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Paraprofessionals: AIDE VS PARAPROFESSIONAL IN TEXAS
Paraprofessionals: CAN A PARENT BE THEIR OWN CHILD’S PARAPROFESSIONAL?
Paraprofessionals: CAN PARAS ADMINISTER STATE TESTS?
Paraprofessionals: CAN SCHOOL USE PARA FOR DIRECTION INSTRUCTION IN MY CLASS?
Paraprofessionals: HEALTH PARAPROFESSIONAL
Paraprofessionals: PARA EDUCATOR PROVIDING MATH INTERVENTION
Paraprofessionals: PARA IN CHARGE OF STUDENTS ALONE
Paraprofessionals: SPED TEACHER NOT TEACHING CLASSES
Parent Protections: FMLA
Parent Protections: FMLA or ADA REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS
Parent Rights: RIGHT TO TRANSFER CHILD TO DIFFERENT SCHOOL?
Parent Rights: ARD MEETING HELD WITHOUT PARENTS, IEP CHANGED & IMPLEMENTED W/O CONSENT
Parent Rights: ARD MEETING WITHOUT PARENTS
Parent Rights: ARE PARENTS REQUIRED TO SIT IN SPECIAL ED CLASSROOM?
Parent Rights: AWARE OF PARENT RIGHT VIOLATIONS
Parent Rights: BANNED FROM ENTERING SCHOOL
Parent Rights: BARRING ADVOCATES FROM IEP MEETING
Parent Rights: CAN I REQUEST SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS SENT HOME?
Parent Rights: CAN I USE SOME DEVICE TO MONITOR SCHOOL AUTHORITIES?
Parent Rights: CAN THE SCHOOL HAVE MEETING WITHOUT ME?
Parent Rights: CASE MANAGER REMOVES PARENT FROM IEP TEAM
Parent Rights: COMMUNICATION WITH SCHOOL
Parent Rights: DISAGREEING WITH SCHOOL EVALUATION
Parent Rights: DISAGREEING WITH THE PROPOSED IEP
Parent Rights: FMLA LEAVE FOR IEP AND IMPARTIAL HEARING
Parent Rights: IDEA RIGHTS OF DIVORCED PARENTS WHO SHARE CUSTODY
Parent Rights: PARENT COMMUNICATION WITH TEACHERS
Parent Rights: PARENT RIGHTS TO TEST PROTOCOLS
Parent Rights: PARENTS RIGHTS FOR IEP MEETINGS FOR WHO IS IN ATTENDANCE
Parent Rights: PARENTS RIGHTS IN CLASS OBSERVATION / VOLUNTEERING
Parent Rights: PARENT’S RIGHT TO SEE FINAL EXAM
Parent Rights: PERMISSION TO SIT IN ON CLASS
Parent Rights: REQUESTING PSYCHOLOGIST’S CREDENTIAL
Parent Rights: SCHOOL DENIED MY REQUEST TO AUDIT MY CHILD’S CLASSES
Parent Rights: SCHOOL INSISTS ON “EDUCATIONAL SIGNATURE” – AFFECTS DECISION MAKING
Parent Rights: SPECIAL ED PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEES?
Parent Rights: SPECIAL ED SERVICES: TOO MUCH PULL OUT?
Parent Rights: STUDENT REMOVED FROM REGULAR EDUCATION CLASS WITHOUT PARENTS’ KNOWLEDGE
Parent Rights: SURROGATE PARENTS
Parent-School Relationship: DISTRICT WON’T RESPOND TO EMAILS/PHONE CALLS
Parent-School Relationship: SCHOOL WILL NOT RESPOND TO OUR COMMUNICATION
Parent-School Relationship: TEACHER DOESN’T RESPOND TO EMAIL
Parental Involvement: ARE PARENTS INVOLVED IN CHOICE OF CASE MANAGER, TEACHER, RELATED SERVICE PROVIDERS?
Part C: IEP vs IFSP
PE / APE: ADAPTIVE PHYSICAL EDUCATION (APE)
PE / APE: CAN I REQUEST ADAPTED PE?
PE / APE: SCHOOL THREATENING TO DISCONTINUE APE
Placement: CHANGE OF PLACEMENT DUE TO PSYCH HOSPITALIZATIONS – OHIO
Placement: FORCED FROM HOMESCHOOL TO RESIDENTIAL CENTER
Placement: FORCED PLACEMENT WITHOUT FBA OR ATTEMPTED SUPPORTS
Placement: ADMINISTRATIVE CONVENIENCE OR BEST INTEREST OF CHILD?
Placement: ASKED TO SIGN IEP WITH PRE-DETERMINED PLACEMENT
Placement: BEHAVIORAL ISSUES
Placement: CAN SCHOOL REQUIRE RESOURCE ROOM FOR STUDENT WITH AN IEP?
Placement: CHANGE IN PLACEMENT
Placement: CHANGE IN PLACEMENT
Placement: DEFINITION – IS SCHOOL COVERING UP UNILATERAL DECISION?
Placement: DISAGREE WITH RECOMMENDED PLACEMENT
Placement: DUAL ENROLLMENT (IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL) IN ILLINOIS
Placement: GEN ED STUDENT IN SPED SDC CLASSROOM
Placement: GENERAL EDUCATION CLASS
Placement: HIGH PERCENT OF SPED STUDENTS IN INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAM
Placement: HIGH SCHOOL KIDS IN ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM
Placement: HOW CAN I GET MY CHILD IN HIS HOME SCHOOL?
