Essential resources for understanding the world of special education in Howard County and beyond.
Learning Disabilities
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The New Alternate Assessment
The National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) is a project led by five centers and a consortium of states to build an alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards for…
Students with Developmental Delay
The Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) provides states with the discretion of adopting developmental delay (DD) as an additional categorical option for students. Maryland establishes the age range of three…
HCPSS Transition Planning Timeline, Checklist, and Work Study Coordinators
Formal post-secondary goals are set during the year a student reaches the age of 14. At each annual IEP meeting, the team discusses the student’s post secondary goals.
