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Military & Department of Defense (DOD) Special Education Military Education l Autism l Reading l Transition l Caselaw Resources l Reports l Publicationsl Teachers & Administrators Print this page New Proposed Regulations! The Department of Defense has issued proposed revisions to their special education regulations that impact schools operated by DoDEA. The present regs do not provide for a child with a disability who moves from a public school with an IEP to a DoDEA school to be entitled to a "comparable" IEP.
In a public school, if the parent has a complaint, such as IEP not being properly implemented, the parent cqn file a complaint with their State Department of Education, the SEA. All sections and subsections in the proposed regulations as published in the Federal Register are "text left" so it is difficult to determine which provision is a subsection of a prior provision. September 2012 GAO Report: Better Oversight Needed to Provide Services for Children with Special Needs. New! MIC3. MC&FP Weekly Outreach. Free Tutoring Military Family Program – Tutor.com for U.S. Military Families. Information Directory for Autism Spectrum Disorders. Q&A: Meeting the Military Child's Needs. An interview with Professor Robert Blum of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Q: Does deployment have an impact on kids in the school setting?
Blum: It can have a tremendous impact and it can depend on the type of school setting. A child who has a parent in the Reserves, for example, may be in a school where there are no other children whose parents are deployed. That child may feel extremely isolated. We often don’t ask if children have parents who are deployed, so at times schools don’t even know about it until a problem arises. Other kids are in Military Impacted Schools, where there are large numbers of children who have parents who are deployed. Those children also face challenges associated with deployment. Q: What can schools do to support kids who have parents who are deployed? Blum: The kinds of things schools can to do include: Q: What are some challenges military kids face when transferring to a new school?
Blum: There are a range of issues. Robert W. 5 Things School Leaders Can Do To Build Connections. By Randy Collins, AASA Past President and Superintendent, Waterford, Conn. The average military family moves three times more often than its civilian counterpart, according to the Department of Defense. This transiency often disrupts a military family child’s friendships, academic progress, and sense of connectedness. School leaders can ensure that during the time military children are in their schools—however short that time—these students have a sense of stability and safety and stay on track toward graduation. Here are 5 things school leaders can do to build connections: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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