Summer isn't just a courtESY

<p>Summer's coming!  So today, special education parent and advocate, Lisa Lightner, founder of A Day in Our Shoes, joins me to discuss Extended School Year services.  What are they?  Who gets them? And do you need them?  </p> <p>Check out ADayInOurShoes.com</p> <p><br /> A transcript of this episode can be found here shortly after the episode is published: </p> <p><a href= "https://specialed.law/summer-isnt-just-a-courtesy/">https://specialed.law/summer-isnt-just-a-courtesy/</a></p> <p>TRANSCRIPT (not proofread)</p> <p>SUMMARY KEYWORDS<br /> parents, child, ies, extended school year, iep, school, school district, hear, social skills, students, program, summer, services, lisa, special ed, offering, camp, regression, week, disabilities<br /> SPEAKERS<br /> Dana Jonson</p> <p>Dana Jonson  00:02<br /> Hello, and welcome to need to know with Dana Jonson. I'm your host, Dana Jonson. And I'm here to give you the information you need to know to best advocate for your child. I'm a special education attorney in private practice, a former special education teacher and administrator, a current mom to four children with IPS and I myself have ADHD and dyslexia. So I've approached the world of disability and special education from many angles. And I'll provide straightforward information about your rights and your schools obligations, information from other professionals on many topics, as well as tips and tricks for working with your school district. My goal is to empower you through your journey. So please subscribe to this podcast so you don't miss any new episodes. And I want to know what you want to know. So like, follow and drop me a note on my need to know with Dana Jonson Facebook page. Okay, let's get started. Hello, and thank you for joining me today. I'm very excited to talk about the extended school year today. We are in mid June, which is the end of the school year. And so hopefully if your child requires Yes, why you've already established that in your IEP. But what we're going to talk about more is why do we hav