FAPE during Distance Learning
Well, hello! This is certainly not where any of us expected to be. But here we are. As I navigate this crisis with my own boys, I’m sharing what I’ve learned. And, since I have nothing else to do (ha!), I’ve been working really hard to bring you the most accurate, helpful, applicable, and up-to-date information.
I have been contacting the best experts in the field about this issue, and helping get ideas for you to implement at home. Every week I do at least one Facebook Live event, so make sure you are following the page so that you don’t miss them. Now, on to the information.
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How to Stockpile for the Pandemic on a budget.
Stocking Up for a Pandemic My first disclaimer is this: I am not the person taking all the toilet paper.
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My child won’t wear a mask | School and IEP Accommodations | Ideas
Getting your Disabled Child to Wear a Mask If I had a nickel for “Well, just have him wear a
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Back to School 2020 with an IEP | Q and A with Attorney Laura Heneghan.
Back to School With an IEP I’m sorry that it took me almost a month to get this video
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Trick-or-Treating in the Age of COVID-19 | Free Printable Checklist
COVID-19 and Halloween If there is one thing that doesn’t get canceled this Halloween season, I hope it’s
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12 Gross Motor Sensory Activities Using Household Items | Gross Motor Activities for Special Needs
Gross Motor Activities for Special Needs Does your child have sensory breaks in their IEP? Or need them? Are you
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What will happen to my IEP this Fall, if I choose to…..
Your IEP This Fall We are faced with so many tough decisions this fall. I addressed the decision-making process in
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IEP and 504 Accommodations for Online/Virtual Learning.
Online and Virtual Learning Accommodations This came up today in our Facebook Live chat, as an OT/Sensory question. Some
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Kids and Trauma | Signs | Tips for Parents | Race Trauma | Covid-19 Isolation
Kids and Trauma Our kids have been through a lot lately. From being completely isolated from friends and classmates, to
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How to Prepare for Quarantine | Disability Families | Printable Checklists
Preparing for Quarantine As more and more school districts are closing, I can feel the tension rising in the Facebook
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5 Ideas for a Safe and Fun Halloween during the Pandemic.
Halloween Looks Different this year! No matter how you like to celebrate Halloween, there is no denying that it is
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Can a Child Receive In-Person IEP Services if the School is Doing Distance Learning? YES.
A FAPE Test Case and Distance Learning “In light of the foregoing, I recommend the Plaintiffs’ Motion be granted in
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150 Distance Learning Resources for Parents | OT | PT | Special Education | All Subjects
Education and Therapy Activities for Home I don’t know about you, but last week I was just completely overwhelmed.
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Calming Back to School Jitters due to the Pandemic | Tips for Parents and Teachers
Nervous about going back to school? We all are! This year’s back to school time is going to be
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How to Host a Trunk-or-Treat (and save Halloween in the age of COVID!)
Will Trunk or Treat Save Halloween? Trunk or Treating is a growing trend that has been popping up around the
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Too Much Screentime? | How to Create a Screen Plan that Works.
Kids and Screens Every single day, parents are inundated with messages and memes reminding us that screens are bad for
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Extended School Closings | Everything an IEP Parent Needs to Know | FAPE | Online Services
Extended School Closings and FAPE Blech. I don’t even know where to begin. All at the same time, things
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9 Essential Tips for Supporting Your Child’s Learning at Home During COVID-19.
Will your distance learning be successful? As we face the reality of having to do long-distance learning with our children
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8 Ways to Have a Special Birthday {even if you’re stuck at home!}
Birthdays during Quarantine I ended up totally bombing Brian’s 11th birthday. I had plans…real plans! I was going
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Should your IEP Change Due to the Pandemic and Distance Learning?
IEPs during the Pandemic As we head into a new school year that has even more unknowns than the spring,
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7 Virtual Playdate Ideas for Kids | Preschool to Tween
Virtual PlayDates My kids have been spending much more time than I’d like online these days. Rather than give
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How to Rock an Online Virtual IEP Meeting.
Virtual Online IEP Meetings Everyone keeps talking about how this shutdown thing is going to change our lives forever. One
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When your School is refusing to provide Online Instruction for your IEP Student.
Providing FAPE during the crisis This crisis has really exposed flaws in our society. I could dedicate an entire website
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How To Ask for COVID IEP Compensatory Services | ESY
IEP Compensatory Services Wow, we have so much to think about. For schools being closed for 3 months, (ha! 3 months, I
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School Shutdowns | Official Dept of Ed Guidance from all 50 States.
School Closed for the 2019/20 Year Well, what a time to be alive, huh? I said it in another post, but
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Lockdown Losses | Recovering Lost Speech and Language Skills
Skills Lost or Delayed During Lockdown A recent study of over 50,000 preschoolers in England showed that current 4 and 5-year-olds are
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Attorney/Advocate Chat: Distance Learning and IEPs
Distance Learning and IEPs Here is the information from the Attorney/Advocate chat that I hosted about distance learning and
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Should you keep your student at home or send them to school? How to Decide for Fall 2020.
In-Person or Virtual Learning? This summer is so stressful, isn’t it? Normally, we relax, regroup and are ready to
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18 Tips to work on Social Skills/SEL while you’re stuck at home (from a BCBA!)
How to Practice Social Skills/SEL during times of isolation. When you’re stuck at home with only the same
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Extended School Closings | IEP Evaluations | PWNs | Placement Change |
Updated Special Ed Information for Shutdown I’m telling you. Every week, I think “Ok, that’s it. Now the
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OT Skills + Distance Learning: Tips for Success
Occupational Therapy at Home I had another great Facebook Live chat again today. Today it was Jaime Bassman, MS OTR/
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Bored and Stuck at Home? 12 Survival Tips and Ideas for Parents and Kids.
Stuck at Home When you’ve been stuck inside for months, either due to a virus or just plain old
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Distance Learning with a 1:1 Aide or Para | Tips for Success
Online Learning with a 1:1 Aide This post is only a few months old, but it already needs updating. At the
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IEP Regression and Progress Monitoring During Distance Learning | Templates
IEP Regression and Distance Learning Regression is one of our biggest fears as parents. Our kids are already behind their
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IEP Assessments and Evaluations | Can they be done virtually? | REED
Virtual/Remote IEP Assessments This issue has been coming up in the Facebook Group often. I guess this pandemic is
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How to Request Homebound Placement | Examples | Sentence Starters
Homebound Placement during the Pandemic Normally, I’m against homebound IEP placement for most students. After all, it is one
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What is an IRLP? Individual Remote Learning Plans, explained.
IRLP Individual Remote Learning Plan Yesterday a blog reader asked if I could further explain IRLP. IRLP stands for Individual
