CFIDS Youth Educational Issues

Gaining a quality education is one of the top problems for young people with CFIDS (YPWCs). Here are some resources that might help you navigate the educational system!

Topics on this page:

• Information for Schools
• Legal Rights and Responsibilities
• Learning and Educational Problems 
• High School Issues
• College Issues
• Family Issues
  
  
  

Information for Schools

• Reach Out to School Nurses We're providing free materials to help school nurses recognize CFS. Visit our project web page to download an introductory letter to nurses and an article from School Nurse News describing the diagnosis and management of pediatric CFS.
• Tips for Teachers of Young People with CFIDS by Kate Anderson, MEd
• Evaluating CFIDS: A Checklist for School Nurses by David S. Bell, MD
• What Schools Need to Know About CFIDS/CFS by Michelle L. Banks, MS Ed
• Educating the Educators: The Special Needs of Children with CFIDS A conference report by Vicki Carpman
• A Useful Test Battery to Guide Programming for Children with CFIDS by Robert Sedgwick, EdD
  
  

Legal Rights and Responsibilities

• CFIDS: Educational Rights, Responsibilities and Options by Michelle L. Banks, MS Ed
• Encouraging Compliance With the Law Through Legislation by Karen Lang
• Higher Education and Disability Law: Emerging Issues by Salome M. Heyward
• Supporting the Child With CFIDS: The Rights and Needs of YPWCs by Jenn Waterman
• Calen's Story by Karen Lang
  
  

Learning and Educational Problems

• Neurocognitive Problems and the CFS Student by Linda Miller Iger,PhD
• Strategies for Learning with CFIDS by Rebecca C. Moore and Linda Miller Iger, PhD
• Studying for Exams by Christy Record and Linda Miller Iger, PhD
• Back to School by Sandy Becker
• Test-Taking Tips by Jenn Waterman
• Energy Saving Tips for YPWC Students by Staci Stevens
  
  

High School Issues

• Home Schooling by Jenn Waterman
• I'm Not Dead, I'm Just Homebound by Nicole Foster
• "They Let Me Sleep in the Van." How a CFIDS Teen Found Happiness and Success in a New High School By Kate Anderson, M.Ed.
• Maximizing Success: Transition Planning for Education After High School for Young Adults with Chronic Illnesses by Andrea Edelman
• Graduation Day by Rebecca C. Moore
• Feeling Cheated at Graduation - PWCs Who Struggle Through High School Deserve Their Reward By June Foran
• YPWC Attends Graduation, Thanks to Friends
• The Thrill of Making it to Graduation By Connie Howard
  
  

College Issues

• Preparing for College and Independence By Rebecca C. Moore
• Applying to College When You Have CFIDS By Jean Oviatt
• Ten Tips for Surviving College with CFIDS By Rebecca Bailey
• Taking College Correspondence Courses (Educating Sandy) By Sandy Becker
• The Road what was Taken: Going to College as a PWC By Regan Harris
• College Disability Staffers Seek CFIDS Information By Katherine Schwille
  
  

Family Issues

For Siblings of Kids with CFIDS:

• Back to School Without Your Sibling? by Katherine Moore

For Parents of Kids with CFIDS:

• Gearing Up for School by Lynn Vanderzalm
• Calen's Story by Karen Lang