The Wrightslaw Way

10 Ways You Can Tell it is an IEP meeting in Texas……… (where sped is considered contact sport). 1.  At the annual IEP meeting, both the advocate and special ed director compliment each other on the camouflage color of their iPad. 2.  The LSSP’s tatoo that has the letters MDR is bigger than your COPAA […]

Subtitle: Why you may need a trip to a COPAA conference to relax. 1.    You thought the OSEP’s MOU on NCLB’s AYP came from CDC and was about another STD. 2.    You are were actually able to follow #1. 3.    You asked the Advocate Committee to research OCR guidance on the impact of the Albuquerque’s 5000 ft […]

Have you just committed a real faux pas but find yourself at a loss for words to apologize? Perhaps you are a celebrity who needs to apologize for disability-related comment…  A teacher who needs to apologize for outrageous classroom mistreatment…   Or, a personal favorite,  an IEP team member who knows it all… Terri Mauro can […]