Tips For Selecting a Private Evaluator
Are you worried you will spend thousands of dollars on a private evaluation and it will all be for naught? Do you feel lost in terms of...
3 Rules You Should Be Following When Corresponding With Your District
Do you feel like you are getting nowhere in your "back-and-forths" with your District? Are you worried that your concerns are not being...
What to Say (and Not to Say) at Your IEP Meeting
Do you want to be able to walk into your IEP meeting composed, confident, and feeling assured by the knowledge that you know what you...
Who's Who at the IEP Meeting?
Here at Ratcliff Law, it is Week 2 of our blog series on helping to make your IEP meeting as painless as possible. Part of reaching that...
IEP Meeting Season is Here
Perhaps one of the most nerve wrecking experiences for a special needs parent is receiving an envelope in the mail from their school...
Unilateral vs. Parental Placement
School Districts often use words or phrases interchangeably that do not mean the same thing. You have likely seen the phrases...
Agreeing to Disagree...With the School District
It is bound to happen at some point. Whether your child is in public or private school; whether it relates to their IEP, evaluation, or...
Reimbursement vs. Direct Funding Special Education Tuition Cases
"I can't afford to pay for private school." I hear this all the time from parents, and it is understandable. Private special education...
'Tis the season...to start thinking about the 2018-2019 school year
Though it seems that the 2017-2018 school year has just begun, the time to start thinking about 2018-2019 is now. Once the new year has...
IEPs vs. IESPs: One letter can make a huge difference
Any special needs parent in NYC will know that acronyms run rampant in this area of the law - IEP, IDEA, CSE, CPSE, RSA, OHI, CTT, ICT,...
