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Subj: THE SPECIAL ED ADVOCATE,
SEPTEMBER 9, 1999 (V. 2, NO. 21)
Date: 9/9/99 12:13:24 PM Pacific Daylight Time
From: pwright@wrightslaw.com (Pam & Pete Wright)
Sender: owner-special-ed-advocate@wrightslaw.com
To: special-ed-advocate@wrightslaw.com
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The Special Ed Advocate
The Online Newsletter About Special Education and the Law
September 9, 1999 Vol. II, No. 21
Visit us today at: http://www.wrightslaw.com
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The Special Ed Advocate is a free online newsletter about special education legal issues,
cases, tactics and strategy, effective educational methods, and Internet links.
As a subscriber to The Special Ed Advocate, you will receive announcements and
"alerts" about new cases and other events. Back issues of The Special Ed
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If your email address changes, please unsubscribe your old email address and subscribe
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For a "printer friendly" copy of the newsletter, go to
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Contact, copyright, and subscription information is at the end of this newsletter.
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1. NEW! WRIGHTSLAW CREATIVE SOLUTIONS CONTEST
2. NEW LETTERS TO WRIGHTSLAW
3. REVISING “LETTERS TO WRIGHTSLAW”
4. NEW MEMORANDUM FROM OSEP: ENDING SOCIAL PROMOTION
5. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
6. CONTACT INFORMATION
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1. NEW! THE WRIGHTSLAW “CREATIVE SOLUTIONS CONTEST”
Some visitors to our site write about problems with their child's school. Other visitors
write about their creative "win-win" solutions to school problems.
To SOLVE school problems, you must learn to think creatively. Don't allow yourself to get
bogged down in anger, resentment, helplessness, and other negative emotions. Don't waste
your energy debating about the
unfairness of the situation.
(We know this is tough but this advice is the essence of our next book, FROM EMOTIONS TO
ADVOCACY. )
Wrightslaw is sponsoring a CREATIVE SOLUTIONS CONTEST. Here is how it works:
First, read “The Problem” (link below) If you have a Creative Solution that may
help this parent solve her
problem, send your Solution to solutions@wrightslaw.com/
In the subject line of your email, write CREATIVE SOLUTIONS CONTEST #1 We will publish the
winning Creative Solutions on the Wrightslaw site.
Now, here is the link to the Problem:
http://www.wrightslaw.com/advoc/ltrs/ltr_GA_Mom_child_bus_990909.html
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2. NEW “LETTERS TO WRIGHTSLAW”
We receive hundreds of emails a week from people who have crises, questions and concerns.
We hope you understand that we simply do not have enough time to answer most messages
personally. We try to answer a
few questions, then include these questions and our answers in The Special Ed Advocate
newsletter.
Earlier this week, we heard from a school psychologist who expressed serious concerns
about “Teachers Who Promote ADD.” At the same time, we read an article by the
Associated Press about “Over-Diagnosis of ADD/ADHD” by medical doctors. Here is
a link to the school psychologist’s letter, our response, and the AP article:
http://www.wrightslaw.com/advoc/ltrs/ltr_schoolpsych_adhd_990902.html
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3. REVISING “LETTERS TO WRIGHTSLAW”
We have been revising the website, one area at a time. Recently, we turned our attention
to the “Letters to Wrightslaw” section.
We are revising the section so letters are listed as they would be in an index (instead of
by name and state). We hope this will make it easier for you to find information about
your concerns and issues.
The new link to “Letters to Wrightslaw” is – http://www.wrightslaw.com/main_ltrs_wrightslaw.htm
NOTE: The downside of revising a site is always “broken links.” If you encounter
a broken link or any other problem, drop the webmaster a note at webmaster@wrightslaw.com
Thanks!
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4. NEW MEMORANDUM FROM OSEP: ENDING SOCIAL PROMOTION
A few months ago, we included a letter from Guy McBride, a North Carolina school
psychologist. In his letter, Guy warned about “a wave of retentions and educational
policy that will damage the most vulnerable children and pit parents against
educators.”
http://www.wrightslaw.com/advoc/ltrs/ltr_NCschoolpsych_retention_990415.html
Since we published Guy’s letter, the Office of Special Education issued a Memorandum
“Taking Responsibility for Ending Social Promotion: A Guide for Educators and State
and Local Leaders.”
We added the “Executive Summary” of this Memorandum to the Wrightslaw site. Here
is a link to the Summary.
http://www.wrightslaw.com/advoc/articles/OSEP_execsummary.html
To get the entire Memorandum about “Ending Social Promotion,” go to
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/socialpromotion/
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5. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
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6. CONTACT INFORMATION
Pete and Pam Wright
c/o The Special Ed Advocate
P. O. Box 1008
Deltaville, VA 23043
Phone: 804-257-0857
Website: http://www.wrightslaw.com
Email: webmaster@wrightslaw.com
The resources at this website are copyrighted by the authors. They may be used for
non-commercial purposes only. They may not be redistributed for commercial purposes
without the express written consent of Peter W.
D. Wright.
It is not necessary to obtain our consent to link to our website or copy, print and
distribute our articles and newsletters for nonprofit purposes so long as the material is
reproduced in its entirety and credit is given to Pete and Pam Wright and
"wrightslaw" including the URL -
http://www.wrightslaw.com
Copyright 1999, Peter W. D. Wright and Pamela Darr Wright. All rights reserved.
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