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Part 1: Bonnie Yates Talks with Shannon Penrod About the Nuts and Bolts of Your Childs IEP
Bonnie Yates Talks to Shannon Penrod About
the Nuts and Bolts of Your Childs IEP
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Spring IEP Season: Defend Your Child’s Rights In The Face Of Budget Woes And Program Cuts
Parents in Los Angeles Unified School District have raised the alarm that the district is closing many of the special education programs in neighborhood elementary schools and will be busing children to centralized school sites, a money-saving measure that will help the district accommodate staff reductions. If the changes are instituted, children in these programs will be forced to deal with transportation difficulties and transitions to new settings with higher student:teacher ratios, and will be denied the chance to go to their local school with their neighbors and siblings.
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Housecleaning For Springtime (Or how busy, overextended but effective parents can prepare for IEP season)
I guess the crazy busyness of Spring IEP season is just around the corner. For the newly initiated members of our special ed family, what this means is that the District has 3.5 months to finish all of its annual IEPs that it didn’t get to in earlier months. Not too surprisingly, this results in calendar logjam and lots of rushing to complete assessments and to compress complex meetings into short amounts of time. If you are a parent and you are preparing for an IEP at this time of year, here are some things that I hope will help a lot.
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Assessment Basics under IDEA
Standardized tests (assessments) are the part of the IEP process that parents most often have difficulty understanding. Here are a few of the most frequently asked questions that parents have regarding assessments and their use at IEP team meetings:
What are a school district’s obligations with respect to ensuring that students with special needs are assessed?
What does IDEA mean by “trained and knowledgeable personnel”?
What qualifies as an “evaluation” under IDEA?
What data does the District have to consider when conducting an evaluation?
Can the District change my child’s eligibility without conducting an evaluation ?
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Ask Elizabeth Eubanks
Ask Elizabeth Eubanks
Elizabeth Eubanks has practiced in the areas of Special Education Law advocating for children with special needs.
Elizabeth has assisted parents with special needs children through every level of the special education process including representation at IEP meetings and during settlement negotiations, and assessment referrals.
In her position as a special education attorney with [...]
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How To Get Started
The Law Offices of Bonnie Z Yates provides experienced representation to parents of special needs children.
Our practice is dedicated to special education law including IEP meetings, mediation and settlement, due process hearings, Regional Center Eligibility, informal dispute resolution and IPP meetings.
Our team is composed of attorneys, skilled education professionals and support staff [...]
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IEP Meetings
Representation at the earliest stage helps lead to sooner implementation of an appropriate educational program for your child, and establishes a pattern for effective advocacy throughout the your child’s school career.
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IEP Meetings
IEP Meetings
Whether you are just starting out at your first IEP team meeting or you are a seasoned advocate for your child, we can provide you with expert and experienced legal advice that will help you build or restructure your case to achieve the results you need.
Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), every [...]
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Family Intake Form
Family Intake Process
Please feel free contact us with any questions you may have about your child’s special education needs. We specialize in issues concerning Regional Center eligibility, IEP and IPP meetings, due process hearings, dispute resolution and the broader concerns of providing the best education and services available for your child.
To Schedule An Initial Free [...]
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Tips for IEP Season
IEP season is here and everyone is running around trying to get their meetings completed before school closes in June. Although many parents attend IEP meetings accompanied by an attorney or an advocate, here are some tips for parents who are going by themselves.
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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.
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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 entited.
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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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