Category: Family Partnership and Communication
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Chicago Parents Could Have More Time To File Special Education Complaints
This article was published on Patch by Samantha Smylie on March 30, 2021. Special education advocates are pressing the state to extend a deadline for Chicago families to seek relief for those years the district delayed or denied services to children with disabilities. A bill in the state legislature, which would extend the timeline, passed…
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California’s special-needs children still seek help after year adrift
This article was published on Cal Matters by Ricardo Cano and Elizabeth Aguilera on March 22, 2021. One year after schools shuttered, the fears of many parents of California’s special-needs students have been realized. Many of those students — whose disabilities can range from autism to deafness, and most of whom have gone more than…
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Disability community at odds on bill requiring cameras in special education classrooms
This article was published on WMAR Baltimore by Mallory Sofastaii on March 18, 2021. BALTIMORE — Parents and legislators are trying for a second time to get cameras in self-contained special education classrooms. The bill stalled in the General Assembly last year and is facing similar push back this year. The legislation aims to install…
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With Vote, NY Regents Try To Ease Backlog Of Special Education Complaints. Advocates Say It’s Just A Start.
This article was published on Patch by Reema Amin on March 15, 2021. State officials approved changes Monday meant to ease the backlog of special education-related complaints in New York City. The Board of Regents-authorized changes — more than a year in the making — will widen the pool of so-called impartial hearing officers, who oversee these…
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Family sues MCPS, alleging that special education son was assaulted in bathroom
This article was published on Bethesda Magazine by Caitlynn Peetz on March 3, 2021. A second local family has filed a lawsuit against the Montgomery County school system alleging their special education child was assaulted by a classmate because individual aides failed to supervise them. The family, unnamed in court documents, says that their young…
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Lawsuit: CPS failed to provide required education to student with disabilities during pandemic
This article was published on WCPO by Abby Dawn on March 2, 2021. CINCINNATI — The parent of a Walnut Hills High School student who has disabilities filed a lawsuit alleging that Cincinnati Public Schools failed to provide legally required education during the pandemic. The lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati, names…
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Lockdowns Are Leaving Kids With ADHD in Crisis
This article was published on HealthDay by Cara Murez on February 19, 2021. FRIDAY, Feb. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — When clinical psychologist Maggie Sibley thinks about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, she worries most about the older teens who may drop out of high school and…
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House Bill 222 aims to help parents of children with special needs navigate the education system
This article was published on KOB by Joy Wang on February 26, 2021. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- House Bill 222 would create an ombudsman program to advocate for families that have children with special needs. Jennifer Sanchez said having a child with special needs in the education system can be overwhelming. “I was given a pamphlet and…
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He wasn’t educated properly’: Baltimore City High Schooler Reads at Third-Grade Level
This article was published on Fox Baltimore by Chris Papst on February 24, 2021. BALTIMORE (WBFF) – Thousands of students, especially those with disabilities, continue to fall behind as many schools remain closed to in-person learning. But a movement is underway nationally to hold school systems accountable. And that movement has come to Maryland. In…
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Meriden schools scrutinized over mask policy for special ed students
This article was published on MyRecordJournal.com by Michael Gagne on February 12, 2021. MERIDEN — For Max Kish and his family, the more than two months he was unable to attend kindergarten in-person proved a harrowing experience. The five-year-old is blind and diagnosed with autism. He is non-verbal and has severe mental disabilities, explained his mother Bobbie…