Special Education Law and Advocacy
It appears I’ve offended some teachers by the post and comments on “Fifth grader is reading at 2.7 grade level. Should he be tested for Special Ed?” Before describing the Continue Reading →
The child’s doctor wrote, “… the Student is extremely allergic to peanuts and tree nuts. These allergies can cause anaphylaxis, which is a life threatening condition. Symptoms from anaphylaxis include Continue Reading →
From Wrightslaw: After nearly 400 comments, we must close this page to new comments – the blog program cannot accept more text. Since this topic continues to generate questions, I Continue Reading →
Have you ever attended an IEP meeting that began well, but suddenly turned to complete chaos? My child’s long awaited meeting to determine eligibility went from fantastic to horrible in Continue Reading →
Debbie writes: First, it was a pleasure to attend your Special Ed Law & Advocacy Conference in Bridgewater NJ last month. It was also a pleasure to sit with you Continue Reading →
After reading David’s post about his son attending a virtual school [at https://www.wrightslaw.com/blog/?p=23 ], we realized we needed to learn more about “Virtual Schools.” After doing some research, we learned Continue Reading →
I’m always a little surprised when we get these questions. So I decided to post on this one. JF writes – “I receive your newsletter and I’m not sure if Continue Reading →
DR was upset over difficulties getting accommodations on testing for her daughter. She asks: Can you tell me how to deal with the school system about testing and accommodations? My Continue Reading →
We received a question from a tutor about testing a child. The real question is “how can we teach him to read?” I am Orton-Gillingham/Project Read trained and tutor a Continue Reading →
I had a question from JH today asking about an “educational diagnosis” of autism. Here’s what she asked. “What do you do when your child has been diagnosed with autism Continue Reading →
