Family Characteristics

The more you know about a child’s outside of school life, the better you can help them in the classroom. If a child’s…

Life with Disabilities

I’ve been around people with disabilities all my life. My uncle, a couple of my high school friends, one of my…

Final Project

This week was our law summary projects. Every one of us showcased how we decided to learn the educational laws. For me, I did a PowerPoint that was pretty spread out. Each law had 6 slides, including a title slide. It was interesting to see how everyone did the exact same project but we all learned…

Cycle of Life

What are the stages of the Grief Cycle? How will you as a professional help a family as…

Needs of the Family

My Family Project is helping a Jamaican family with a 9-mon-old with a possibility of cerebral palsy. Knowing about the…

Working with Families

Knowing how different members of the family are affected can help us best help them and make a plan moving forward. It’s…

FERPA and Families

FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) helps families with their educational privacy. Anything related to the student on an educational level is covered by FERPA. If a school or educational institution has documents with specific student information, it’s automatically protected by…

Transitioning

There is more to transitioning with a person with a disability than we think. It’s more than making sure they can survive in the…

Project and Laws

I’ve been working on summarizing all the laws this week and have learned that as much as I do know about them, I don’t know as much as I should. Progress is progress, no matter how far you get. Slowly bur surely, the law summary assignment is getting done.

HIPAA Effects

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) can be difficult for some families. While it does give the family rights over their healthcare and information, it can end up costing families more money than the hassle is worth. The main areas of HIPAA are: Administrative (privacy), Physical…