Fact/Info Sheet

Presented by PACER's National Parent Center on Transition and Employment

Presented by PACER's National Parent Center on Transition and Employment

Presented by PACER's National Parent Center on Transition and Employment

Presented by PACER's National Parent Center on Transition and Employment

This checklist is designed to give family members an easy-to-use list of topics that should be taken into consideration when discussing transition from high school to college.

Presented by the National Association of Special Education Teachers

The country’s response to COVID-19 has resulted in many changes to the way your child is receiving their education, but one thing remains intact - Your child is entitled to ALL of the supports listed in their IEP, regardless of whether it was written prior to the start of the quarantine. Cancellation of service or reduction of service is not an expectation due to the pandemic. If anything, your child may require MORE service, NOT less. 

Complete booklet of guidelines for evaluation and implementation of therapeutic strategies to help individuals access and develop critical skills.

More and more kids with Williams syndrome are accessing and participating in the general education curriculum.  We continue to educate the educators on the learning profiles of students with WS, and they are able to implement appropriate accommodations that allow the child to access the curriculum or respond to the curriculum in a different way.  

Many times the terms accommodation and modification are used interchangeably.  This is wrong - they are two very different things.  It is important to understand the difference between an accommodation and a modification.