Month: January 2019

What’s the purpose of an early intervention evaluation? First, it can tell you if your child is eligible for early intervention services. If he is, the evaluation will provide information to make those services as helpful as possible. Each state handles things slightly differently. But in all states, this evaluation is called an “initial assessment” […]

If your child has learning and attention issues—or if you suspect she does—you may be eager for her to receive special education services. To find out if she’s eligible, school officials have to do two things. First, they must determine if your child has a “covered” disability. Second, they have to determine if it’s severe […]

What do you imagine when you think about special education? You might picture children with disabilities spending the day tucked away in a different kind of classroom, separated from most of the kids their age. This may have been the norm in the past. But as the field of special education has moved forward, much […]

A formal evaluation is one of the first steps in getting your child the school services she needs. The general rule is that a school must evaluate your child if it knows or “suspects” she has a disability—this covers many learning and attention issues. But sometimes a school will refuse to evaluate. Here are steps […]

If you’ve chosen to have your child tested for learning and attention issues, you’ve taking a big step toward getting extra support for your child. But what actually happens during the evaluation process? There are many benefits to getting your child evaluated. But the main one is finding out if your child is eligible for […]