by Bonnie Landau | May 29, 2018 | 504, Advocacy, Blog, IDEA, IEP, Special Ed Law
There seems to be a lot of confusion about IEP vs 504 plans. While both are covered within special education, only IEPs (individualized education programs) are covered under IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act). IDEA is the federal law that governs how...
by Bonnie Landau | May 28, 2018 | Biomedical Healing, Blog, Sensory Processing, Therapy
Rhythmic Movement Training (or RMT) is a neurological development program that can help integrate primitive reflexes. It provides easy, gentle movements that can actually help with sensory, anxiety, emotional and behavioral issues. It is easy to learn so parents can...
by Bonnie Landau | May 24, 2018 | 504, Advocacy, Blog, IDEA, IEP
Has your child been denied an IEP or 504? It is so common for schools to say that a child is not eligible for special education because the child has good grades or is too smart. The truth is, this is not a valid excuse for denying special education support. Sec....
by Bonnie Landau | May 13, 2018 | 504, Accommodations, Advocacy, Blog, IEP
A lot of time and effort goes into choosing the exact right accommodations to help your child in the classroom. Sometimes you even have to fight for them, even though they usually don’t cost the school any money. Even with all this careful consideration, they...
by Bonnie Landau | May 7, 2018 | Blog
It is often difficult to get children to do vision therapy exercises, but if you can find an app that they love, you might be able to engage them for longer than prescribed. The following apps help with different visual tasks. NOTE: Please talk to your vision...
by Bonnie Landau | May 6, 2018 | Advocacy, Blog, IDEA, IEP
When providing an IEP, least restrictive environment (LRE) is an important concept for parents to understand. It relates to where they put your child for the daily classroom, and how much structure there is in your child’s educational day. IDEA defines the LRE...
by Bonnie Landau | May 4, 2018 | Blog, Mom Care, Parenting
So many people look at my life and cannot restrain their need to comment, “It must be so difficult.” They look at me, my journey and my children, and they cannot imagine themselves walking this path. What so many people do not realize is the many small joys that come...
by Bonnie Landau | May 3, 2018 | Blog, Sensory Processing, Stress & Learning
In my work as a special education advocate and parenting coach, the one question I get most often is, “How can help my child calm down when he is overstimulated?” This could be a sensory issue, like spinning out of control at a noisy party. It could also...
by Bonnie Landau | May 1, 2018 | Blog, Mom Care, Mom Moments, Printable
Mom Self Care. You hear it over and over, but how often do you actually listen? Self care is CRITICAL for moms and especially moms of kids with special needs. At first it may not seem so, but over the years you get worn out, and pretty soon you are out of shape,...
by Bonnie Landau | Apr 18, 2018 | Blog
Special Education Law is specified at the Federal level with IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) and Section 504 of the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act). Unfortunately many of the specifics of the laws are not delineated, like the process for...
by Bonnie Landau | Apr 16, 2018 | Attention Problems, Autism, Biomedical Healing, Blog, Neuroplasticity
Your child has been struggling with learning challenges, so you sought out some answers. Now you have a diagnosis. It could be ADHD, dyslexia, auditory processing disorder, sensory processing disorder or maybe even autism. Even though you sought it out, the words hit...
by Bonnie Landau | Apr 15, 2018 | Accommodations, Auditory Processing, Blog, Classroom Help, Learning Disability
Help for learning disabilities are often called accommodations. Accommodations are ways of modifying environment to assist with overcoming the challenges of a learning disability. For example, if a person has difficulty hearing when competing noise is present,...
by Bonnie Landau | Mar 28, 2018 | Blog, Sensory Processing, Therapy
The Moro Reflex is a primitive reflex that is generally present when a baby is born. Through repeated body movements the reflex usually integrates at the age of 4 to 6 months. The Moro Reflex is an automatic response to the sudden loss of body support. The infant...
by Bonnie Landau | Mar 27, 2018 | Accommodations, Blog, Learning Disability, Printable
Writing essays is a skill that students start as early as first grade. First they learn to write a sentence, then to put those sentences into a paragraph, then to combine paragraphs into an essay. For students with dysgraphia, the actually writing with a pencil is...
by Bonnie Landau | Mar 17, 2018 | Blog, Mom Care, Parenting
The past decade of my life has been devoted to helping my children recover from their developmental delays. Not only fighting with schools, moving to get into a better school and making sure their IEPs are implemented, but also focusing on what can be done at home to...
by Bonnie Landau | Mar 12, 2018 | Attention Problems, Biomedical Healing, Blog, Learning Disability
Recovery from ADHD is a heated topic. I know many will disagree with me, but I believe most of the time, a child CAN improve or recover from ADHD symptoms. The reason so many people disagree with this has to do with what most people think Attention Deficit...
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