How to advocate for your child’s education
Many children have learning disabilities—and it’s up to parents and schools to work together to ensure that each child’s unique educational needs are met. But what if the school disagrees with your goals for your child? You are at a disadvantage if you don’t know the law.
This book teaches you to:
- identify a learning disability
- understand your child’s rights to education
- untangle eligibility rules and evaluations
- prepare and make your best case to school administrators
- develop IEP goals and advocate for their adoption, and
- explore and choose the best programs and services.
Written by an expert who’s fought for kids for many years, the 8th edition includes summaries of important court decisions and expanded information on independent evaluations and bullying, and provides the forms, sample letters, resources, and encouragement you need.
With Downloadable Forms: download forms, letters and resources (details inside).
Table of Content
1. Introduction to Special Education 2. Your Child’s Rights Under the IDEA 3. What Is a Learning Disability? 4. Getting Started 5. Developing Your Child’s IEP Blueprint 6. Evaluations 7. Eligibility 8. Gathering Information and Evidence 9. Goals 10. Preparing for the IEP Meeting 11. The IEP Meeting 12. Resolving IEP Disputes Through Due Process 13. Filing a Complaint
14. Lawyers and Legal Research
15. Parent Organizations Appendixes A. Special Education Law and Regulations B. Support Groups, Advocacy Organizations, and Other Resources C. The Severe Discrepancy Model D. Sample IEP Form E. Forms Index
About the author
Lawrence Siegel has been a Special Education Attorney and Advocate since 1979, and has represented children with disabilities extensively in IEPs, due process, complaints, legal action and before legislative and policy bodies. Mr. Siegel has lectured and consulted with advocacy and parent groups throughout the country. He has written special education legislation that has been adopted in several states. Mr. Siegel is the founder of the National Deaf Education Project which works to ensure that the fundamental communication needs of deaf and hard of hearing children are part of the educational system. In 2004-5 he was appointed to an endowed chair at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. for his work as an advocate of special education. You can visit Lawrence’s website at http://www.childlawgroup.com.
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