This section of the website includes articles on education, schools, IEPs, 504s, special education, and education policy.
- Should Your Child Go Back In Person to School During COVID-19? A Personal Account
- Options for School in a Pandemic
- The Illusion of Inclusion: No (Typical) Child Left Behind
- Nursing and Medical Procedures at School: Your Child’s Rights
- Preparing for Your Child’s First Day of School
- Top 10 Advocacy Tips for Special Education
- Winning at Special Education: A Perspective from Both Sides of the Table
- Handling a Medical Condition in Middle School
- When Self-Contained is the Least Restrictive Environment
- Changing Schools with an IEP
- The Nora Project: Teaching Empathy by Sparking Friendships
- School, but My Child is Only 3?!
- Organizing for Advocacy in Special Education
- What a Report Card Doesn’t Say…
- A Letter to My Son’s Teachers
- Transportation to School for Kids with Complex Medical Conditions
- Thinking Outside the Box: Education for Children with Chronic Conditions
- “Show Me the Rule!” An Effective Way to Overcome Special Education Problems
- Rainbow Connection: Questions about Adult Programs for Young Adults with Special Needs
- A School for Blue Roses
- Tube Feeding in School
- Homebound Instruction for Children who are Medically Complex
- GEMSS: Genetic Education Materials for School Success
- Your School Experience CAN be Positive!
- When Less Is More: Opting Out of Therapies, School, or Doctor Visits
- Taking the “Us Versus Them” Out of Advocacy
- Education Advocacy: How to Come Out on Top at Your Next Tough IEP Meeting
- Let My Kid Go to School!
- Solving Your Special Education Nightmare: How to Get Free Advocacy and Legal Help
- Exercising Your Option to School Your Child with Special Needs at Home
- What’s So Special About Special Education Meetings?
- When Schools Fail: Accidental Homeschooling
- Transition: Planning for the Future
- Vision Therapy for Children Who are Blind
- Cortical Vision Impairment and Education
- To Sign or Not to Sign: What to Look for in Medical Release Forms
- Our Kick Start to Communication: Connecting In and Out of the Classroom
Articles from the Archives
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- Communication Aids that Help Answer “What Did You Do at School Today?”
- The Other Side of Learning: Coming Together for a Common Goal
- Taking Mito to School
- Taking a Service Dog to School
- Making Inclusion Work for Children with Significant Disabilities
- Writing an IEP Compliance Letter
- The New Era of Communication: Part 2: iPad Apps
- Palliative Schooling
- Graduating High School: Schools Forcing Out Teens with Special Needs
- The Problem with Labels
- Making Inclusion Work for Children with Significant Disabilities