Placement: IEP TEAM TUG OF WAR
Placement: IEP/CLASSROOM PLACEMENT/SERVICES
Placement: IS A NEW ASSESSMENT NECESSARY FOR CHANGE OF PLACEMENT?
Placement: JOINT LEGAL CUSTODY & PLACEMENT ISSUES
Placement: NON SPECIAL ED STUDENTS IN RESOURCE ROOM
Placement: PARENTAL PLACEMENT IN AN APPROVED SPED PROGRAM
Placement: PARTIAL DAY SCHEDULE, WORKING PARENTS
Placement: PLACEMENT CHANGE DUE TO BEHAVIOR ISSUES
Placement: SCHOOL CHANGING LOCATION/PLACEMENT DUE TO TEACHER RESIGNATION
Placement: SCHOOL REFUSING THEIR OWN PSYCHOLOGIST’S RECOMMENDATIONS
Placement: SCHOOL SAYS CAN’T “DUAL ENROLL” STUDENT IN CI CLASS AND SOME INCLUSION IN GENERAL ED
Placement: SCHOOL WANTS TO TRANSFER TWINS TO ANOTHER SCHOOL
Placement: STATE WANTS TO OVERRIDE IEP PLACEMENT
Placement: STUDENT WITH BEHAVIORAL NOT LEARNING ISSUES?
Placement: TRANSFER FROM SPECIAL ED CLASS TO A REGULAR CLASS
Placement: TRANSFER NEEDED BECAUSE OF SEVERE ANXIETY
Placement: WE WANT OUT OF DISTRICT PLACEMENT
Placement: WHAT IS THE STAY PUT PLACEMENT?
Placement: WHO MAKES PLACEMENT DECISIONS?
Power of Attorney (POA): CAN A PARENT GIVE A POA TO HANDLE EDUCATION DECISIONS?
Preschool: ARE PRESCHOOL SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS LEGALLY REQUIRED TO STAY WITHIN RATIOS?
Preschool: CHILD DENIED ACCESS TO PUBLIC PRE-K PROGRAM, NOT TOILET TRAINED
Preschool: CHILD WITH IEP EXPELLED FROM TWO PRESCHOOLS – DO IEP SERVICES ONLY APPLY TO SCHOOL AGE?
Preschool: INCLUSION IN PRESCHOOL
Preschool: LRE IN PRESCHOOL
Preschool: PRE K BEHAVIORAL ISSUES
Preschool: PRESCHOOL IS FORCING 5 DAY ATTENDANCE
Preschool: SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL CLASS
Preschool: SPED SERVICES FOR PRESCHOOL STUDENTS
Preschool: WHAT DEFINES PRESCHOOL vs. SCHOOL AGE?
Present Levels: HEALTH PRESENT LEVELS FOR INITIALS/TRIENNIALS
Prior Written Notice (PWN): PRIOR WRITTEN NOTICE and BIP
Privacy / Confidentiality: PEER GRADING
Privacy / Confidentiality: CONFIDENTIALITY
Privacy / Confidentiality: FERPA AND TEACHERS GETTING DISCIPLINE NOTIFICATIONS
Private Placement: HOW TO GET PRIVATE PLACEMENT IEP RECOMMENDED BY NEUROPSYCH?
Private Placement: HOW TO GET TRANSFER OUT OF DISTRICT TO PRIVATE AUTISM SCHOOL
Private Placement: IEP SERVICES FOR STUDENTS VOLUNTARILY IN PRIVATE SCHOOL
Private Placement: PRIVATE SCHOOL PLACEMENT
Private Placement: PRIVATE SCHOOL WITHHOLDING IEP PAPERWORK FROM TEACHERS
Private Placement: TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOL PAYING PRIVATE SCHOOL PLACEMENT
Private Placement: TRANSPORTATION TO PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR A CHILD WITH IEP
Private Placement: WHO PAYS FOR PARAEDUCATOR SUPPORT?
Private Schools: ADA IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS
Private Schools: DO PRIVATE SCHOOLS HAVE TO COMPLY WITH IDEA?
Private Schools: DYSLEXIA DISCRIMINATION PRIVATE SCHOOL
Private Schools: NO IEP, NO SKILL LEVEL TESTING?
Private Schools: OBSERVATION IN PRIVATE SCHOOL
Private Schools: PRIVATE SCHOOL DENYING ACCOMMODATIONS ON EXTRA TIME
Private Schools: PRIVATE SCHOOL IEP / ISP RIGHTS
Private Schools: SPECIAL EDUCATION EVALUATION IN A PAROCHIAL SCHOOL
Private Schools: TESTING SHOWS DISABILITY, PRIVATE SCHOOL SAYS CHILD CAN’T STAY
Progress: IF YOU WOULD ONLY STUDY, YOU WOULD DO BETTER
Progress: LACK OF PROGRESS, STAY PUT IEP
Progress: MY SON IS NOT MAKING PROGRESS, SHOULD I GET MORE TESTING?
