Need a Voice in the IEP Process?
When your child with a disability receives special education services, you need to know: how to develop your child’s IEP in plain language your rights and responsibilities under IDEA the Continue Reading →
State “Hands are Tied” in Compliance with IDEA: Seriously?!
In my experience, lack of enforcement of IDEA is an open invitation for the school district staff to create laws and rules on the fly. The folks at our State Continue Reading →
Negotiating with the School on Transportation Issues
My daughter attends public school. She has autism and a BIP. The transportation department refuses to come down our gravel private lane to pick her up at our driveway. I Continue Reading →
Special Education, School Sports, and IEPs
Providing students with disabilities the opportunity to try out and play on mainstream school sports teams is important. “Participation in extracurricular athletics can be a critical part of a student’s Continue Reading →
ALERT! Wrightslaw: Special Education Legal Developments & Cases 2015
New Publication from Wrightsaw! Wrightslaw: Special Education Legal Developments and Cases 2015 Verdicts in jury trials and multi-million dollar settlements in teacher abuse cases Background and pleadings in Fry v. Continue Reading →
Did You Know You Can Get 40% to 50% Off Wrightslaw Books?
Our publisher, Harbor House Law Press, Inc., offers a special 40% discount on bulk orders of all Wrightslaw products. This discount is available on orders of 20 or more books Continue Reading →
Operating on Grade Level Means No IEP? NOT!
I have an 8 year-old on the spectrum with fairly severe sensory and anxiety issues. He needs support with executive functioning and coping with anxiety. He now has speech, OT, Continue Reading →
Reminder! Wrightslaw Training – Location: Columbus, OH – When: July 3, 2016
This Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference, a Wrightslaw training program featuring Pete Wright, Esq., is being sponsored by the Williams Syndrome Association. The Wrightslaw training is the Pre-Convention Continue Reading →
My Child is 3 Years Behind in Reading. I Need to Learn About Reading Tests?
My son is entering 6th grade. His reading skills are at the 3rd grade level. His pediatrician thinks he has dyslexia. The school insists that he is “making progress.” I Continue Reading →
Small Differences in Tests Can Mean Large Differences in Test Results
Learn the realities about tests and assessments. It’s a fact that small differences between tests can result in large differences in test scores. Got questions about tests and assessments? Do Continue Reading →
