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Choosing a School for a Child With an IEP in Phoenix: Your Options Compared
Choosing a school can feel overwhelming, especially when every option promises to be the right fit. The best place to start is with your child's...
FAPE Explained: What “Appropriate” Really Means for Your Child’s IEP in Arizona
You have probably seen the term FAPE in your child's paperwork or heard it in a meeting, used as if everyone already knows what it means. Here is...
The New Teacher Does Not Know Your Child’s IEP: An Arizona Action Plan
Three weeks into the school year, your child comes home and says the teacher made them read out loud in front of the class, the exact thing the IEP...
The Arizona Special Education Evaluation Guide for Parents
If your child is struggling and you have been told an evaluation is the next step, you are standing at the doorway to the entire special education...
What to Do When the School Denies Your IEP or Evaluation Request
You did everything right. You put your concern in writing, you asked for an evaluation, and the answer came back: no. That word can feel like a door...
Back-to-School IEP Implementation: Your Child’s First 30 Days in an Arizona School
The new school year in Arizona arrives fast. Many districts start between mid July and early August, which means the paperwork you fought for last...
Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) in Arizona: A Parent’s Guide
If your child is struggling and you have been told an evaluation is the next step, you are standing at the doorway to the entire special education...
When Should You Ask for an IEP in Arizona?
If you have been lying awake wondering whether your child needs more help than the classroom is giving them, you are already doing the most...
Due Process vs. Mediation in Arizona: Choosing the Right Path When the IEP Team Won’t Budge
When the IEP team won't agree to what your child needs and informal escalation has not worked, Arizona offers three formal dispute resolution paths...
Denied ESY in Arizona: Your Rights, Your Timeline, Your Next Steps
If your child's IEP team just told you that Extended School Year services were denied, you are not out of options. Under Arizona special education...