Help Your Young Adult Learn About Accessing Accommodations After High School
When your young adult with disabilities graduates from high school, many aspects of his or her life will change. Services that had…
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Student Participation in the IEP
Print-Friendly Version Helping Students Participate in the IEP Meeting Students who have not participated in their IEP meetings often view the IEP…
Read more →McKinney-Vento Act
Printer-Friendly Version The McKinney-Vento Act, which later became part of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), mandates protections and services for…
Read more →Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
Printer-Friendly Version The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-380, FERPA), also known as the Buckley Amendment: Guarantees you…
Read more →Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
An Antidiscrimination Law With the passage of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Congress required that federal fund recipients make their programs and…
Read more →Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
An Antidiscrimination Law With the passage of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Congress required that federal fund recipients make their programs and…
Read more →Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 2004
Printer-Friendly Version The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act commonly referred to as IDEA 2004 is a law that ensures services to children with…
Read more →Individualized Education Program (IEP) Tips for Parents
Printer-Friendly Version Evaluation Making a Referral and Request for Initial Evaluation: Ask in writing for evaluation; keep a copy of your request.…
Read more →Support Coordination Services – DSPD
The Family to Family Network and the Utah Parent Center teamed up to create a guide to help families understand support coordination…
Read more →Vocational Rehabilitation Can Help Students in High School
Does your youth with disabilities know what job he or she wants after high school? How about how to get that job? …
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