of the IEP is to come up with a plan that will allow the child to access all of their education. That means that the accommodations and modifications that can be...