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Secure the education your child deserves!
Children with learning disabilities have different needs than other kids in special education -- let Nolo's IEP Guide: Learning Disabilities help you make sure those needs are met.
This one-of-a-kind book walks you through the Individual Education Program process, providing all the instructions, suggestions, resources and forms you'll need to understand the special-education system.
Step by step, you'll learn how to:
- understand your child's rights
- prepare to make your case
- untangle eligibility rules and evaluations
- develop effective IEP goals
- figure out the best programs, services and teaching strategies
- get ready for IEP meetings
- resolve disputes with the school district
- do legal research on learning-disability issues
- and much more
The 3rd edition is completely updated to reflect the latest -- and major -- changes to the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the law that governs special education and the IEP process. It also provides the forms, sample letters and resources you need.
Contents
1. Introduction to Special Education for Children With Learning Disabilities
2. Your Child’s Rights Under the IDEA
3. What Is a Learning Disability?
4. Getting Started
5. Developing Your Child’s IEP Blueprint
6. Assessments
7. Eligibility
8. Gathering Information and Evidence
9. Goals and Objectives
10. Preparing for the IEP Meeting
11. The IEP Meeting
12. Resolving IEP Disputes Through Due Process
13. Filing a Complaint
14. Lawyers and Legal Research
15. Parent Organizations
Appendix 1: Special Education Law and Regulations
Appendix 2: Federal and State Departments of Education
Appendix 3: Support Groups, Advocacy Organizations, and Other Resources
Appendix 4: Sample IEP Form
Appendix 5: Tear-Out Forms
Index
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