Your Special Education Rights (eBook)

What Your School District Isn't Telling You

Jennifer Laviano, Julie Swanson (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
224 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5107-1940-8 (ISBN)

Infos

What parents need to know to successfully advocate for their special needs children.

---

Drawing on decades of experience, Jennifer Laviano, a high-profile special education attorney, and Julie Swanson, a sought-after special education advocate, help parents of students with disabilities navigate their school systems to get the services they need for their children.Parents will find no other book on special education like Your Special Education Rights. Julie and Jennifer demystify the federal laws that govern the rights of public school children with disabilities and explain how school districts often ignore or circumvent these laws. They pull the curtain back on the politics of special education, exposing truths that school districts don't want you to know, such as the fact that teachers are often under extraordinary pressure not to spend resources on services.Most importantly, they outline the central rights you and your child have regarding your child's education. Did you know that you can refer your child for a special education evaluation? That you can ask for a second opinion if you disagree with the results of some or all of the testing? That you are entitled to parent counseling, training, and more?They also show you how to take that knowledge and apply it to advocating for your child. Here's what you need to know about the paperwork you will have to complete, detailed information on how to advocate for your child and how to craft language in documents that benefit your child, and more.Filled with vital information and invaluable resources, Your Special Education Rights gives you the information you need to help your child succeed in school and beyond.

Autor

Jennifer Laviano is a special education attorney in private practice in Connecticut. Her firm's representation of children with special needs encompasses the full spectrum of advocacy under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Section 504, from attendance at IEP team meetings and mediation to litigation in due process hearings and federal court. She is a regular presenter on the subject of the special legal rights of children with disabilities and their entitlement to receive a free and appropriate education and to be free from disability-based discrimination.Julie Swanson is a special education advocate whose practice grew out of her efforts to help her son. As an advocate, she helps parents navigate the special education process, including attending IEP and Section 504 meetings. She speaks frequently on special education matters and has a long-standing history of service on special education–related state boards, task forces, and legislative appointments to state councils.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.8.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lernhilfen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sonder-, Heil- und Förderpädagogik
• Schlagworte: ADHD • administrators • Advocacy • advocates • appropriate education • Assessment • Attention deficit • Attorneys • Autism • behave • Behavioral Challenges • behaviorally • behavior disorders • Behavior Management • behaviors • books on • challenging behaviour • challenging child • challenging children • challenging kids • challenging students • child's behavior • Collaborative • Covey • disabilities education • dr greene • dr ross • Due Process • Education Act • Education law • education process • education services • education teacher • Educators • Explosive • extended school • federal laws helping parents • fellow teachers • greene explains • hearings • Hyperactivity • ideia • IEP meeting • implement • Implementing • invaluable resource • lagging • legal resource • misbehavior • Pete • Peter Wright • Punishments • punishment system • Regulations • running story • School Districts • school employee • school environments • school systems • skill deficits • Social Interaction • Special education • special education teacher books on disabilities educations • Strategy • team meeting • traditional discipline • wrights
• ISBN-10: 1-5107-1940-7 / 1510719407
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5107-1940-8 / 9781510719408