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Suzanne
Whitney
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 Suzanne Whitney of Merrimack, New Hampshire, is the Research Editor for Wrightslaw and the co-author, with Pam and Pete
Wright, of Wrightslaw:
No Child Left Behind.
Sue writes about creative advocacy strategies in her column, Doing
Your Homework, which appears in The
Special Ed Advocate Newsletter and on Wrightslaw.com.
Her articles include:
Her
articles have been reprinted by SchwabLearning.org,
EducationNews.org, Bridges4Kids.org,
The Beacon: Journal of
Special Education Law and Practice, the Schafer
Autism Report, and have been used in CLE presentations to attorneys.
Sue has served on New Hampshire's Special Education State
Advisory
Committee on the Education of Students/Children with Disabilities
(SAC) and
has been avolunteer educational surrogate parent. She currently works with families as a special education advocate.
Sue has spoken to groups of parents, advocates, and educators
about No Child Left Behind, reading, research based
instruction and strategies for
using federal education standards to advocate for children and to
improve
public schools.
Recent
Presentations
 Research
Based Reading Instruction in a World of No Child Left Behind
Sue
Heath and Elaine Holden of The
Reading Foundation presented at the 2005
CEC Convention and Expo in Baltimore, MD. (April 2005)
Overview of No Child Left Behind sponsored
by Massachusetts Families Organizing for Change in Melrose, MA. (February 2005)
Using No Child Left Behind for Children with
Learning Disabilities at
the 55th Annual Conference of the International
Dyslexia Association, Philadelphia, PA. (November 2004)
Symposium
on Educating At-Risk Children, David A. Clarke School of Law, University
of the District of Columbia. (October 2004)
Litigation and Advocacy Using No Child Left Behind
with Bill Byrne, Esq., at the 6th Annual Conference of the Council
of Parent Advocates and Attorneys, San Francisco, CA (March 2004)
Contact
Info
If you would like a conference presentation by Sue, please
contact her by email and send a copy of your email to Pete Wright at petewright | at | harborhouselaw.com
and, in your subject line, ALL CAPS, please put the following:
CONFERENCE
YOURSTATE YOURCITY - desired dates. Example -
CONFERENCE VIRGINIA DELTAVILLE
- any date in 2011
Sue can work out the dates with you and, once determined, Pete will prepare
a contract letter that will outline the nature of the agreement.
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