Special Education Law and Advocacy
Teresa: My sister has a son who is an eleventh grade student that has learning disabilities that range from moderate writing skills and little knowledge in reading, which places him Continue Reading →
Shelly: We moved our daughter to a small girls private school after years of school battles to get an IEP and try to have it followed for her dyslexia. She Continue Reading →
Jackie: My kid was accepted to a private school for this fall as long as she received math tutoring. I had told the school she was dyslexic. She was accepted Continue Reading →
Linda: My son does not respond to his teacher. He refuses to work with her. She also has been writing things in his IEP progress notes that he does not Continue Reading →
Sam: Situation is with Divorced parents, mom has full legal and full physical custody per court order. School asserts mom cannot make special education decisions because the court order doesn’t Continue Reading →
Julia: Can the school set a specific time for ALL subsequent IEP meetings? School states that all IEP meetings will not extend longer than one hour. If meeting exceeds one Continue Reading →
Marie: Our charter school organization is not required to provide transportation. There is a high needs special education student whose parents would like transportation. Do we have to provide transportation?
Peter: Previous mediation resulted in agreement of services to be included in the IEP for school year 2015-2016. Services were added to the IEP but most of them were not Continue Reading →
Mary: My child was dismissed from his IEP. He has significantly regressed in reading. We’ve been paying out of pocket for OT, Speech therapy and now were paying for a Continue Reading →
Dorothy: My child, age 9, is severely mentally handicapped. He will be a baby forever..6 mos. To a year old has been his limit. The school classifies him as deaf/blind, Continue Reading →