Progress: NO PROGRESS SO SCHOOL REDUCED RELATED SERVICES
Progress: PARENT NOT RECEIVING PROGRESS DATA
Progress: PROGRESS MONITORING
Progress: PROGRESS REPORT
Progress: PROGRESS REPORT
Progress: WHICH DISTRICT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR LACK OF PROGRESS?

Re-Evaluations Timeline: HOW LONG FOR REEVALUATION AFTER REQUEST?
Re-Evaluations Timeline: TIMELINE FOR PROVIDING RE-EVAL REPORT
Re-Evaluations: 5 YRS WITHOUT RE-EVALUATION IN PRIVATE SCHOOL
Re-Evaluations: CAN I REQUEST A NEW EVALUATION AT THE TRIENNIAL MEETING?
Re-Evaluations: CAN PARENT REQUEST EXTENSION PAST RE-EVALUATION DEADLINE
Re-Evaluations: CHANGING ELIGIBILITY CLASSIFICATION TO JUSTIFY LACK OF PROGRESS
Re-Evaluations: CONSENT FOR RE-EVALUATIONS
Re-Evaluations: LOSING STAY PUT AT RE-EVALUATION MEETING WITHOUT PARENT CONSENT
Re-Evaluations: NEED GOOD TESTING FOR ADHD, DYSLEXIA, WRITTEN EXPRESSION
Re-Evaluations: NEED RE-EVAL FOR ASD IEP?
Re-Evaluations: NO LONGER QUALIFIES, BUT STILL IN SELF-CONTAINED CLASS
Re-Evaluations: NON COMPLIANCE, 3 YR REVIEW EVALUATION NEVER DONE
Re-Evaluations: OMITTING AN EVAL
Re-Evaluations: PARENT REQUEST NOT TO REEVALUATE
Re-Evaluations: REEVALUATION DEFINITION
Re-Evaluations: REEVALUATION REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES
Re-Evaluations: REFUSE TESTING OR LABEL
Re-Evaluations: SCHOOL REFUSED TO RE-EVALUATE, SAID WE MUST FILE DUE PROCESS
Re-Evaluations: SCHOOL SAYS NO LONGER QUALIFIED FOR IEP BECAUSE OF AGE
Re-Evaluations: SCHOOL SAYS RTI FIRST, BEFORE RE-EVALUATION
Re-Evaluations: TOO SOON FOR RE-EVALUATION?
Re-Evaluations: WHEN CAN WE REQUEST RE-EVALUATION FOR IEP?
Reading / Written Language: LOW AVERAGE IQ AND LEARNING DISABILITIES DISCREPANCY
Reading: LOW READING SCORES, SCHOOL DENIES READING SPECIALIST
Reading: FIFTH GRADER READING ON FIRST GRADE LEVEL
Reading: GRADE LEVEL CURRICULUM
Reading: HOW DO I GET WILSON FOR MY DYSLEXIC CHILD WITH AN IEP
Reading: HOW TO FORCE THE SCHOOL TO TEACH MY SON TO READ
Reading: HOW TO GET MULTI SENSORY READING PROGRAM IN NEW DISTRICT
Reading: PRE AND POST READING ASSESSMENTS
Reading: SON IS 9 AND DOESN’T KNOW HOW TO READ, NO ONE WILL HELP
Reading: USING 3RD GRADE READING MATERIAL WITH CHILD ON 1ST GRADE LEVEL – OK?
Reading: WHAT QUESTIONS SHOULD I ASK ABOUT READING?
Recess: USING RECESS FOR MATH INSTRUCTION
Regression: FAILING SPECIAL ED
Related Services: ACCESS TO NOTES BY THERAPISTS
Related Services: ARE SOCIAL WORK HOURS MANDATORY?
Related Services: CAN WE PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR SERVICES TO KEEP THE SAME PROVIDER?
Related Services: CONTRACTED PROVIDERS – DO I HAVE TO SIGN CONSENT?
Related Services: DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING SERVICES NOT PROVIDED
Related Services: EXCESSIVE MISSED SPEECH THERAPY SESSIONS REQUIRED IN THE IEP
Related Services: FALSIFYING SPEECH SERVICE RECORDS
Related Services: MAKING UP MISSED THERAPY SESSIONS
Related Services: OT / PT NEVER AVAILABLE FOR MEETINGS – CAN I CONSULT?
Related Services: RELATED SERVICE ONLY IEP, CAN YOU GET ONE?
Related Services: SERVICES NOT BEING PROVIDED, NO STAFF
Related Services: TEACHER PENALIZING STUDENT FOR PULL-OUT SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES
Related Services: WHAT SERVICES NEEDED FOR 11TH GRADER ON 9TH LEVEL?
Related Services: WHEN CAN SPED/OT/APE SERVICES BE PROVIDED FOR HALF DAY KINDERGARTEN?
Research Based Instruction RBI: DOES ANY RESEARCH EXIST
Research Based Instruction RBI: SCIENTIFIC BASED ORGANIZATION CURRICULUM FOR STUDY SKILLS
Residential Treatment: CSA DENIES ESTABLISHED IEP WHILE IN HOSPITAL
Response to Intervention (RTI): RTI DELAYING EVALUATION FOR MONTHS
Response to Intervention (RTI): RTI IN PRESCHOOL
Response to Intervention (RTI): RTI VS. SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES
Restraint: BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS AND RESTRAINT
Restraint: LAWS ON RESTRAINING A CHILD IN CONNECTICUT PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD?
