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Feb 16 | What Is an ARD?
First, to fully understand the purpose of an ARD and how to prepare you need some important background. Congress thought an Individualized Education Program (IEP) for a child with a disability was too important to be developed by any one person. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) regulations require that the IEP be developed by a committee composed of, at a minimum, a teacher certified in the child’s area of disability, at least one regular education teacher (if the child is, or may be, in the regular education environment), an administrator (someone who can ensure that the services provided in the IEP will be provided), and the parent (which includes a guardian, a person acting as a parent of the child or a surrogate parent as appointed in accordance with law). In Texas these teams are called Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) committees.
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Feb 11 | What To Tell Your Child's Teacher
With the beginning of the school year comes the challenge of what to tell your child’s teachers about their learning differences, how much or how little and what form of communication do you use. You certainly don’t want the teachers to spend 6 weeks or more getting to know your child, or make incorrect assumptions about your child. Although teachers are the experts in the classroom, you are the expert on your child!
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Meet Jan Coltrain-Sapp | Owner
Jan Coltrain-Sapp is the owner of the Creative Tutors Plano. The role is a natural for her since she has always had a passion for education...both from a teaching and from a learning perspective. A Creative Tutors customer before she became an owner, Coltrain-Sapp calls Creative Tutors her "life preserver." When her daughter began having educational and learning difficulties at the age of three, Coltrain-Sapp became very active in her education. Through finding solutions for her daughter, she gained experience with the educational system and the law. She also developed heightened awareness of children's educational needs. Her experience as a working parent gives her particular sensitivity to other parents who work and want the best education for their child.
Coltrain-Sapp graduated with honors from the University of Northern Iowa with a business education major and taught at the community college level. Subsequently, she pursued an MBA in HR and Personnel Management at Northeast Missouri University and received her law degree from the University of Iowa.