Cumulative list of links to old threads good info

Below I have listed links for some of my threads from my Great Schools group (GS got rid of individual groups), just incase someone needed to access this info and could no longer find it on GS. FYI for old post/threads you want to access on GS search under Great Schools “Articles and Community”. If you don’t know the title to the post/thread you are looking for you can search for key words you think are in the title or try searching under the author’s username if you happen to know who posted it.


DISCLAIMER (LOL): Please forgive me if I have duplicated anything or if some of the links within the below links no longer work. If you run into some links that do not work in the links below then please let me know so I can make corrections (some of this info is from years gone by, but it’s still good valid info, and even if the links don’t work you can find some key words to search online for more info found in the thread).

MODERATOR'S NOTE: AS OF 2015, GREATSCHOOLS CHANGED THEIR SITE AGAIN, AND NONE OF THE LINKS BELOW ARE FUNCTIONAL.



*PRIOR WRITTEN NOTICE (PWN) is a Powerful tool
www.greatschools.org/elementary-school/community/discussion.gs?content=38120

*Creative Tactics to get Spec Ed Services
www.greatschools.org/students/community/discussion.gs?content=35652

*See if THEY can pass YOUR Test!
www.greatschools.org/students/community/discussion.gs?content=35657

*How to get what your child needs to learn via Special Education
www.greatschools.org/elementary-school/community/discussion.gs?content=38379

*How to request the district to evaluate (not screen) your child...
www.greatschools.org/LD/community/discussion.gs?content=37600

*IEP placement, settings/locations, services, parental involvement, and more.
www.greatschools.org/LD/community/discussion.gs?content=37997

*IEP decisions, content, and the school district’s obligations
www.greatschools.org/LD/community/discussion.gs?content=38286

*Take time to learn how the Education System works (state & fed)
www.greatschools.org/improvement/community/discussion.gs?content=38489

*Teachers' Rights (protection from retaliation by supervisors for advocating for child)
www.greatschools.org/students/community/discussion.gs?content=35666

*Rights of Students with Hidden Disabilities
www.greatschools.org/students/community/discussion.gs?content=35625

*US Dept of Ed Office of Spec Ed Programs (OSEP) accomodations manual
www.greatschools.org/elementary-school/community/discussion.gs?content=38983

*NCLB Supplemental Educational Services
www.ed.gov/nclb/choice/help/ses/index.html

*How much are you willing to gamble?
www.greatschools.org/LD/community/discussion.gs?content=39082

*Special Ed Code (abbreviations, definitions, terms used, etc.)
www.greatschools.org/LD/community/discussion.gs?content=37995

*Compare Education Complaints, Mediation, & Due Process
www.greatschools.org/elementary-school/community/discussion.gs?content=38483

*Section 504 vs Special Ed (IDEA) Similarities and Differences
www.greatschools.org/LD/community/discussion.gs?content=37602

*Rights of Students with Hidden Disabilities
www.greatschools.org/students/community/discussion.gs?content=35625

*Is it REALLY ADD/ADHD or could it be something else? (or possibly a combination)
www.greatschools.org/LD/community/discussion.gs?content=37585

*Supplemental Educational Services: Quick Reference for Parents
www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/supplemental-services.html

*US Dept of Ed IEP Guide
www.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/iepguide/iepguide.pdf

*IDEA PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS NOTICE
idea.ed.gov/download/modelform3_Procedural_Safeguards_Notice.pdf

*Regs/violations re; District/school unilateral IEP decisions
www.greatschools.org/elementary-school/community/discussion.gs?content=38163

*Chicken or Egg, which came first?
www.greatschools.org/elementary-school/community/discussion.gs?content=38125

*Windows of Opportunity
www.greatschools.org/LD/community/discussion.gs?content=38329

*Sign Language to meet foreign Lang requirement
www.greatschools.org/LD/community/discussion.gs?content=37883


*Curious "FAPE"
www.greatschools.org/elementary-school/community/discussion.gs?content=38228

*Learn the lingo that can force the school to provide services
www.greatschools.org/elementary-school/community/discussion.gs?content=38980

*Independent Educational Evaluation IEE @ Public Expense
www.greatschools.org/elementary-school/community/discussion.gs?content=38172

*US Dept of Ed IEP Guide
www.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/iepguide/iepguide.pdf

*Part B of IDEA: Services for School-Aged Children (author:mamak)
www.nichcy.org/Laws/IDEA/Pages/PartB.aspx

*Lessons from the Law (author:sld123)
www.millermom.proboards107.com/index.cgi?board=Education&action=display&thread=7348

*KidTools Support System (KTSS) is a federally-fund (author:sld123)
www.millermom.proboards107.com/index.cgi?board=Education&action=display&thread=7351