Restraint: RESTRAINT AND ABUSE
Restraint: RESTRAINT or ABUSE
Restraint: SEAT BELT HARNESS USED TO RESTRAIN, NOT ON BUS
Retaliation: HIRING DISCRIMINATION FOR FILING A DUE PROCESS
Retaliation: I SPOKE UP AGAINST NO FAPE DISCLOSURE
Retaliation: INACCURATE/FALSE IEP STATEMENTS
Retaliation: SCHOOL REFUSES TO EVALUATE, UNDER POVERTY GUIDELINES, CAN NOT GET HELP
Retaliation: SCHOOL RETALIATION IN GEORGIA
Retaliation: SON WAS SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF MY REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTATION
Retaliation: TEACHER RETALIATION AGAINST STUDENT
Retention: DAUGHTER RETAINED AND OFFERED AN IEP
Retention: GRADE RETENTION FOR KINDERGARTEN
Retention: RETENTION AT THE PARENTS’ REQUEST
Retention: SHOULD MY DAUGHTER REPEAT FIRST GRADE?
Retention: WANT 7 YO SON TO GO TO SCHOOL WITH PEERS, NOT 3RD GRADE
Retention: 1ST GRADER BEING RETAINED
Retention: 3rd GRADER FACING MANDATORY RETENTION IN FLORIDA
Retention: CAN I FILE DUE PROCESS TO REVOKE RETENTION?
Retention: CAN THE SCHOOL MAKE MY CHILD REPEAT 2ND GRADE?
Retention: CASE MANAGER WON’T ACCEPT CREDITS FROM PRIVATE SCHOOL
Retention: CHANGING SCHOOLS, IEP, RETENTION, NO MODIFICATIONS OR ACCOMMODATIONS
Retention: HOW TO RETAIN A SPECIAL NEEDS HOMESCHOOLER?
Retention: KINDERGARTEN RETENTION FOR IEP STUDENT
Retention: MY CHILD NEEDS TO BE HELD BACK
Retention: RETENTION FOR STUDENT ON IEP
Retention: TEACHER WANTS TO RETAIN MY CHILD BECAUSE SHE DOESN’T READ FAST ENOUGH!!!!
Retention: TEACHERS SAY CHILD WITH ADHD NEEDS TO MATURE

Safety Issues: ELOPEMENT PLAN AND FBA
Section 504: 504 ACCOMMODATION PLAN IN A PRIVATE SCHOOL
Section 504: 504 DISCONTINUED BECAUSE OF GRADES
Section 504: 504 FOR ADHD NOT WORKING, SCHOOL REFUSES RE-EVAL
Section 504: 504 ISSUES AND CONCERNS
Section 504: 504 PLAN FOR EXTRA TIME NOT FOLLOWED
Section 504: 504 PLAN FOR HASIMOTO THYROIDITIS
Section 504: 504 PLANS and PRIVATE SCHOOLS
Section 504: ACCOMMODATIONS AND 504 PLAN DENIED BECAUSE OF GOOD GRADES
Section 504: ACCOMMODATIONS BEING ABUSED IN PRIVATE SCHOOL?
Section 504: CAN 504 PLAN INCLUDE A TSS?
Section 504: CAN A PARENT CANCEL A 504 MEETING?
Section 504: CAN A SCHOOL DENY A 504 PLAN REQUESTED BY A PEDIATRICIAN?
Section 504: CAN SCHOOL DOCTOR INSIST ON CONVERSATION WITH PRIVATE PEDIATRICIAN OUTSIDE OF 504 PLANNING MTG?
Section 504: CAN THE SCHOOL CHANGE 504 WITHOUT MY PERMISSION?
Section 504: DEFINITION OF A NOTE TAKER
Section 504: DENIED TWICE, NOW LOSING ALL ACADEMIC CREDIT
Section 504: DENYING REQUEST FOR 504 SERVICES
Section 504: DENYING SERVICES
Section 504: DOES 504 REQUIRE A TRIENNIAL RE-EVALUATION?
Section 504: DOES A 504 PLAN EXPIRE?
Section 504: I WAS NEVER TOLD THERE WAS SECTION 504
Section 504: IEP TO 504 FOR COLLEGE
Section 504: IS RECORDING A LECTURE A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION, SCHOOL REFUSES
Section 504: IS STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN 504 MEETING MANDATORY?
Section 504: NEW STUDENT’S 504 COMPLIANCE
Section 504: OLD ACCOMMODATIONS NOT ENOUGH?
