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Category Archives: Tips for Parents
10 Special Ed “Back To School” Readiness Questions
It’s “back to school” time! While many of my clients receive Extended School Year (ESY) services over the summer, I have learned over the years in my special education law practice that, regardless of whether your child receives ESY services, a number of things can occur over a summer that might impact his or her [...] Continue reading
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What is an IEP “Amendment?”
Every so often, Congress “reauthorizes” the IDEA. The most recent was the 2004 Reauthorization, also known as IDEA04, and sometimes IDEIA (the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act). When the 2004 IDEA came out, there were a number of changes with which I, and many parents’ attorneys and advocates, disagreed. However, there was one change [...] Continue reading
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A Simple Question, Well Placed
Whenever I am asked to present to public school educators or special education administrators on the subject of the rights of children with disabilities, I try to remind them that, in every profession, continuing education should be embraced and appreciated. This is because I have found so many problems when teachers feel threatened by a [...] Continue reading
What NOT to Wear to Your Due Process Hearing
Many of my clients will ask me what to wear to their child’s special education Due Process Hearing. As a matter of law, it should be entirely irrelevant to the proceedings what the parents of children with disabilities are wearing. Impartial Hearing Officers are not saying “I found in favor of the school district because [...] Continue reading
Should I Tape Record the IEP Meeting?
In my special education law practice in Connecticut, parents ask me all the time about tape recording their child’s IEP Team meetings. Like most things, there are benefits and detriments to doing so, and I have heard parents’ attorneys and advocates come down on both sides of the question. Some record each and every IEP [...] Continue reading
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You’re Not Invited
How is it that, in disputes between parents and school districts, whenever an IEP Team Member starts to align their recommendations with the parents’ position, they suddenly stop getting invited to that child’s IEP Meetings? In my Connecticut special education law practice, I see this all the time.
Example 1: the parents believe that their child [...] Continue reading