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SUPPORT, ADVOCACY, HELPING ORGANIZATIONS
COPAA - The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates ~ An independent, nonprofit organization of attorneys, advocates, and parents established to improve the quality and quantity of legal assistance for parents of children with disabilities.
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund ~ DREDF works to advance the civil and human rights of people with disabilities through legal advocacy, training, education, and public policy and legislative development.
Education Law Center of Pennsylvania ~ Special education law advocacy center with excellent information and resources.
FAPE - Families and Advocates Partnership for Education ~ Links families, advocates, and self-advocates to information about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems ~ Nationwide network of congressionally mandated, legally based disability rights agencies.
National Disability Rights Network ~ NDRN is the nonprofit membership organization for the federally mandated Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Systems and Client Assistance Programs (CAP) for individuals with disabilities. Collectively, the P&A/CAP network is the largest provider of legally based advocacy services to people with disabilities in the United States.
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY) ~ Information source on disabilities in children and youth, federal law, and research.
Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), U.S. Department of Education ~ OSEP is responsible for monitoring state and local compliance to IDEA. They have customer service representatives who work with people from each state, to provide information and help resolve problems.
The Special Ed Advocate ~ Wrightslaw provides parents, advocates, educators, and attorneys with accurate, up-to-date information about effective advocacy for children with disabilities.
State Department of Special Education ~ If the local school district is unable or unwilling to solve the problems you experience, states are the next step.
SPECIAL EDUCATION INFORMATION, ARTICLES, RESEARCH
Autism – Your Child’s Legal Rights To A Special Education
Back-To-School Checklist ~ Questions and tips for parents, schools, and the community on academic curriculum and achievement, how schools can help parents and students, teacher training and quality, student discipline, and measuring the progress of students with disabilities.
Basic Guidelines for Choosing an Attorney to represent your child's interests in Special Education ~ If you have a child with a disability, you may find that you need legal support to get the educational services your child needs. Attorneys who have licenses to practice law provide legal advice, help and support; they can represent you in court and in due process hearings.
Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome: Educational Rights, Responsibilities and Options ~ This comprehensive article guides parents in educating the school about CFIDS, advocating for their child, and working to identify their child's unique academic strengths and weaknesses. Also read What Schools Need to Know About CFIDS.
Disabilities Which Qualify Children and Youth For Special Education Services ~ IDEA defines "children with disabilities" as having any of the following types of disabilities: autism, deaf, deaf-blindness, hearing impairments (including deafness), mental retardation, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairments, other health impairments, serious emotional disturbance, specific learning disabilities, speech or language impairments, traumatic brain injury, and visual impairments (including blindness). These terms are defined in the regulations for IDEA, as described in this article.
Disciplinary Exclusion of Students with Disabilities ~ When children with disabilities are suspended, expelled, or otherwise denied education for discipline reasons, several statutory provisions and regulations protect their rights. Advocates should understand the various aspects of these rights articulated in IDEA, its regulations, and section 504.
Discipline Flowchart: Students with Disabilities in Public Schools (pdf) ~ This easy-to-follow chart guides parents through the process when their child breaks a published school rule.
Facts and Terms Every Parent Should Know About No Child Left Behind ~ Here are some key facts and terms that you should know about how this law is meant to help your child.
Failing to Qualify: The First Step to Failure in School? (pdf) ~ IDEA is supposed to ensure that all children with disabilities have access to an appropriate public education. However, schools may be barring that access for many children with mental and emotional disorders by using inadequate assessment rules. This brief illustrates the need for federal policy changes to encourage earlier and more accurate identification of children with mental and emotional disorders under the IDEA.
A Free Appropriate Public Education: Using Insurance to Pay for Special Education and Related Services ~ Information on the legal requirement that special education and related services be made available “free” to eligible students with disabilities, with special attention to the circumstances under which a child’s insurance, including Medicaid and other public health insurance programs, can be used to pay for services.
From Emotions to Advocacy: The Parent's Journey ~ Becoming an advocate means becoming an expert. In the course of this journey, parents need to learn all that they can about their child’s particular disabling condition and how this condition can be remediated.
How Parents and Families Can Communicate Better with Teachers and School Staff (pdf) ~ Helpful tips from the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).
How To Participate in Your Child's IEP Meeting ~ As the parent of a child with special education needs, you should learn how to use the IEP (Individualized Education Program) process as an effective tool to obtain appropriate special education and related services for your child.
Hypothetical Baseline Information and Draft IEP for a Bipolar Student
Ideal Lives ~ Information resources for special needs parents and disability professionals.
The IEP Cycle ~ Comprehensive and step-by-step information on the special education process.
Learning Opportunities for Your Child Through Alternate Assessments ~ This booklet from the U.S. Department of Education introduces parents to school improvement efforts under NCLB and IDEA, and provides information to help ensure that their children can benefit from these efforts. The end of this booklet gives additional sources of information that may be helpful.
No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) ~ Comprehensive page from NICHCY that includes links on information about the nation's largest general education law. You'll find out what the law requires, what it changes in education, and what the law means to children with disabilities.
No Child Left Behind Act: A Parent's Guide ~ Information from the U.S. Department of Education.
Quality Education for Children with Disabilities ~ Informative legal briefs for parents and their advocates.
Representing the Special Education Child: A Manual for the Attorney and Lay Advocate ~ The Need to Know, Presenting the Problem, Preparing for a Special Education Due Process Hearing, and more from Peter Wright of Wrightslaw.
Rethinking Special Education for a New Century ~ This volume of papers examines the past, present and future of special education. It is intended to help lay the groundwork for the 2002 IDEA reauthorization debate.
School Psychologist Files ~ Special education resources for parents, educators, and psychologists compiled by Erin N. King, Ed.S., NCSP.
Special Ed Advocacy: Mistakes People Make ~ Here are several common errors which can undermine parents' ability to obtain appropriate services for their child.
Special Education News ~ Parents, educators and others can exchange their views, find links to important information at other sites on the Web and keep track of current news and events across the country.
Special Education Placement ~ How can parents obtain placement for their child at a school that is not on the state's "approved" list?
Teaming Up: Using the IDEA and Medicaid to Secure Comprehensive Mental Health Services for Children and Youth (pdf) ~ This publication is designed to inform practitioners — IDEA attorneys and advocates who are not familiar with Medicaid, and Medicaid attorneys and advocates who do not know the IDEA or who have little experience in using Medicaid — how they may obtain the services and supports needed by children with emotional and behavioral disorders.
Understanding Special Education and the Law ~ The ABCs of children's educational rights, including the history and current status of the laws, including the steps for obtaining the best services for a child with special needs.
When It's Your Own Child: A Report on Special Education from the Families Who Use It ~ This survey found mixed views on whether the right kids are getting the right services. |
