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Education Forum

IFSPs, IEPs, assessments, accommodations—making sure that your child is getting an appropriate education can feel like a full-time job. Find answers, support, and help from other parents here, as well as advice from Dr. Susan J. Spungin, who we're delighted to announce will be monitoring the Education Forum and responding to parents' questions.

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• 12 year old boy with optic nerve hypoplasia and atypical autism - 1 reply
  Posted by rebel
  
• teen conect! - 0 replies
  Posted by Blind girl
  
• How to Explain To Your Child What a Shark Is (and other difficult concepts) - 0 replies
  Posted by KeySenseGames
  
• summer camp - 0 replies
  Posted by Blind girl
  
• standardized testing accomadations - 3 replies
  Posted by nanakru5509
  
• Blind teenagers studying abroad - 0 replies
  Posted by Blind girl
  
• Blind teenagers studying abroad - 4 replies
  Posted by Blind girl
  
• Who Teaches Social Skills in School?? - 2 replies
  Posted by loezki
  
• Texas IEP Questions for CVI and other disabilities - 1 reply
  Posted by ndjobe
  
• What's On Your Child's Desk? - 6 replies
  Posted by Neva78
  
• What course/program to enroll a low vision teenager in? - 2 replies
  Posted by lucynji
  
• Perkins-School For The Blind - 1 reply
  Posted by aggie0423
  
• Mainstream school vs. special needs school - 1 reply
  Posted by stina63
  
• Parent Opinion of Good School Districts - 2 replies
  Posted by rudmankidsmom
  
• Are Schools for the blind best? - 1 reply
  Posted by camismom
  
• District attempting to force son to move to another school - 1 reply
  Posted by Barbarasdavis
  
• HELP!!!!!!! - 1 reply
  Posted by ajay318
  
• Advocate needed for Second Grader.N J COB not providing IEP level 4 service. - 3 replies
  Posted by nanakru5509
  
• Braille Instruction for Second Grade - 2 replies
  Posted by nanakru5509
  
• Anyone know where I can send a brailler to get it repaired... - 1 reply
  Posted by JennySinn
  
• Braille help for homeschooled student in Florida - how to go about making changes - 1 reply
  Posted by pastaza
  
• Standardized Testing Accomodations - 5 replies
  Posted by pamNAPVIrep
  
• Accommodation for low vision, Nystagmus student - contrasting stripes on stairs - 2 replies
  Posted by sjschulman
  
• Tell me anyway to convert PDF files to Word - 2 replies
  Posted by winan
  
• Hopes and Fears for the Upcoming School Year - 1 reply
  Posted by pamNAPVIrep
  
• Moving to Port St. Lucie, Florida - 1 reply
  Posted by Ladyjay066
  
• EI Service Agency in Westchester, NY - 3 replies
  Posted by moteq
  
• Schools for the blind - Help finding a school - 2 replies
  Posted by kconnor
  
• Looking for Vision Teacher/Therapist in NW Louisiana - 4 replies
  Posted by Susan3
  
• IEP help - FL - 6 year old/ optic brain tumor, limited vision - school refusing braille and O&M - 11 replies
  Posted by pastaza
  
• Confused about US Special Needs Provision - 2 replies
  Posted by UKParent
  
• ny--appropriate services. feeling lost - 2 replies
  Posted by Debbie Lopez
  
• School Fees - 2 replies
  Posted by smokebeeps1
  
• Placement options for blind pre-schooler - 1 reply
  Posted by rema99
  
• Help for 6 year old with limited vision - reading and writing - 2 replies
  Posted by candcwelch
  
• Nevada residents - how would you rate your VI child's educational experience? - 1 reply
  Posted by mepaju
  
• Online Math tutor for blind son?? - 2 replies
  Posted by jen1000_01
  
• Vision Therapy - 1 reply
  Posted by Hockeymom5
  
• Optic Nerve Hypoplasia - 1 reply
  Posted by rroedig
  
• Reading fluency - 6 replies
  Posted by rondidondi
  
• Governor Morehead School - 2 replies
  Posted by lovemom
  
• iep links - 3 replies
  Posted by asearchers
  
• Assessment tools and norms for visually impaired children - 4 replies
  Posted by ladyv
  
• Private School and special services - 4 replies
  Posted by CathyMcKay
  
• need for qualified neuropsychologist - 3 replies
  Posted by Mtapley
  
• How do I word - 5 replies
  Posted by sweetbabyboy
  
• What do you do When the school doesn' t know what to do? - 10 replies
  Posted by Ashmilee
  
• IEP/Braille Music - 5 replies
  Posted by jen1000_01
  
• I can offer possible answers to questions.. - 7 replies
  Posted by mamand'Isa
  

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