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TimesCommunity
10/19/2004
Husband-and-wife legal team, based on their own life
experience of having a son with dyslexia, has made it
their business to help parents of other students with
special needs.
The federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA) guarantees a “free and appropriate public education”
(FAPE) for all children and youth with disabilities.
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Education
Week
3/18/2008
Study
Finds ‘Section 504’ Rules Source of Confusion for
Schools
Students with health or cognitive problems who
aren’t eligible for services under the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act have protection under
another federal law: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973. Read
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The Brownley Law Group Comes to Roanoke
5/2/2008
The Brownley Law Group is a Northern Virginia based firm that has recently expanded into other parts of Virginia. We now have an advocate and do work in and around Roanoke and neighboring Franklin County, Virginia. Amy Trail is our advocate based in the Roanoke area. She is a Special Education parent with experience in ABA, autism, and sensory integration. She has considerable experience advocating for the needs and rights of children with local area school systems.
Our group also recently expanded to the Virginia Beach City and Frederick Maryland.
Guest
Articles:
How Could the Teacher Say That?
by John R. Frye, Special Education Advocate, Brownley Law Group
Brownley Law Group holds regular meetings to discuss current cases. We review what has happened and help each other meet our client's needs.
At a recent meeting, we were reviewing a report done by an independent tester. In this case, one of the primary questions dealt with this issue; Does the child have attention and behavior issues that cause learning problems or does the child have learning problems that cause attention and behavior issues? The independent testing indicates that there are significant attention issues that should be addressed. The school system is failing to meet IEP goals. They say that attention and behavior are fine.
We want to know, how this could be? How is it possible that independent testing shows significant attention problems while the teacher says there are none. And, if there are no attention problems, how is it that there is not more learning going on?
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When
Parents & Schools Disagree
by Ruth Heitin, Ph.D., Educational Consultant
I often tell my clients that if my own parents were alive, they would
never understand what I do for a living.
I am an independent educational consultant, and as a private
professional I work for parents in seeking appropriate educational
services for their children. Far more often than I prefer, I disagree
with the schools - something my parents and their generation saw as
heresy.
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