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
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
-
NCLD Parent
Center
IDEA (Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act) Toolkit
- Education
Advocacy: A Self-Help Tutorial for Parents by Dr. Leslie E. Packer
- PaTTAN
(Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network)
Information for Parents
- PA Parent Guide to Special Education for School Age Children (2005)
-
A
Family's Introduction to Early Intervention in Pennsylvania (2005)
- Subscribe
to ldonline's monthly email newsletter.
- Subscribe to Wrightlaw email newsletter.
- "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
- Learning Disabilities Checklist from the National Center for Learning Disabilities
- MOM Central - Tips for helping your child with organizational skills
- Finding Resources When Your Child Struggles to Learn from Schwab Learning
- When Your Child Struggles with Learning: A Step-by-Step Guide for Getting Help
- 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)
