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Marcy McGahee-Kovac

A Student's Guide to the IEP

Learn to help write your own IEP. This guide will show you how to develop an IEP, how to prepare for the meeting, and how to participate. Learn how to organize the meeting and invite people. Take charge of your own education.
Young student focused intensely on writing.
Regina G. Richards

A Student's Perspective on Writing

Eli, a young boy, tells us what it is like to have dysgraphia. Regina Richards, a well-known expert on dysgraphia (and Eli’s mom), explains how to help children who struggle with the challenges Eli describes. Practical techniques discussed include POWER: Prepare, Organize, Write, Edit, Revise.
Legs and feet of girl sitting on steps
Heather Wall

In My Students' Shoes

Parents and teachers can sympathize with struggling readers to a point, but they are usually far removed from the challenge of learning to read themselves. However, this reading specialist suffered a head injury and tells her story of what it was like to know how to decode but not to comprehend what she read.

Homeschooling, Homework Help, Self-Esteem & Stress Management, Study Skills, Working with Families

Student support at home

How can educators help parents support a child who has learning disabilities? Below you’ll find information to share with parents on how to help their child with school work. There is also information on what they can do to help him or her with social skills, a particular problem for many children with learning disabilities. Probably the most important thing to a parent can do, though, is to love and appreciate their child, irregardless of how he or she learns!

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