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The Complete IEP Guide: How to Advocate for Your Special Ed Child
Lawrence M. Siegel, 2009, Nolo Press
ISBN 1-41330-930-5
A non-technical guide to the IEP process - including organization tips, letter templates, how to identify your child's educational needs, understand and apply education laws, prepare for school meetings - in short, everything you need to know to develop the best possible program for a student with special needs.
Negotiating the Special Education Maze: A Guide for Parents and Teachers
Winifred Anderson, Stephen Chitwood, & Deidre Hayden, 2008,
Woodbine House
ISBN 1-89062-746-1
For more than 25 years, this classic guide has taken parents, guardians, educational advocates, and special educators step-by-step through the special education process. Now revised and updated, reflecting the latest changes to the special education laws, Negotiating the Special Education continues to provide thorough, time-tested advice based on the authors' years of experience helping parents advocate for their child.
Peterson's Colleges With Programs for Students With Learning Disabilities or Attention Deficit Disorders (6th rev. ed.)
Peterson's Guides, Stephen S. Strichart, et al (Eds.), 2000 Petersons Guides ISBN 0-76890-455-2
This is an excellent resource for parents and teens looking for colleges with special education support. It covers 1,000 two- and four-year colleges and universities with special needs support. It includes advice on transitioning to college, information on testing and tutoring, academic advising, and counseling, and a quick reference chart for comparing programs and services.
Special Needs Advocacy Resource Book: What You Can Do Now to Advocate for Your Exceptional Child's Education
Rich Weinfeld & Michelle Davis, 2008, Prufrock Press
ISBN 1-59363-309-2
Special needs advocates Rich Weinfeld and Michelle Davis provide parents and professional advocates with concise, easy-to-understand definitions and descriptions of legal terms and school regulations, along with checklists, tips, questionnaires, and other tools. Topics covered in this handy guide include how to gather accurate information about a child?s education, navigating school meetings, understanding education law, best practices in the classroom, working effectively with parents and school systems, educational options beyond the standard, and much more.
Supportive Parenting:
Becoming an Advocate for Your Child With Special Needs
Jan Starr Campito, 2007, Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 1843108518
When Jan Campito first entered the world of special needs, she trusted the experts to tell her what was wrong, and how to proceed to help her children. As she realized more and more that no one else was stepping into the lead position to obtain appropriate help for her children, she realized that she needed to take on that responsibility. Since then, she has learnt to take an active role in advocating for her children, and helping meet their needs. From procuring evaluations, to understanding what the diagnoses mean, to selecting therapies and therapists, to following through on therapies at home and targeting needs to be addressed, to helping formulate IEPs, and to monitoring and intervening in their school settings, she has become a comprehensive advocate for her children with special needs, and in this book, Jan shares with other parents some of her experiences and some of what she has learnt in the process.
Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Edition
Peter W. D. & Pamela Darr Wright, 2006, Harbor House Law Press, VA (Order at the authors' web site - http://www.wrightslaw.com)
ISBN 1-892320-16-2
The reauthorized Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 is confusing to parents, educators, and even to most attorneys. Ignorance of the law can be as damaging as the child?s disability. Wrightslaw: Special Education Law puts all the information that a parent, school person or advocate needs in one place.
You, Your Child, and "Special" Education:
A Guide to Making the System Work
Barbara Coyne Cutler, 1995, Paul H Brookes Publishing Co.
ISBN # 1-55766-115-4
As the parent of a child with special education needs, Cutler has "been there, done that." Her years of advocacy on behalf of her son make her an expert guide through the maze of special education. She clarifies federally guaranteed rights and legislative regulations, what services are available, how to know if your child isn't getting the education to which he or she is entitled, and how to file a complaint.
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