Special Education Law in a Nutshell

This Nutshell presents a very timely overview of legaltopics relating to special education services for students in K-12 education.Topics covered include: historical background, Section 504 coverage, IDEA coverage, child find, evaluations, IEPs,disciplinary issues, due process hearings, and state administrativecomplaints. The chapters include modelforms, sample evaluations and IEPs. Italso includes discussion of the Supreme Court's two recent decisions from the 2016-17 term. Finally, it provides examplesfrom a variety of state practices to give the reader an excellent sense of theinteraction between state and federal regulations in this complex area of the law.