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A JOINT PUBLICATION OF The Federation for Children with Special Needs and Under IDEA 2004 school districts must give this Parent's Notice of Procedural Safeguards (PNPS) once per year to all parents of eligible students with disabilities. The Department recommends that school districts identify a specific date each school year when the parents of every eligible student enrolled in the district, including those in out-of-district placements, will be sent a copy of the PNPS. Districts may distribute the PNPS by mail or, if the district makes information available electronically, the parent may choose that option. In addition to the annual distribution of the PNPS, school districts must give the PNPS to parents when an initial evaluation of a student is requested by the parent or another person; upon the parent's request for a copy; and when a student with a disability is removed from his or her placement to an interim alternative education setting as a result of discipline. The PNPS has been translated into the following nine (9) languages: Spanish; Portuguese; Haitian Creole; Vietnamese; Khmer/Khmai; Chinese; Cape Verdean; Russian; and Arabic. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is piloting a dispute resolution project called SpedEx. SpedEx is available in certain cases after an IEP has been rejected or a hearing request has been filed. Includes links to Special Education/IDEA, Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Massachusetts and National Organizations and Resources. A listing of publications that are available for download online, or may be ordered in hard copy form by phoning 781.338.337 The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) is dedicated to improving results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities ages birth through 21 by providing leadership and financial support to assist states and local districts. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) authorizes formula grants to states, and discretionary grants to institutions of higher education and other non-profit organizations to support research, demonstrations, technical assistance and dissemination, technology and personnel development and parent-training and information centers.
Legal Planning for Special Needs is a must have resource for parents of children with disabilities and the professionals and advocates who assist them. In an easy-to-read, conversational style, the author covers the essential elements of SSI, guardianship, and estate planning when there is a child with a disability in the family. This book, which updates an earlier edition, covers the 2009 changes in the Massachusetts guardianship laws. Parent Information Centers The PIC is an information center for questions about the schools, and a The goal of the PIC is to provide parents with information about educational opportunities available in the Waltham Public Schools and in the community The Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers (the ALLIANCE) is an innovative partnership of one national and six regional parent technical assistance centers, each funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). These seven projects comprise a unified technical assistance system for the purpose of developing, assisting, and coordinating the over 100 Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) and Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs) under the Individuals Parent Centers - Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) and Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs) - in each state provide training and information to parents of infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities and to professionals who work with them. This assistance helps parents to participate more effectively with professionals in meeting their children’s educational needs. The Parent Centers work to improve outcomes for children ages birth-26 years with all disabilities (emotional, learning, cognitive, and physical). Staff members in these centers, as well as at the ALLIANCE offices, are likely to be parents of children with disabilities or have disabilities themselves. The common experience with the families they serve results in uncommon commitment to improving outcomes and results for children with disabilities. The Wisconsin Statewide Parent Education Intitiative created a video explaining the IEP process and the information is helpful to parents of school aged children receiving special education services in any state. Aimed at parents of students with disabilities, this video covers the special education process, including Evaluation, Referral, Creation of the Individualized Education Plan, Placement, and Annual Review. Also touched on are Extended School Year Services and strategies for resolving disagreements. Brought to you by the DPI and the Wisconsin Statewide Parent Educator Initiative. Here is the link to the video www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCdR2vA1g20. Many links will take you away from our site. These linked sites are not necessarily under our control. We are not responsible for the contents of any linked page or any other page not under our control. We provide these links only as a convenience; the inclusion of a link does not imply endorsement of that linked site.
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