Parents, educators, advocates, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, reliable information about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities.

Pete and Pam Wright

Pete and Pam Wright are Adjunct Professors of Law at the William and Mary Law School where they teach a course about special education law and advocacy and assist with the Law School’s Special Education Law Clinic. They are co-authors of several books published by Harbor House Law Press.

Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Edition (ISBN: 978-1-892320-16-2, 456 pages) available in two formats, as a print publication and as a print and e-book combo.

Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition (978-1-892320-09-4, 338 pages)

Wrightslaw: No Child Left Behind with Suzanne Whitney (ISBN: 978-1-892320-12-4); includes the NCLB CD-ROM of resources and references.

Surviving Due Process: Stephen Jeffers v. School Board DVD Video – award-winning documentary, 2 hours.

Pete and Pam built several websites to help parents of children with disabilities in their quest for quality special education programs.

Fetaweb.com, the companion website to Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, has advocacy information and resources to supplement the FETA book.

IDEA 2004 at Wrightslaw provides current information about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA 2004). Learn about new requirements for IEPs, IEP teams, IEP meetings, eligibility, evaluations, eligibility for specific learning disabilities, child find, reevaluations, parental consent, accommodations, alternate assessments, transition, and more.

No Child Left Behind at Wrightslaw offers accurate, up-to-date information about the No Child Left Behind Act – research-based instruction, proficiency testing, parent involvement, tutoring and supplemental educational services, highly qualified teachers, and public school choice.

At the Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities, you’ll find listings for educational consultants, advocates, advisors, psychologists, diagnosticians, health care specialists, academic tutors, speech language therapists, and attorneys. You’ll also find government programs, grassroots organizations, disability organizations, legal and advocacy resources, special education schools, and parent support groups.

2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter

This blog is from the publishers of 2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter, a bi-monthly electronic publication for those who raise, educate, and counsel high-ability children with learning issues such as AD/HD, dyslexia, Asperger’s, and so forth. This blog is to share news, events, and resources we find as we do research for the newsletter and for the complimentary monthly email briefing we publish.

Dr. Kenny Handelman

This internet blog is written by Dr. Kenny Handelman. Dr. Handelman is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, practicing just outside Toronto, Canada.

“I deal with a lot of child, adolescent and adult ADHD in my practice. I began to realize that many people needed a lot more education about ADHD, so I began a newsletter at my website: The ADHD Doctor
Now that I am learning more about communicating online, I am happy to launch the ADD ADHD Blog.
My goal is to provide you with information relevant to ADD and ADHD, and to keep you up to date on the newest developments.
 
Dr. Handelman has information on ADHD Medication Treatment, ADHD Medication Warnings/Safety, ADHD Parenting, ADHD Research Updates, Adult ADHD and Alternatives for ADHD.

Drs. Fernette and Brock Eide

We’re physicians with a national referral practice seeing children with learning difficulties. We all have different ways in which we’re “wired to learn”, and understanding these differences will help us have intellectually and personally satisfying lives.

For students with specific learning challenges, understanding the differences in how their brains work can be breakthrough in overcoming their hurdles and help them find what they really enjoy doing in life.

The blog has weekly articles related to brain-based learning and learning styles, problem-solving and creativity, kids, families, and parenting, gifted and visual learners, dyslexia, attention deficit disorders, autism, and more.

Books by the Eides:

The Mislabeled Child: Looking Beyond Behavior to Find the True Sources and Solutions for Children’s Learning Challenges

Understanding Gifted Children – “Brains on Fire”

Dyslexia and Writing Challenges in Gifted Children

Attention, Sensory Processing, & the Social Challenges of Gifted Children

Visual Spelling