Peter W. D. Wright
Articles
Advocating for Your Child - Getting Started
Why Advocate?> Good special education services are intensive and expensive. Resources are limited. If you have a child with special needs, you may wind up battling the school district for the services [more]
Three Generations at the United States Supreme Court
(In 1953, Orton member, Diana King tutored a severely dysgraphic, dyslexic and hyperkinetic youngster. During the next summer, that eight year old boy attended Helene Dubrow's camp at the base of Mt.... [more]
The Parent Advocate:
Emergency! Crisis! Help!The parent's initial telephone call to the special education attorney is almost always precipitated by an emergency situation. The crisis may be that the public school has... [more]
Anatomy of a Case:
BackgroundJordan Burriola is an eight-year old child with autism. He was enrolled in the day care program since January 1999. He attended the M.O.D.E.L. Community School since the fall of 1998. Jordan [more]
Anatomy of A Special Education Case:
To answer your questions about due process hearings and special education cases, we wrote Anatomy of a Special Education Case. This article tells the story of Stefan Jaynes, a young child with... [more]
The Untold Story
This morning you will hear the inside story of Florence County School District Four v. Shannon Carter. During the past few days you have probably heard enough about it and are not really sure you... [more]
The Wrightslaw Circuit Finder
If You Live In This State - This Is Your Judicial Circuit Alabama - 11th Circuit Alaska - 9th Circuit Arkansas - 8th Circuit Arizona - 9th Circuit California - 9th Circuit [more]
How to Resolve Special Education Disputes:
If you have attended a Wrightslaw advocacy training program or Boot Camp, you know we ask questions about conflict and obstacles to effective advocacy. "How many of you believe parents and school... [more]
McCarter Case:
September 28, 1998 - St. Louis and Cape GirardeauIn a case involving sexual abuse by a classmate and failure to provide an appropriate education, the State of Missouri's Department of Elementary and... [more]
What is Mediation? How Does It Work?
NOTE: The new IDEA encourages parents and schools to use mediation to resolve disputes. This article includes some Freqently Asked Questions and Standards of Practice from the The Academy of Family... [more]
Discussion of Section 504, the ADA, and the IDEA
In this article, you will learn about Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, as contrasted with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).The key... [more]
Florida Jury Awards $600,000.00
Five years after they requested a special education due process hearing. Andrew Whitehead's parents had their day in court. Andrew's father told Pete that the trial continued for nearly two weeks.... [more]
Advocating for Your Child
Why Advocate? Good special education services are intensive and expensive. Resources are limited. If you have a child with special needs, you may wind up battling the school district for the services... [more]
How to Start a FETA Group
Your book, Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, energized me and gave me direction. In the FETA book, I learned why support groups are so important. After talking with several frustrated,... [more]
Must Teachers Provide Accommodations & Modifications in the Child's IEP?
From KellyI would like to begin by saying that I have found your site to be useful both in my legal research and in my day-to-day work as an regular education inclusion teacher. My question [more]
Parents Reimbursed Costs of Private School Tuition
On February 2, 1994, in Gerstmyer v. Howard County Public Schools, 850 F. Supp. 361, 20 IDELR 1327, (D. MD 1994), the Honorable J. Frederick Motz, Judge, United States District Court ordered Howard... [more]
A Tactics and Strategy Session about IEP Goals & Objectives
Question: As an LDA President from a midwestern state, I coach parents about how to write Present Levels of Educational Performance (PLEP) for their children's IEPs. We tell parents that standard... [more]
The Art of Writing Letters
You write letters to request information, request action, provide information or describe an event, decline a request, and express appreciation.In this article, you will learn about two approaches to... [more]
