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Resources on Educational Rights of Students with Disabilities
Ensuring Access, Equity and Quality for Students with Disabilities in School-to-Work Systems: A Guide to Federal Law and Policies, by Eileen L. Ordover and Leslie T. Annexstein, the Center for Law and Education and the National Transition Network, 1999, 104 pgs, $20
This is a review and analysis of five key federal programs that can be used
to build a structure for school-to-career programs that provide quality and
equity, especially for students with disabilities. It describes quality
programs, explains the convergence of principles from the laws for ensuring
equity, and presents several case studies. For a complete description click
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IDEA Amendments Stress Quality,
Education Reform for Students with Disabilities
CLE (1997). $5 single copy.
This brief pamphlet concisely describes how the 1997 amendments to IDEA give parents, students, educators and advocates new tools for ensuring that all students with disabilities receive a high-quality education. It also includes an abbreviated outline of The Five Questions of School Reform: Outline of Legal and Policy Issues Concerning Students with Disabilities.
Inclusion of Students with
Disabilities Who Are Labeled "Disruptive": Issues Papers for
Legal Advocates
Eileen Ordover, CLE, 60 pp. (1997). $12 single copy.
This package of five articles addresses a topic of particular concern to advocates and parents of students whose disabilities are considered "management and control" issues and not educational ones. The papers explain the rights and proper actions needed for children who often are illegally removed from their general classrooms, then denied the right to participate fully in the regular curriculum and to have their behavioral needs addressed.
Overview: Education Rights of Children with Disabilities Under the IDEA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
"Eileen Ordover, CLE, 35 pp. (1999). $8 single copy.
This overview reflects both the changes in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) made by the IDEA Amendments of 1997 and the IDEA regulations issued in the March 1999".
When Parents and Educators Do Not
Agree: Using Mediation to Resolve Conflicts About Special Education
Sharon Shumack and Art Steward, CLE, 20 pp. Softcover
(1995). $4 single copy.
A booklet to help parents understand and make the best use of mediation. This is written specifically for Massachusetts, but it is of interest to parents and advocates across the country.
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