Dr. Susan Burnett

Special Education Advocacy and Consultant

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Has This Ever Happened?

If any of these situations have happened to you and you don’t know what to do about them, our California disability and dyslexia advocates for students will be able to help you.

  • Your child is struggling to earn average grades to pass his or her classes, even with a great amount of support from yourself, yet your school district deems your child ineligible for special education services.
  • School states that they will not assess your child for a disability until they are 2 years academically behind.
  • Your district has denied your child special education eligibility.
  • We don’t have to assess but every 3 years.
  • We don’t offer that here. This is all we offer.
  • We know you want an independent education evaluation, but we get to assess again first.
  • Your child is not entitled to extended school year (ESY) if he or she is in this class.
  • We think your child should be in a different class because of his or her behaviors.
  • Your child has been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder but the school district says he or she is not eligible to receive special education services.
  • Your child needs medication.
  • Taking away or reduction in services.
  • Do you wonder if your child’s goals are calibrated to provide meaningful growth?
  • Do you question whether the IEP developed for your child has been designed to fit the specific unique needs of your child?
  • As a parent you are unfamiliar with the timelines related to each step of the IEP process.
  • Is your school district’s truly offering Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)?
  • Have you felt outnumbered by the number of district personnel at your IEP meetings? Or, when you arrive there is an incomplete IEP Team?
  • Are there any accommodations or modifications implemented into your child’s IEP that your school district has failed to provide?
  • Do you leave your IEP meeting emotionally drained wondering what just happened?
  • Does your child have behavior issues related to your child’s disability which have caused him/her to be suspended or expelled due to his/her school’s failure to address?