School Issues
The prospect of attending school can be quite overwhelming for a child with bipolar disorder (manic depression) as well as the parents. There are resources available, however, to help make the needed adjustments. Found here are some of these resources and information.
Educating and Nurturing the Bipolar Child - DVD
The Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation has published a resource DVD entitled “Educating and Nurturing the Bipolar Child,” which features Janice Papolos, coauthor of “The Bipolar Child.” This is an incredibly informative and compassionate look at what a student with bipolar disorder faces. Janice Papolos gives educators and parents strategies and tools to ease the way of the child or adolescent, and to make the learning experience less stressful and more fulfilling.
The Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation has published a resource DVD entitled “Educating and Nurturing the Bipolar Child,” which features Janice Papolos, coauthor of “The Bipolar Child.” This is an incredibly informative and compassionate look at what a student with bipolar disorder faces. Janice Papolos gives educators and parents strategies and tools to ease the way of the child or adolescent, and to make the learning experience less stressful and more fulfilling.
School Medication Administration
When children need to take medicine at school, how likely are they to get the right medication at the right time and in the right amount? What are your rights as a parent, and how can you help prevent mistakes and keep your child safe?
When children need to take medicine at school, how likely are they to get the right medication at the right time and in the right amount? What are your rights as a parent, and how can you help prevent mistakes and keep your child safe?
School Tools
If your child has a mental illness such as bipolar disorder, there are special resources available in the United States to help children cope with school.
If your child has a mental illness such as bipolar disorder, there are special resources available in the United States to help children cope with school.
The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
An independent, nonprofit organization of attorneys, advocates and parents established to improve the quality and quantity of legal assistance for parents of children with disabilities.
An independent, nonprofit organization of attorneys, advocates and parents established to improve the quality and quantity of legal assistance for parents of children with disabilities.
Hypothetical Baseline Info and Draft IEP for Bipolar Student
Sample Individual Education Plan you may be able to use as a guideline for your own child.
Sample Individual Education Plan you may be able to use as a guideline for your own child.
A Parent's Guide to Special Ed/Special Needs
Information on what qualifies a child's condition to make his or her school eligible for Special Needs funding.
Information on what qualifies a child's condition to make his or her school eligible for Special Needs funding.
Press Release
... regarding a lawsuit over inadequate special education. Although not dealing with a Bipolar child, this will be of interest to any parent whose child is struggling in the mainstream school system.
... regarding a lawsuit over inadequate special education. Although not dealing with a Bipolar child, this will be of interest to any parent whose child is struggling in the mainstream school system.
SNAP Online: Special Needs Advocate for Parents
This mission of this site is to provide information, education, advocacy and referrals to families with special needs children of all ages and disabilities.
This mission of this site is to provide information, education, advocacy and referrals to families with special needs children of all ages and disabilities.
The Special Ed Advocate
Parents, advocates, educators, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, up-to-date information about special education law and advocacy for children with disabilities.
Parents, advocates, educators, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, up-to-date information about special education law and advocacy for children with disabilities.
The Special Ed Advocate: Mediation
Notes on using mediation instead of a lawsuit where parents and schools are in conflict over special education.
Notes on using mediation instead of a lawsuit where parents and schools are in conflict over special education.