The Wrightslaw Way

I am searching for guidelines for special ed advocates. Are there legal requirements for becoming an advocate? There is no formal process and currently no national certification for advocates. Try to attend a Wrightslaw program – great training and networking with other advocates who can give you advice. You will find the schedule of Wrightslaw […]

We receive wonderful stories about parents who have become seasoned and powerful advocates for their children. Now these parents are paying it forward by providing advice and information to others, developing advocacy study groups, or training parents, service providers, and educators in special education advocacy. Special education advocate Graciela Tiscareño-Sato and her husband have compiled […]

We requested that our son be put in an inclusion classroom at his home school. The school denied our request. We don’t have an attorney. What can we do? Should we threaten litigation? Never tell a school, or anyone else, that you plan to sue them. There are other ways to resolve parent-school disputes. Depending […]

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 organization that sponsored the Boot Camp. Texas Parent to Parent is a nonprofit organization created by parents for families of children with disabilities, chronic illness […]

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 an advocate from our advocacy service attends an IEP meeting, the district makes sure their attorney is also present. The parents request that the school […]