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OSEP tells TEA:  No Way Jose.   You Haven’t Finished Fixing Your Mess

OSEP tells TEA: No Way Jose. You Haven’t Finished Fixing Your Mess

by Cynthia Singleton | Dec 3, 2020 | advocacy, current events

Some of you may know that OSEP (the Office of Special Ed Programs) has been investigating TEA (Texas Education Agency) since the Houston Chronicle published the Denied series in 2017. The Denied series documented how the former Gov. Rick Perry directed the TEA to keep...
Do Your Child’s Accommodations Need to be Adjusted for Virtual Learning?

Do Your Child’s Accommodations Need to be Adjusted for Virtual Learning?

by Cynthia Singleton | Nov 19, 2020 | advocacy, Co-Vid

If you find yourself pulling your hair out to get your child to engage with on-line learning, it may be time to schedule teacher conference to discuss adjusting the accommodations. What Are Accommodations? To be nit picky about it, accommodations were created under...
What to Do When Anxiety Silences You at an ARD/IEP meeting

What to Do When Anxiety Silences You at an ARD/IEP meeting

by Cynthia Singleton | Oct 27, 2020 | advocacy, New to special education, wellness

We’ve all been there. You’re in that room the school uses for ARD/IEP meetings.  All these people you don’t know are crowded in there.You just want to crawl under the table and the meeting to be over. They talk really fast, use a lot of acronyms , and they make it...
Virtual Special Ed:  What are the Critical IEP Components?

Virtual Special Ed: What are the Critical IEP Components?

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...
Advocating For Your Child while Partnering With Their Teacher

Advocating For Your Child while Partnering With Their Teacher

by Cynthia Singleton | Sep 10, 2020 | advocacy, current events, special education, SPED process

It’s back to school time—2020 style.  What. A. Mess. This is perhaps the scariest, most confusing time for parents and teachers that I ever remember experiencing in my life. This new hybrid approach has challenged teachers in unprecedented ways.  Behind the scenes, I...
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