It really was not that long ago that the few home based business opportunities available to women came from cosmetic companies, and some did very well indeed, at least from a financial standpoint. But in today’s increasingly wired world, opportunities for women have vastly expanded into other areas normally considered male dominated.

Home based business opportunities for women are open to women in any financial situation, since the initial monetary outlays can be minimal, especially if you happen to choose internet based businesses. Some basic computer knowledge can greatly help, but you can always learn on the go since you have the luxury of setting your own personal schedule.

Home based business opportunities for women is “the wave of the future” for women. Women have the opportunity to have the freedom they could not have had years ago. By working at home earning an income on the internet, women no longer have to be forced into making decisions about staying at home to raise a family or the need to go out to work. It is an ideal situation for a mother that’s a single parent. A home based business offers the older woman an unlimited opportunity to generate an additional income. With today’s economy creating stress on so many, people particularly the older woman, the amount of money that can be generated using a computer is phenomenal.

First, there are the notably obvious benefits stemming from home based businesses for women, such as being able to eliminate the stress from commuting, transportation costs going to and from work, child care costs if applicable, not to mention the tremendous exhilaration of being your own boss. Little discussed but very real still is the potential of developing a built in organizational structure within your own family. Common goals tend to pull families together, with individual members contributing their own set of functional skills.

There are thousands of home based business opportunities for women available on the internet and it would be wise to learn how to discern the scams from the legitimate offers that may be suitable for you. Limit your financial risks by starting small, then expand, and always ask yourself WHY? Reviews are a solid source of information, just keep in mind that not all reviews are subjective, with some being thinly disguised ads for competing products or designed to promote the reviewer’s own products.

So get on your computer and do your own research- checkout the home based business opportunities for women with a critical eye. and see for yourself the vast number of business opportunities that exist today for women.

Has your child been screened by special education personnel and told that they are not eligible for services? Did their doctor state that your child has autism, but the school stated that they did a screening and found that your child did not have autism, thus was not eligible? This article will discuss screening and how it is related to eligibility for special education services.

School districts in the US must perform something that is called: Child Find. What this means is that school districts are required to locate, identify and evaluate those that may have a disability. This requirement is included in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) under 300.111 (a) (i). Many school districts use screening tools as a basis to fulfill their Child Find obligations.

But screening is not the same as testing for special education eligibility. Once the school district finds someone that may have a disability, through the screening process, they must be evaluated, to determine if they are eligible, according to IDEA and the Child Find requirements.

The evaluation should be comprehensive and include all areas of suspected disability, which is required by IDEA. Some of these areas could be speech/language needs, occupational therapy needs, fine motor difficulty, learning disability central auditory processing disorder, social/emotional and behavioral needs, functional needs, sensory processing disorder and not just academic difficulties.

So if your child is screened and thought to have a disability, a complete evaluation must be completed on your child to determine if they are eligible for special education and related services. Do not accept screening as an eligibility tool!

IDEA states that two things must occur to be eligible:

1. They must have a disability

2. They must have educational needs.

Many school districts may state that the child’s disability must negatively affect there education; but that was taken out when IDEA was reauthorized in 2004! They must have a disability, and must have educational needs (not just academic needs, as discussed above).

According to Caselaw: Seattle School District No1 vs. BS (9th circuit 1996) : The term unique educational needs shall be broadly construed to include. . . academic, social, health, emotional, communicative, physical and vocational needs

Once the testing is complete, an eligibility conference will be held between you and special education personnel in your district. Do not go alone, try and find another parent or an advocate who is familiar with special education. The eligibility conference is one of the most important conferences in special education.

At the eligibility conference if your child is found eligible for special education an Individual Education Plan will be developed. If they are not found eligible ask for an Independent Educational Evaluation at Public Expense, because you disagree with the school districts evaluation (and/or interpretation).

Many school districts find children ineligible for special education services even though they do have a disability, and have educational needs. The difficulty begins with their interpretation of the testing. The test scores may be extremely low, but they interpret them to be fine, and then find the child ineligible.

You must advocate, because you are their parent and they are depending on you! Good luck in this difficult process, but it will be worth it!