INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES

INFORMATION TO INCLUDE IN THE FAMILY SECTION:
* Your child's current and prior IEPs, evaluations (educational, medical, etc.), report cards, achievement tests, discipline notices, etc.
* Log of calls to or from school personnel
* All correspondence to or from school personnel
* Organizing Your Child's Special Education File: Do It Right!

FREE RESOURCES:
* Call the Parent Education Network (1-800-522-5827) or go to their site to obtain the following free publications
* Advocate for My Child: I Can Do That!
* IEP Guide for Parents
* Your Right to Disagree: A Parent Guide for Resolving Conflicts
* Transition, Preparation for Adult Living: A Guide for Parents

INTERNET RESOURCES:

- Finding Local Resources When Your Child Struggles to Learn and
- Finding Local Resources When Your Child Has Learning Disabilities or AD/HD
- Online Parent Groups: Support at Your Fingertips

- The Information Collaborative's Family Resource Guide (Southwestern PA)

- Subscribe to ldonline's monthly email newsletter.

- Subscribe to Wrightlaw email newsletter.

- Tool Kit on Teaching and Assessing Students with Disabilities

- "Wrightslaw Game Plan: Help for New Parents"

- "Wrightslaw Game Plan: Good IEP Goals and Objectives"

- National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY) (1-800-695-0285)

- Guide to Disability Resources on the Internet

- National Center for Learning Disabilities

- Finding Resources When Your Child Struggles to Learn from Schwab Learning

- Learning Toolbox (Parents) tools to enable secondary students with learning difficulties to be better learners

Parent Guides to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act:
- No Child Left Behind: A Parents Guide (U.S. Department of Education)
- Making the NCLB Work for Children Who Struggle to Learn: A Parent's Guide
- Parent's Guide to No Child Left Behind (Wrightslaw)