The Wrightslaw Way

- From Patty Roberts, Director, William & Mary Law School’s Special Education Advocacy Clinic Below you will find a message and link to a survey from a friend and colleague who is doing her doctoral research at Columbia University Teacher’s College. Sarah is working in the Programs for Intellectual Disabilities/Autism, and is currently doing research […]

Bully Free World presents a specially designed tool kit for parents, teachers and students dealing with bullying and children with special needs. This toolkit is a set of resources for people to confront bullying of children with special needs from all angles – from talking to your children to knowing your rights to teaching tolerance […]

Analysis of State Bullying Laws and Policies (2011) from the Office of Safe and Healthy Students (formerly OSDFS) This report reviews states’ bullying laws and model bullying policies and school districts’ bullying policies. As of April 2011, 46 states had bullying laws, 45 of which directed school districts to adopt bullying policies. Forty-one states had […]

What do we do when our children are bullied by teachers? My son has a teacher who actually calls the kids wieners and makes fun of them if they are struggling. He has a mug and sign in the classroom that say “I see stupid people.” Unfortunately, this is not uncommon. You see it more […]