Publications

I.  SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW

A.  General:

• Babysitting and Children Home Alone
• Children with Disabilities: Summary of Research on their Prevalence in Juvenile Delinquent/Corrections Populations
• Educational Mandates for Children with Disabilities (Summary)
• Home School: Federal Mandate?
• IDEA and the No Child Left Behind Act
• Illinois Special Education Regulations and Definitions
• Inclusion: Incompatibility with Mandates of IDEA
• Overview Of The Federal Mandate Of Special Education
• Socially Maladjusted Children and Special Education Services
• Special Education Eligibility Definitions (Illinois)
• Educational Malpratice in Illinois
• Guide to Educational Services for Ill and Disabled Children
• Limited English Proficiency
• Parental Consent - ISBE Inquiry
• Brittany's Law
• Transition of Children from 0 - 3 Programs to Early Childhood Programs
• Section 504 in the Public Schools: How Does It Differ from the IDEA?  

B.  IEP/CSE Information:

• IEP-CSE Checklists (Federal version)
• IEP-CSE Checklists (Illinois version) (Based on state and federal regulations) 
• Evaluations and IEPs in the IDEA 2004   
• CSE Request Form Letter

C.  Due Process/Litigation:

• Top Five Advocacy Tips for Parents
• Attorney Fees and Costs Under the 2004 IDEA
• Common Mistakes Can Lead to Court
• Due Process Request Form
• Expedited Due Process Request Form  
• May a School District Pursue Parents for "Stayput" Costs?

D.  Special Education Caselaw: 

• Compensatory Education: An Update Based on Recent Decisional Case Law
• FBA/BIP Caselaw Update
• IDEA Decisions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• Liability Risks for Failure to Respond to Knowledge of a Suicidal Child
• Light v Parkway: Inclusion Case – No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
• Oberti and Holland: A Rational View
• The Rowley Case: What Does it Mean?
• Extended School Year: Court Opinions

E.  Related Services:

• Assistive Technology: What Is The Bottom Line?
• Providing Health-Related Services To Medically Involved Children
• The Final Word on School Health Services: Garret F. Case

F.  Private School Information: 

• Unilateral Placement Form Letter

G.  Discipline:

• Suspension Expulsion and Discipline Under the IDEA

H.  Cochlear Implants:

• Cochlear Implant Research: Summary
• Cochlear Implant, Position Paper in favor of
• Cochlear Implants - New Methodologies
• Legal Implications of Educational Programming for Children with Cochlear Implants: The Story of Billy F. (NECCI Newsletter)

I.   Autism:

• Autism - Summary of Selected Decisions through 2007 (coming soon)
• Autism/Applied Behavioral Analysis: Review of Decisions from 1998 - 2003
• Early Childhood Programs - Changes in Requirements

II.  BULLYING

• Student-on-Student Harassment: A Survey
• Targeted Violence in Schools (Whitted lecture text)

III.  GUARDIANSHIP/CUSTODY ISSUES

IV.  MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES

• Duty To Warn – When Can I Break Confidentiality?
• Fee Splitting
• Illinois Mental Health Confidentiality Act
• Mental Health Procedures – Illinois only
• Minor Consent Issues – Illinois only
• Qualities of a Good Clinical Report
• Report Writing Guidelines
• Subpoena for Illinois Mental Health File: Forms and Memo 

V.  STUDENT AND OTHER RECORDS 

• Student Records in Illinois
• FERPA
• Illinois Mental Health Confidentiality Act (comparison with FERPA)
• Requesting DCFS Records
• Records Destruction Procedures

V.  MISCELLANEOUS

• Abused and Neglected Children Reporting Act - DCFS Forms (Word doc)
• Background Checks for "Nonrecognized" Public Schools
• 'Educational Malpractice' in Illinois
• Employment Personnel Record Review Act
• Erosion of Courtroom Immunity
• FMLA Provisions  
• How To Survive Testifying in Court
• Illinois Abused and Neglected Childrens Reporting Act   
• Police Use of Force
• Religion in Schools - Balancing First Amendment Rights  
• Statute of Limitations
• School Residency Law - Illinois
• School Residency Related to Residential Placement
• School Residency in 2008: An Attack on Non-Traditional Families
• Babysitting and Children Home Alone
• Sexting