Parents Can Be the Key...to an Appropriate Education for Their Child with Disabilities. A Handbook on Rights and Responsibilities in Special Education for Parents of Children with Disabilities.

Institution	PACER Center, Inc., Minneapolis, MN.
Titel	Parents Can Be the Key...to an Appropriate Education for Their Child with Disabilities. A Handbook on Rights and Responsibilities in Special Education for Parents of Children with Disabilities.
Quelle	(1995), (34 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Child Advocacy; Compliance (Legal); Disabilities; Disability Identification; Due Process; Elementary Secondary Education; Eligibility; Individualized Education Programs; Infants; Parent Participation; Parent Rights; Parent Role; Parent School Relationship; Preschool Education; Special Education; Student Evaluation; Student Placement; Student Rights; Minnesota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kinder- und Jugendanwaltschaft; Handicap; Behinderung; Eignung; Individualized education program; Individualisierendes Lernen; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Elternmitwirkung; Elternrecht; Parental role; Elternrolle; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Schülerpraktikum
Abstract	This booklet summarizes the rights and responsibilities of Minnesota parents of children with disabilities and offers guidelines on how best to advocate for their child. Introductory material briefly describes the Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER) Center and its programs. The booklet then summarizes federal court decisions, federal laws, and state laws impacting on special education. It uses a question and answer format to address the following issues: eligibility for special education services, available services for infants, the initial assessment process, later assessments, the parent role in the assessment process, areas of assessment, the Individualized Education Program (IEP), special education and related services, determining a child's appropriate placement, characteristics of a good IEP, parent involvement in the IEP, and the procedure when parents and the school disagree. Tips for good parent-school communication are provided, along with 10 guidelines for being a child's advocate. Additional questions and answers consider changes in the IEP, changes in the child's placement, removal of information from the child's records, life-long implications of a child's special education, transition to the adult world, and rights when the student is not in a public school. (DB)
Anmerkungen	PACER Center, 4826 Chicago Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN 55417-1098 ($2; quantity discount available).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC