How to find and hire a special education attorney to help your child Jean Murrell Adams, Esq.  Part I of ADAMS ESQ’s  Fighting for Your Child series focused on how and where every parent should start when advocating for a special needs child.  Part II of Fighting  addressed the role of non-attorney advocates.  This final installment explains how to hire (and fire) a special education attorney.  When should you call an attorney for help? Where can you find special education attorneys? How can you afford

Los registros escolares de su hijo solían almacenarse en un archivo en papel, ya sea en la oficina principal de su escuela, en el edificio de su distrito escolar o en ambos. Hoy en día, los distritos escolares y las escuelas chárter están recurriendo cada vez más a empresas externas para albergar electrónicamente registros sensitivos de estudiantes en Internet. Una de esas empresas se jacta de cubrir el 75% de los estudiantes en los Estados Unidos. Estas agencias externas pueden, a su vez, contratar a

Your child’s school records used to be stored in a paper file either in their school’s main office, at their school district building, or both. Nowadays, school districts and charter schools are increasingly turning to outside companies to electronically house sensitive student records on the internet. One such company boasts of covering 75% of students in the United States. These outside agencies may in turn hire other contractors and companies to manage some of their security and data storage operations. Are your child’s confidential school

Cómo encontrar y contratar a un defensor de la educación especial para ayudar a su hijo Parte I de ADAMS ESQLuchando por su hijoseries se centró en cómo y dónde cada padre debe comenzar cuando aboga por un niño con necesidades especiales. Pero, ¿qué deberías hacer si has aprendido las reglas, te has involucrado, has subido tu juego y el distrito escolar aún no parece oírte? Puede que sea hora de pedir refuerzos. Defensores de la Educación Especial ¿Qué son los Defensoresde Educación Especial? Los

How to find and hire a special education advocate to help your child Jean Murrell Adams, Esq. Part I of ADAMS ESQ’s Fighting for Your Child series focused on how and where every parent should start when advocating for a special needs child. But what should you do if you’ve learned the rules, gotten involved, upped your game and the school district still doesn’t seem to hear you? It may be time to call in reinforcements. Special Education Advocates What are Special Education Advocates? Special

Dónde ir y cómo encontrar la información necesaria para ayudar a su hijo Dicen que el conocimiento es poder. ¿Pero donde puede encontrar la información necesaria para ayudar a su niño o niña con necesidades especiales? ¿Por dónde comenzar? ¿Cómo hacer sentido de todas las leyes y reglas? ¿Lo importante es que, aunque uno se informe de todos sus derechos, como puede uno recurrir a alguien para que le ayuden a aplicarlas? ¿Cómo saber si necesita ayuda de alguien para defender a su hijo? Basándonos

Where to go and how to find the information you need to help your child Jean Murrell Adams, Esq. They say knowledge is power. But where can you find the necessary information to help your child with special needs? Where do you start? How can you make sense of all of the laws and rules? Importantly, even if you do learn all of your rights, who can you turn to for help in enforcing them? How do you know whether or not you need help

New Additions To IEP Cheat Sheet ADAMS ESQ’s ongoing mission is to educate all parents on their rights and the rights of their children with special needs. Therefore, It is our honor to now make our IEP Cheat Sheetavailable in four languages: English, Spanish, Arabic and Mandarin! All versions were translated by professional interpreters. In addition, ADAMS ESQ attorneys and paralegals reviewed all translations to ensure substantive, cultural and grammatical accuracy. We recognize that the IEP process is often confusing. This can be especially so for parents

Personal Advice from Fathers of  Children with Special Needs If another dad came to you for advice regarding his child who is having trouble at school, what would you tell him? We recently posed this question to our ADAMS ESQ dads who have successfully weathered the special education process. Here is their unfiltered response: 1. Show up. It’s important to show up for back to school night, parent/teacher conferences, IEP and 504 Plan meetings and the like. How you dress matters to these people. So dress like you