Parents know their child best. And when they notice them struggling in school due to special needs, anxiety or ADHD, it can be heartbreaking and frustrating not knowing where to turn for help. While ...

Naperville Schools ensures every student, regardless of ability, has access to a quality education. For those students with disabilities who qualify for extra support, a federally mandated ...

Do you feel like everyone blames you? Indigo's individual education plan (IEP) meeting is coming up next month. When I got the phone call from his school to ask if the proposed date and time worked, I ...

Over the past decade, the number of students with disabilities has been increasing, and there’s also a special education teacher shortage. That has made individualized education programs, which ...

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Once an IEP plan is put into place, the team may set a reading goal that calls for increasing fluency from 80 wpm to 140 wpm, as an example. Such an approach may often be the functional equivalent of ...