Home
Home Page of the
Brandywine Special Needs PTA (BSNPTA) site including News and Notes
section listing recent items
Events
Listing by date of
meetings, conferences, training sessions and the like that may be of
interest to BSNPTA members
BSNPTA
Forum
Virtual meeting place
for the BSNPTA. read about what other people are talking about, ask
questions, get and offer advice.
Recommended
Books, etc.
These are books and
other resources the our members have found useful. Sometimes it is
difficult to discern the good books from the mediocre ones just by
reading the cover. Each of these was found to helpful to at least
one of our members.
Join/Donate
Join the BSNPTA by
either downloading and printing a registration form to be mailed in
or join on-line in less than 5 minutes. If you'd like to make a
donation to the PTA without joining, you can do that too.
Frequently Asked Questions
(FAQ)
General information you
might want to know. Especially useful to members new to Special
Education or the Brandywine School District.
About
Us
Why was the BSNPTA
formed and who are our officers?
This page is full of
links to Agencies on the Local, State and Federal level help with
questions as well as provide resources and other
supports.
Curriculum and
DSTP
This page has links that
provide information the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP) as
well as links to elements in the curriculum. This page can help
understand what our kids are supposed to be learning, how the
DSTP tries to assess that and to some extent how to prepare for
the DSTP in terms of understand what is expected. This page can also
be used to find academic goals for an IEP.
IDEA
2004
This page is dedicated
to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) with
emphasis on the 2004 version. Also on the page are links to
comparisons of the newer law with previous versions.
Advocacy
and Legal Issues
This page has links to
advice on how to advocate for your child including your legal rights
and responsibilities.
Groups
and Organizations
This page has links to
various organizations and groups related to Special Needs children.
There are local and national groups.
Reading and
Math
Links to help with
reading and Math.
Social
Skills
This page has links that
help provide social skills including exercises to do with your kid
add to an IEP.
More
Resources
Sort of the all other
miscellaneous links page ...
