December 2009 Notes and Documents

During December 2009's group meeting we were lucky to have attorney Kevin Mackey talk with us about special education law. He had a number of hand-outs that he made available.

If you weren't able to get one at the meeting, you can now get them here.

Click here to view all of the documents. For your convenience, here's links to the individual documents:

• Kevin Mackey's notes from the evening (2 pages)
  
• Resolving Special Education Disputes - (31 pages) Document from the Michigan Deparement of Education detailing the "resolution of disputes through alternative dispute resolution processes."
  
• Procedures for Dispute Resolution (2 pages)
• Timeline for 'Initials' (1 page) From the MDE, a timeline initial evaluations and initial individualized education programs (IEPs)
• Michigan Special Education Mediation Program Brochure (2 pages) From the MDE, a brochure about state-provided mediation programs. (Sorry, it's sideways, you may want to print this out in order to read it more easily.)
  
• Standards for Extended School Year Services in Michigan (7 pages)
• Referral to Special Education Services Timeline (2 pages) This one is from the Ann Arbor Parent Advisory Committee.