Section 504: PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND 504 COMPLIANCE
Section 504: REFUSED TO ALLOW RECORDING 504
Section 504: RELATED SERVICES IN A 504 PLAN
Section 504: REQUESTING 504 PLAN, SAMPLE LETTER
Section 504: SAMPLE 504 PLAN FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL
Section 504: SCHOOL REFUSED 504 DYSLEXIA ACCOMMODATIONS BECAUSE OF GRADES
Section 504: SCHOOL REFUSING 504 BECAUSE GOOD GRADES
Section 504: SCHOOL REFUSING OT REIMBURSEMENT STATED IN 504 PLAN
Section 504: SCHOOL SAID “MUST FAIL” TO GET 504 PLAN
Section 504: SCHOOL SAYS “NO” TO REQUEST FOR 504 ACCOMMODATIONS
Section 504: SCHOOL SAYS SON WITH ADD NOT ELIGIBLE FOR 504
Section 504: SELECTIVE MUTISM/ SCHOOL REFUSAL, 504 NOT IMPLEMENTED
Section 504: SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER AND 504
Section 504: SON NEEDS MORE HELP, SCHOOL SAYS NO ONE AVAILABLE FOR PULL OUT
Section 504: SPED SURROGATE PARENT TERMINATED, DCS CASE MANAGER SIGNS PLAN
Section 504: TIME FRAME FOR 504 REVIEW
Section 504: TIMELINE FOR 504 DOCUMENT
Section 504: UNREASONABLE WORKLOAD ACCOMMODATIONS
Section 504: UPDATING 504 PLANS
Section 504: WHAT ACCOMMODATIONS CAN YOU RECEIVE?
Section 504: WHAT TO DO WHEN A TEACHER DOESN’T WANT TO ACCOMMODATE?
Section 504: WHO IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND A 504 MEETING?
Section 504: WHO WRITES 504 IN PAROCHIAL SCHOOL?
Section 504: WILL 504 MEET NEEDS OF GIFTED, ADHD, ODD?
Self-Advocacy: LEGAL RIGHTS OF CHILD 16-17 YRS OLD
Self-Advocacy: SON REFUSING IEP OR HELP
Self-Contained Class: CLUSTERING BASED ON DIAGNOSIS
Sensory Issues: WARMING FOOD FOR AN AUTISTIC STUDENT
Service Dogs: FEDERAL REGULATIONS FOR SERVICE DOGS IN SCHOOL
Service Dogs: SERVICE DOG AT PRIVATE SCHOOL
Services / Terminating: IEP REFUSAL – Ohio
Services / Terminating: REVOCATION BY PARENT
Services / Terminating: SCHOOL SAYS THEY WILL TAKE IEP AWAY
Services: SCHOOL CANNOT PROVIDE SERVICE MINUTES REQUIRED IN IEP
Services: CAN DD/SLI RECEIVE OTHER SPED SERVICES?
Services: CHANGING SERVICES WITHOUT AN ARD MEETING
Services: DENIED SPD CLASS BECAUSE TEACHER TO STUDENT RATIO CAP
Services: DIRECT INSTRUCTION DEFINITION
Services: DOUBLE DIPPING
Services: HOURS OF SPED CLASSROOM SUPPORT PER IEP?
Services: IEP DECIDES PRIVATE PLACEMENT, PRIVATE SCHOOL REFUSES TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR A YEAR
Services: IEP MINUTES
Services: LAPSE IN SERVICE, ACCOMMODATIONS NOT PROVIDED FOR GRADED SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENTS
Services: MISSING GENERAL ED OPPORTUNITIES FOR PULLOUT SERVICES
Services: PERSONAL CARE SERVICES-FEEDING BY UNTRAINED TEACHER
Services: POOR SOCIAL COGNITION, LEVEL OF SERVICE NEEDED?
Services: PULLING OUT OF ART AND BAND TO IMPLEMENT IEP
Services: REQUIRE PARENT TO SEEK PSYCH SERVICES FOR MINOR CHILD?
Services: RESOURCE LESS THAN 20%
Services: RESOURCE PERIOD USED FOR LUNCH ALSO
Services: SCHOOL DISTRICT CANNOT PROVIDE SERVICES – OPTIONS?
Services: SCHOOL SAYS NO MONEY FOR SERVICES ON IEP
Services: SPECIAL ED SERVICE DELIVERY
Services: WEEKS OF MISSED SERVICES BECAUSE OF TEACHER ABSENCES
Services: WHICH DISTRICT DELIVERS SPED SERVICES IN PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS?
Settlement Agreements: IGNORING SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
Settlement Agreements: PRO SE PARENT, WAIVING RIGHTS
Settlement Agreements: SHOULD WE GO TO SETTLEMENT WITHOUT AN ATTORNEY?
SLD: REALISTIC PARENT EXPECTATIONS FOR THEIR CHILD
Social Promotion: CHILD CALLED TROUBLE MAKER, DENIED IEP, MOVED TO NEXT GRADE
Social Skills: CHILD WITH ASPERGERS NEEDS HELP
Special Ed: CAN I UNDO MY REVOCATION OF SPECIAL ED SERVICE?
Special Ed: DEFINITION OF GENERAL EDUCATION VS. SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM
Special Ed: HIGH SCHOOL SPECIAL EDUCATION RIGHTS
Special Ed: IS EVERY CHILD WITH AN IEP “SPECIAL ED”?
Specific Learning Disability (SLD): SLD AND 504 PLANS?
Speech IEP: CAN SCHOOL REQUEST A DIAGNOSIS?
Speech IEP: CAN SPEECH IEP INCLUDE DIABETES ISSUES?
Speech: SCHOOL NOT PROVIDING SPEECH SERVICES
Speech: SPEECH SERVICES PROVIDED BY LOCAL MEDICAL AGENCY
Speech: 1 to 1 ACCOMMODATION DENIED
Speech: ABSTRACT PRAGMATIC LANGUAGE IEP SERVICES
Speech: DENIED PUBLIC SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY DON’T OFFER SPEECH
Speech: DOES SPEECH THERAPY MEAN MY CHILD WILL HAVE AN IEP?
