The Wrightslaw Way

My child receives speech therapy services from an SLP. The SLP feels my child’s behavior has an adverse affect on his learning (more so than his speech impairment). His SLP wants to conduct an FBA to determine the underlying conditions?  Can he do this? Some students who have speech problems may also have behavior problems […]

My grandson has ADHD. He is  in therapy and taking medication.  He will be going into second grade and the school wants to segregate him into a Behavior Modification class located at another school in the district.  I thought it was against Federal law to segregate children.  Is this a good plan? Your grandson is […]

Bringing police into public schools is a trend that exploded in the 1990s, after high-profile school shooting incidents at Columbine and Jonesboro. When a reader asked a question about school resource officers,  we realized how little we knew about these officers. Are school resource officers law enforcement officers? Disciplinarians? Counselors or educators? Let’s take a […]

I am a general education teacher. One of my students, who has an IEP, interrupts class several times a day.  It is not uncommon for him to blurt out on-  and off-topic comments, or start singing, or get up and leave the room. I have been told that there is nothing the school can do […]

I am a counselor with the local mental health agency. I’m working with a 4 year old boy who has been “kicked out of” two preschool programs for behavior problems. He is diagnosed with ADHD. He has not been tested by the local school district. They refuse to offer him services because of his behavior. […]

With no warning, the school changed my son from Spanish to Computers because the Spanish teacher decided he didn’t want to deal with Josh. He didn’t like his attitude. Josh has an IEP, E.D. He has ODD and anxiety. I was never notified of a problem. Josh knew nothing about this change either. He was […]

Debbie writes: First, it was a pleasure to attend your Special Ed Law & Advocacy Conference in Bridgewater NJ last month. It was also a pleasure to sit with you two at lunch. In a nutshell, my son is 7 years old, going into 2nd grade next year. He is diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, High […]