This pocket-sized Guide gives you common sense suggestions, accrued by Mr. Walsh through years spent working with educators, that can be used to improve your special education program.

Through 10 simple steps you learn how to comply with the law and serve your students better -- making parents and teachers happy, and reducing legal problems.

Step One: Define What Special Ed Is and What It Is Not
Step Two: Structure Decision Making from the Bottom Up
Step Three: Provide SDI to Regular Education Students
Step Four: Create a Strong Early Intervention Team on Every Campus
Step Five: Use Goals and Measuring Sticks People Can Understand
Step Six: Assemble a Strong Team of Experts
Step Seven: Use BIPs to Supplement -- not Supplant -- Your Student Code of Conduct
Step Eight: Have Strong Leadership at Your IEP Meetings
Step Nine: Work Effectively with Your Lawyer
Step Ten: Keep a Long Term Perspective

About the Author
James Walsh, Esq., is the co-founder and senior partner of the Texas law firm Walsh, Anderson, Brown, Schulze & Aldridge, which represents many school districts and other educational entities in Texas and New Mexico. A legal expert and speaker of national prominence, Mr. Walsh is an author and former instructor of school law at Baylor University and Southwest Texas State University. He writes “Walsh’s Word” for IEP Team Trainer newsletter, published by LRP, and serves on the LRP School Attorneys Advisory Council. Mr. Walsh has conducted in-service training sessions at every Education Service Center in Texas and at hundreds of school districts.