Congress originally passed the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) in 1974 to provide federal funding to states to support Child Protective Service Agencies to help prevent child abuse.
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Principal Fife was the captain of the good ship HMS Middle School. He knew his mission, keep the school ship shape, hatches battened down, and sailing straight. Through twenty years serving in her majesty’s local education agency he’d successfully weathered the storms sent his way.
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My posts this week and next week will cover the IDEA 2004 formal procedures for resolving disputes prior to a due process hearing. This week I’ll cover the due process complaint notice and next week discuss mediation and the resolution process.
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The last post began a short series of articles on dispute resolution under the IDEA 2004. That article ended with the requirements for filing a due process complaint notice. This post covers mediation and next week's post will cover the new resolution process.
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As yet another way to resolve disputes before a due process hearing, the IDEA 2004 added a resolution process.
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Sometimes mediation,
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Sometimes individuals are intimidated or harassed because they are trying to enforce or help others to enforce the right to be free from disability based discrimination under Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
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Summer is rapidly approaching. For most children summer means time off from school. But for some students with disabilities, interrupting their school program during the summer break, jeopardizes the benefit they receive from that program during the regular school year.
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In a recent series of articles I covered resolving disputes under the IDEA through mediation, the
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In 2006 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Arlington Central School District Board of Education v.
