10 Tips for Ending the School Year
Did your child have a great school year? Did your child make progress this year? Will your child make a major transition next year? Here are some great tips for Continue Reading →
Category Archives: IEPs
It Isn’t OK Just to Teach the Easy Kids
With no warning, the school changed my son from Spanish to Computers because the Spanish teacher decided he didn’t want to deal with Josh. He didn’t like his attitude. Josh Continue Reading →
Our Law Student’s Success Story
In January, Pete and I became adjunct professors at the William & Mary Law School. We teach a Special Education Law and Advocacy class and assist the Law School with Continue Reading →
Advice for Parents Who Are Getting Started
My extremely intelligent son is dyslexic. Without help from your web site about how to deal with the school, he would still be ignored. The school would still be telling Continue Reading →
IEP FAQs: Can an IEP Meeting be Postponed?
Is there anything in the law that would prevent me from asking that my child’s annual IEP be postponed? The current accommodations are either not working or are not being Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
Pete Answers Questions About Special Ed Litigation & Attorneys Fees
Today, I answered another HELP!!!! email from a parent who requested a due process hearing and doesn’t know what to do next. Yesterday, I answered an email from a parent 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 →
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 →
