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Is Your Child’s Disability Adversely Affecting Educational Performance? It can be confusing for parents to understand how their child’s disability may qualify...
A Special Needs Trust is one that is designed to supplement the government benefits that your disabled child receives. Because of this, they are sometimes...
As a child grows up, a parent’s biggest financial concern might be saving for college. But it might be wise to look ahead even further to help ensure your son...
Written by Jayne M. Wesler Esq. As a parent, the last thing you want is for your child’s disability to affect his or her ability to succeed in the classroom....
Written by Staci J. Greenwald, Esq. The “Present Level of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance,” or PLAAFP, is the first written statement in the...
The use of seclusion and restraint in schools for disciplinary and safety reasons is a difficult issue, especially in regards to severely disabled children....
The concept of “least restrictive environment” is a core element of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvements Act (IDEIA), and was a fairly...
There is a wide range of severity of different childhood disabilities. Many conditions may not be readily apparent and may take years to identify and...
Autism has been a mysterious condition since it was first classified, and its cause remains largely unknown, even to this day. The fact that there is little...
Much of the discussion pertaining to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) focuses on what it provides to the parents of...
IEP’s are complex, detailed legal documents that contain an educational program for each child with special needs. They can often be confusing, and sometimes specific details get lost. One example: Do parents of children with special needs know the difference between...
The Basics A trust is an effective tool in estate planning. To create a trust, a person called a grantor specifies which assets go into the trust. The grantor then designates another person called the trustee to oversee the trust for the person called the beneficiary...
In the state of New Jersey, the right to an education has specific, robust legal protections. All New Jersey residents are entitled to a free and appropriate education in their local public school system from pre-K to grade 12. However, the key word in this principle...
Every estate plan should consist of multiple documents which supplement one another. Exactly how many documents and what types you will need for your estate, however, can vary greatly depending upon your situation. For example, many forms of trust and power of...
As another school year looms, parents of children with special needs may become anxious about their student’s transition into another school year. Maybe last year didn’t go so well and you’d like this year to be better. Or maybe last year was stellar and you want to...