RECORD KEEPING
Keeping accurate
records is critical when dealing with any governmental agency.
Unfortunately when faced with the day-to-day “to do” list of life, many
times even the most organized of us find ourselves swimming in boxes of
papers every time we need a document.
Check out the articles on this page to help you get organized and stay
organized so you’re not still “swimming” for that letter from the speech
therapist at midnight before your IEP!
Links:
Communicating With Your Child’s School, A Place to Keep School
Information and Records (Adobe Acrobat)
Parent Advocacy: Letters, Documents & Paper Trails
Learning the Rules of the Game
Disabled by Paperwork?
The File: Do It Right
The Paperchase: Managing Your Child’s Documents Under IDEA
Care Organizing Tools and the Caregiver’s Notebook
Wrightslaw: From Emotions
to Advocacy—The Special Education Survival Guide
A practical "survival guide" designed to teach you how to advocate for
children with disabilities. Learn about obstacles, common reasons for
parent-school conflict, and how to manage a crisis. Learn advocacy
skills - how to organize, plan, present, and prepare. Learn how to
organize the child's file, write SMART IEP goals and objectives, and
measure progress objectively. Learn to create paper trails, write
persuasive letters, and maintain control in school meetings. Includes
worksheets, forms, sample letters; appendices; bibliography; index. To
order go to
www.wrightslaw.com
Wrightslaw: Special
Education Law
Designed to answer questions about special education law, Wrightslaw:
Special Education Law includes the full text of the Individuals with
Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, FERPA,
implementing regulations, and special education decisions by the U. S.
Supreme Court. To order go to
www.wrightslaw.com