Understood Explains Season 1

How do schools evaluate kids for special education? For a quick preview, listen to the trailer for Season 1 of the Understood Explains podcast.

Is your child struggling in school? Are you wondering what supports might help? Get an overview of how schools evaluate kids for special education.

How do schools and families decide if a child needs an evaluation? Get tips to help decide if now is the right time or if you should wait.

What rights do families have in a school evaluation? Learn how special education law protects your rights during the evaluation process.

School evaluations are free — and you can ask for one at any time and for any reason. But the details you include can make a big difference.

What happens during the evaluation? And what role do families play? Learn how to help shape the evaluation plan and help your child get ready.

What do all the numbers mean in your child’s evaluation report? This episode explains key terms and gives tips to help make sense of the results.

The evaluation report is done. Now what? Learn about eligibility determination meetings and different kinds of supports for struggling students.

Why do some families pay for private evaluations when the ones at school are free? Find out in this episode of the Understood Explains podcast.

How often do kids need to be reevaluated? Find out what to do about losing IEP services and how reevaluations can help teens get ready for college.

”Why are you doing this to me?!?” Learn how to talk to your child about evaluations. Get tips from a psychologist, educator, and parenting expert.

Get evaluation tips from parents who have been through the process at least once — and experts who have been through it hundreds of times.