Speech: HIRED WRONG SPEECH PATHOLOGIST
Speech: NEW STATE AND SPEECH SERVICES REDUCED
Speech: NO STAFF FOR SPEECH SERVICES FOR TWO MONTHS
Speech: NO TRANSPORTATION FOR ITINERANT SPEECH SERVICES?
Speech: NON COMPLIANCE WITH IEP
Speech: PARENT WAS REFUSED TO SIT IN SPEECH GROUP SESSION
Speech: REDO NECESSARY FOR S / L ASSESSMENT?
Speech: SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST REQUIREMENTS
Speech: SPEECH THERAPY SESSIONS INCLUDE AIDES
Sports Eligibility: 504 PLAN FOR ANXIETY
Sports Eligibility: ACADEMIC ELIGIBILITY FOR SPORTS IN PRIVATE SCHOOL
Sports Eligibility: PARTICIPATING IN SPORTS
Sports Eligibility: SPORTS ELIGIBILITY FOR STUDENT WITH IEP
Sports: ARE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC COACHES REQUIRED TO HONOR IEP ACCOMMODATIONS?
Sports: DENIED PARTICIPATING IN SPORTS
Sports: GRADE REQUIREMENTS FOR SPORTS FOR STUDENTS WITH IEP
Sports: HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS – ABLE TO COMPETE OR NOT?
Sports: IEPs, GRADE STANDARDS, and FOOTBALL
Sports: SUSPENSION FROM ATHLETICS
Stay Put: WHEN DO YOU USE STAY PUT?
Stay Put: NEW SCHOOL SAYS NO IEP, CAN WE INVOKE STAY PUT?
Stay Put: WHEN DOES STAY PUT APPLY?
Stay Put: WILL I LOSE ELIGIBILITY IF I CHANGE PLACEMENT?
Suspensions: BULLYING AND SUSPENSION
Suspensions: ADHD AND BEHAVIOR PROBLEM
Suspensions: ADHD, ODD, GIFTED, BUT NO IEP
Suspensions: CAN’T RETURN TO SCHOOL, GETS 1 1/2 HR HELP AT LIBRARY
Suspensions: CHANGE OF PLACEMENT OR SUSPENSION?
Suspensions: CHANGING SUSPENSION NOTICE AFTER ISSUANCE
Suspensions: CHILD SUSPENDED 4 TIMES IN 6 WEEKS
Suspensions: DOES 1/2 DAY = 1 DAY SUSPENSION?
Suspensions: EBD GUIDELINES
Suspensions: HOW MANY SUSPENSIONS BEFORE RECEIVING SERVICES?
Suspensions: SUSPENDED 2ND GRADER
Suspensions: SUSPENSION APPEAL
Suspensions: THIRD SUSPENSION FOR SON WITH ADHD

Tape-Recording: AUDIO TAPED IEP MEETING GONE BAD
Tape-Recording: TAPING AN IEP MEETING
Teacher Certification: CERTIFICATION FOR TEACHING STUDENT WITH DISABILITY
Teacher Issues / Substitutes: LONG TERM SUBSTITUTE TEACHER FOR SPECIAL ED
Teacher Issues /Substitutes: SUBSTITUTE BUT NO SPECIAL ED TEACHING
Teacher Issues: CAN TEACHER MOVE MY SON FROM HER CLASS?
Teacher Issues: CAN WE CHANGE TEACHERS?
Teacher Issues: CASELOAD CAPS – WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR REQUEST FOR HELP IS DENIED
Teacher Issues: CHILD LEAVES SCHOOL ON CBI TRIPS, TEACHER DOESN’T ALWAYS INFORM PARENTS
Teacher Issues: FUNDING FOR GEN ED TEACHERS
Teacher Issues: GEN ED TEACHER INPUT FOR IEP ACCOMMODATIONS / MODIFICATIONS
Teacher Issues: GENERAL ED TEACHER RIGHTS
Teacher Issues: GENERAL EDUCATION CASELOAD
Teacher Issues: INTEGRATED CO-TEACHING CLASS, TEACHER/STUDENT RATIO TOO HIGH
Teacher Issues: NON IEP TEACHER MEETINGS-
Teacher Issues: NON LICENSED TEACHERS
Teacher Issues: PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY RE CONCERNS ABOUT STAFFING
Teacher Issues: PULLING A GEN ED STUDENT FROM HIS CLASSROOM TO A SP NEEDS CLASS WITHOUT AN IEP?
Teacher Issues: REGULAR ED TEACHER NOT RECEIVING IEPS
Teacher Issues: STAFFING SHORTAGES
Teacher Issues: STUDENT AGGRESSION TOWARDS SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER
Teacher Issues: TEACHER ATTENDANCE
Teacher Issues: TEACHER LIES ON IEP REPORTS
Teacher Issues: TEACHER SPECIAL ED. HEADCOUNT
Teacher Issues: TEACHER TROUBLE
Teacher Issues: TEACHERS REQUEST TESTING, SCHOOL REFUSES – CHILD FIND REQUIREMENTS
Teacher Issues: TEACHING WITH NO ASSISTANCE AS REQUIRED IN IEPS
Teacher Issues: WHO CAN LEGALLY TEACH HIGH SCHOOL CI CLASS WHEN TEACHER ON INDEFINITE LEAVE?
