Legal and Financial Issues for Special Needs Families
The Burnham System
HS 376
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The Burnham System is written and promptly revised by

Ray Burnham, CPCU, CLU, ARM, AIC, AINS, AIS, API, SPPA, AIM, AIC-M, ARM-E, AU, AU-M, ALCM, AAI, AAI-M, APA, ARP, AIAF, AMIM, AAM, AIT, ARe, AFSB, ASLI, AIDA, ARC, ARM-P, PRC, REBC, RHU, ASF, LIA, CASL, ChFC, and PRC;

Jean O’Reilly, PhD, CPCU, ARM, AINS, AIS, API, AIC, SPPA, AIM, AIC-M. ARM-E, AU, AU-M, AAI, AAI-M, APA, AMIM, AIT, ARe, AFSB, ASLI, AIDA, ARC, ARM-P, AIAF, and PRC; and

Lisa Tobey, JD, CPCU, CLU, ARM, AINS, AIS, API, SPPA, AIM, AIC-M, ARM-E, AU, AU-M, AAI, AAI-M, APA, AIAF, AMIM, AIT, ARe, AFSB, ASLI, AIDA, ARC, ARM-P, ACS, PRC, RWCS, RHU, REBC, CASL, AIC, EA, ChFC, and PRC.

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Legal and Financial Issues for Special Needs Families Study Guide

The Burnham System is the gold standard for HS 376 study guide materials. Using our guide you will learn everything needed to pass the HS 376 Exam in the shortest time possible. Simply, you will learn more faster.


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  • HS 376 Audio Study Guide Narrations, in MP3 file format, expertly narrated by Lisa Tobey
  • Definitions of each assignment's key words and other new terms


Study guide last updated: June 30, 2021


Current Text Edition: 7th

Current Course Guide Edition: 1st


Ray's estimate of course difficulty (1, easiest and 10, hardest): 6


Number of study guide pages: 64


Covered within this study guide:

  • Data Gathering
  • Organization
  • Communication
  • Planning the Client’s Estate
  • Basic Income Tax Planning
  • Developing the Life Plan for the Special Needs Individual
  • Advocacy and Guardianship
  • Calculating Financial Needs and the Role of Government Benefits
  • Resource Planning: Planning for Public Benefits and Protecting Assets
  • Resource Planning: Special Needs Trusts (SNTs) and Personal Injury Awards
  • Income Tax Planning: Special Deductions and Credits
  • Resource Planning: Providing for the Special Needs Heir
  • Developing the Estate Plan: Documents of Estate Planning
  • Special Needs Case Study

As a good study guideline, figure anything in those 64 pages might be on your exam and that there will be nothing on your exam that is not covered in those 64 pages.


The Burnham System is written and promptly revised by

Ray Burnham, CPCU, CLU, ARM, AIC, AINS, AIS, API, SPPA, AIM, AIC-M, ARM-E, AU, AU-M, ALCM, AAI, AAI-M, APA, ARP, AIAF, AMIM, AAM, AIT, ARe, AFSB, ASLI, AIDA, ARC, ARM-P, PRC, REBC, RHU, ASF, LIA, CASL, ChFC, and PRC;

Jean O’Reilly, PhD, CPCU, ARM, AINS, AIS, API, AIC, SPPA, AIM, AIC-M. ARM-E, AU, AU-M, AAI, AAI-M, APA, AMIM, AIT, ARe, AFSB, ASLI, AIDA, ARC, ARM-P, AIAF, and PRC; and

Lisa Tobey, JD, CPCU, CLU, ARM, AINS, AIS, API, SPPA, AIM, AIC-M, ARM-E, AU, AU-M, AAI, AAI-M, APA, AIAF, AMIM, AIT, ARe, AFSB, ASLI, AIDA, ARC, ARM-P, ACS, PRC, RWCS, RHU, REBC, CASL, AIC, EA, ChFC, and PRC.

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