Working with Families

Practical Tips to Help Your Child Learn Better and to Value Education

(2000)

This summer, as you sit on the beach, or by the pool, or under the cool shade of a tree, thinking about how to help your child do better in the next school year, you may want to consider some of the practical tips that I have found to be helpful with my own family, and with the children I treat. These suggestions apply to all children at all ages and are not specifically geared toward any one temperament, learning style or emotional state.

Preventing Antisocial Behavior in Disabled and At-Risk

(1999)

Preventing Parent Burn Out: Model for Teaching Effective Coping Strategies

(1996)

Questions to Ask the Professionals

(1994)

Raisin' Brain: Maintaining Homes for All Kinds of Minds

(2006)

School is not the only arena in which children's minds need to be nurtured and expanded. Equally vital is the kind of education and brain building that a student undergoes at home.

Response to Intervention (RTI): A Primer for Parents

(2007)

Learn what questions to ask about Response to Intervention (RTI), an approach to helping struggling learners that is gaining momentum in schools across the country. This article from the National Association of School Psychologists tells you the most important features of the process, key terms, and RTI's relationship to special education evaluation.

Sample letter: Writing to Discuss a Problem

(2006)

Sample Letters: Filing a Complaint with the State Department of Education

(2002)

Sample Letters: Informing the School that You Intend to Enroll Your Child in a Private School at Public Expense

(2002)

Sample Letters: Requesting A Change of Placement

(2002)

Sample Letters: Requesting a Due Process Hearing

(2002)

Sample Letters: Requesting a Meeting to Review the Individualized Education Program (IEP)

(2002)

Sample Letters: Requesting an Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) at Public Expense

(2002)

Sample Letters: Requesting an Initial Evaluation for Special Education Services

(2002)

Sample Letters: Requesting Mediation

(2002)

Sample Letters: Requesting Prior Written Notice

(2002)

Sample Letters: Requesting Your Child's Records

(2002)

Sample Letters: Writing a Follow-up Letter

(2002)

Sample Letters: Writing a Positive Feedback Letter

(2002)

Schooling the Learning-Disabled Child Abroad

(1999)

For parents of children with severe learning disabilities, dyslexia, problems with their own language and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), moving abroad causes great difficulties but can, at times, also bring unexpected gifts.

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