Teacher Issues: WRITING IEPS FOR KIDS I DON’T TEACH
Test Scores: BENCHMARK TESTS, PRESENT LEVELS MISUSED
Test Scores: CHILD V. ADULT EVALUATIONS, WISC, WAIS
Tests / Alternative Tests: SCHOOL TRYING TO PUSH ALTERNATIVE STATE TESTING
Tests / State Tests: 504 ACCOMMODATION REFUSAL
Tests / State Tests: IS STATE TESTING FAIR FOR AUTISTIC KIDS?
Tests / State Tests: STATE TEST IN MS
Tests / State Tests: TCAP ACCOMMODATIONS
Tests / State Tests: WAIVER FOR HIGH STAKE TESTS
Tests and Assessments / IQ: DAUGHTER’S IQ DROPPED
Tests and Assessments: ASSESSING A YOUNG ADULT
Tests and Assessments: CAN A PARENT BE PRESENT FOR STAR TESTING
Tests and Assessments: CAN DIFFERENT TESTS FOR ABILITY/ACHIEVEMENT BE COMPARED?
Tests and Assessments: CAN PARENTS TAKE NOTES WHILE REVIEWING TEST PROTOCOLS?
Tests and Assessments: CAN THE SCHOOL TEST FOR LEARNING DISABILITY IN READING?
Tests and Assessments: COGNITIVE EVALUATION
Tests and Assessments: DIBELS TESTING FOR APRAXIA
Tests and Assessments: EDUCATIONAL TESTING
Tests and Assessments: ESTABLISHED MEDICAL DISABILITY PSYCH ASSESSMENT
Tests and Assessments: EXTENDED EVALUATION (45 DAYS) AT ANOTHER SCHOOL??
Tests and Assessments: IQ SCORES
Tests and Assessments: IQ TESTS – SCHOOL SAYS NOT REQUIRED BY LAW
Tests and Assessments: IS IEE TEST INVALID IF PROTOCOL BROKEN?
Tests and Assessments: IS SCHOOL OBLIGATED TO TEST?
Tests and Assessments: MODIFICATIONS FOR TESTS
Tests and Assessments: NEED ASSESSMENT – IN HI
Tests and Assessments: RE-EVALUATION VS. ASSESSMENTS FOR IEP GOALS
Tests and Assessments: SCHOOL ALTERED PYSCHOLOGIST’S REPORT
Tests and Assessments: SCHOOL SAYS TESTING ISN’T GOOD ENOUGH FOR 504 PLAN
Tests and Assessments: SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL BEING DENIED COGNITIVE AND ACADEMIC TESTING
Tests and Assessments: STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES VS. GRADES DURING EVALUATION
Tests and Assessments: STARR TESTING AND RETENTION
Tests and Assessments: TEACHER ISN’T TESTING CORRECTLY
Tests and Assessments: UPDATING THE WAIS-IV FOR COLLEGE
Tests and Assessments: WANT SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, BUT TESTING DELAYED
Tests and Assessments: WHO CAN ADMINISTER IQ TESTS?
Tests and Assessments: WOODCOCK JOHNSON REPEAT TESTING
Tests and Asssessments: PARENTS REQUEST TO BE PRESENT DURING TESTING
Therapeutic Program: LEGAL REQUIREMENT FOR SCHOOL DAY LENGTH
Toileting: TOILETING NEEDS FOR FEMALE DS 1ST GRADE GIRL BY MALE AIDE
Toileting: IS SCHOOL REQUIRED TO ASSIST CHILD WITH TOILETING ACCIDENTS?
Transfers: STATE TO STATE MOVE
Transfers: CHANGING SCHOOLS AND PTSD
Transfers: DOES NEW SCHOOL HONOR IEP WHEN CHILD TRANSFERS?
Transfers: IEP IMPLEMENTATION (OR NOT) WHEN CHANGING ONLINE SCHOOLS
Transfers: MAY SCHOOL REFUSE TO PROVIDE IEP SERVICES?
Transfers: MOVED TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, CAN SON STAY IN OLD SCHOOL (CA)
Transfers: NOT ALLOWED TO START SCHOOL IN NEW STATE
Transfers: PRIVATE TO PUBLIC SCHOOL TRANSFER OF IEP
Transfers: SCHOOL SAYS INCLUSION SETTING NOT AVAILABLE
Transfers: SHOULD WE TRANSFER BACK TO ORIGINAL SMALL SCHOOL
Transfers: TRANSFERRING SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Transfers: TRANSFERRING TO A NEW STATE – IEP CHALLENGES
Transfers: WHICH DISTRICT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FUNDING PLACEMENT?
Transfers: WHICH IEP IN NEW DISTRICT?
Transition to Middle School: MIDDLE SCHOOL WANTS TO REDUCE MY SON’S CURRICULUM
Transition: DESIGNATING KEY STAFF INTO IEP FOR TRANSITION
Transition: IS MY SON ELIGIBLE FOR TRANSITION SERVICES WITH A STANDARD DIPLOMA?
Transition: IS WORK OR CLASSES OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL POSSIBLE?
