Pete Wright, the Godfather of Special Education law, has often
been quoted saying, “Unless you are prepared to remove your
child from public school forever, you need to view your
relationship with the school as a marriage without the
possibility of divorce.” While this may be true regarding the
School relationship, this isn’t the case for individual members
of the IEP Team. IEP Team members change frequently and it’s
amazing how adding or removing one person from the IEP Team can
make a huge difference in the quality and implementation of an
IEP. While the Parents are not normally in control of the IEP
team members from the School, there are methods the Parents can
use to add or remove members. Read the rest of this entry → You
are browsing the archive for 2011 October. Those of us with
younger children have spent the past several years worrying
about getting them through elementary school, but there comes a
time when we have to think about the next phase…..Middle School!
I’m sure I’m not the only parent who