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Accommodation Breakdown: Extended Time
There is no one-size-fits all answer. It depends on the student and it could depend on the class, too.
Any number of things could lead to students experiencing fatigue, headaches, eye strain, and/or other struggles that impact them as the day progresses.
The Problems with Quarterly IEP Measurements
I’ve never understood why Individualized Education Programs (IEP) include goals for quarterly measurements. As a parent, if my kids failed to do their chores for a week, I wouldn’t wait until the end of the quarter to assess the situation. Why wait an entire quarter to address a problem that’s clearly getting worse? Why not assess sooner and narrow the goal until it can be expanded in full—or expand the goal if the student achieves the goal sooner than expected?
Office for Civil Rights Releases New Guidance Document: “Equal Access to Elementary and Secondary Education for Students Who Are English Learners with Disabilities”
Office for Civil Rights Releases FAQ Guidance Focused on Privacy and Filing Complaints with OCR
OCR states the document “is intended to respond to questions frequently raised to the U.S. Department of Education (Department), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) by individuals who file complaints and/or contact OCR for technical assistance.”
Idaho in Noncompliance Third Consecutive Year
Office for Civil Rights Has “Serious Compliance Concerns” with St. Johns County School District’s (FL) Restraint and Seclusion Practices; School Division Enters Into Resolution Agreement with OCR
U.S. Dept. of Education Finds Nevada Department of Education at Fault for Noncompliance with IDEA; USDOE Issues Differentiated Monitoring and Support Findings
Helpful Information from FCPS Lawyer John Cafferky, which You Won’t Find in VDOE’s “Parents’ Guide to Special Education Dispute Resolution”
The Language of IEPs and 504s: The Problem with “Engage”
Teachers will engage with student to ensure student understands and accurately records all assignments in student’s planner.
Now imagine attending an IEP meeting at which this goal is being discussed. You push for more details, but the staff member helming the meeting insists that engage means the following:
“It’s not that they’re waiting for to come to them. They’re going to engage with .”
What could go wrong?
Virginia’s Noncompliance Continues; U.S. Dept. of Ed. Issues New Findings Documenting State’s Failures
U.S. Dept. of Justice Files Suit Against Maine for Unnecessarily Segregating Children Who Have Disabilities
DOJ claims “Maine administers its behavioral health service system for children in a manner that gives the families and guardians of these children no meaningful choice other than institutions.” The result is hundreds of children segregated from their communities, “miss the chance to wake up in their own beds, to develop bonds with family and friends, and to go to school with their siblings and peers.”
