Communicating with Schools
- Communicating with Your Child's School Through Letter Writing
- Sample letter: Writing to Discuss a Problem
- IEP Issues - Sample Letters
- The Step-by-Step 3-D Guide for Creating a Legaly and Educationally Sound Parent Concern Letter for Your IEP
- Assertive Communication Skills
How to Build Self-Confidence and Be a Highly Respected Communicator
- Being assertive: Reduce stress and communicate better through assertiveness
- Assertiveness and Effective Parent Advocacy
From the Wright's Law website
- Learn to Ask Questions, Get Services
From the Wright's Law website
- Understanding the Playing Field
Indiana advocate Pat Howey talks to parents about trust, expectations, power struggles between parents and schools and how to avoid them, the parental role, and the need to understand different perspectives. From the Wright's Law website
- Effective Advocacy: Documents, Records and Paper Trails
Good records are essential to effective advocacy. Keep a record of your contacts with the school. Use low-tech tools: calendars, logs, journals. Keep a log of telephone calls and meetings, conversations, and correspondence between you and the school. From the Wright's Law website
- How to Disagree with the IEP Team
Pete answers questions about IEPs and teaches you how to disagree with the IEP team without starting World War III. Learn about the Rules of Adverse Assumptions, how to use tape recording and thank you letters to clarify issues, and how to deal with an IEP team bully. From the Wright's Law website
How to Handle Disagreements at IEP Meetings (or Playing 20 Questions with the Devil)
Frustrated at IEP meetings? IEP team does not answer your questions? Parent attorney Sonja Kerr devised an approach to deal with the IEP meeting quagmire. From the Wright's Law website