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Parents, advocates, educators, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, up-to-date information about special education law and advocacy for children with disabilities.

Begin your search for information in the Advocacy Libraries and Law Libraries. You'll find links to hundreds of articles, cases, and resources on the Topics page.

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The current issue of The Special Ed Advocate is Strategies to Get an Appropriate Educational Program for Children with Dyslexia and Other Learning Disabilities

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Hot Topics in Special Education Law and Advocacy

Big Win in Dyslexia Case! Court Orders School District To Reimburse Parents $456,990.

Teaching Reading IS Rocket Science: What Expert Teachers Should Know and Be Able to Do

Do Colleges Have to Follow IEPs or 504 Plans?

Special Education / Education

No Offense: But Isn't It Alarming That So Many Children Are Not Learning to Read?

5 Tips for Incredibly Successful IEP Meetings + IEP Checklists

Advocacy Strategies: When You Disagree with the IEP Team

Resolving Parent-School Disputes Pop-Up Tool

Law School Exam - Give it a try.

Take the Final Exam that Pete and Pam administered to their students at the William & Mary School of Law.
Pete and Pam Wright were Adjunct Professors of Law at the William and Mary School of Law and co-founders and faculty at the William and Mary Law Institute of Special Education Advocacy (ISEA).

Quick Reference: IDEA Statute and Regulations

Free Flyers, Resources, Pubs

IDEA 2004 Resources
Help for College Students with Disabilities Flyer

Need to find an attorney, advocate, tutor, or therapist in your state? Visit the Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities

Books, Training Downloads, DVDs, and Websites

Pete and Pam Wright are co-authors of several books published by Harbor House Law Press.

Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Ed. (ISBN: 978-1-892320-16-2, 456 pages) available in two formats, as a print publication and as a print and e-book combo.

Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Ed. (ISBN: 978-1-892320-09-4, 338 pages)

Wrightslaw: All About IEPs (ISBN: 978-1-892320-20-9, 192 pages) by Pete Wright, Pam Wright, and Sue O'Connor.

Wrightslaw: All About Tests and Assessments, 2nd Ed. (ISBN: 978-1-892320-31-5, 200 pages) by Pete Wright, Pam Wright, and Melissa Farrall.

Surviving Due Process: Stephen Jeffers v. School Board DVD Video - award-winning documentary, 2 hours

Wrightslaw Multimedia Training Programs - Understanding Your Child's Test Scores(1.5 hrs) and Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Training (6.5 hrs).

Year in Review Series

Wrightslaw: Special Education Legal Developments and Cases 2019 (ISBN: 978-1-892320-49-0, 127 pages) available as an immediate PDF download.

Wrightslaw: Special Education Legal Developments and Cases 2018 (ISBN: 978-1-892320-47-6, 146 pages) available as an immediate PDF download.

Wrightslaw: Special Education Legal Developments and Cases 2017 (ISBN: 978-1-892320-42-1, 125 pages) available as an immediate PDF download and Print book/PDF Combo.

Wrightslaw: Special Education Legal Developments and Cases 2016 (ISBN: 978-1-892320-40-7, 120 pages) available as an immediate PDF download.

Wrightslaw: Special Education Legal Developments and Cases 2015 (ISBN: 978-1-892320-37-7, 104 pages) available as an immediate PDF download.
The 2015 through 2018 books are available in the Wrightslaw Store as an immediate download that unzips into the four PDF books.

Print editions of the Year in Review Series are available on Amazon.

At the Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities, you'll find listings for educational consultants, advocates, advisors, psychologists, diagnosticians, health care specialists, academic tutors, speech language therapists, and attorneys. You'll also find government programs, grassroots organizations, disability organizations, legal and advocacy resources, special education schools, and parent support groups.

Revised: 05/02/2022


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