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Residential schools enroll students with special needs for 24 hours/day. On the continuum of services available, it is considered a restrictive...

If you are a parent who is seeking to recoup tuition reimbursement for your child's private school placement, you will need to submit a 10 day...

The initial document needed to commence an Impartial Due Process Hearing. This document should be detailed and specific to your child. It needs to...

An impartial due process hearing is designed to resolve differences between parents and schools regarding the identification, evaluation, placement...

In the context of special education therapies, research-based therapy is an accumulation of facts that have been obtained by research.

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a research-based therapy that builds new skills to manage painful emotions and decrease conflict in...

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a psycho-social intervention that aims to improve mental health. CBT focuses on challenging and changing...

An acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force, resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial...

Transition services are a coordinated set of activities for a student, designed within an outcome-oriented process, which promote movement from...

Instructional strategy in which complex, multi-step tasks are analyzed and broken down into sequential component parts, with each part taught...

Professional trained to identify, assess, diagnose, and correct various types of communication disorders.

A communication disorder, such as stuttering, impaired articulation, a language impairment, or a voice impairment, that negatively impacts a...

Specifically designed instruction, at no cost to parents, to meet the individual needs of a child with a disability

Using direct instruction to teach students appropriate social behaviors that increase an individual’s social competency, acceptance, and adaptation.

Refers to person or agency providing some type of service to children with a disability and/or their families.

Refers to feeding, dressing, and other activities necessary for independent functioning in a family, in school, and in the community

Professional trained to give psychological tests, interpret results, provide counseling, and suggest appropriate educational approaches to learning...

A tiered model for intervention in which students who are at risk for special education referrals are exposed to gradually increasing levels of...