With the coronavirus cases rising in Arizona, there are a lot more questions than answers about what the upcoming school year is going to look like. This month the Arizona Department of Education released a number of documents as a Roadmap for Reopening Schools. Students with disabilities still have their protections under the IDEA. This has been confirmed by the ADE and the US Department of Education. With its “Considerations for Students in Reopening Schools,” the ADE lays

Know your evaluation rights. With the schools closed since March due to COVID-19, parents have had to take on additional work educating their children. After a couple weeks of the schools being closed your school began to offer some form of distance learning for students. How much support was offered differed greatly throughout Arizona. Some schools may have provided robust support including some live lessons through Zoom or some other platforms. Some other districts and scho

This is a time of great uncertainty. The schools are closed through the end of the school year (at least). Some schools have been offering online services during the school closure while others have perhaps relied on packets. It is certainly much different than the education that was provided before the school closure. For some students with disabilities, the change to online school may have been helpful. But more than likely, it has been a struggle with parents shouldering e