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Navigate Life Texas: Resources for kids with disabilities and special needs
Navigate Life Texas: Resources for kids with disabilities and special needs
While parents may dread their child’s annual Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) meeting, planning before the meeting helps our children be more successful in school.
Categories: Education & Schools
A school-based setting may not work well for your child with disabilities. It didn’t for our son. We tried homeschooling and found it suited him much better.
Categories: Education & Schools
Your child with a disability is entitled to the best education available. Getting that is sometimes a challenge. There are many transitions. Here are some of the things we did to build a solid plan and make our son’s educational journey a little easier.
Categories: Education & Schools
Want to know how your child’s school day goes? Become a volunteer at their school.
Categories: Family Support, Education & Schools
We all know that we have to be our child's voice most of the time. But I continue to be amazed at how hard I have to fight for services that my child is supposed to have.
Categories: Education & Schools
Transferring schools from one state to the next can be tricky, especially if your child has a disability.
Categories: Education & Schools
Some children struggle once they reach school. How can parents help support their child by getting them the services they need to succeed?
Categories: Education & Schools
I wasn't ready for my first ARD. But now I am. Here's how I got prepared.
Categories: Education & Schools
Here are three personal examples of Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) that show different options for education placement.
Categories: Education & Schools
We have lots of documents that are critical to my son’s care. We have medical records, prescriptions, therapy reports, school reports…and more. The ability to access those documents quickly and easily is important. It can be helpful when trying to get my point across to doctors or school administrators.
Categories: Education & Schools