Special Education: Requesting an eligibility evaluation

Parents have the right to request an evaluation for Special Education eligibility, which is a process that can take many months from your request to an IEP.

Grade Retention: Should my child repeat a grade?

Decisions about repeating a grade or holding your child back should be made considering the research leading experts to caution against grade retention.

What do percentiles mean?

A percentile is the percent who have the same or a lower score; therefore, a percentile shows how your child’s score relates to the scores of other children.

Academic Acceleration: Should my child skip a grade?

Talented and Gifted (TAG) plans can include grade-skipping or many other options. Completing the Iowa Acceleration Scale can help with grade-skipping decisions.

Grade Retention: Should my child repeat a grade?

Decisions about repeating a grade or holding your child back should be made considering the research leading experts to caution against grade retention.

What do percentiles mean?

A percentile is the percent who have the same or a lower score; therefore, a percentile shows how your child’s score relates to the scores of other children.

Academic Acceleration: Should my child skip a grade?

Talented and Gifted (TAG) plans can include grade-skipping or many other options. Completing the Iowa Acceleration Scale can help with grade-skipping decisions.

What do percentiles mean?

A percentile is the percent who have the same or a lower score; therefore, a percentile shows how your child’s score relates to the scores of other children.

Collaborative & Proactive Solutions: Problem solving with your child

Collaborative & Proactive Solutions is an empirically-supported, non-punitive, non-adversarial model for problem solving challenging behavior with kids.

Collaborative & Proactive Solutions: Problem solving with your child

Collaborative & Proactive Solutions is an empirically-supported, non-punitive, non-adversarial model for problem solving challenging behavior with kids.

Sleep Recommendations

Recommendations for hours of sleep per day and ending screen time before bedtime to support healthy sleep.

What do percentiles mean?

A percentile is the percent who have the same or a lower score; therefore, a percentile shows how your child’s score relates to the scores of other children.

Sex ed: Selecting age-appropriate information for your child

Kids need parents to share accurate age-appropriate information about anatomy, sex, and pregnancy.

Sleep Recommendations

Recommendations for hours of sleep per day and ending screen time before bedtime to support healthy sleep.

Collaborative & Proactive Solutions: Problem solving with your child

Collaborative & Proactive Solutions is an empirically-supported, non-punitive, non-adversarial model for problem solving challenging behavior with kids.