Wright Tote IEP Kit: New! at Wrightslaw
It’s IEP Season! Are you toting the right stuff to IEP meetings? When you take The Wright Tote to your next IEP meeting, you’ll know the power of getting organized! Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Advocacy
When Teachers Won’t Provide Accommodations in the IEP
My child has language-based learning disabilities and fine motor problems that make it impossible for him to produce legible written work. His IEP includes accommodations to help with these problems. Continue Reading →
VA Educators: PELE Educator’s Forum, Tuesday, March 24, 5-6:30 PM
Just a reminder that the PELE Clinic Educator Forum will be held at William & Mary Law School on Tuesday, March 24 from 5-6:30 PM. PELE (Parents Engaged for Learning Continue Reading →
Is a Child with ADD/ADHD Entitled to Special Ed Services Under IDEA? A 504 Plan Under Section 504?
For parents, teachers, related services providers, and school administrators who have questions about whether children with ADD/ADHD qualify for special education services under IDEA, please read the Joint Policy Memorandum Continue Reading →
Changing the Dynamics of IEP Team Meetings: Online Draft IEP Forms
Draft IEPs Developed in Good Faith The school system I work for sends out Draft IEPs to parents by email. The word DRAFT is written across the page with a Continue Reading →
VA Parents: PELE Parent Forum, Thursday, February 26, 6:00-7:30 pm
PELE, the Parents Engaged for Learning Equality Initiative, will host a Parent Forum on Thursday, Feb. 26, from 6 to 7:30 PM in Room 119 at William & Mary Law Continue Reading →
Should Poor Organizational Skills be Accommodated in an IEP?
What can be included in the IEP accommodations? Can we stipulate in my son’s IEP that he will not be required to keep an assignment notebook, but will have the Continue Reading →
What Diploma Path is Your Child On? Will Retention Push Him Off that Path?
My 9 year old son, a child with autism, is in a 3rd grade inclusion class on a Basic Ed diploma path. He is required to take the FCAT to Continue Reading →
Education and Inspiration: New Special Ed Law Clinic Assists Families
On January 30, the Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference kicked-off the opening of the new Special Education Advocacy Clinic at the William and Mary Law School. The Clinic, Continue Reading →
Advocacy Rule #1: Write Things Down When They Happen!
Preparing Documentation is Essential to Good Advocacy Your goal at an IEP meeting is to initiate or obtain additional special education and/or related services for your child. A successful outcome Continue Reading →
