September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. During this month, we will share many lessons that our family has learned from childhood cancer.
Our family is INCREDIBLY blessed. Patrick's Aunt Jenny is a special education administrator. So even at 2 1/2, we made sure that Aunt Jenny was VERY involved with Patrick's schooling.
Knowing your rights in terms of school
Aunt Jenny here again to talk a little more about school. This is going to be in 3 parts so consider this part 1.
When your child is in the hospital they are going to need to continue going to school. The school district is required to provide education to your child while they are in the hospital. Keep in mind, your little one might not be up to school work but it does keep some type of normalcy in their little world.
So what are they required to do? It really depends on the state on when these rights kick in and how your school district is going to do this. It is usually 10 school days before out of school help begins. Talk to your child life specialists. They are generally right on top of this. They can contact the people in the hospital that help with education (pretty much every children’s hospital has an arrangement with an agency to do this).
Where do you go to find out your rights???
State Department of Education
Local School District
Department of Special Education for your local district.
More to come tomorrow. . . . .
When your child is in the hospital they are going to need to continue going to school. The school district is required to provide education to your child while they are in the hospital. Keep in mind, your little one might not be up to school work but it does keep some type of normalcy in their little world.
So what are they required to do? It really depends on the state on when these rights kick in and how your school district is going to do this. It is usually 10 school days before out of school help begins. Talk to your child life specialists. They are generally right on top of this. They can contact the people in the hospital that help with education (pretty much every children’s hospital has an arrangement with an agency to do this).
Where do you go to find out your rights???
State Department of Education
Local School District
Department of Special Education for your local district.
More to come tomorrow. . . . .
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