Product Description: This revised 2007 edition provides current information on Section 504, Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE), Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), and the reauthorization of IDEA 2004. 

Product Description: Emerging Trends in Education Law provides an authoritative, insider's perspective on all the recent developments taking place on the nation's K-12 campuses and how they are impacting students, parents, practitioners, and their school district clients...read more

Product Description: To any professional concerned with exceptional children, it would be the greatest understatement to say that the courts and legislatures have had a tremendous impact on the field of speeial education. Especially in the last decade, a flood of litigation filed to develop and define the right to education of previously unserved handicapped children has left no special education teacher, school adminis­ trator, nurse, educational psychologist, or pediatrician unaffected-either be­ cause these professionals are daily called upon to help children, or because they may come forward as witnesses on behalf of children who are the subjects of special education meetings, individualized education programs, placement hear­ ings, or judicial proceedings...read more

Product Description: The presence of children with special needs in public schools has created diverse and shifting tensions. During the 1970s, parents and advocates sought to remove existing barriers and secure greater educational opportunity for handicapped children in public education, insisting that all children can learn and that all children suffer adverse effects from the exclusion of the handicapped from public schools...read more

In the highly litigated area of Special Education, it is imperative that professionals in the field understand the legal requirements of providing a free appropriate public education to students with disabilities. This indispensable textbook prepares the reader with the essential skills to locate pertinent information in law libraries, on the Internet, and other sources to keep abreast of the constant changes and developments in the field. Now in the third edition, the entire textbook has been thoroughly updated and revised with the latest information on the statutes, regulations, policy guidance, and cases on special education law, as well as the most current information on: the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).  Long-recognized as one of the top special education law books in the field, The Law and Special Education, Third Edition, presents the most important and necessary information for educators to understand the history and development of special education laws and the requirements of these laws in the field of special education.  

Product Description: Overwhelmed and intimidated: That's how many parents feel when they're dealing with the complex special education system. How can they transform themselves into confident, knowledgeable advocates and get their children the free appropriate public education they're entitled to? Give them the answers with this empowering survival guide, the book with the straight talk parents want and the encouragement they need as they work to get the best services for their child...read more

Product Description: This book provides an informed explanation of Section 504, the I.D.E.A., their regulations, and the cases that they have generated. The book examines the substantive and procedural requirements that Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 504) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (I...read more

This book is intended to be a comprehensive work that answers the myriad of specific legal questions engendered by special education statutes. The book attempts to give guidance on particular legal questions, to collect and evaluate caselaw and other authoritative materials, and to put forward the positions that seem best supported in reason and precedent. The book analyzes and evaluates authorities rather than simply describing them, and attempts to enable readers to see through the fog of legalese that sometimes surrounds education of children with disabilities. The book is addressed to generalists such as administrators, teachers, and parents as well as their attorneys. The book's chapters address: statutory background; eligibility for special education; appropriate education; evaluation; individualized education programs; placement; free education; related services; least restrictive environment; Child Find and public notice requirements; early childhood and preschool programs; monitoring and complaints; student discipline; parental status and related issues; records; residency; state advisory panels; submissions of plans and receipt of funding; personnel development; due process procedure; and court proceedings--individual and systemic. Appendices provide the text for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Code of Federal Regulations text concerning assistance to states for education of handicapped children, Code of Federal Regulations text concerning early intervention programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities, discussions of pertinent Supreme Court cases, and discussions of unpublished cases noted in the book. A table of cases and index are also provided.

Product Description: ""Making a Difference: Advocacy Competencies for Special Education Professionals" is the only single comprehensive source on the role and responsibility of special education professionals as advocates for children with disabilities...read more

In the United States, more than 5.5 million children up to 21 years of age are receiving services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Guernsey and Klare discuss the interplay of several federal statutes and other statutes and regulations affecting both general education and special education, and takes the education professional, lawyer, or parent through the process of providing special education services to children. It provides a solid background in special education law and is fully up-to-date with the recent recodification of IDEA, the new Department of Education regulation, and the most recent case law. Should differences arise between the child's parents and a public agency, the book details the methods for resolving that disagreement. Annual supplements are planned.