Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Parent Consent and Independent Educational Evaluation...
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A functional behavior assessment, or FBA, is a tool to gather information about a student’s inappropriate or problem behavior...
Moving On: The IDEA and Summary of Performance for Students...
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Generally, the IDEA requires that once a school district determines that a student has a disability, the district must...
Colorado DDD Proposes Two Step Plan: Change State Rules to...
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Readers: I usually try to focus my posts on issues that are of interest nationally, rather than only in my home state of Colorado...
Keeping it on the down low: The IDEA, School Records, and...
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A child’s educational records often contain private personal information about the child and the family. In the course of...
H. R. 4188 The IDEA Fairness Restoration Act: Allowing...
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In 2006 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Arlington Central School District Board of Education v. Murphy that parents who...
Using the State Education Agency Complaint Process to...
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In a recent series of articles I covered resolving disputes under the IDEA through mediation, the resolution process, and...
Special Education Services in the Summer: The IDEA and...
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Summer is rapidly approaching. For most children summer means time off from school. But for some students with disabilities...
What if we don’t work it out? Due Process Hearings Under...
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Sometimes mediation, the resolution session, or other efforts do not resolve the dispute and parents or the school district...
We Can Work it Out Part III: Using the Resolution Process...
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As yet another way to resolve disputes before a due process hearing, the IDEA 2004 added a resolution process. Once a due...
We Can Work it Out Part II: Using Mediation to Resolve...
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The last post began a short series of articles on dispute resolution under the IDEA 2004. That article ended with the...
