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fromSlate Magazine
1 week ago

I Need Something More From My Son's Already Overworked Teacher. I'm Scared to Ask for It.

I have an 8-year-old son who is autistic and non-speaking. He is in a special education class in our city's public school system. Our system is notoriously underfunded, but I've always felt that the teachers and therapists really care about the kids. I think he is getting what he needs out of school, and he is always happy to go (and happy to come home). But I'm not getting what I need.
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fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

6 Things I Wish I Knew Before My Kid's First IEP Meeting

Schools must provide only 'adequate' education under IDEA; parents must proactively fight, use evaluations and advocates, and prepare early to secure better IEP outcomes.
Parenting
fromSlate Magazine
3 months ago

We Finally Discovered What Kinds of Schools Are Best for Our Kids. But My Husband Wants to Take the "Easy" Option.

Prioritize each child's educational and emotional needs, even if that requires logistical compromises and parental cooperation.
New York City
fromCbsnews
4 months ago

Brooklyn family frustrated by developmentally disabled son's near-5-hour daily round trip school bus ride

A Brooklyn family's developmentally disabled child endures excessively long, unreliable school bus rides—sometimes four to five hours daily—causing missed instruction and family schedule disruptions.
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