WOW! Never Thought my Letter Would Show up in the Special Ed Advocate
I just reviewed your Summer School for Parents: Lesson #4. I am the mom who wrote about the need for a particular type of placement for my son with autism. Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Advocacy
A Parent’s Nasty Email: Cry for Help or Reality Check?
I received the strangest email the other day, and I don’t know why. The email was a very curt response from a parent (I’ll call her Thelma) to a teacher. Continue Reading →
IEP FAQs: Tapes are “Best Evidence” in Litigation
We are in due process. We’ve recorded the IEP meetings. Should we use transcripts of the meetings or use the tapes as evidence in the hearing? I always submit tapes Continue Reading →
Texas Boot Camp Hears from Parent Attorneys
Wrightslaw Special Education Law & Advocacy Boot Camp was held in Austin, TX on August 1-2, 2008. We thank Laura Warren and the staff of Texas Parent to Parent, the Continue Reading →
Coming Soon to Mailboxes of Parents in VA – Parent Involvement Survey
2008 Special Education PARENT INVOLVEMENT SURVEY The Virginia Department of Education’s third annual Parent Involvement Survey will be arriving in parents’ mailboxes within the next several weeks. It is for Continue Reading →
My District Doesn’t Do 504’s. Will a Child Study Plan Work?
Can anyone tell me what a “child study plan” is? Our county does not do 504 Plans. A person at school told me that the child study plan is Continue Reading →
IEP FAQs: Can I write on the IEP?
My daughter attended her first IEP meeting today, it was a disaster. Does she have the right to write on the IEP under parental concerns? She wanted to write a Continue Reading →
Advocating for a Child with Communication Problems
My 9 year-old daughter Emily has Rett Syndrome. She is a high functioning child but she does not have any means of communication. Unless my husband and I can get Continue Reading →
The Special Education Law Blog Earns 5 Stars!
The Special Education Law Blog by Charlie Fox, a Chicago Illinois attorney who is also the parent of child with a disability, is a remarkable and wonderful resource about special Continue Reading →
School Attorney at IEP Meeting – Parents Walk Out!
I am an attorney practicing Special Education. I do not attend IEP meetings. We have an advocacy service and an advocate attends IEP meetings with parents. In our district, when Continue Reading →
