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Order
it - The Complete IEP Guide: How to Advocate for Your Special
Ed Child - by Lawrence M. Siegel, Esq.
I wish we had this book ten years ago. Our daughter was diagnosed
with ADD in 1991 and it has taken us 10 years to get our school
district to put her in a program that they refused to even tell
us existed. We have fought tooth and nail over that time to
put her in a program that would truly address her needs. It
took her getting in trouble and put on probation for us to even
find out what resources truly existed for her. Once we had the
key words (thanks to a caring Probation Officer), the doors
opened wide. Meanwhile, we wasted all of middle school and her
freshman year of high school, as very little was done for her.
This book has all you need to start getting answers and solutions.
If you even suspect your child needs special accomodations or
special education, you will find this the best $24.00 you could
ever spend" Charles Weinstein from San Mateo, CA USA
"I found this book to be the MOST informative book on
the market for writing an IEP. It gives examples, details and
actual pull out pages of the forms necessary for writing a complete
and accurate IEP. I reviewed MANY books and none were as informative
as this book." Michael D. Ajay
Order
it - Conducting Individualized Education Program Meetings
That Withstand Due Process: The Informal Evidentiary Proceeding
- by James N. Hollis.
This is the playbook that the other side is using!
Order
it - Wrightslaw: Special Education Law - by Peter W. D.
Wright, Pamela Darr Wright.
"Prior to purchasing Pete and Pam's Book, "Wrightslaw,"
I was forced to look to a variety of resources in order to locate
all of the pertinent educational laws, codes, regulations, and
landmark special education cases." Patricia L. Howey, Special
Education Consultant (phowey@worldnet.att.net) from Indiana
"I now have one legal resource manual, a book which fits
easily into a briefcase for travel to IEP team meetings, hearings,
appeals, mediations, workshops, conferences and seminars. I
have purchased two books -- one for my own use and the other
as a loaner to parents who cannot afford to buy their own. This
book is a "must have" for knowledgable advocates, parents who
want to know more about special education law, and attorneys
who want a "one-stop shopping" legal resource." Patricia
L. Howey, Special Education Consultant (phowey@worldnet.att.net)
from Indiana
"For attorneys who practice in the areas of special education
law, for parents who have children with disabilities, for and
parent/child advocates, Pete's book on special education law
is a necessity!" Yvonne M. Husic, Esquire from Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania
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it - Negotiating the Special Education Maze: A Guide for Parents
& Teachers - by Winifred Anderson, Stephen Chitwood, Deidre
Hayden
Don't Go To An IEP Meeting Without It! If you are the parent
of a child with special needs, and she is a student n public
school, be ready to do some big-time advocating to ensure that
she gets the special ed. services she needs. As a special education
teacher I am amazed at how little parents know about their rights
under the IDEA '97 legislation, and how little they advocate
for their child at IEP meetings. This book is a good start to
get you, as the parent-advocate, in the frame of mind you need
to be in when "negotiating the special education maze."
My brief experience in the field has taught me that the most
frustrated parents are those that are the least informed about
what their rights are. Like trading stocks on the stock market,
operating within the criminal justice system, or living in a
foreign culture, the domain of special education has a culture,
and rules all its own.
If the parent does not know how to "play the game," you will
be rolled by school districts that pay a lot of lip-service
to providing an "education for all," but in practice are only
concerned about the "best and the brightest." Raymond R. Rubino
john424@eriecoast.com from Amherst, Ohio
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it - You, Your Child, and 'Special' Education: A Guide
to Making the System Work - by Barbara Coyne Cutler
"A savvy, experienced trail guide through the special
education process and system."
"It not only tells you what the schools can and can't
do, it also tells you how to get and hold their attention and
gives samples of letters, etc. For example, any meetings we
now hold with school representatives also have a 3rd party witness
- a hint gleaned from this book."
Order
it - The IEP Primer and the Individualized Program:
Preschool Through Postsecondary Transition - by Beverly A.
School and Arlene Cooper
Order
it - Developing Quality IEP's: A Case-Based Tutorial -
by Merrill Education (Editor)
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