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Top 10 List for Parents in the IEP Process

Different letters of the alphabet in a circle around the word IEP

What does a parent or caregiver need to know about the IEP process? So far, we’ve discussed the purpose of an IEP. An ‘IEP’ outlines how a school meets a child’s educational and disability-related needs. We’ve also covered IEP meeting components. This includes annual discussions and documentation. But what else should a parent know about […]

Meet the APH FamilyConnect Parent Advisory Board Members! 

Posted on April 19, 2023 - 2:48 pm by
Several members of the APH FamilyConnect Parent Advisory Board

Our mission as the APH FamilyConnect Parent Advisory Board is to make a difference by empowering families with love, compassion, wisdom, and authenticity. – APH ConnectCenter FamilyConnect Parent Advisory Board  In October, APH FamilyConnect established the first-ever Parent Advisory Board. This group represents nine different states, various diagnoses, ages of children, many life experiences, and […]

Sensory Efficiency

A boy exploring a sensory wall with a paremt

What Is Sensory Efficiency? Sensory efficiency addresses the use of residual vision, hearing, and other senses to enable or enhance access to the environment. For example, learning how to use touch and smell rather than visual cues to identify one’s personal possessions or one’s location or using hearing and the other senses to identify people […]

Compensatory and Academic Skills

A student with supplies on his des organized into bins.

Disability-specific compensatory skills refer to using strategies, techniques, and adapted materials that students with blindness or low vision need to access the general education and common core curricula. These include braille reading and writing methods, regular print, regular print with optical devices, large print, and voice output technology. Students who are blind or low vision […]