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Date: Nov. 21, 2005
Issue: 329
ISSN: 1538-3202
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Ask
the Attorney: What is an independent educational evaluation?
When is it appropriate? Who pays?
Ask the Advocate: Why can't
parents trust the system to do what's right? Why do schools draw
lines in the sand?
Subscribers
on November 21, 2005: 47,513
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1. Ask the Attorney: Independent Educational Evaluations by Wayne Steedman, Esq.
If
you are like most parents, you are confused about independent
educational evaluations (IEEs) - who qualifies and how these evaluations
are used.
In Independent
Educational Evaluations: What? Why? How? Who Pays?, parent
attorney Wayne Steedman explains what an IEE is, the value of
an IEE, what the law requires of school districts, and who is
financially responsible. You also learn strategies to use if you
disagree with the school about your child's evaluation.
Read
Independent
Educational Evaluations: What? Why? How? Who Pays?
Learn
more about evaluations,
tests and testing.
As a member of the Wrightslaw
Speakers Bureau, Wayne Steedman provides training for parents,
educators, advocate, attorneys, and others who want to ensure
that children receive quality special education services.
His presentations include IDEA
2004: What You Don't Know CAN Hurt You and IDEA
2004 & NCLB: It's a Whole New Ball Game! Learn more about
Wrightslaw
training programs.
2.
Ask the Advocate: Why
Do Schools Draw Lines in the Sand?
"Why
can't we trust the system to do what's right for our children?"
"Why do schools draw lines in the sand?"
Good
special education services are individualized, intensive and
expensive. Schools often balk at providing intensive services.
What can you do?
Parent advocate Pat Howey teaches you how to use advocacy
strategies to anticipate problems, manage conflict, and avoid
crises in Why
Do Schools Draw Lines in the Sand? Power Struggles, Meetings
and Letters.
Read more articles by Pat Howey in Ask the Advocate.
As a member of the Wrightslaw Speaker's Bureau, Pat Howey presents From Emotions to Advocacy programs and special education law and advocacy training seminars.
3. Wrightslaw Special Ed Law & Advocacy Boot Camp in Oklahoma City on Dec 2-3, 2005
A free Wrightslaw
Special Education Law and Advocacy Boot Camp will
be held in Oklahoma City on December 2 & 3, 2005.
The program is sponsored by The
Oklahoma Disability Law Center -- and is FREE
for parents, family members, and
individuals who work with children with disabilities.
Participants
will receive two books: Wrightslaw:
IDEA 2004 and the new 2nd edition of Wrightslaw:
From Emotions to Advocacy - The Special Education Survival
Guide (value: $35.) Registration
form
You
will learn about changes in IDEA
2004 because what you
don't know about IDEA 2004 CAN hurt you! You
will also also learn how to:
* Use tests and measurements to measure educational
progress
* Write SMART IEPs
* Use tactics and strategies for effective advocacy
We are booking programs for 2006 and 2007. To learn how you can bring a Wrightslaw program to your community, please visit Seminars and Training. Program Descriptions
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