IEP Check-Ups

We can help to make your IEP work for your child and you. Just like your child needs a check-up every year, so too does her IEP. Many IEPs are written poorly. Goals may remain the same from year to year without consideration of your child’s current level of performance. Special education services may be decreased in spite of your child’s lack of progress. It may seem that your child’s IEP is fine, but only when you look at the big picture – previous IEPs, testing, progress reports – does it become apparent that the IEP is lacking and does not meet your child’s special education needs.

Team Meeting Help

For many parents, attending a team meeting to discuss your child’s special education eligibility, special education services, special education program or disciplinary action can be intimidating and disempowering. We regularly accompany parents to IEP team meetings and other school meetings. While having an attorney present is no guarantee of success, often an attorney’s presence can provide welcome relief to you as a parent and much-needed direction to the IEP meeting.

Due Process Hearings

As a parent, you want special education services and a special education program to meet your child’s needs. You have specific legal rights. Special education law is based on federal and state laws, regulations, and cases. Special education law is constantly changing, and there are several overriding principles that govern. These include the concept of least restrictive environment (LRE), which simply means that the law favors inclusion.