One of the most important sections of your child’s Individualized Education Plan (IEP) is the section called “Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance” often variously referred to as PLAAFP, PLEP, PLOP, PLP or PL. The present levels section of your child’s IEP delineates how your child is doing in both academics and functional performance. What the IDEA say about Present Levels of Performance Let’s look at what the Continue Reading

Connecticut Superior Courts for Juvenile Matters have exclusive jurisdiction over all juveniles that have been accused of committing a crime or a delinquent act. In Connecticut, juvenile delinquency is defined as a person under the age of 18 years old that has violated or attempted to violate any state or federal laws, orders of the Superior Court, or any local or municipal ordinance. Although all Connecticut criminal statutes apply to Continue Reading

If your minor child is convicted of a crime, he or she may end up being sent to a juvenile detention center in Connecticut. It’s important to note that juvenile detention centers are not prisons. It is a common mistake to compare the two as the same when in fact they are not. Detention centers are only reserved for minor children under the age of 18. There are various types Continue Reading

Looking for the right summer camp for your child with a disability is always a challenge. Making sure that the summer camp also integrates the appropriate needs for your child with a disability is difficult as well. Fortunately, here in Connecticut, when it comes to summer camps, kids with disabilities have many choices to choose from just as other kids do. Different Summer Camps Notably, the Americans with Disabilities Act Continue Reading

https://sites.ed.gov/idea/idea-files/policy-letter-22-04-april-15-2022-to-zirkel/?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term= SUMMARY Addresses requirements related to IDEA’s due process and state complaint procedures including: certain required content for a due process complaint; due process hearings timelines, including expedited due process hearings; the authority of hearing officers to order certain remedies; the authority of hearing officers to issue “summary judgment” on an IDEA due process complaint; and consideration of state guidance and applicable case law in the SEA’s resolution of an Continue Reading