• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504)
• Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

• IDEA
  • Searchable version
  • With comments
• Section 504
• FERPA

1. Due Process Hearings

Hearing Process; Resolution Meeting; Expedited Due Process Hearing
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2. Mediation

Voluntary Resolution Process
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3. State Complaints

Process for noncompliance with IDEA
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• Center on Technology and Disability
• U.S. Department of Education
• Office of Special Education And Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
• Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
• Office for Civil Rights
• Protecting Student Privacy (FERPA)
• Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports (PBIS)
• The Center for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE)
• National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDE)
• The National Academy for IDEA Administrative Law Judges and Impartial Hearing Officers

• Second Circuit and New York Court Decisions 1995 to the Present Under the IDEA and Section 504/ADA (2012).
• Year or Two in Review: National Update of Case Law Under IDEA and §504/ADA (2013).
• Second Circuit and New York Court Decisions 1995 to the Present Under the IDEA and Section 504/ADA (2013).
• Second Circuit and New York Court Decisions 1995 to the Present Under the IDEA and Section 504/ADA (2015).
• Memos, Dear Colleague Letters and Policy Letters of Import to IHOs (OSEP, FPCO, and NYSED) (2016).
• Selected Developments in Special Education Law (2017).
• Annual Update (NY) (2020).
• Legal Update (2021).
• Legal Update (2022).
• NYS Legislation / Court Orders Update (2022).

• Maintaining the Status Quo: An Overview of “Stay Put” Under the IDEA (2014).
• Statute of Limitations for Filing the Hearing (2016).
  
• Of Mouseholes and Elephants: The Statute of Limitations for Impartial Hearings Under the IDEA (2016).
• The Aftermath of R.E.: Prospective Challenges to a Child’s Proposed Placement (2016).
• Failure-to-Implement – The Third Dimension of FAPE (2017).
  
• The Three Approaches to Failure-to-Implement (FTI) Claims of Denial of FAPE (2017).
• Some Points and Authorities on Endrew F., G.L., and Fry (2017).
• Endrew F., Fry, G.L., Oh My! (2017).
• Residential Placement Issues Under the IDEA (2019).
• Related Services Issues Under the IDEA (2019).
• Autism Issues Under the IDEA (2019).
• Nursing/Individual Aides (2020).
• Independent Educational Evaluations (IEE) (2020).
• Endrew F. Update (2021).
• The Perez Effects on IDEA Litigation (2023).

• Managing the Hearing Process: The Hearing Officer’s Authority Under the IDEA and Good Practice in Exercising It (2012).
• Addressing the Needs of Pro se Parents (2013).
  • Attachment A1 (Letter of Introduction)
  • Attachment A2 (Letter of Introduction – Expedited Hearing
  • Attachment B (Hearing Process Guidelines)
  • Attachment C (Notice of Prehearing Conference)
  • Attachment D (Subjects to be Considered)

• Independent Research in the Age of Google, Smartphones, and Virtual Home Assistants (2020).
• Evidence, Ethics, and the IDEA Hearing Officer (ethics at Section V) (2015).

• Managing Hearings Effectively and Efficiently in a High-Volume Hearing System (2021).
• Sanctioning Authority of IDEA IHOs (2022).
• Managing the Hearing Process (2022).

• The Prehearing Conference (2011).
  • Attachment A (Order – Resolution Process)
  • Attachment B (Notice – 45-day Timeline)
  • Attachment C (Notice – PHC and Agenda)
  • Attachment D (PHO Template)
• IDEA Practice Tips: Hot Topics Affecting NYS IHO Practice (testimony by affidavit at Section II), (amendments to due process complaint at Section III, compiling the hearing record at Section V and failure to prosecute at Section VI) (2014).
• Timeliness (2017).

• Evidence, Ethics, and the IDEA Hearing Officer (2015).
• Developing the Hearing Record: When and How (2020).
• IDEA Practice Tips: Hot Topics Affecting NYS IHO Practice (compiling the hearing record at Section V) (2014).
  • Sample Certification Form

• The Decision (2012).
• Findings of Fact and Decision Template (2012).
• “Appropriate” IHO Decisions – Legal Pointers (2012) .
• IDEA Practice Tips: Hot Topics Affecting NYS IHO Practice (amendments to written decision at Section IV) (2014).

• Tuition Reimbursement Checklist (2011).
• Tuition Reimbursement Checklist (2013).
• Compensatory Education: A Framework to Aid the IHO in Crafting an Award (2020).
• Compensatory Education
• Tuition Reimbursement Checklist (2014).
• Remedial Orders – A Summary of the Do’s, The Don’ts, and the Maybe’s (2013).
• IEE Reimbursement Under the IDEA – An Update (2015).
• Tuition Reimbursement Remedies under the IDEA (2018).
• Prospective Relief in IDEA Cases (2018).

• COVID Impact Services (NY) (2020).
• Potential COVID-19 Matters (NY) (2020).
• Update On COVID-19: Potential Issues it May Present (2021).
• COVID-19 Considerations (NY) (2020).

• Eligibility Under IDEA (2018).
• IEP Building Blocks (2019).
• Behavioral Health: Balancing Procedural Expectations with Positive (2019).
• Understanding Psycho-educational Evaluations (with power point sides 1 -75) (2023).

• Upgrading the Application: Developing a More Robust Approach to Mediation (with power point slides 1-7) (2023).
• Models of Professional Development (with power point slides 8-23) (2023).
• Mediating in the Context of IDEA: What are the Challenges? (with power point slides 24-31) (2023).
• Suggested Reading

• Basic Mediation Procedures (NY) (2020).

• Special Education Considerations for Mediators (PowerPoint)
  • Problem-Solution Focused Doc
  • Possible Responses When Encountering Resistance
  • Table Talk #1
  • Table Talk #2
  • Table Talk #3
  • What Could Be Heard
  • Info Needed and Questions to Ask
  • Meeting Unique Special Education Mediation Challenges
  • Meditation Opening Checklist
  • Role Play Exercise

• Framework for Determining Whether, And to What Extent, COVID-19 Impact Services Are Needed (NY) (2021).
• Framework to Consider in Mediating Compensatory Education Disputes (2021).
• Resolving Common [Special Education] Mediation Disputes (2021).

• Basic Mediation Procedures (NY) (2020).
• Agreement Writing (2022).

• IEP Building Blocks (NY) (2020).
• Memos, Dear Colleague Letters, and Policy Letters of Import to IDEA Special Education Mediators (2020).
• Unique Challenges in Special Education Mediations (2022).
• Mediating in the Context of IDEA (2023).

• What is the Ethical Thing To Do? (2021).