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The Special Ed Advocate Top 10 in 2020 . . . and What's Your Plan? by Pam & Pete Wright Wrightslaw.com Print this page Good Tuesday morning! Today's issue is a 2 1/2 minute read (576 words). 2020 has been a rough year . . . the COVID-19 pandemic, school closures, virtual and/or remote education, personal losses, our racial reckoning, and the Election. The Wrightslaw team hope 2021 will be a better year for all who are looking for answers in these dark, difficult days. To prepare for the IEP meetings in your future, you need to organize your child's special education file and learn to manage your child's documents. If you don't have a file for your child, it's time to create one. If you have a file, it's time to review and update the file. In this issue of The Special Ed Advocate, we will ... teach you how to organize your child's file, show you how to manage your child's documents, including which are Keepers, and introduce two special deals on the Wrightslaw Bundle. 1. Organizing Your Child's File As the parent of a child with special needs, you need to organize information about your child into a special education file. If you don't have a special education file for your child, it's time to create one. If you have a file, it's time to review and update your file. Why is it important to organize your child's file? When you request information and organize your child's file, you will develop a clearer understanding of your child's disability, needs, and progress or lack of progress over time. After you organize your child's file, you will be able to quickly locate any document in your child's file. This will earn respect from other members of your child's IEP team. When you take your organized file to the next IEP meeting, you will be in a stronger position to negotiate for special education and compensatory education services. Read Prepare for Your Next IEP Meeting: Organize Your Child's Special Education File. https://www.wrightslaw.com/info/organize.file.htm 2. Paper Chase: Managing Your Child's Documents by Robert Crabtree, Esq. In Paper Chase: Managing Your Child's Documents, parent attorney Bob Crabtree offers valuable advice about how to organize your child's records, what records to keep, and how to create documents. You will learn that to get help for your child, you may have to tell your child's story to another person -- an evaluator, an advocate or attorney, or a hearing officer. If you document events as they happen, your records will help you tell your child's story accurately. This article will answer questions like these . . . Which Documents are Keepers? List of the documents you'll see during your child's special education and why you should keep all of them! Do You Have All Your Child's School Records? Be sure you have all the documents the school has and find out if you have documents that the school doesn't have. What Documents Should You Create and Why? You need to ... Keep a Journal - If your young child has a disability and needs special education, get ahead of the game by developing this habit now. Create Agreements - Why? Agreements clarify understandings you reach with special education service providers and school administrators. How? Documents you write at the time an event happens provide support if you need to prove that the event happened. Read Paper Chase: Managing Your Child's Documents at https://www.wrightslaw.com/info/advo.paperchase.crabtree.htm Special Offer! 25% Off the Famous Wrightslaw Bundles The original Wrightslaw Bundle includes four Wrightslaw books: Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Edition, Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition, Wrightslaw: All About IEPs and Wrightslaw: All About Tests and Assessments, 2nd Edition. The Original Bundle was $77.80. Is now $58.35! The NEW Immediate Download Bundle includes the same four books as a PDF Download for just $49.95! You'll find these and more great deals in the Wrightslaw Store! Revised: 08/13/20 The Special Ed Advocate: It's Free! About the Book To Order About the Book To Order About the Book To Order About the Book To Order About the DVD Video To Order   Copyright © 1998-2024, Peter W. D. Wright and Pamela Darr Wright. All rights reserved. Contact Us | Press l Mission l Our Awards l Privacy Policy l Disclaimer l Site Map

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