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

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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

Discover advocacy resources and information Effective advocacy means using clear communication, strong collaboration, and a solid understanding of policies and systems. A Parent’s Guide: Communicating With Your Child’s School Through Letter Writing Resource document by the National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities that provides special education basics, tips for letter writing and … Read more

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

Steps to Success: Communicating with your Child’s School We hope these steps to success will be particularly helpful to parents who are new to the special education process…. Download resource Categories: General, Communication, Family Engagement, Advocacy, Conflict Resolution Talk Tools Talk Tools features helpful questions to use in conversations and meetings about your child—including behaviors, … Read more

Developmental delay applies to children in North Carolina aged three through seven If you have any worries about how your child moves, acts, speaks, plays, or their overall development, it’s important to share this information with your child’s doctor.  Discover tools and resources below. Developmental Concerns Infographic If you have any worries or concerns about … Read more

Deaf-Blindness Fact Sheet A person who is deaf-blind has a unique experience of the world. For people who can see and hear, the world extends outward as far as his or her eyes and ears can reach. For the young child… Download resource Categories: Deaf-Blindness

Anxiety Fact Sheet All children experience anxiety. Anxiety in children is expected and normal at specific times in development. For example, from approximately age eight months through the preschool years, healthy children may show intense distress (anxiety) at times of separation from their parents… Download resource Categories: Mental Health Attention and ADHD Fact Sheet Parents … Read more

SLD Fact Sheet This fact sheet, the fifth in a series, addresses inadequate achievement. This criterion provides evidence that the student does not achieve adequately for the age or grade-level standards in which the child is enrolled… Download resource Categories: Learning Disability