Sensory Tools for School on a Budget: What Classrooms Allow and How to Ask
Which sensory tools Ontario classrooms tend to allow, how they connect to IEP accommodations, how to ask the school for one, and a realistic kit under $50.

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Which sensory tools Ontario classrooms tend to allow, how they connect to IEP accommodations, how to ask the school for one, and a realistic kit under $50.
Which assessment your child needs, what a psychoeducational assessment can and cannot diagnose, board waitlists versus private, and how long a report lasts.
An ADHD assessment names a condition. A psychoeducational assessment maps how your child learns. What each can conclude in Ontario, and which one to book first.
The difference between accommodations, modified and alternative expectations in an Ontario IEP, what the report card box means, and what credits it can affect.
Accommodations change how your child learns. Modifications change what they are expected to learn. Here is how to tell them apart on an Ontario IEP.
What accommodations mean on an Ontario IEP, the three categories the ministry requires, how they differ from modifications, and how to check they are used.
How Ontario schools turn a child's strengths and needs into supports: what belongs in each IEP section, the three program options, and how needs get assessed.