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Behavior

Punishment Is not Equal to Discipline A good behavior modification program needs to have responsive, not reactive teachers. It needs to be built not on extinguishing negative behaviors, but on teaching more appropriate responses… Download resource Categories: Behavior Questions to Ask: Behavior Questions to ask when developing a student behavior support plan… Download resource Categories: … Read more

Conflict / Dispute Resolution

A Parents’ Guide to Special Education in North Carolina The focus of this Parent Guide from Children’s Law Clinic -Duke Law School, is the federal special education law known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) that promises each child with a disability a “free, appropriate, public education.” Download resource Categories: General, Communication, IEP, … Read more

Transitions

Growing up Together: Children with Autism Children with autism may look like other kids, but if you met them you would find they are different in some ways. It may be hard for them to play… Download resource Categories: Autism, Transitions Growing up Together: Teens with Autism When you’re a teenager, you find your unique … Read more

Inclusion

Adaptations and Modifications Adaptations and modifications that can be used in the general curriculum, including volume of work, time, support, difficulty, participation, and more. Download resource Categories: Advocacy, IEP, Inclusion Adaptations and Modifications—If This, Do That Guide for actions regarding volume of work, time, support, difficulty, participation Download resource Categories: IEP, Inclusion Inclusion Fact Sheet … Read more

IEP

Adaptations and Modifications Adaptations and modifications that can be used in the general curriculum, including volume of work, time, support, difficulty, participation, and more. Download resource Categories: Advocacy, IEP, Inclusion Adaptations and Modifications—If This, Do That Guide for actions regarding volume of work, time, support, difficulty, participation Download resource Categories: IEP, Inclusion All About Advocates … Read more

Military

Military Families, Welcome to North Carolina! Information for military families, including general education, special education, and ECAC contacts… Download resource Categories: Military

Speech and Language

Speech and Language Impairment Fact Sheet Speech and language disorders refer to problems in communication and related areas such as oral motor function. These delays and disorders range from simple sound substitutions to the inability to understand or use language or use… Download resource Categories: Speech and Language

Advocacy

Adaptations and Modifications Adaptations and modifications that can be used in the general curriculum, including volume of work, time, support, difficulty, participation, and more. Download resource Categories: Advocacy, IEP, Inclusion All About Advocates Good special education services are intensive and expensive. Resources are limited. If you have a child with special needs, you will likely … Read more

Family Engagement

All About Advocates Good special education services are intensive and expensive. Resources are limited. If you have a child with special needs, you will likely need to utilize… Download resource Categories: Family Engagement, Advocacy, IEP Steps to Success: Communicating with your Child’s School We hope these steps to success will be particularly helpful to parents … Read more