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Category Archives: IDEA 2004
How to Get a Good Program and Placement for Your Child!
The IEP is the “blueprint” the school must use for your child’s program. It all begins with accurate and up-to-date Present Levels. A good program and placement begins with an Continue Reading →
Measurable Goals: How Far, By When?
Perhaps you used Mapquest this summer for directions to your vacation location. Did you enter your destination only and receive the pop-up alert “Please enter a starting location?” Psychologist, Educator, Continue Reading →
Summer School Self-Study: Present Levels, the Foundation of the IEP
Present Levels are the Most Critical Part of the IEP The Present Levels are the foundation of the IEP. The student’s Present Levels must always be accurate and up-to-date. The Continue Reading →
If Asked to Choose Just One Book to Learn Advocacy Skills – This is It!
– A testimonial from one of our readers. A superb reference, Wrightslaw: From Emotions To Advocacy is highly recommended reading for parents of children in need of special education services Continue Reading →
Test Your Knowledge & Skills: Take a Wrightslaw Quiz!
To be a successful advocate you must: gather facts and information educate yourself about the local school district and state academic standards read special education laws, regulations, and cases to Continue Reading →
Guidance & FAQs about Adapted Physical Education
Adapted physical education is physical education that has been modified so it is appropriate for students with disabilities. Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004), all students with Continue Reading →
Legal Developments & Cases: Behavior Problems – School Refuses to Help?
…daughter with behavior problems, school refuses to help. What are my rights? In Wrightslaw: Special Education Legal Developments and Cases 2016, you’ll learn about the Court’s response to Paradise Valley Continue Reading →
Falling Through the Cracks: Military Children with Special Needs
“The Virginia Beach … school district serves 10,000 children with disabilities, boasting of ‘the best transition programs in the country’ for military kids and enjoying hundreds of thousands of dollars Continue Reading →
Rights of Students with Disabilities in Charter Schools
On December 28, 2016, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) released a Guidance Package developed to provide Continue Reading →
