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Wrightslaw Conference Coming to the Raleigh NC Area – SOLD OUT

Posted on 08/06/2008 by Wrightslaw — 1 Comment ↓

Come join Pete and Pam Wright in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on September 18. The William and Ida Friday Center provides an ideal conference setting. Hope to see you there!

Posted in Seminars & Training | Tagged Conference, special education training | 1 Comment ↓

Coming Soon to Mailboxes of Parents in VA – Parent Involvement Survey

Posted on 08/05/2008 by Wrightslaw — 1 Comment ↓

2008 Special Education PARENT INVOLVEMENT SURVEY The Virginia Department of Education’s third annual Parent Involvement Survey will be arriving in parents’ mailboxes within the next several weeks. It is for Continue Reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Special Education Regulations | Tagged Parent Involvement, Rights & Responsibilities, VA Parents | 1 Comment ↓

IEP FAQs: What should be the “Effective Date” on IEPs?

Posted on 08/02/2008 by Wrightslaw — 76 Comments ↓

“Effective date” means just what it says. If you write an IEP and put the “effective date” as the date of the meeting, then the IEP goes into effect on Continue Reading →

Posted in FAQs, IDEA 2004, IEPs, Special Education Regulations | Tagged Goals & Objectives, IEP Goals, IEP Meetings, IEPs, School Policy, unique needs | 76 Comments ↓

My District Doesn’t Do 504’s. Will a Child Study Plan Work?

Posted on 07/30/2008 by Wrightslaw — 30 Comments ↓

  Can anyone tell me what a “child study plan” is? Our county does not do 504 Plans. A person at school told me that the child study plan is Continue Reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Child Find, Discrimination / Section 504 / ADAA, IEPs | Tagged Child Study Plan, Discrimination, Section 504, Special Education Regulations | 30 Comments ↓

IEP FAQs: Can I write on the IEP?

Posted on 07/25/2008 by Wrightslaw — 15 Comments ↓

My daughter attended her first IEP meeting today, it was a disaster. Does she have the right to write on the IEP under parental concerns? She wanted to write a Continue Reading →

Posted in Advocacy, FAQs, IDEA 2004, IEPs | Tagged Documentation, IEPs, Letter to the Stranger, paper trail, Parental Rights, Reading, success story, unique needs | 15 Comments ↓

Advocating for a Child with Communication Problems

Posted on 07/11/2008 by Wrightslaw — 16 Comments ↓

My 9 year-old daughter Emily has Rett Syndrome. She is a high functioning child but she does not have any means of communication. Unless my husband and I can get Continue Reading →

Posted in Advocacy, FAPE, IEPs, Strategies | Tagged advocacy training, advocate, communication needs, IEP, rett syndrome | 16 Comments ↓

The Special Education Law Blog Earns 5 Stars!

Posted on 07/08/2008 by Wrightslaw — 4 Comments ↓

The Special Education Law Blog by Charlie Fox, a Chicago Illinois attorney who is also the parent of child with a disability, is a remarkable and wonderful resource about special Continue Reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Attorneys, IEPs, Legal News | Tagged 5 Star, Blogroll, Charles Fox, FBA, humor, IEE, IEPs, Special education law blog | 4 Comments ↓

Does an IEP make a child ineligible for sports?

Posted on 07/08/2008 by Wrightslaw — 139 Comments ↓

I was told that my child cannot participate in sports at school because he has an IEP. Isn’t this discrimination?  Prohibiting a student from participating in a sport because he Continue Reading →

Posted in Discrimination / Section 504 / ADAA, Eligibility, FAQs, IDEA 2004 | Tagged Discrimination, FAQs, IEP, Section 504, Sports Eligibility | 139 Comments ↓

Retention or Promotion? What’s best for my child?

Posted on 06/27/2008 by Wrightslaw — 138 Comments ↓

Parent #1: My son wants to be “left behind”. I feel that another year in the smaller, familiar middle school would be less intimidating and give him some time to Continue Reading →

Posted in Advocacy, FAQs, IDEA 2004, Independent Evaluations, Special Ed Law | Tagged Advocacy, FAQs, IEE, Letter to the Stranger, promotion, retention | 138 Comments ↓

Time is running out! Register today! Attention Texas: Wrightslaw Boot Camp in Austin on Aug 1-2

Posted on 06/26/2008 by Wrightslaw — 1 Comment ↓

Don’t miss the opportunity to meet Pete and Pam Wright in Austin. They will be doing a two-day training program in Austin on August 1-2.

Posted in Seminars & Training | Tagged Conference, special education training | 1 Comment ↓

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