A SEPTA friend from the Arlington Special Education Advisory Committee, Donna Owens, passed along some helpful tips on preparing for and participating in Individualized Education Plan Eligibility meetings.  Since the end of the school year is often a busy time for eligibility determinations, we thought we’d share her tips with our SEPTA membership.  (See the text […]

In honor of Autism Awareness Month, we thought we’d share some inspirational videos forwarded to us by local mom, Millie Thomas.  As parents of children with special needs, many of us have been in the position of watching our children struggle with an illness or an unexpected challenge without knowing why it’s happening, when it might abate, […]

Here is a great resource  put together for the Alexandria City Public Schools. Many parents have found the work of Dr. Lauren Kenworthy to be helpful. (Dr. Kenworthy is one of the authors of the Unstuck and On Target curriculum).   This series is for parents, with videos translated into Spanish, Amharic, and Arabic. Building Flexibility and Resilience […]

If you have a non-verbal or non-speaking child or a child with epilepsy or severe allergies you need to know this.  When your child is on an APS bus, the driver and the dispatcher do not have access to medical records. Last fall, I received a call from the Office of Transportation that my son […]

If you were unable to attend last Thursday’s meeting on Summer School Options, here are the notes from our super secretary, Karen Sosnoski. 7:15: Arlington Public Schools Summer Options—Angelique Close, Supervisor of SPED Programming. • February list of summer school programs/schedule will be out on website and at IEP meetings. • ESY (Extended School Year […]