If your child is starting speech therapy, you may have spent weeks—or even months—getting to this point. There may have been an evaluation. A referral. Phone calls. Insurance approvals. School meetings. Waiting lists. Then you finally get the appoin...

For many parents, the first years of special education are filled with new terminology. Evaluations.IEPs.Related services.Least Restrictive Environment.Free Appropriate Public Education. Eventually, those terms become familiar. Families learn the pr...

School administrators, special education teachers, school psychologists and related service providers spend years learning special education law and procedures. Many participate in dozens—or even hundreds—of Individualized Education Program (IEP) an...

Starting school is one of the biggest milestones in a child’s life. And for many parents, it can feel just as overwhelming. Whether your child is entering preschool, UPK, kindergarten, or another first school placement, there are countless questions...