If your child’s IEP states under programs and services that they should have a service, then they are entitled to it.  If the student was not provided the service and are not making progress on their IEP goal, the student is owed compensatory services.  The Committee on Special Education would need to reconvene and determine if the student has made adequate progress or would be entitled to compensatory services.

I’ve often asked myself, “if she was a boy who couldn’t sit still in first grade, would people have thought it was a gender issue instead of a disability?” Maybe you’ve seen a similar assessment?

We all know or can think of the “naughty kid” in our child’s class or have memories from our own childhood. What if we reframed our thinking and focused on these children through the lens that they have a deficit and need more support?

School districts continue to tell parents that flexibility and ability to pivot is an expectation. However, are school districts being held accountable similarly?

We continue to witness a growing divide in education…