Special Education Law and Advocacy
Special education services, especially ABA services for children with autism, are expensive. In most states, demand is increasing. At the same time, for many programs, local funding is decreasing. Is Continue Reading →
Wrightslaw is live blogging from the Institute of Special Education Advocacy (ISEA) all week. We hope you will join us! Day 1 Day 2 & 3 Day 4 Continue Reading →
The school district was supposed to test my daughter for giftedness and/or learning disabilities when we moved two years ago. I just found out they never did. She is experiencing Continue Reading →
My son’s speech services have been discontinued. The principal of my school says I was “out voted” because there are more school staff than me as one parent. I’m sure Continue Reading →
My school told me, “You are the expert at home and the district is the expert at school.” I did not agree to my daughter’s IEP. The district refused to Continue Reading →
I submitted a written request for an evaluation that included my parental consent for the eval. They would not accept my letter of request including a statement of written parental Continue Reading →
My son has autism and the district says they are reducing services and changing him from an IEP to a 504 for Aspergers. I believe they are trying to move Continue Reading →
IDEA requires each state to submit a special education State Performance Plan (SPP) and Annual Performance Report (APR) to the U.S. Department of Education. One of the indicators in the Continue Reading →
That’s what Loni Allen decided to do after reading Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy (FETA). Loni is an educational resource specialist at Parents Helping Parents (PHP), the Parent Training and Continue Reading →
My principal is requiring that I have meetings to change students’ IEPs to correct the location of services under the direct service hours part of their IEPs. All of their Continue Reading →
