Eligibility is a very confusing concept for most parents trying to negotiate their ways through the bureaucracy of special education. It’s…
The whole point of special education assessment is to identify what is preventing a child from accessing his/her educational opportunities…
The way special education law generally works is that the implementing regulations of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (“IDEA”) set…
Update: On January 4, 2013, a due process decision was issued in California that addresses “child find” and the use…
Today’s posting includes a podcast for education professionals, which we’ve broken into two separate downloads due to the overall file…
We’ve prepared a 12 minute podcast for you for today’s posting. Because of the file size, we broke down the…
In June of 2006, I read an article in Commentary that scared the bejeezus out of me. The article was…
I think it’s really, really important to look at the impact that special education non-compliance has on parents’ employers and…
The immediate family (parents and siblings) of a child with disabilities are generally the people we think are the most…
In the last three posts, I discussed the emotions of the adults involved in the IEP process, not because the…