Don’t Let Your School Get Away with Denying an Evaluation to Your Child
Don’t Let your school deny your child an evaluation? Why Get an Evaluation Getting an evaluation is the first step in getting an IEP (an Individual Education Plan). You can not get an IEP without an evaluation. While you don’t need an evaluation to get a 504 Plan, you do need one to be eligible […]
What’s the Difference Between An IEP and A 504 Plan?
WHat’s the difference between an IEP and a 504 Plan? What’s the Difference? Before I get into the guidance, I just want to give you an ultra mini legal course in the difference between a 504 Plan and an IEP. An IEP comes from the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”) and gives very specific […]
Finally, Some Good News for Gifted and Disabled!
Finally Some Good News for the Gifted and Disabled One of the most challenging and infuriating areas in which I practice is advocating for the gifted and disabled (called “twice exceptional”). I feel particularly passionately about these cases because I fall into the category of twice exceptional. I suffer from multiple learning disabilities. When I […]