Alert - Special on Wrightslaw: Special Education Law Ends December 20 Reminder: The special on Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Edition, ends at midnight on Wednesday, December 20, 2006. (Terms below) Newsletter Problems: If you are experiencing problems with The Special Ed Advocate newsletter, please scroll down for some things you can do that may resolve these problems. ============================ * Terms * When you order the print version of Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Edition for $29.95, you get the Print & E-book Combo (Retail: $44.95) at no additional charge - you s @ v e $15.00! After you order, you'll receive a link to download the Wrightslaw: Special Education Law E-book (3.7 mgs) immediately. When you have the book in your computer, you can search for information quickly and easily. The print publication will be sent to you in mid-January, after it returns from the printer. To order online, please go to http://www.wrightslaw.com/store/index.html To order by fax, phone or mail, please go to http://www.wrightslaw.com/bks/orderform.htm For more information about the Special, go to http://www.wrightslaw.com/nltr/06/al.1107.selaw2.htm More information about Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Edition, including a synopsis, table of contents, formats, discounts of bulk orders, and early reviews, go to: http://www.wrightslaw.com/bks/selaw2/selaw2.htm ======================================== * Answers to Your Questions * "Get to the office supply store and buy some tabs! Pete and Pam Wright did it again! Every parent and advocate should have this book as a companion to From Emotions to Advocacy." -- Loni Allen, Education Department, Parents Helping Parents, and advocate for families. Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Edition provides a clear roadmap to the laws and how to get better services for all children with disabilities. Learn what the law says about: * Childs Right to a Free, Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) * Individualized Education Programs, IEP Teams, Transition & Progress * Evaluations, Reevaluations, Consent & Independent Educational Evaluations * Eligibility & Placement Decisions * Least Restrictive Environment, Mainstreaming & Inclusion * Research Based Instruction, Discrepancy Formulas & Response to Intervention * Discipline, Suspensions & Expulsions * Safeguards, Mediation, Confidentiality, New Procedures & Timelines for Due Process Hearings In addition to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the IDEA 2004 regulations with analysis and commentary, Wrightslaw: Special Education Law includes: * Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act * No Child Left Behind * Family Education Rights and Privacy Act * McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act * Decisions in special education cases from the U. S. Supreme Court Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Edition is designed to meet the needs of parents, teachers, advocates, attorneys, related services providers, school psychologists, administrators, college professors, hearing officers, and employees of district and state departments of education. More info: http://www.wrightslaw.com/bks/selaw2/selaw2.htm ======================================== * Discounts & Orders * Learn about discounts of 20% to 50% for bulk orders (units of 20 or more) at http://www.wrightslaw.com/bks/selaw2/selaw2.htm#bulk To place an order online, please go to http://www.wrightslaw.com/store/index.html To order by fax, phone or mail, go to http://www.wrightslaw.com/bks/orderform.htm ========================= * Newsletter Problems, Part 2 * On December 11, we sent a request for help with newsletter problems. We want to thank those people who took the time to write and describe the varied problems they have experienced with The Special Ed Advocate newsletter. We are still sorting these issues out. We will send The Special Ed Advocate as a text file to ensure that the majority of subscribers receive the newsletter. Many people did not receive the html version of the newsletter because their Internet Service Providers (ISP) were not instructed to accept email newsletters from Wrightslaw.com and distributed by FEAT.org Here are some things you can do to ensure that you receive newsletters from Wrightslaw: AOL Users: Please add the domain "wrightslaw.com" and feat.org into your address book. Hotmail Users: Please select "Options" >> then "Mail Options" >> then "Junk E-Mail Protection" >> then "Safe List". Type in "wrightslaw.com" >> then click "add" and then add feat.org. Yahoo Users: If you find The Special Ed Advocate in your "bulk" folder, please open the message and click the "Not Spam" button. * Help from Internet Service Providers (ISPs) Many ISP's provide valuable safeguards to prevent unwanted email. 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