Decisions and Briefs
Please take a moment to download the decisions from some of our cases.
A.A. vs. Orange County Regional Center
Affirming parent’s right to reimbursement for behavior intervention services privately provided when Regional Center repeatedly failed to respond to parent’s request for assistance, and then denied assistance.
J.C. vs. Orange County Regional Center
Decisive ruling ordering RCOC to revamp its illegal internal policies that resulted in unfair denial of treatment services for a child with autism; and also ordering RCOC to reimburse parents for costs of intensive behavior intervention they provided when RCOC denied the services.
M.D. vs. Orange County Regional Center
RCOC ordered to fund prospective behavior therapy and to reimburse parents for costs for school- and home-based intensive behavior intervention that the family was forced to privately fund when the public school district refused to provide appropriate services.
Benjamin G. vs. Long Beach Unified School District
Court of Appeals ruling, firmly establishing the precedent that a school district cannot deny a family the right to have their private expert observe an educational placement that the District has proposed for the child. Before this decision, school districts frequently obstructed observations in order to prevent families from obtaining evidence for due process hearings to show that the district’s proposed program was not
appropriate for their child.
Evan Z. vs. Harbor Regional Center
Decision ordering Harbor Regional Center to reimburse the family of a child with autism costs for Applied Behavior Intervention services that were privately funded, when HRC denied assistance.
WE UNDERSTAND Families have enough battles to overcome in everyday life living with special needs children. We know. Many of our staff members are parents of special needs children and have gone through the difficult educational and emotional processes you are experiencing.
A TEAM APPROACH
The Law Offices of Bonnie Z. Yates, Inc. employs a team approach in securing your child's education rights. Our team is composed of attorneys, skilled education professionals and support staff committed to assisting you in obtaining all the education services to which your child is entitled.
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If you would like to schedule an initial phone consultation, please fill out our Family Intake Form.
Once completed, our office will call to set up a convenient appointment time with you.
Please call 310-204-6624 for more information. The initial consultation is free.
Bonnie Z Yates
Bonnie Yates is an attorney with over 25 years of experience. In 1994, when her second child was diagnosed with autism, Ms. Yates focused her legal practice exclusively on special education to help her son obtain the educational services he needed. Ms. Yates and her team of lawyers have helped hundreds of children obtain vital educational services.
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