*U.S. Dept of Ed Policy Statements (author:"d")
www.millermom.proboards107.com/index.cgi?board=Education&action=display&thread=2061


*Helpful Websites for Sped Parents (author:dihicks6)
www.millermom.proboards107.com/index.cgi?board=Education&action=display&thread=2054

*IEP team & Official district rep federal regs
www.greatschools.org/elementary-school/community/discussion.gs?content=38160

*Independent Ed Eval (IEE) @ public expense
www.greatschools.org/LD/community/discussion.gs?content=38173

*What every parent/advocate needs to know!!!
www.greatschools.org/elementary-school/community/discussion.gs?content=37964
State Laws/Regs
www.greatschools.org/elementary-school/community/discussion.gs?content=38437

*GRADE RETENTION things you should know first....
www.greatschools.org/elementary-school/community/discussion.gs?content=38444

*US Dept of Ed IEP Guide
www.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/iepguide/iepguide.pdf

*Advocacy tips for parents
up.org/rights/advo-tips.pdf">www.listen-up.org/rights/advo-tips.pdf

*Education Advocacy self-help
www.tourettesyndrome.net/Files/AdvocacyTutorial.pdf

*Advocates Corner
up.org/rights/advocate.htm">www.listen-up.org/rights/advocate.htm

*Comparison of I.D.E.A. (Individuals w/ Disabilities Education Act), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, & A.D.A. (Americans w/ Disabilities Act)
www.umw.edu/disability/faq/documents/ComparisonofIDEA.pdf#search='comparison%20of%20IDEA%20504%20ADA'

*Accommodations in Private schools
www.greatschools.org/elementary-school/community/discussion.gs?content=38094


***US DEPARTMENT OF ED'S WEBSITES***

*No Child Left Behind
www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml

*IDEA
www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/idea2004.html

*Office of Special Ed & Rehabilitation Services
www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/rsa/index.html

*Office of Special Ed Programs
www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html?src=mr

*Guide to US Dept of Ed Programs (490 pages)
www.ed.gov/programs/gtep/gtep.pdf

*Civil Rights of Students with Hidden Disabilities
www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/hq5269.html

*How to File a Discrimination Complaint w/ the Office for Civil Rights This is basically education complaints under; IDEA, Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act, and ADA www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/howto.html?src=rt

Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20202-1100
(202) 245-6800; 1-800-421-3481 FAX: (202) 245-6840; E-mail: OCR@ed.gov

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces several federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance from the Department of Education (ED). Discrimination on the bases of race, color, and national origin is prohibited by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; sex discrimination is prohibited by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; discrimination on the basis of disability is prohibited by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Title II prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability by public entities, whether or not they receive federal financial assistance); and age discrimination is prohibited by the Age Discrimination Act of 1975.

These civil rights laws enforced by OCR extend to all state education agencies, elementary and secondary school systems, colleges and universities, vocational schools, proprietary schools, state vocational rehabilitation agencies, libraries, and museums that receive federal financial assistance from ED. Programs or activities that receive ED funds must provide aids, benefits, or services in a nondiscriminatory manner. Such aids, benefits, or services may include, but are not limited to: admissions, recruitment, financial aid, academic programs, student treatment and services, counseling and guidance, discipline, classroom assignment, grading, vocational education, recreation, physical education, athletics, housing, and employment.



******OTHER GREAT WEBSITES******

www.ldonline.org

www.wrightslaw.com

www.reedmartin.com

*Disability Simulation
This is how you can demonstrate to those "nonbelievers" the affects of your child's disability has on learning. This is a real eye opener, try it.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds/attention.html

*How parents can respond to comments/questions in IEP or other Meetings (originally posted in yahoo group)
www.bridges4kids.org/IEP/Tips.html

*Passing Grades, IQ Scores & Evaluations of Students with Learning Disabilities:
www.wrightslaw.com/info/elig.sld.osep.felton.htm

*Wrights law - Tests and Measurements for the Parent, Teacher, Advocate & Attorney
www.wrightslaw.com/advoc/articles/tests_measurementspf.html

*Body Language (in general)
www.deltabravo.net/custody/body.php

*Body Language detecting lies
www.blifaloo.com/info/lies.php

*IEP Humor
schwablearningforumarchive.greatschools.net/thread/18357.html

*Parent Training and Info Centers and Community Parent Resource Centers.

