What To Do When the IEP Meeting Is Too Short
When is an IEP meeting too short? Can an IEP team review and revise a child’s IEP in 25-30 minutes?
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Tag Archives: FAPE
Is Special Education for Some Children a Waste of Time and Money?
How does an IEP team determine if a student with special needs is entitled to services such as Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy? Is the team allowed to say that Continue Reading →
New Q & A! U.S. Department of Education Clarifies FAPE after Endrew Decision
December 2017: Department Issues New Q&A on Free Appropriate Public Education following Supreme Court Decision. The U.S. Department of Education released a question-and-answer document supporting the unanimous March 2017 U.S. Continue Reading →
Reminder! Wrightslaw Training Coming to Albuquerque, NM on Sept. 19th
This Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference, a Wrightslaw training program featuring Pete Wright, Esq., is being sponsored by Education for Parents of Indian Children with Special Needs (EPICS). Continue Reading →
Endrew F: U.S. Supreme Court Argument Analysis
Update: On March 22, 2017, the Supreme Court in Endrew v. Douglas County unanimously rejects the “de minimis” standard for one that “is markedly more demanding than the ‘merely more Continue Reading →
Policy Guidance on FAPE: IEPS Aligned with Academic Content Standards
My son is in 3rd grade, reading on a Kindergarten level. The school says he has to be taught using 3rd grade materials so he has access to the curriculum, Continue Reading →
State “Hands are Tied” in Compliance with IDEA: Seriously?!
In my experience, lack of enforcement of IDEA is an open invitation for the school district staff to create laws and rules on the fly. The folks at our State Continue Reading →
Reminder! Wrightslaw Training – Location: Columbus, OH – When: July 3, 2016
This Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference, a Wrightslaw training program featuring Pete Wright, Esq., is being sponsored by the Williams Syndrome Association. The Wrightslaw training is the Pre-Convention Continue Reading →
Wrightslaw Training Coming to San Jose, CA on February 25, 2016
Parents Helping Parents is sponsoring a Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Training on Thursday, February 25, 2016 at the Westgate Church in San Jose, CA. Peter W. D. Wright, Continue Reading →
FREE Wrightslaw Training Just Outside of OKC on December 3, 2015
The 13th Annual Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Training in Edmond, OK takes place on December 3, 2015. This FREE training is sponsored by The Oklahoma Disability Law Center, Continue Reading →
