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At
Wrightslaw, our goals are to help you gain the information and skills
you need to navigate the confusing world of special education.
Highlights:
Answers
to questions about No Child Left Behind, retention, high stakes
testing; children with ADD/ADHD may be eligible for special ed;
Section 504 and children with ADD/ADHD; great deals & free shipping
in our Summer Sale; suspensions, expulsions
and IEPs; the truth about Wrightslaw advocacy training programs.
Subscribers on June 3, 2003: 43,193
Message to Subscribers: In
2002, there were major changes in education law. More changes are
expected in 2003. Every parent, school employee, student, school
board member, board of education employee, and taxpayer will be
affected by these changes. You need to know where to get accurate
information about changes in these laws. Please download
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A psychologist writes: "I have a question about NCLB. As I read it, all kids need to be on grade level as measured by the statewide assessments. As a psychologist, I don't get it.
1) Grade equivalents are not valid.
2) Students' scores on the state assessment will be compared to all the other students who took the test and they will become the normative sample.
"What
are we (educators) supposed to do? It seems as though President
Bush has been visiting Lake Woebegone!"
Are you confused about the testing requirements in No Child
Left Behind? You aren't alone!
Read NCLB:
How Will Kids Be Tested? at: https://www.wrightslaw.com/info/nclb.testkids.heath.htm
2. Response to "NCLB Weapons of Public Education Destruction" by Sue Heath
On
May 29, 2003, EducationNews
featured an Op/Ed article entitled NCLB
Weapons of Public Education Destruction. This article
included inaccuracies about retention, high-stakes testing,
and the No Child Left Behind Act.
Research editor Sue Heath wrote a letter to set the record
straight. Her
letter was published in EducationNews on May 30.
You can read
Sue's letter - and learn about high stakes testing,
retention and NCLB at - https://www.wrightslaw.com/news/2003/nclb.weapons.heath.htm
We urge you to subscribe to EducationNews
- it is an incredible source of news and information - and
it's free. To subscribe, send an email to educationnews-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
3. Are Children with ADD/ADHD Eligible for Special Ed Services Under IDEA?
Many people write to ask whether children with ADD/ADHD are eligible for special education under the IDEA. For many readers, the answer is a clear "Yes." For others, the answer is an equally clear "No!" What do you think?
Are Children with ADD/ADHD Eligible for Special Education Services Under IDEA? discusses eligibility issues, and gives readers a Game Plan that will help them learn more about these thorny issues. Read article
https://www.wrightslaw.com/advoc/ltrs/eligibility_add.htm
Learn about ADD/ADHD issues: https://www.wrightslaw.com/info/add.index.htm
4. Section 504 and Children with ADD/ADHD
The
Office of Civil Rights published a Memorandum that clarifies the
school's responsibility to evaluate children who may have ADD/ADHD.
This Memorandum includes Questions and Answers about ADD, Section
504 and IDEA, evaluations, more. For example:
Q: Can a school district refuse to provide special
education services to a child with ADD because he or she does
not meet the eligibility criteria under the IDEA?
A: No.
If
you are having problems getting help for your child with ADD/ADHD,
download Section
504 and Children with ADD/ADHD at:
https://www.wrightslaw.com/info/add.eval.ocrmemo.htm
Learn about Section 504 issues: https://www.wrightslaw.com/info/sec504.index.htm
5. Super Savings & Free Shipping in Our Spring Into Summer Sale - Sale Ends June 20, 2003
We are cutting inventory as we prepare to launch our new book, Wrightslaw: No Child Left Behind this summer.
Learn about good deals, great deals and super deals in our Spring Into Summer Sale: https://www.wrightslaw.com/nltr/03/al.0528.htm
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6. Suspensions, Expulsions, and IEPs by Robert Crabtree, Esq.
"My daughter has a language impairment and an IEP. She has been suspended twice for fighting. The vice principal plans to expel her. Can they do that?"
In this article, parent attorney Robert Crabtree answers questions about suspensions, expulsions, IEPs, dangerous weapons, illegal drugs and alternative educational settings.
Learn
about functional behavioral assessments, behavior intervention
plans, long-term suspensions and expulsions, the child's rights,
and what parents can do to protect these rights. Learn how to
request a behavior assessment, an expedited hearing, and how to
invoke "stay put."
Read Suspensions, Expulsions, and IEPs at:
https://www.wrightslaw.com/info/discipl.suspend.crabtree.htm
Learn about behavior
& discipline: https://www.wrightslaw.com/info/discipl.index.htm
Read more good articles:
https://www.wrightslaw.com/articles.htm
7. The Truth About Wrightslaw Advocacy Training Programs
What
do people learn at Wrightslaw advocacy training programs? Good
question!
After the editor of Special
Education Law Update attended a program in Skokie
Illinois, he wrote a three-part series of articles about the program.
If you have questions about whether you should attend a Wrightslaw
seminar or training program, please read these articles.
1. Advocates
Urge Parents and Educators to Learn the Law
https://www.wrightslaw.com/speak/law.update.06.02.pdf
2.
Designing
SMART IEPs
https://www.wrightslaw.com/speak/law.update.07.02.pdf
3. Maintaining Good Relationships Between Parents and Schools
https://www.wrightslaw.com/speak/law.update.08.02.pdf
Wrightslaw seminars and training programs focus on four areas:
special education laws, rights & responsibilities; how to
use the bell curve to measure progress & regression; SMART
IEPs; and tactics & strategies for effective advocacy.
We are now booking programs for 2004. To learn how you can bring Pete & Pam to your community, please read our FAQs about Seminars.
https://www.wrightslaw.com/speak/faqs.htm
"I have never learned so much useful information at
a workshop - thank you for having a heart for kids and the head
for the Law." - Susan from Texas
Fall 2003 Schedule: https://www.wrightslaw.com/speak/index.htm
8. Subscription & Contact Info
The Special Ed Advocate is a free online newsletter about special education legal and advocacy issues, cases, and tactics and strategies. Subscribers receive "alerts" about new cases, events, and special offers on Wrightslaw books.
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Contact Info
Pete
and Pam Wright
Wrightslaw & The Special Ed Advocate
P. O. Box 10s08
Deltaville, VA 23043
Website: https://www.wrightslaw.com
Email: newsletter@wrightslaw.com
