Can I Revoke Consent for a Service in the IEP?
My son is dyslexic. He has an IEP and receives services in a special education classroom. Because he is not making enough progress, I enrolled him in the Barton Reading Continue Reading →
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Melody’s Success Story: “The Time I Realized My Brother was Different”
Jackie Igafo-Te’o says she had a “surreal feeling” when she saw two of her children on television. Melody, 13, and her brother, Michael, 15, were featured in a two-minute Disney Continue Reading →
What’s the Intent of a Summary of Performance?
When I asked the IEP team about my son’s Summary of Performance, I got the “deer in the headlights” look – they didn’t even know what it was. We finally Continue Reading →
Changing Tracks: My Son is Failing – Despite his IEP
I read your article “Can a Child With an IEP Fail?” My son has LD and is in high school. He has an IEP, but the school has not evaluated Continue Reading →
Alternative Placement for “Assignment Refusal” – a Helpful Strategy?
What does the law state regarding a student who is in mainstream classes yet refuses to do any assignments? He just doesn’t care. The staff has made extra effort to Continue Reading →
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation – Public Policy Fellowship Program
The Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation Public Policy Fellowship Program is seeking professionals and/or family members of persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities currently working/volunteering in the field of inclusive Continue Reading →
“We’ve Seen It All” – Lessons from the Trenches
When it comes to special education, Becky McGee and her 19-year-old son, Kyle, feel as if they’ve seen it all. Ms. McGee hopes her hard-won lessons might benefit other parents. Continue Reading →
IDEA 2004 and Private Schools
I work at a small private school and two of our students have a current IEP. The staff was told that because we are a private school, we are not Continue Reading →
School Is Not Supposed to Hurt: NDRN Report Update
Federal minimum standards are needed so that school children are protected from abusive seclusion and restraint practices, regardless of where they live. On February 2, 2010,The National Disability Rights Network Continue Reading →
Wrightslaw Conference Line-Up
March is a very busy month at Wrightslaw! Conference line-up includes Louisiana (two locations), Illinois, California and Michigan. For details on these and all upcoming Wrightslaw conferences, visit our schedule Continue Reading →
