Special Education, Explained: A Parent's Guide (PDF)

Just heard the words "special education" about your child? This guide makes it make sense.

Special education, explained. is a warm, plain-language guide for parents. In 15 printable pages, you'll learn what special education is, everything it can include, who's on your child's team, and how to make it work for your child.

Inside

• Special education in one sentence
• It's a legal right: FAPE, LRE, and who qualifies
• What it can include: specialized instruction, therapies, assistive technology, and more
• Accommodations and modifications, side by side
• Where special education happens
• Your child's IEP team
• The path from referral to IEP, step by step
• What's inside an IEP
• Your rights as a parent
• Why an IEP and a 504 plan are not the same thing
• Questions to bring to every meeting
• A glossary of the words you'll hear

Details

• Instant digital download (PDF). Your download link arrives right after checkout.
• 15 pages, US Letter size, easy to print
• Explains U.S. federal special education law (IDEA)
• General information, not legal advice

For personal use by the purchaser. Please don't share or resell the file.

Made by The SpEd Redhead. Disability isn't deficit.