Supporting Young Adults: Transitioning to Post-Secondary Educational Opportunities

• By: Tara C. Fappiano Advocate, Mediator, and Litigator
• October 2nd, 2023
• accommodations, choosing a college, educational, expectations, Fall 2023 Issue, goals, independence, post-secondary education, school, self-advocacy, self-determination, support services, transition planning, transition to adulthood
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This fall, I dropped my oldest child off for his junior year of college. For our family, this is always a time of excitement, but also one of trepidation. The transition from high school to higher education, from childhood to adulthood, is full of new and evolving challenges. Those challenges are...

Pathways to Resolution of Special Education Conflicts

• By: Tara C. Fappiano Advocate, Mediator, and Litigator
• January 2nd, 2023
• arbitration, classroom, conflict, conflict prevention, conflict resolution, de-escalation, litigation, mediation, parents, problem solving, school, students, teachers, Winter 2023 Issue
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When conflict arises in an educational setting, there are multiple ways to resolve it. Some are small and easily resolved but may potentially lead to bigger conflicts and issues. Sometimes the conflict is substantial, and a resolution harder to achieve. Understanding different available methods of...

A Constructive Approach to Conflict for Better Educational Outcomes

• By: Tara C. Fappiano Advocate, Mediator, and Litigator
• April 1st, 2022
• classroom, conflict, conflict resolution, parents, school, Spring 2022 Issue, students, teachers
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Whether you are a parent, guardian, or educator, you have likely faced some sort of conflict involving a student. Conflicts took many shapes and sizes during my son’s special education school experience, and now as he attends college. Sometimes conflicts are with the people involved, other times...