Special Education Law and Advocacy
Monica: Are public schools obligated to provide services to new coming students who need more services? We are getting new student enrolled in our school. We had a parent come Continue Reading →
Taya: My son is totally normal, never was diagnosed with anything, but he gets distracted very easy during the class. So the school was on me for few years to Continue Reading →
Amy: My son is in high school and I have had to continually contact the special Ed teacher and the principal with on going issues of the regular ed teaching Continue Reading →
Amanda: Can the school opt out of my 13 year old daughters IEP without notifying parents? She is in 7th grade, and is struggling very much in the middle school Continue Reading →
Alysia: Can a school write social pragmatic goals regarding attendance at after school activities? For example, if the goal is for the child to increase peer connections/interpersonal communication and handle Continue Reading →
Alicia: Isn’t the Case Conference Committee the place where placement for a transition year (starting middle school) is made? We’re being told it’s solely a parental issue because the decision Continue Reading →
Lynn: My 8 yr old grandson is having behavior problems in school to the point where he is already being suspended. He has displayed outbursts, Hitting other children, as well Continue Reading →
Krissy: I am a special education teacher at a BOCES for alternate assessment. Our school has not had a speech therapist for 17 students. The students should be receiving services, Continue Reading →
Robert: Our son was given the Woodcock-Johnson IV, Tests of Achievement. Long story, short…I wanted our son’s test protocols (written on by our son and his test examiner) to be Continue Reading →
Sher: Is there a ‘federal age’ for aging out of school? Here in NJ it’s 21, but people in other states have told me I’m mistaken – that it’s 22.
