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Special Education Resources for Families
12 Things to Expect About Your Child's Individualized Education Program (IEP) Meeting
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Community Resources for Students with Disabilities English|Español
Transition Resources and Supports Guide English|Español
Exceptional Children Parent Communications
Programs for Exceptional Children is committed to regularly sharing information and updates with families of students with disabilities. We will post regular updates and communication that we have shared with families on our Parent Communication Updates.
Parent & Community Outreach Website
We have a Parent & Community Outreach Website that contains Parent Communication & Frequently Asked Questions, Learning Resources, Virtual Family Nights, Community Resources, and Language Help.
Handbooks
- Procedural Safeguards: Handbook on Parent Rights.pdf
- Garantias de Procedimiento Manual de Derechos Padres.pd
Useful Links
- Testing Students with Disabilities Manual
- IDEA Website
- US Department of Education
- NC Court System: Understanding Guardianship
- NC DPI EC Parent Resources
- NC Public Schools Exceptional Children
- The mission of the Exceptional Children Division is to ensure that students with disabilities develop intellectually, physically, emotionally, and vocationally through the provision of an appropriate individualized program in the least restrictive environment.
- Multi-Tiered System of Support for Families
- What is NC MTSS?
Family engagement within an MTSS is defined as the active and meaningful partnerships educators build and maintain with students' families to support student learning. It embodies the idea that all parties are equally invested in the student's educational experience, and all parties bring knowledge and skills of equal value to the table to work together.
This linked infographic is intended to support NC families in understanding what NC educators are referring to when talking about an MTSS. - What is "support"?
- NC schools that are implementing an MTSS may talk about support for students. To further define that support, NC organizes these supports around the instruction, the curriculum, and the environment.
- This linked infographic is intended to promote understanding and conversations around how school teams provide these supports to all, some, and a few students based on needs.
- NC State Improvement Project Parent Page
- Exceptional Children's Assistance Center
- Related Links
- Autism Charlotte
- Autism Society of North Carolina, Mecklenburg County Chapter
- Cerebral Palsy Group
- Cerebral Palsy Guidance
- Cerebral Palsy Guide
- CMS Compiled List of Community Resources
- Down Syndrome Association of Greater Charlotte
- Easter Seals/UCP
- Exceptional Children's Assistance Center
- Family Support Network of North Carolina
- First in Families - Mecklenburg County
- IDEA Website
- Mecklenburg County Therapeutic Recreation and Inclusive Services
- National Association for Down Syndrome
- National Down Syndrome Center
- National Down Syndrome Society
- National Downs Syndrome Congress
- NC Court System: Understanding Guardianship
- NC Public Schools - Students with Disabilities
- NC Public Schools Exceptional Children
- NC State Improvement Project Parent Page
- SupportWorks
- The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- The Arc of North Carolina
- UNCC RAISE
- US Department of Education
