children with disabilities

The 3rd Edition of The Everday Guide to Special Education...

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The new edition of my book has more than seventy pages of additional information. Included is additional information on schools...

Charter School's Expulsion of Student without...

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A Michigan charter school violated the IDEA by expelling a student with ADHD and oppositional defiant behavior without first...

Least Restrictive Environment Applies to Extended School...

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Students with disabilities who need extended school year (ESY) are entitled to receive those services in the least restrictive...

School Psychologist's Assumption Student's Poor...

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In Fort Bend Independent School District v. Z.A. Douglas A. 62 IDELR 231 (S.D. Tex. Jan 29, 2014), a school psychologist...

Vague IEP Description of Assistive Technology (AT) Impeded...

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Parents, advocates, and educators frequently ask how much detail is requiring when writing a service on an IEP. Here's a case...

Recent OCR School Service Animal Cases

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     This post will provide a summary overview of several recent Office for Civil Rights (OCR) resolutions involving students...

OCR Service Animal Resolutions

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This post will provide a summary overview of several recent Office for Civil Rights (OCR) resolutions involving students with...

Virtual Public Charter School Required to Comply with...

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The U.S. Department of Education recently announced an agreement with the Virtual Community School of Ohio, an internet based...

Charter school violated IDEA by dis-enrolling student...

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In an unpublished opinion the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a charter school violated the stay put provisions of the...

MDR Teams Must Look beyond the Student’s Special Education...

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One benefit of having a blog is having a forum to express my pet peeves. A major pet peeve of mine is those school districts and...

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