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Welcome to Success Stories, a new section of Fetaweb.com. Learn how other parents are using common sense and resources and training from Wrightslaw to resolve school problems and get better services for their children. Do you have a success story? How I Got a Private Placement by Using Documentation and Telling Our Story to the School Board by Kim Riley - "Two weeks after I made this presentation to the School Board, the district entered into a settlement agreement with me. My son is allowed to attend a great private school where he is making tremendous progress." How I Got 140 Hours of Compensatory Education for My Son with Autism. "One evening my wife mentioned that the school released the special ed kids earlier than the regular ed kids. In fact, the school released our son 27 minutes earlier than they released non-disabled students -- every day. What did I do? How? What did I accomplish? What did I do wrong?" Read story How
I Used the School's Test Scores to Get ABA Therapy. "When
we recently moved to a new town, our new school district was not
familiar with ABA therapy. The staff were skeptical about our ABA
program. I had to persuade them to continue my child's ABA therapy
program. . . " Read
story How
I Learned to Get Services by Asking Questions. "When I
began to advocate for my daughter, I supported requests with tons
of documentation. I was surprised when the "powers that be"
would not provide the services and supports. Why was I having this
problem? What could I do? Then I realized that How
Parents Can Become More Effective Advocates by Marie Sherrett.
"In my work, I find that parents of children with special education
needs come in several categories. Which are you?" We are collecting stories about successful advocacy from parents and advocates. We will post some of these stories on Fetaweb.com, the new parent advocacy site as time permits. If
you are interested in submitting a success story or strategy, please
send an email to: success@wrightslaw.com Copyright © 1999-2009, Peter W. D. Wright and Pamela Darr Wright. All rights reserved. Contact Us |