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Supporting Students with Learning Disabilities during a School Shutdown

03/30/2020 by admin Leave a Comment

Today started our state’s third week of Virtual Learning due to the COVID-19 precautions and country-wide shutdowns. I am sure you have probably read at least twenty blog posts about ‘homeschooling’ your kids during this stressful and (for most of us) unprecendented time. I have tweeted a few resources here and there, but I thought … [Read more…]

Posted in: Parent Resources, Special Education Tagged: Amendment Meeting, Blended Learning, CK12, CoTaught Classrooms, Covid-19 School Closures, Dybuster, Dyscalculia, Dyslexia, EasyCBM, ESY, Extended School Year, FAPE, IDEA, IEP, IEP Accommodations, IEP Amendment, Learning Disabilities, LRE, Progress Monitoring, Readability, ReadWorks, Resource Classrooms, SLD, Study Island, Virtual Learning

Virtual Learning Cannot Serve The Needs of Students with IEPs

03/23/2020 by admin 4 Comments

Our country’s Education system is failing our students with disabilities. We are going to continue to fail them because their needs cannot be adequately met through a computer. That is not an indictment; it is my professional opinion. As I watched my twitter feed during the past 10 days, I can say with 100% confidence: … [Read more…]

Posted in: Special Education Tagged: 504 Plan, Covid-19 School Closures, FAPE, Free Appropriate Public Education, IDEA, IEP, IEP Accommodations, Least Restrictive Environment, LRE, Special Education, Student Supports, Virtual Learning

Georgia’s Math Teachers Need to Know the Pacing Guide is Ableist

12/24/2019 by admin 1 Comment

If you are a Math Teacher in the state of Georgia, chances are, you fall into one of the following categories: (1) Your district (or charter school) strictly adheres to the state’s pacing guide; or, (2) Your district (or charter school) gives you the flexibility to choose how you introduce and teach the Georgia Standards of Excellence for … [Read more…]

Posted in: The Daily Teacher Grind Tagged: Coteaching, Dyscalculia, IDEA, IEP, IEP Accommodations, Math Teacher, Middle School Math, Resource Math, Special Education

State-by-State Special Education Contact List

05/08/2019 by admin Leave a Comment

What kind of Special Education Teacher would I be if I did not have the patience of someone striving Job lie Job?? When I say my patience has been tested with getting this list completed and ‘live’, please believe me! I tried sharing it first on my blog as a PDF (not in a post) … [Read more…]

Posted in: Parent Resources Tagged: Advocacy Resources, Autism, IDEA, IEP, IEP Meeting, Learning Disabilities, Mild Intellectual Disabillity, Special Education, Special Needs, Special Needs Parents, State Advocacy Resources, State Special Education Directors

I hate what’s become of Special Education

11/22/2018 by admin Leave a Comment

Today is Thanksgiving. We are spending two short days with immediate family in Indiana, after touring four colleges with the middle child. On top of being mentally exhausted before the start of the week-long holiday, I am now physically exhausted. As a Special Education Teacher, exhaustion is typically par for the course, right? Outside of … [Read more…]

Posted in: The Daily Teacher Grind Tagged: Black teachers, Co-Teaching, IDEA, Inclusion, LRE, Special Education, Special Education Teacher, Urban education

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