Students in special education spend 6 hours a day, ten months a year for 22 years of their lives with teachers who are responsible for strengthening their academic, communication and life skills. Since language is one of the most powerful tools available to teachers, we asked some amazing special education teachers to share with us how they harness the power of their language in reinforcing, reminding and redirecting students in the classroom. Establishing and using positive language with children has to be purposeful and routine before it can become a habit. As one Turlock special education teacher adds,” a learned skill that.

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Your child’s teacher may never tell you, but he or she is taking on the burden of buying classroom materials with their hard-earned money. With school budget cuts across the nation, school teachers are on a budget. According to a recent survey conducted by SheerID, last year, teachers in the U.S. spent an average of $514/year of their hard-earned money to improve student learning. When teachers were asked what they primarily spent on, topping the list were instructional materials and classroom supplies; followed closely by books for the classroom and professional development. Ask your child’s teacher how you can help..

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…then you must understand your parental rights first. Tuesday, February 10, 2015,  CASA in partnership with Project Graduation is offering parents of special needs children an opportunity to be informed about special education law that will help parents advocate with greater success.  The session will also give parents an opportunity to ask questions, listen to common situations that parents face at school and how to resolve those circumstances, more effectively. Why should parents attend the workshop?  Steve Ashman, Director of Court Appointed Special Advocates cites, “parents should be empowered to advocate and to have the same expectations of the adults.

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Students with disabilities, like all students, must have opportunities to participate in school. And an important part of this participation involves communicating with peers, teachers or school staff.   With this in mind, this November, all three Federal offices, Office of Civil Rights Division (Department of Justice), Office for Civil Rights and Office of Special Education/ Rehabilitative Services ( U.S. Department of Education) jointly issued guidance about the rights of public elementary and secondary students with hearing, vision and speech disabilities. All three Federal laws, the IDEA, Section 504 and Title II, address the obligations of all public schools, including charter schools, to meet the.

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