SPECIAL EDUCATION:
Information Especially for Students and Parents
How can I learn about disabilities?
Information about specific educational disabilities and programs mental retardation, hearing impaired/deaf, speech/language impaired, visually impaired/blind, emotionally disturbed, orthopedically impaired or other health impaired, learning disabilities/attention deficit hyperactivity disorders, autism, traumatic brain injury, early childhood/preschool/developmental disabilities, severe disabilities
How does Virginia’s accountability system affect students with disabilities?
- Division of Student Assessment and School Improvement
- Procedures for Participation of Students with Disabilities in Virginia's Accountability System
Who can I talk to in my child's school?
Who can answer questions about special education in my school division?
Helpful Resources and Documents
A Parent's Guide to Special Education (English)
A Parent's Guide to Special Education (Spanish)Parent/Student Rights and Procedural Safeguards
Virginia's Special Education Mediation System
Office of Due Process and Complaints
Due Process
ComplaintsDiscipline of Students with Disabilities, Resource Document (Under Revision at this Time)
Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Intervention Plans, and Positive Intervention and Supports: (Monograph), (Appendices)
How can I help improve special education programs in my school division?
Local Special Education Advisory Committee
How are special education programs funded?
Where can I find statistical data about students served, teachers, and spending?
What are the state and federal requirements for special education programs?
Who else can help?
Virginia Department of Education: Special Education Staff Directory
The Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC)
Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy (VOPA)
People with Attentional and Developmental Disabilities Association