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Are you beginning to advocate for a child with a disability? Are you confused and overwhelmed at school
meetings? Are your emotions interfering with your ability to advocate for your child? Are you an
experienced advocate who needs a good reference book?
In Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, Pete and Pam Wright teach you how to plan, prepare, organize–and
get quality special education services. In this comprehensive, easy-to-read book, you learn about:
- Your child’s disability and educational needs
- Creating a simple method for organizing your child’s file
- Devising a master plan for your child’s special education
- Roles of experts: consultants and independent evaluators
- Writing SMART IEP goals and objectives
- Using test scores to monitor your child’s progress
- Understanding parent-school conflict – why it is inevitable and how to resolve it
- Creating paper trails; writing effective letters
- Writing persuasive “Letters to the Stranger”
- Using worksheets, agendas, and thank you letters
- Strategies to improve meeting outcomes
- Negotiating for special education services
This practical, user-friendly book includes hundreds of strategies, tips, references, warnings, and Internet
resources. Use the appendices to find contact information for hundreds of disabilities information groups,
parent training and information groups, state departments of education, and legal and advocacy organizations.
Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy includes dozens of worksheets, forms, and sample letters that you
can tailor to your needs. Visit the companion web site at www.fetaweb.com for up-to-date legal and
advocacy information.
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