Nolo's IEP Guide: Learning Disabilities

By Lawrence M. Siegel and Lawrence Siegel Attorney

Book Overview

How to advocate for your child's education

Many children have learning disabilities--and it's up to parents and schools to work together to ensure that each child's unique educational needs are met. But what if the school disagrees with your goals for your child? You are at a disadvantage if you don't know the law.

This book teaches you to:

identify a learning disability understand your child's rights to education untangle eligibility rules and evaluations prepare and make your best case to school administrators develop IEP goals and advocate for their adoption, and explore and choose the best programs and services.

Written by an expert who's fought for kids for many years, the 8th edition includes summaries of important court decisions and expanded information on independent evaluations and bullying, and provides the forms, sample letters, resources, and encouragement you need.

With Downloadable Forms: download forms, letters and resources (details inside).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1413327540
• ISBN13: 9781413327540
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: NOLO
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.9" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

An invaluable special education parent's guide.

The third updated edition of Attorney Lawrence M. Siegel's NOLO'S IEP GUIDE: LEARNING DISABILITIES is a more general reference which offers the latest legal information needed to identify a learning disability, understand a child's rights and options, develop cases for school administrators, and more. As a companion volume to THE COMPLETE IEP GUIDE, it offers an entirely updated revision reflecting major changes to the Individuals With Disabilities Act and the entire IEP process, and is an invaluable special education parent's guide.