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Parent Guide for TNReady Supports

Parent Guide to TNReady Supports for Students with Disabilities

As a parent of a child with a disability, you are involved in making decisions about services for your child. This guide is intended to increase your understanding of the use of accommodations in both instruction and assessment. Accommodation use is an important part of planning the educational program for your child, and many students with a disability only need slight changes to the way they are taught and tested to participate successfully in their general education classes.  (Click image to the left to open the full document.)

 

 

 
 
SPED GlossaryIRIS Center (Vanderbilt) Glossary for terms in Special Education
 
Use this glossary to look up the definitions for the disability related terms covered in many of our resources. (Click image to the left to open the full document.)
 
 
 
 
 
 

Procedural SafeguardsProcedural Safeguards

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the federal law concerning the education of students with disabilities, requires schools to provide parents of a child with a disability with a notice containing a full explanation of the procedural safeguards available under the IDEA, U.S. Department of Education regulations, and Tennessee law and regulations.  (Click image to the left to open the full document.)

 

 

 

 

 

Procedural Safeguards (en Español)Procedural Safeguards (en Español)
 
La Ley de educación para personas con discapacidades (IDEA, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) es una ley federal que regula la educación de los estudiantes con discapacidades, y exige que las escuelas entreguen a los padres de los menores con discapacidades un aviso en el cual se explican detalladamente las garantías procesales en virtud de la ley IDEA, los reglamentos del Departamento de Educación de los Estados Unidos, y las leyes y reglamentos de Tennessee.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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