Preparing Your Child with Disabilities for Kindergarten

Transition from Babies Can’t Wait to Preschool

“From Emotions to Advocacy” by Peter W.D. Wright, Esq. and Pamela Darr Wright

A life-changing book for parents raising children with disabilities.

Wrightslaw

A favorite website for information and guidance on any educational issue or question.

Deana recommends that parents keep these resources at their fingertips so they can get to the information they need quickly!

  • - Wright's Law

Georgia Babies Can’t Wait Determinations

The U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) reviews all data that Georgia’s Babies Can’t Wait program submits each year in their Annual Performance Report (APR) as well as any revisions to their State Performance Plan (SPP).  Based upon this review, OSEP makes a “determination” about how the Babies Can’t Wait is performing. Click to read the Babies Can’t Wait determination letter” and the “response table” that explains how the determinations were made.

Georgia Department of Education Determinations

The U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) reviews all data that the GaDOE submits each year in their Annual Performance Report (APR) as well as any revisions to their State Performance Plan (SPP). Based upon this review, OSEP makes a “determination” about how the GaDOE is performing.

Click to read GaDOE’s current “determination letter”.

  • - State Performance Plan (SPP), Annual Performance Reports (APR) and Annual Determinations
  • (English) - Ga DOE's determination letter

Georgia Department of Education Parent Guide

When schools and families work together and support each other and when parents are involved and engaged in their child’s education, students achieve at higher levels. Visit this site often for the most up-to-date information about education in Georgia as well as resources designed to serve parents throughout their child’s education.