This week, the Special Needs Blog focused on topics such as the school voucher program in Ohio, information about the IEP, problems with bussing, and lots of news about medications. This Week In Review is quite the variety pack! Here is a quick review of the blogs that appeared here between August 28, 2012, and September 1, 2012.
An Update on Ohio’s School Vouchers
Ohio has a school voucher that is called The Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship. It can be used by any student, who has any type of special need, and who is a public school, private school, or who is home-schooled in order to pay for education at a school that best meets the student’s needs. This blog is a quick update about how that program is going.
FDA Approves Afinitor Disperz to Treat Brain Tumors
The FDA has approved the use of a drug called Afinitor Disperz to treat children who are at least three years old, and who have inoperable tumors caused by tuberous sclerosis.
More Bussing, More Problems
This blog is a round-up of a few more stories about problems with the school bussing system in many schools that is intended to transport students who have special needs. It is incredibly sad that this type of thing keeps happening.
FDA Has Questions About Tobramycin Powder
The FDA has questions about how well a powdered form of the antibiotic tobramycin works, in comparison with the liquid version of the drug that is used with nebulizers. The FDA has no issues with the liquid version, only the powdered kind. Tobramycin is used by people who have cystic fibrosis to fight a lung infection.
Company that Made Thalidomide Apologizes
Thalidomide is a drug that was marketed to cure morning sickness. Instead, it caused birth defects in thousands of babies. Gruenenthal, the company that made thalidomide, has issued an apology, (nearly fifty years later).
Things to Know About the IEP
Will this be the first school year that your child is part of the Special Education program? If so, then it is important for parents to learn the basics about what an IEP is, what it does, and why you need to be involved in the process that creates it.
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