Wright, Peter W. D.

Wrightslaw : special education law / Special education law Peter W. D. Wright, Pamela Darr Wright. - 2nd ed. - Hartfield, Va : Harbor House Law Press, 2007. - viii, 442 p.; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-433) and index.

Law and history: Introduction; Statutes, regulations, commentary, and caselaw; History of Special Education Law --
Individuals with disabilities Education Act of 2004: Overviews of IDEA 2004; Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004; IDEA 2004 regulations, 34 CFR part 300 --
Other federal statutes: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act; McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act --
Special Education caselaw: Overview of special education caselaw; U.S. Supreme Court cases --
Appendixes: Resources and references; Glossary of special education acronyms and terms.


[This text] teaches you how to use the law as your sword and your shield. Learn what the law says about: Child's right to a free, appropriate education (FAPE); Individual education programs, IEP teams, transition and progress; Evaluations, reevaluations, consent and independent educational evaluations; Eligibility and placement decisions; Least restrictive environment, mainstreaming, and inclusion; Research based instruction, discrepancy formulas and response to intervention; Discipline, suspensions, and expulsions; Safeguards, mediation, confidentiality, new procedures and timelines for due process hearings.-Back cover.

9781892320162 1892320169


Special education--Law and legislation--United States.

KF 4209.3 / W947w 2007