Testing Accommodations for ACT and SAT

My daughter’s evaluation results said,  she “may experience difficulty in retrieving phonological information from long-term or permanent memory, as well as difficulty executing a sequence of operations quickly and repeatedly.” Continue Reading →

Children with Disabilities Learn & Succeed! How Baltimore Public Schools are Transforming Special Ed

– by guest blogger Kalman R. Hettleman, former member of the Baltimore school board, former state human resources secretary, and tireless advocate for children with disabilities. We encourage you to Continue Reading →

First Wrightslaw Training Coming to Boise, Idaho on April 3, 2014

Join Pete Wright, Esq. and sponsors, the Autism Society of Treasure Valley for this special one-day event on April 3, 2014. Registration Fee: Includes coffee, lunch and light refreshments at Continue Reading →

Shifting Away from Zero-Tolerance? Improving School Discipline Policies…

U.S. DOE and DOJ Release School Discipline Guidance Package Goal: Improve school discipline and school climate Reality: Kids with disabilities, especially minority kids, far more likely to be suspended, expelled, arrested, Continue Reading →

Get Ready Nashville, Tennessee! – Early Bird Registration Ends February 21, 2014!

Join sponsor, The Arc of Tennessee and speaker, Pete Wright, Esq. in Nashville, TN for this one-day  Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference. The March 13, 2014 training takes Continue Reading →