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What is Special Education?

Learn the basic concepts involved in Special Education.

How to Request a Special Education Assessment

An introduction to the assessment process through which a child's needs are considered for Special Education services.

What are the Eligibility Categories?

Learn how a child is determined eligible using the 13 categories prescribed by federal law under IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act). 

Eligibility for Special Education

By Learning Rights Law Center
Learn the legal definition of eligibility for special education and the requirements needed in order to be eligible for services.

Who’s on the IEP Team?

Parents or educational rights holders have an important role in an IEP meeting. Learn who else participates in an IEP meeting and are considered team members. 

Preparing for an IEP Team Meeting

Learn the basics about preparing for an IEP team meeting. Parent input is valuable and advance preparation is helpful. 

Using the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) to prepare for IEP meetings

By RightQuestion Institute
Parent/Guardian/Caretaker learn how to prepare in advance good questions to ask at an IEP meeting.

IEP information for families: Spanish version w/ English subtitles

By Colorín Colorado
Cristina Sánchez-López explains what an IEP is for families and talks about some of the rights that they have related to IEPs. (Spanish audio, English subtitl...

Developing the School Transition Plan and IEP Requirements

By Utah Parent Center
Presented by Utah Parent Center, you will learn more about IEP process and how parents can participate in that process to help students with disabilities have a...

Individual Transition Plan

By Learning Rights Law Center
What information should an Individual Transition Plan for students in special education include?

IEP Transition Planning

By Understood.org
Learn how to put together a successful IEP transition plan, covering everything from setting realistic IEP transition goals to preparing a young adult for post-...

IEP Timelines

By Learning Rights Law Center
In this video, you will learn about the IEP timelines and why is it important for parents to know about those timelines.

In It (podcast)

By Understood.org
A podcast created by Understood.org for and about families of kids with learning and attention issues

Ensuring Education Equity & Excellence for Students with Disabilities

By CORE (Consortium on Reaching Excellence In Education)
In this on-demand webinar, Dr. Michelle Hosp, Associate Professor of Special Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Dr. Arun Ramanathan, CEO o...

What should I know about signing the IEP?

Learn what a parent or educational rights holder should know about signing the IEP.

The Trauma-Informed Classroom: Creating a Safe, Supportive Learning Environment for Students

By CHC (Children's Health Council)
Trauma is an experience that impacts a student’s ability to cope–it may not even be life-threatening. In this session for educators, learn more about the st...

Behavior and Discipline Part 1

By Learning Rights Law Center
In this video, you can understand the law applicable to behavior and have a discussion of how behavior issues can be addressed.

Behavior and Discipline Part 2

In this video, you will learn some behavior interventions that can be used in a classroom environment to help a child that needs extra help in their behaviors.

IEP Walkthrough

By Learning Rights Law Center
In this video, you will become familiar with the living legal document IEP and learn about the various sections typically found in an IEP form.

IEPs, IDEA and Special Education Services

By Understood.org
In this video, you will learn - What is an IEP? How do you get an IEP? And what is IDEA, the law that guarantees your child special education services? Hear fro...

Related Services

By Learning Rights Law Center
In this video, you will learn the law applicable to related services and have you become familiar with the range of services available including options that ma...