SPECIAL EDUCATION RESOURCES
You can learn more about special education below.
If you have specific questions or concerns about your own child, please
contact his/her classroom teacher or your school principal.
Top Ten Common Questions re. Special Education
http://www.specialeducationadvisor.com/top-ten-common-questions-about-special-education/
RI Special Education Procedural Safeguards in English
RI Special Education Procedural Safeguards in Spanish
Rhode Island Parent Information Network
Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities, Rhode Island College
http://www.ric.edu/sherlockcenter/
Rhode Island Parent Support Network
Rhode Island Technical Assistance Project
The Importance of Including Your Child in IEP Meetings
Dennise Goldberg is the mother of a child with special needs, an advocate, and the owner of Special Education Advisor. In this week's guest blog, she shares why it is important to teach your children to be their own advocates, and that it starts with including them in their own IEP meetings.
http://nichcy.org/including-your-child-in-iep-meeting
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
This site provides some great bilingual resources, including Developing Your Child's IEP / Desarrollando el IEP de Su Hijo.
http://www.nichcy.org/Pages/Home.aspx
Exceptional Family Member Program, for our military
http://www.npc.navy.mil/CommandSupport/ExceptionalFamilyMember/
US DOD Educational Directory for Military Dependents with Special Needs
http://cs.mhf.dod.mil/content/dav/mhf/QOL-Library/MHF/260593.html
Rhode Island Department of Education, Office of Student Community & Academic Supports
http://www.ride.ri.gov/Special_Populations/Programs_Services/default.aspx
United States Office of Special Populations, Dept of Education