Many things in life shouldn’t be done alone and getting through the special education waters is one of them. It can be confusing, emotional and exhausting yet can be extremely rewarding. Let us help your child get the resources to be successful.
All of our services are uniquely tailored to meet the needs of our clients. We understand some families simply want a little guidance and support while getting to understand special education laws. Alternatively, other families are looking for more in-depth support through research, coaching and direct representation. Whatever your needs are, we can provide you with the level of support you are looking for.
Collaboration. That is how I believe progress happens. I started Brylan Advocates because I saw a need for more collaboration and less heated debates around the IEP table and a child’s education. After years of working in the private practice of law, I decided I wanted to be involved in a roundtable discussion rather than a courtroom. I believe this is more efficient and cost effective than litigation. With knowledge, preparation and collaboration, we can help all children make progress and prepare them for a great future.
Don’t give up….
Some days it is so easy to feel defeated. Like no matter what you do, you just don’t seem to be making progress but that part isn’t true. Perhaps we don’t look back for a reason, as that isn’t the way we are going, but next time you do, realize that you have gone quite some distance. It may be a little, or a lot, but regardless, you have made strides and overcome obstacles that stood in your path. Take a breath. Check out if you need to for a bit. Give yourself some grace and then saddle up and keep going. You can do this! In fact you are!
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Auditory Processing:
The ability to detect and process meaningful nonverbal information in sound or how a person receives, mentally organizes, and uses the information they hear. Can often be a part of ADHD in terms of being able to compartmentalize one sound when there are many sounds around you.
Phonological Processing:
A part of auditory processing that refers to the ability to discriminate and manipulate sounds within spoken words. It is a cognitive process that underlies a child’s ability to associate letters with the sounds that they make in the written word. This is often a large deficit in those with dyslexia and other language disorders.
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Many accommodations and goals rely on the fact that your child has some basic skills to utilize them…. But do they? Check and if not request the school go over that first. Good luck!!!
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone!!!!! So listen up…. There are sooooooo may tests your child could be assessed with. When schools do testing they often use a cognitive type (WISC or WJ COG) and academic achievement tests (WIAT, WJ, KTEA) but what if you want some more specific details on the deficit. What if you are suspecting dyslexia or another language impairment? Well here are some starting points. I know it’s a lot but some schools administer certain tests and others they have to be trained/order/etc. but if they cannot do a certain test you think your child should be assessed with then you could also request an IEE to have an outside private evaluator do the testing. Good luck!
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So don’t let it 🙂
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Phonological Processing is comprised of 3 areas of functioning and a deficit in these areas can suggest a speech and language impairment or a learning disability such as dyslexia.
Phonological Awareness:
he ability to recognize and work with sounds in spoken language. Understanding that the sounds used to speak relate directly to the letters used when reading and writing.
Phonological Memory:
The ability to hold on to speech-based information in short-term memory. We rely heavily on our phonological memory when reading and spelling.
Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN):
The ability to quickly identify and name a series of common stimuli (e.g. letters, numbers, colors, objects). RAN provides information about an individual’s ability to retrieve words quickly and easily from long-term memory.
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IDEA Section 300.1 states the purpose of an IEP!
The purposes of this part are—
(a) To ensure that all children with disabilities have available to them a free appropriate public education that emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education, employment, and independent living;
(b) To ensure that the rights of children with disabilities and their parents are protected;
(c) To assist States, localities, educational service agencies, and Federal agencies to provide for the education of all children with disabilities; and
(d) To assess and ensure the effectiveness of efforts to educate children with disabilities.
Use this as a reminder as you draft goals for your child. Good luck!
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What is adaptive behavior?
Adaptive behavior is the set of skills that children should be able to perform at a certain age, including social skills, cleaning, functional academic skills, and personal grooming. Children with special needs might be delayed in these areas.
To determine whether a child has adaptive delays, questionnaires are often used to be completed by parents, teachers, and other caregivers. These are in addition to tests administered by professionals in a controlled setting. The questionnaires help the professionals get a better understanding of the child’s routine behavior.
It's important to give your child the time and space to make mistakes to figure out solutions on their own. This can help boost their adaptive behavior skills.
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When talking about a child’s behaviors, first ask if they even have the skill. If the skill is lacking, it is never going to happen so first identify if a behavior is “will of the child” or “lack of skill set”. If the later, then teach the skill.
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Parental Concerns!
This parents and guardians is your opportunity to share any and all concerns regarding your child and their special education services and have it documented in the IEP. So use it!!!! Some schools provide a form but regardless, you can type your concerns regarding your child and email it to the school asking to put it directly into the IEP verbatim.
Concerns regarding their needs not being supported, maybe they need to be supported differently, perhaps you suspect another or a different disability, etc. Just make sure you express them and that they get put into the document.
Good luck!
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IDEA sec. 300.320(a) IEP’s must have present levels of academic AND functional performance and they must be accurate, current, comprehensive, and based on objective test data in order to determine your child’s needs and to be able to write measurable goals.
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Disclaimer: Brylan Advocates LLC in no way represents itself as a law firm and does not provide legal services or advice. We are a professional advocacy group versed in Special Education Law with a goal towards assisting families in receiving the educational environment they are entitled to.
