OCR Complaint Results in District-wide Compensatory Education

I’m long overdue to post new content to the KPS4Parents blog, podcast, and social media, but it’s been a busy…

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Podcast Interview: Catherine Michael, Attorney at Law & Author

On November 4, 2020, I interviewed attorney and author, Catherine Michael, of Connell, Michael, Kerr, LLP, a special education law…

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What About Kids with FAPE Claims that Pre-Date Quarantine?

As much as special education in general is all up in the air in most quarantined school districts, with unlawful…

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Prior Written Notice Requirements for Denying Parent Requests in Special Education Matters

Prior Written Notice (PWN) pursuant to 34 CFR Sec. 300.503 gets a fair amount of general discussion among special education…

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Parents Who “School-Hop” Risk Making Things Worse

One of the situations I commonly encounter in working with students with special needs and their families in the public…

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The Basics of Special Education Assessments

Most people new to special education are quickly blindsided by the processes and procedures that have to be followed. Many…

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Fee Shifting in Special Education

I’ve had several cases in the last few years that have made apparent to me an unseemly practice that is…

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The Return of our Blog

In 2008, I launched our first blog, writing about special education regulations, case law, education research, and my experiences over…

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Podcast: Emotions Part 1 – Parents

On November 12, 2008, we originally published “Emotions Part 1 – Parents” as the first in a series of text-only…

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