by Cynthia Singleton | Sep 26, 2020 | advocacy, Co-Vid, special education, SPED process
Parents were faced with a very difficult choice in fall 2020—send their child to school for face to face instruction or continue with virtual learning. These choices were very individual and influenced by a variety of considerations—much like your child’s IEP. If you...
by Cynthia Singleton | Sep 17, 2020 | advocacy, special education, SPED process
As an advocate, I hear this a lot. A. Lot. Also, I’m a member of several on-line parent support groups, and see parents report similar situations on a monthly basis. So what’s a parent to do? A lot. A. lot. You need to act and act quickly. Behavior that’s allowed to...
by Cynthia Singleton | Nov 1, 2018 | advocacy, special education
The whole purpose of special education is to prepare children with disabilities for further education (vocational or college), for work and to live independently. IDEA was never intended as an adult employment program for babysitting children with disabilities. Yet...
by Cynthia Singleton | Jul 3, 2018 | advocacy, homepage
Welcome to Texas, and from one parent of a person with special needs to another, I apologize in advance for the abysmal state of the schools in general and special education in specific. Please know that Texas districts were under investigation by OSERS in...
by Cynthia Singleton | Sep 29, 2017 | special education
In addition to the usual back to school routines getting the school clothes getting the supplies filling out the back to school paperwork there is one more routine every parent of a special needs child needs to add–regardless of whether your child is in a...