Transition: LOSS OF SCHOLARSHIPS, NEED DUAL ENROLLMENT
Transition: TRANSITION FROM ELEMENTARY TO HIGH SCHOOL
Transition: TRANSITION FROM MIDDLE TO HIGH SCHOOL
Transition: TRANSITION IEP FOR PRESCHOOL TO KINDERGARTEN
Transition: TRANSITION IN ANOTHER DISTRICT?
Transition: TRANSITION LAWS/FORCED OUT BY DISTRICT
Transition: TRANSITION OR AGING OUT AT 22
Transition: WEAK TRANSITION GOALS ARE NOT MEASURABLE
Translation Services: TRANSLATING SPED DOCS – MA
Transportation: TRANSPORTATION IN THE IEP
Transportation: AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
Transportation: AFTERSCHOOL ACTIVITIES + BUSSING
Transportation: BUS DROP OFF RESPONSIBILITIES
Transportation: BUS PICK UP/DROP OFF TO DIFFERENT LOCATION 2 DAYS PER WEEK
Transportation: BUS SERVICE FOR MY AGGRESSIVE SON, IDD, AUTISM AND MI
Transportation: DENIED TRANSPORTATION IN IEP
Transportation: DOES CHARTER SCHOOL HAVE TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION?
Transportation: FAILURE TO NOTIFY
Transportation: FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT FOR RIDING THE BUS?
Transportation: HARNESS ON VAN
Transportation: HOW DO I GET TRANSPORTATION AS A RELATED SERVICE ON IEP?
Transportation: LAWS ABOUT TRANSPORTATION HOME FOR RESIDENTIAL STUDENT
Transportation: MANDATED PICK-UP TIME
Transportation: NO AIDE ON MORNING BUS-CHILD HAS ASD, ADHD, AND BEHAVIORS
Transportation: PICK-UP/DROP-OFF LOCATION IS 2 MILES FROM HOME
Transportation: REDUCED SERVICES & TRANSPORTATION ISSUE
Transportation: REFUSING TO GET ON BUS
Transportation: SCHOOL BUS ACCOMMODATIONS
Transportation: SCHOOL NOT PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE CHILD CANNOT ACCESS BUS STOP
Transportation: SCHOOL REFUSES IEP TRANSPORTATION TO AFTER-SCHOOL CARE PROVIDER
Transportation: SCHOOL REFUSES SPECIAL NEEDS BUS TRANSPORTATION
Transportation: SCHOOL REFUSES TRANSPORTATION IN IEP FOR AN AUTISTIC CHILD
Transportation: SCHOOL TRANSPORT, AIDES NOT TRAINED TO CARE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS
Transportation: SCHOOLS SAYS I FORFEIT TRANSPORTATION IN IEP BECAUSE OF “SCHOOL OF CHOICE”
Transportation: SHORTENED SCHOOL DAY
Transportation: SHOULD PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION?
Transportation: SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION IN 504 PLAN
Transportation: TRANSPORTATION AND DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL
Transportation: TRANSPORTATION FOR AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
Transportation: TRANSPORTATION FOR DUAL ENROLLMENT AT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Transportation: TRANSPORTATION FOR SPECIAL NEEDS
Transportation: TRANSPORTATION REIMBURSEMENT
Transportation: TRANSPORTATION TO PROGRAMS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES
Transportation: UNILATERAL DECISION – NO EC CHILDREN RECEIVE TRANSPORTATION
Transportation: WHO CAN OVERRIDE AN IEP?
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): EXCESSIVE ABSENCES DUE TO TBI
Truancy: TRUANT IEP HIGH SCHOOLERS
Truancy: IS CHILD TRUANT IF KEPT HOME AWAITING APPROPRIATE PLACEMENT?
Truancy: NOT TAKING OAA
Truancy: REPORTED FOR TRUANCY, EVEN WITH DOCTORS NOTE EXCUSING ABSENCES
Truancy: SCHOOL REFUSAL, IEP, AUTISM DIAGNOSIS
Truancy: SCHOOL STOPS HOME INSTRUCTION, CALLS CPS WHEN CHILD SICK
Truancy: TRUANCY and ADHD
Tuition Reimbursement: DEPT OF ED REIMBURSEMENT FOR SETSS TEACHER
Tutoring: CAN WE REQUEST TUTORING IN THE IEP?
Tutoring: OUTSIDE TUTOR NOT ALLOWED IN SCHOOL
Twice-exceptional: IS IT LEGAL TO KEEP A TWICE EXCEPTIONAL KID FROM TAKING HONORS COURSES?
Twice-exceptional: NEED RESOURCES FOR 2e ADULTS

Unique Needs: CHILD NEEDS NEW IEP, SCHOOL INSISTS ON NEW DIAGNOSIS
Unique Needs: IEP NOT MEETING MY SON’S NEEDS
Unique Needs: SCHOOL NOT MEETING 2E RELATED SERVICE NEEDS
Unique Needs: SCHOOL SAYS NEEDS EXCEED RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN REGULAR EDUCATION ROOM

Video-Taping: SCHOOL SAYS VIDEO MODELING STUDENT WITH AUTISM AGAINST THE LAW
Video-Taping: VIDEO RECORDING FOR ASSESSMENT/TREATMENT
Visual Impairment: ADVOCACY AND SERVICES FOR VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
Visual Processing Disorder: VISION IS 20/20 SO SCHOOL SAYS NO VISUAL PROCESSING DISORDER

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