Back to School Resources
Below you will find some helpful resources to help prepare you and your child for the back to school season. We are adding new items to this page regularly so please check back soon!
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Questions Parents Can Ask About Reading Improvement
Parents of children with disabilities who are receiving "special education" reading instruction need information to participate in writing the IEP (Individualized Education Program) and in working with their children at home. When speaking with your child's teacher or education specialist, use the following questions to help you gather the information you need.
**Taken from: Exceptional Children's Assistance Center, www.ecac-parentcenter.org.
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Words About Reading That You Might Hear at an IEP Meeting
This is a fact sheet outlining reading words and their definition that you might hear at your child's IEP meeting. Spanish Version
**Taken from: Exceptional Children's Assistance Center, www.ecac-parentcenter.org.
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What Works Clearinghouse
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) collects, screens, and identifies studies of effectiveness of educational interventions (programs, products, practices, and policies).-
Beginning Reading - This review focuses on reading interventions that address student outcomes for students in grades K-3 in four domains: alphabetics (phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, phonics, letter knowledge, or print concepts), reading fluency, comprehension (vocabulary or reading comprehension), and general reading achievement.
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10 Things Teachers Wish Parents Would Do / 10 Things Parents Wish Teachers Would Do
August is when we begin to prepare our children for school. With our ADHD children, we want to give them every opportunity to be successful. As such, we are reprinting our August 1999 newsletter featuring The National PTA's insights into what parents and teachers want for each other. This is true for all children.
**Originally Taken From: National PTA Newsletter, August 1999. Secondary Source: The ADDvisor, An E-mail Newsletter for Individuals with AD/HD and their Families. July, 2007, Volume 9 Number 8.
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School Refusal / Avoidance Phobia
Historically called "school phobia," many researchers now prefer to use the terms "school avoidance" or "school refusal." There is confusion regarding the terms because children who experience significant difficulty in attending school do so for different reasons and exhibit different behaviors. In general, children who refuse to attend or avoid school stay in close contact with their parents or caregivers, and are frequently (although not always) anxious and fearful. This article offers tips on what parents can do if they have a child that experiences "school avoidance."
** Taken from: National Association of School Psychologists, November 1996.
