A. General:
- Ashley’s Law: Medical Cannabis In Schools
- A Discussion of Special Education in Illinois
- An RTI Process Cannot Be Used to Delay and Evaluation for Eligibility
- Babysitting and Children Home Alone
- Brittany’s Law
- Children with Disabilities: Summary of Research on their Prevalence in Juvenile Delinquent/Corrections Populations
- Educational Malpractice in Illinois
- Consolidated Guide for School Law Timelines
- Educational Mandates for Children with Disabilities (Summary)
- Guide to Educational Services for Ill and Disabled Children
- Home School: Federal Mandate?
- IDEA and the No Child Left Behind Act
- Illinois Special Education Regulations and Definitions
- Inclusion: Incompatibility with Mandates of IDEA
- Limited English Proficiency
- Overview Of The Federal Mandate Of Special Education
- Parental Consent – ISBE Inquiry
- Parental Responsibility Law (Illinois)
- Requests to Observe Public School Programs: Policy Suggestions and forms
- School Background Checks
- Section 504 in the Public Schools: How Does It Differ from the IDEA?
- Socially Maladjusted Children and Special Education Services
- Special Education Eligibility Definitions (Illinois)
- Transition of Children from 0 – 3 Programs to Early Childhood Programs
B. IEP/CSE Information:
- CSE Request Form Letter
- Drafting Legally Compliant IEPs: Case Law from Courts and Administrative Hearings
- Evaluations and IEPs in the IDEA 2004
- IEP-CSE Checklists (Federal version)
C. Due Process/Litigation:
- 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?
- Top Five Advocacy Tips for Parents
D. Special Education Caselaw:
- Compensatory Education: An Update Based on Recent Decisional Case Law
- Extended School Year: Court Opinions
- 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?
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
- Compensation of Nonprofit Board Members and Board Immunity
- The Duty to Inform a Prospective School Employer of a Prior Hotline Made by a Former School Employer: Is This Duty Applicable to Private Schools?
G. Discipline:
- School Discipline: Suspensions and Expulsions of Non-Disabled Students
- Suspension Expulsion and Discipline Under the IDEA
H. Cochlear Implants:
- Cochlear Implant, Position Paper in favor of
- Cochlear Implants – New Methodologies
- Cochlear Implant Research: Summary
- Legal Implications of Educational Programming for Children with Cochlear Implants: The Story of Billy F. (NECCI Newsletter)
I. Autism:
- Autism/Applied Behavioral Analysis: Review of Decisions from 1998 – 2003
- Early Childhood Programs – Changes in Requirements
II. BULLYING
- Bullying and School Liability Case Summeries
- Cyberbullying Alert
- Student-on-Student Harassment: A Survey
- Targeted Violence in Schools (Whitted lecture text)
III. GUARDIANSHIP/CUSTODY ISSUES
- Can Guardians Overcome Certain Mental Health Rights?
- Guardianship Issues
- Guardianship and Power of Attorney Options
- Guardianships of Minors
- Non-Custodial Parent Issues
- Psychiatric Hospitalizations, Lockouts and DCFS: Questions and Answers
- Surrogate Parents
IV. MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
- Duty To Warn – When Can I Break Confidentiality?
- Fee Splitting
- Fee-Splitting Prohibition Implications for Physicians and Mental Health Providers
- Illinois Mental Health Confidentiality Act
- Mental Health Subpoenas: Requirements for Attorneys
- 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
- FERPA
- Illinois Mental Health Confidentiality Act (comparison with FERPA)
- Student Records in Illinois
- Records Destruction Procedures
- Requesting DCFS Records
VI. MISCELLANEOUS
- Abused and Neglected Children Reporting Act – DCFS Forms
- Background Checks for “Nonrecognized” Public Schools
- ‘Educational Malpractice’ in Illinois
- Employment Personnel Record Review Act
- Erosion of Courtroom Immunity
- Filing OCR Complaints
- FMLA Provisions
- Health Examinations & Immunizations: Certificate of Religious Exemption
- How To Survive Testifying in Court
- Illinois Abused and Neglected Children’s Reporting Act
- Illinois Eavesdropping Statute
- Medication Administration in Schools
- Police Use of Force
- Religion in Schools – Balancing First Amendment Rights
- Self administration of Medication
- Statute of Limitations
- School Residency Law – Illinois
- School Residency Related to Residential Placement
- School Residency in 2008: An Attack on Non-Traditional Families
- Sexting