Allan G. Osborne & Charles Russo 
Special Education and the Law [EPUB ebook] 
A Guide for Practitioners

The essential resource for success in special education



Educators face major challenges when addressing the needs of students with disabilities. This includes understanding a complex legal field: special education law.
Special Education and the Law, Fourth Edition: A Guide for Practitioners is the ultimate for busy educators. Osborne and Russo, past presidents of the Educational Law Association, are experts in translating legalese into language that educators can understand. They have created a resource that examines legislation and interprets the statutes and their regulations in a reader-friendly format. Major topics include rights of access to public education, procedural due process, placement requirements, delivery of related services, discipline of students with disabilities, and remedies for failure to adhere to the law. With a preventative approach to litigation that separates it from other publications, this book features:

• Updates on legal developments from the almost-1000 federal and state cases decided since publication of the third edition in 2014


• Coverage of IDEA, ADA, FAPE, 504, discipline, IEPs, LRE, parental considerations, public vs. private school considerations, and attorney fees


• A focus on federal and state interpretations

With its user-friendly format, this resource will help educators focus on their core competency: providing exemplary education to students with special needs.

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Online Resources for Special Education and the Law, Fourth Edition

Foreword — Richard D. Lavoie

Foreword — Suzanne Eckes

Preface

Acknowledgements

About the Authors

Chapter 1: Special Education Law: An Introduction

Key Updates

Sources of Law

Court Systems

Finding Legal Material

History of the Equal Educational Opportunity Movement

Legislative Mandates

Frequently Asked Questions

Recommendations

Questions for Discussion

Chapter 2: Rights to a Free Appropriate Public Education

Key Updates

Free Appropriate Public Education

Least Restrictive Environment

Entitlement to Services

Child-Find

Students in Non-Public Schools

Frequently Asked Questions

Recommendations

Questions for Discussion

Chapter 3: Related Services, Assistive Technology, and Transition Services

Key Updates

Related Services

Assistive Technology

Transition Services

Frequently Asked Questions

Recommendations

Questions for Discussion

Chapter 4: Parent and Student Rights

Key Updates

Parental Rights

Student Records and Privacy

Frequently Asked Questions

Recommendations

Questions for Discussion

Chapter 5: Due Process Procedures for Evaluation, Development of IEPs, and Placement

Key Updates

Evaluation Procedures

Developing Individualized Education Programs

Changes in Placements

Frequently Asked Questions

Recommendations

Questions for Discussion

Chapter 6: Student Discipline

Key Updates

Pre-1997 Case Law

The 1997 and 2004 IDEA Amendments

Frequently Asked Questions

Recommendations

Questions for Discussion

Chapter 7: Dispute Resolution

Key Updates

Resolution Sessions

Mediation

Due Process Hearings

Judicial Review

Statutes of Limitations

Cases Under Other Statutes

Frequently Asked Questions

Recommendations

Questions for Discussion

Chapter 8: Remedies for Failure to Provide a Free Appropriate Public Education

Key Updates

Tuition Reimbursement

Compensatory Educational Services

Attorney Fees and Costs

Damages

Frequently Asked Questions

Recommendations

Questions for Discussion

Chapter 9: Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act

Key Updates

Eligibility for Protections Under Section 504 and the ADA

Discrimination in Education Prohibited

Otherwise Qualified Students with Disabilities

Providing Reasonable Accommodations

Testing and Evaluation

Participation in Athletics and Extracurricular Activities

Section 504 Service Plans

Defenses to Charges of Noncompliance

Frequently Asked Questions

Recommendations

Questions for Discussion

Chapter 10: Conflict Management: IDEA Compliance

Key Updates

Preventative Law

Dispute Resolution

Selecting an Attorney

Conclusion

Questions for Discussion

Endnotes

Glossary

Index

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Charles J. Russo, JD, Ed D, is the Joseph Panzer Chair in Education in the School of Education and Allied Professions and adjunct professor in the School of Law at the University of Dayton. He was the 1998–1999 president of the Education Law Association and 2002 recipient of its Mc Ghehey (Achievement) Award. He has authored or coauthored more than 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals; has authored, coauthored, edited, or coedited 40 books; and has in excess of 800 publications. Russo also speaks extensively on issues in education law in the United States and abroad.Along with having spoken in 33 states and 25 nations on 6 continents, Russo has taught summer courses in England, Spain, and Thailand; he also has served as a visiting professor at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane and the University of Newcastle, Australia; the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; South East European University, Macedonia; the Potchefstroom Campus of North-West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa; the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He regularly serves as a visiting professor at the Potchefstroom Campus of North-West University.Before joining the faculty at the University of Dayton as professor and chair of the Department of Educational Administration in July 1996, Russo taught at the University of Kentucky in Lexington from August 1992 to July 1996 and at Fordham University in his native New York City from September 1989 to July 1992. He taught high school for 8½ years before and after graduation from law school. He received a BA (classical civilization) in 1972, a JD in 1983, and an Ed D (educational administration and supervision) in 1989 from St. John’s University in New York City. He also received a master of divinity degree from the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Huntington, New York, in 1978, as well as a Ph D Honoris Causa from the Potchefstroom Campus of North-West University, South Africa, in May 2004 for his contributions to the field of education law.