| Do you have a child with a disability who
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| | months in one year of special education,
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| receives special educationservices? Does
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| | that isnot allowing your child to receive
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| your child with a learning disability
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| | significant learning. Your childwill
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| still struggleacademically, even with the
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| | continue to fall further behind his grade
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| services? This article will explain what
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| | and age appropriatepeers. Once a child is
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| FAPE is and how you can help your child
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| | behind academically it is extremely
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| receive it.
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| | difficultto catch up with his/her peers.
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| FAPE stands for a "Free Appropriate
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| | You can help your child receive FAPE by
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| Public Education." Below are twodifferent
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| | doing the following things:
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| definitions for FAPE:
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| | 1. Have high expectations for your child.
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| 1. The definition of Free Appropriate
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| | With appropriate instructionyour child
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| Public Education under IDEA isspecial
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| | should be able to keep up with their age
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| education and related services that are
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| | and gradeappropriate peers.
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| provided at publicexpense, meet state
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| | 2. Make sure that your child is receiving
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| standards, are appropriate, and are
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| | appropriate instructionfor their areas of
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| provided inconformity with an IEP. IDEA
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| | disability. If your child has a learning
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| can be downloaded at
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| | disabilityin reading, there are
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| 2. The United States Supreme Court
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| | curriculums that will help your child
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| several years ago issued a
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| | learn toread.
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| legaldefinition of FAPE. It is defined as
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| | 3. Make sure that your child's teacher is
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| special education and relatedservices
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| | trained in the appropriateinstruction.
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| that are designed to meet the child's
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| | Some reading programs recommend that a
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| unique needs, givesmeaningful benefit,
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| | teacher becertified in the specific
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| and has been given at no charge to the
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| | method, in order to use the
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| parents.
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| | methodeffectively.
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| Case law which is state federal and
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| | 4. Make sure that your child is receiving
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| Supreme Court rulings, can befound at
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| | the appropriate instructionfor a long
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| FAPE is one of the most difficult
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| | enough time that will help them make
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| concepts for parents and specialeducation
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| | progress.A lot ofcurriculums recommend
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| personnel to understand and agree on. The
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| | amount of instruction time; make sure
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| Supreme Courtstates that children with
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| | thesetimes are followed.
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| disabilities must receive
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| | 5. Make sure that the curriculum that is
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| meaningfulbenefit, in order to receive
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| | being used is research-based.
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| FAPE. In a more recent Supreme
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| | This means that there is research that
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| Courtruling (N.R. vs Kingwood Township),
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| | proves that the curriculumworks to help
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| the court decided that the IEPmust allow
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| | children learn.
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| the child significant learning and give
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| | By following the above suggestions you
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| meaningful benefit.
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| | will be on your way to ensuringthat your
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| For Example: If your fourth-grade child
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| | child receives a free appropriate public
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| is reading at a first-gradelevel, and
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| | education. You mustbe assertively
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| disability educators want to write a goal
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| | persistent and vigilant if your child is
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| that his readinglevel increase three
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| | to learn andhave a full life!
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