By Amy E. Slater, Esq.

This up-to-date Second Edition gets new and experienced educators current on their IDEA obligations to parents in four key areas: identifying the student's parents, involving parents in the evaluation process, ensuring parents’ participation in IEP development and implementation, and informing parents about their IDEA rights.

From accessing education records to pursuing due process, each parental right is explained in plain language, supported by recent case law and new breakout boxes highlighting compliance tips and practices to avoid. Along with 10 new charts and model forms to aid compliance, you get guidance to:

• Identify when proposed activities compel the district to provide parents with prior written notice
• Document efforts to schedule an IEP meeting at a mutually agreed on time and place
• Respond when a parent revokes consent for the provision of special education services
• Determine how long stay-put protections need to remain in effect
• Find interpreters for parents who speak an uncommon language
• And more!