Childhood Lead Poisoning
Learn all about Childhood Lead Poisoning from JFS’s own Joe Studivant. Joe became an expert on this subject when his daughter contracted lead poisoning as a toddler. Read on to learn the valuable lessons Joe reveals.
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DAPIM: An Effective Problem Solving Model for Tough Issues
There is a step-by-step process to identify an agreed upon goal and provides a roadmap to create the steps to reach the desired outcome. This technique is called the DAPIM™ process: Define – Assess – Plan – Implement – Monitor.
10 Ways to Help Children in Foster Care
By Heidi Storey, Resource Family Coordinator Call me an optimist, but I firmly believe this to be true: people care about youth in foster care and want to help, even if they don’t feel they can welcome a child into their home. While the need for additional resource homes for youth is always acute (there …
Dear Director: The Special Education Edition
We adopted a sibling group of 3 from foster care and they each came with an IEP. I heard that you only have an IEP if you have a disability. My kids don’t look disabled. I mean, I know about their trauma background and all, but they can read and they can see and all that. But now I am worried and it’s all so daunting.
Educational Accommodations
Within your child’s IEP or 504 plan, there will be a section listing very specific educational, behavioral, academic, and sensory strategies for your child. These are called accommodations, modifications, services, and specially designed instructions. Read on so you have a good understanding of which of these particular accommodations may best serve your student. Feel free to borrow and use any of the following list of strategies!