Click onto your region then it will show locations in your state. Each state is home to at least one parent center. Parent centers serve families of children and young adults from birth to age 22 with all disabilities: physical, cognitive, emotional, and learning. They help families obtain appropriate education and services for their children with disabilities; work to improve education results for all children; train and inform parents and professionals on a variety of topics; resolve problems between families and schools or other agencies; and connect children with disabilities to community resources that address their needs. They have advocates, and advisors free of charge at these Centers.
www.taalliance.org/centers/


*Special Education Technical Assistance and Dissemination Network
www.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/resources.html
www.kidsource.com/NICHCY/idea.disa.p.k12.3.1.html

*How do I receive an evaluation of my child?
There are at least two ways in which your child may be selected to receive an evaluation:

You may request that your child be evaluated. You can call or write to the Director of Special Education or the Principal of your child's school. If the school district suspects that your child has a disability, your child must be evaluated. If the school refuses to evaluate your child because it does not suspect that your child has a disability, you must be given a written notice of the refusal and a full explanation that explains the reasons for the refusal [Section 300.504(a)(2) and Section 300.505(a)(2)]. This notice must also give you a full explanation of the procedural safeguards available to parents under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, including your right to challenge the school district's refusal by requesting an impartial due process hearing [Section 300.505(a)(1)].

The school may initiate a request to evaluate your child. Based on a teacher's recommendation, or observations or results from tests given to all children in a particular grade, a school may recommend a child for further screening or assessment to determine if he or she needs special education and related services. If your child is thought to need further testing, the school must tell you. You, as a parent, must give written permission before the school can evaluate your child for the first time [Section 300.504(b)(1)].

It is important for you to know that the law requires that parents be notified in writing before the school district evaluates their child for the first time. All written communication from the school must be in a form that parents can understand (e.g., in their native language if they do not read English, or in the mode of communication normally used by the individual, such as Braille or large print). It must state the action that is proposed or refused; the reasons for the proposal or refusal; the evaluation procedures, tests, or records used to support the proposal or refusal; and an explanation of the parents' rights if they should disagree with the suggested actions or refusal to act, as well as any other options the agency considered and the reasons why those options were rejected (Section 300.505). Parents must give their consent in writing before an initial evaluation can be conducted. It is important to know that school districts must have procedures by which they can override a parental refusal of consent, which they may use if they believe a child should be evaluated. These are discussed later in this News Digest.
www.eparent.com/education/idea03_09.htm

*Good to know federal rules/regs and district's sped obligations (majority content & links of this thread are listed below)
schwablearningforumarchive.greatschools.org/thread/17717.html

*Determining Eligibility under the Special Ed catagory of "Specific Learning Disability"
www.special-ed-law.com/Brief%20Bank5g7jr/SLD%20classification.pdf#search='IDEA%20%20
categories%20ADD%20%20specific%20learning%20disability'

*ADHD Eligibility for Special Ed
www.wrightslaw.com/advoc/ltrs/eligibility_add.htm

*District/School MUST Consider private evaluations
www.wrightslaw.com/law/code_regs/20USC1414.html

++US Department of Education websites ( I highly recommend reading these):

*SPECIAL EDUCATION & REHABILITATIVE SERVICES IDEA 2004 News, Information and Resources
www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/idea2004.html

*Introduction to the IDEA 2004 Model Forms
www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/modelform-intro.pdf

*Individualized Education Program (IEP):
www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/modelform-iep.pdf

*Notice of Procedural Safeguards:
www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/modelform-safeguards.pdf

*Prior Written Notice:
www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/modelform-notice.pdf

*Individualized Education Program (IEP), Team Meetings and Changes to the IEP
www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/tb-iep-meetings.pdf

*Date States must comply with the New Individuals disabilities improvement act 2004
www.wested.org/nerrc/idea2004.htm


*IEP QUESTIONS & CHECKLIST
www.spannj.org/BasicRights/appendix_d.htm


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****Cumulative list of regs, rights, info, & resources updated March 23,2009, this link is listed for you to reference or use/find key words to find info you may need, THE LINKS IN THIS THREAD NOLONGER WORK B/C THEY ARE FROM MY GS GROUP AND GS CLOSED ALL THE INDIVIDUAL/MEMBER GROUPS A LITTLE WHILE BACK******
www.greatschools.org/elementary-school/community/discussion.gs?content=38404

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Here are some links to some old threads from members of both millermoms and great schools (who had their own group in Great schools)that were moved to another location after Great Schools deleted groups:

dhfl143
www.greatschools.org/search/contentSearch.page?q=dhfl143
www.greatschools.org/members/dhfl143/

healthy11
www.greatschools.org/members/healthy11/
www.greatschools.org/search/contentSearch.page?q=healthy11

sharie001
www.greatschools.org/search/contentSearch.page?q=sharie001
www.greatschools.org/members/sharie001/

vacekd1001 (millermom’s “Hope4all”)
www.greatschools.org/search/contentSearch.page?q=vacekd1001
www.greatschools.org/members/vacekd1001/