From the Courts: Behavior Not A Manifestation of Disabilities
A New Jersey Administrative Law Judge ruled that a 6th grader with disabilities could be removed from school in connection with behavior that violated school rules. The case involves an 11-year-old boy who had been accused by his Essex County school district of...Teachers’ Perspective: Does Your Student Have Executive Dysfunction?
By Tracy Landon and Linda Oggel Students sometimes described as lazy, unmotivated, distracted, disorganized, and chronically late may in fact be struggling with a condition know as executive dysfunction. This problem, in the frontal lobes of the brain, is one of the...Student Denied Opportunity to Return to Local District
A New Jersey Administrative Law judge has ruled that a teen with multiple disabilities may not return to his home district to complete high school. The case involves a 16 year-old student with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and other conditions who had been...NJCommonGround.org, and the Common Ground E-newsletter are projects of the NJ Council on Developmental Disabilities
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- The Right to a Free and Appropriate Public Education
- What to Do if You Suspect Your Child has a Disability Impacting Their Education
- Initial Special Education Evaluations and Eligibility
- The Individualized Education Program (IEP)
- Special Education Placement
- Q&A: What are Extended School Year (ESY) Services?
- Q&A: Dispute Resolution