Special Education Law and Advocacy
Amy: Our district has a contract with a BCBA to provide services in a self-contained class within the district. They aren’t listed anywhere on the IEP or in the BIP, Continue Reading →
Sheila: I questioned the IEP not being followed and how she grades and now my son feels threatened and I feel she is retaliating against him. I have left messages Continue Reading →
Alex: How do you know when it is appropriate to retain a child with an IEP? Should you retain a child if they are not making progress towards his/her IEP Continue Reading →
Janet: I have a 2 e kid 11th grade. He has no organization, study skills no concept of time. There were always bigger issues to deal with. Now he has Continue Reading →
Cheryl: I have a conference with my son’s third grade resource center reading teacher. What type of questions should I ask her? This is our first conference.
Karen: Our child had comprehensive evaluation, which did not include ADHD. We disagreed. In our Independent Educational Evaluation he was diagnosed with ADHD. The school did not look at this Continue Reading →
Catharine: Last year I walked into my son’s classroom and found him tied in 5 point mechanical restraints (brain injury and nonverbal child) aide was “retrained”. New school same aide Continue Reading →
Christine: We moved to a new district and I want my son to get a multi sensory reading program as recommended by the neuropsych (private eval), His former school did Continue Reading →
Cat: I’m an SLP who recently began working in the state of California. I’m working in a junior high school. I have several students who receive curriculum support, but spend Continue Reading →
Kelly: My daughter was first evaluated for Special Ed service in Sept 2015 (High functioning autism) and deemed not eligible for services. Recommendation was that when she started Kindergarten and Continue Reading →
