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Note (July 2022): The McKay Scholarship has been renamed the Family Empowerment Scholarship for Students with Unique Abilities (FES-UA). The way scholarship amounts are calculated hasn’t changed, so everything below still applies. Why Is My Child’s FES-UA Amount Different from Other Families? This is one of the most common things parents ask us. The short …
An Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) is created by a team of individuals with special knowledge about the student, the students parents, the student themselves in some cases and whomever the parent elects to include in the meeting. IDEA requires that the following individuals attend an IEP meeting, – no less than one regular education teacher …
IEP’s are developed by school based teams, alongside parents and any of their chosen representatives, with the purpose of meeting the unique needs of a qualifying student with a disability in accordance with IDEA 2004 Reauthorized. Every student in the United States is entitled to a Free Appropriate Public Education. For students with qualifying disabilities …
An eligibility meeting and educational planning meeting will occur when your child, student or client completes an evaluation with the School Board or submitted a private evaluation to the School Board for formal review. At this meeting the team will review the results of the evaluation, determine eligibility/eligibilities/ineligibility for an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP), 504 …
Educational Consulting | My Educational Solutions, a local company, provides expert educational consulting, advocacy, plans and more. Contact us today for a free assessment. Educational Consulting | Expert Consulting One interesting question about educational consulting and advocacy is: What services do educational consultants and advocates provide? Educational consulting and advocacy involves working …
We are excited to announce that My Online IEP Advocate and My Educational Solutions will be attending the annual Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) in San Francisco from March 1st-March 5th as both exhibitors and attendees. Both Krista Barth and Lauren Stradley will be at COPAA to share our brand new learning platform, …
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Is speech therapy considered special education? If your child has a speech or language impairment, you might be wondering is speech therapy is considered special education. Even though there are many types of speech disorders, speech therapy can be beneficial for students. It is My Educational Solutions’ mission to guide you through all of your …
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When a child is found eligible for special education services, a team will hold a meeting to create an IEP (Individualized Educational Plan). If your child is already eligible, the team is required to meet annually to review the IEP and make any necessary changes/updates. You can request to meet in between annual periods whenever …
Being a parent- period- is a huge job, but being a parent-advocate for a child with special needs, can feel like a monumental task. The goal of My Educational Solutions is to make the job of parent advocacy a bit simpler, a bit easier and a whole lot more accessible to your average parent. …
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The Value of Inclusive Education for All Students Inclusive Education and successful inclusive schools are not just good for some students, it’s practice that’s good for all students. Time and time again we have seen that the same principles that make inclusive education work for students with disabilities, provide other students in the very same …
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Florida Schools Reopening and School Choice Parents, clients, potential clients and professional colleagues have been contacting us with lots of questions and also asking for advice in making decisions about what to do with their children’s education come fall. Surveys have been sent out throughout districts statewide asking parents to select from a set …
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We here at My Educational Solutions are hoping that you are healthy and maintaining some sense of peace during this very destabilizing time. We are parents and we know the challenges of online education. WE know this is new for school districts and teachers. But we do feel that the greatest individuals effected by this …
A Parents Guide By, Allison Cohen- Guest Blogger & My Educational Solutions Parent If you are anything like me, the thought of school being closed, at least through mid-April, is overwhelming. There seem to be almost more hours in the day when we feel like we need to fill them. How do we keep our …
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Team members at IEP Meetings that make decisions about where students with disabilities need to receive their services are in many cases ill prepared and ill informed to do so. District trainings should include exposing IEP team members to actual research, including that released by the Department of Education, that looks at the life outcomes …
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The IEP Is In Effect- Now What? You have worked so hard to prepare for your child’s IEP Meeting, it came and went, and now there’s a comprehensive plan in effect that you are hopeful will make a difference. I know that you left the meeting feeling a sense of relief, but for many parents …
Best Practices In Preparing for Your Child’s IEP Meeting Your child has an IEP Meeting coming up and like most parents you want to be as prepared as possible to play a meaningful role in the development of the initial or updated IEP. It’s difficult to know the right questions to ask and what exact …
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A Change of Approach versus A Change In Placement The number one reason that students with disabilities are moved to more restrictive environments is due to BEHAVIORS that are interfering with their learning or the learning of others in the classroom. Interestingly enough, what has been shown to be most impactful in changing the behavior …
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One of the most frustrating parts of sending your child to school, is when they are sent right back home for poor behavior or sent out of the classroom to sit in the office. All the while you are constantly being called by the school to remedy the problem in some form; speaking to your …
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The Civil Rights Movement paved the way for the simple consideration that individuals with disabilities are entitled to equal access and that separate is inherently unequal, when the basis of separation is a characteristic or condition that one is born with (being a woman, being a certain ethnicity/color, being disabled, medically fragile, etc). This …
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When it comes to addressing your child’s needs, there are several ways in which the law requires schools to provide these necessary educational services. They do so through a federal law that was established in 2004, known as IDEA, or Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The IDEA provides rights and protections to children with disabilities, …
My Educational Solutions provides a multitude of services for parents of children who are having a difficult time academically and behaviorally. The mission of the company is to be an all inclusive problem-to-solution bridge for parents to walk across and reach real answers for their children, that will equate to transformation in the child’s life …
