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Ten Parent Tips for Homework
• Parents often wonder how to best help their children with homework completion. This article offers some helpful hints to assist in this process.

Getting Organized
•Consistency, stability, and order are valuable and critical characteristics of success in most settings, but especially in school. Here are some ways that parents can help their children establish this structure.

Test Taking Strategies
•Taking a test can be an anxiety producing experience. Often a child seems to know the information the night before the test, only to experienced that "blank" feeling the next day during the test. There are some general test-taking strategies that will help every student. Many seem to pick up these tips by osmosis, while others need to have them directly taught. Please help your student to become as independent as possible by reviewing these strategies.

The Magellan Charter School offers the least restrictive environment for all children identified. Research has shown evidence that students with exceptional needs whose educational needs can be met in a regular classroom setting benefit by remaining in that setting.

A certified special education teacher often co-teaches in classrooms to provide an even smaller student/teacher ratio and provide special education consultative services when needed. These special educators assist the classroom teacher in making necessary modifications and adjusting the presentation of curriculum as needed so students can be successful.

Students’ individualized educational plans are followed and updated annually. Psychological evaluations, re-evaluations, and educational testing are conducted as required by state mandates or as requested by parents.

Guidance Department

The Magellan Guidance Department offers services to all students and works to facilitate their positive growth and development. A certified counselor is on staff to conduct classroom guidance sessions, group counseling sessions, and individual sessions. The counselor works closely with teachers, parents, and students to ensure these needs are adequately met.

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