10 Reasons to Support Inclusive School Communities for ALL Students
This helpful article from the TIES Center provides incredibly useful information for anyone wanting to know why inclusion is so important. Read it and share it with friends!
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A Family’s Guide to Special Education in Arkansas
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A Parent’s Guide to Special Education
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a federal law that guarantees that children with disabilities receive a free appropriate public education alongside their non-disabled peers.
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Article: How Teachers Can Make Their Classrooms More Accessible for Students with Disabilities
This article from the American University School of Education provides lots of helpful, practical information for educators to improve the accessibility of their classrooms.
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Ashley Barlow, IEP Expert and Advocate
Ashley Barlow is an advocate who helps parents with IEPs and provides many resources. From Ashely Barlow’s homepage:
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CIR/CUIT
CIR/CUIT – Centralized Intake and Referral / Consultant Unified Intervention Team
CIR/CUIT is a group of special education consultants available to assist in interventions for students with sensory disabilities, multiple physical disabilities, behavior, and autism spectrum disorders. Services can be requested by parents, guardians, caregivers, school personnel, or any other concerned party.
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Disability Rights Arkansas
“Our Mission is to vigorously advocate for and enforce the legal rights of people with disabilities.
We Envision an Arkansas where people with disabilities are equal members in their communities and can dictate the course of their own lives through self-determination.”
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https://disabilityrightsar.org/
How to organize your child’s IEP binder
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IDEA – full text of the law
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is one of the most important laws affecting Americans with disabilities. Click below to read the full text of the law.
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IDEA – Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children.
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Inclusion Works Foundation
“The mission of Inclusion Works Foundation (Inclusion Works) is to promote Equity and Access to a Quality Inclusive Education for children of ALL ABILITIES.“
The Inclusion Works Foundation supports inclusive Classrooms, inclusive education, special education inclusion (definition) and the overall promotion of IDEA. Specifically, the promotion of Inclusion, Diversity & Educational Activism for parents, students, educators and community – in all settings. Inclusion means “Everyone Matters!”
Intervention Central
Intervention Central provides teachers, schools and districts with free resources to help struggling learners and implement Response to Intervention and attain the Common Core State Standards.
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Mediation Clinic, UALR Bowen School of Law
A free service provided by the Arkansas Department of Education, mediation brings together parents and educators to work with each other to resolve disagreements about a child’s special education needs. Special education mediation is voluntary and confidential.
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https://arksped.k12.ar.us/documents/disputeresolution/mediationprojectbrochure.pdf
Personalized IEP Support from NDSS
Do you need help with your Individualized Education Plan (IEP)? NDSS offers personalized inclusion support to families and schools.
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Fill out the form on NDSS’s website to be contacted by a member of their team.
The Center for Exceptional Families
Our Mission
…..is to improve educational opportunities for students with disabilities, including students transitioning to adult life beyond high school.
Our Vision
…..is to work in collaboration with families and their local school districts to promote an innovative approach to special education services for an individual with disabilities.
Our Goal
…..is to assist Arkansans with disabilities in attaining an exceptional quality of life!
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TIES Center
TIES Center is the national technical assistance center on inclusive practices and policies. Its purpose is to create sustainable changes in kindergarten-grade 8 school and district educational systems so that students with significant cognitive disabilities can fully engage in the same instructional and non-instructional activities as their general education peers while being instructed in a way that meets individual learning needs. We offer resources for educators; parents and families; and state, district, and school administrators that support inclusive education and system change.
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Understood.org
Understood.org is an educational resource website that has many helpful videos and articles related to IEPs and special education. Visit their homepage or see our recommended resources below.
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Homepage: https://www.understood.org/
How to Organize Your Child’s IEP Binder
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE): What You Need to Know
IEP and Special Education Terms
The Difference Between IEPs and 504 Plans
Wright’s Law
Parents, educators, advocates, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, reliable information about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities. The Special Ed Advocate is a free online newsletter about special education legal and advocacy topics. Subscribers learn about new cases, articles, seminars and training, special offers on books by Pete & Pam Wright, and other useful information about special education law and advocacy.
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