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Special Education Law
As a parent, you care about your child’s education and success. If your child has struggled with reading, you may have asked your school district to evaluate her – to see if she may have a disability like Dyslexia that is making reading difficult for her. Yet, your...
Many people go through life with a learning difference or disability that goes unrecognized and undiagnosed. As a result, too many California residents, whether adults or younger students, believe that they are simply not smart enough to keep up with educational...
When a California student has a special need that may affect his or her learning, schools are required by law to accommodate those needs. Each student is different, and each one has the right to an individual plan that will ensure he or she has what is needed to...
California law requires that children learn in the least restrictive setting that can accommodate their needs. Usually, this means that a child with special needs will spend only a small part of the day mainstreamed with their peers in a classroom. This leads to...
Attorneys Lauren-Ashley Caron and Phillip VanAllsburg represented Student. Mother attended all hearing days on Student’s behalf. Student and Father did not attend the hearing. Attorney Eric Bathen represented Bellflower. Matthew Adair, Bellflower’s Special Education...
Under the 2006 IDEA Part B regulations, 34 CFR 300.8 (c)(4)(i), Emotional Disturbance is specifically defined as "a condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree that adversely affects a child's...