Caring for a child with special needs can be overwhelming, both emotionally and financially. Many resources exist to support your child. But identifying, obtaining, and maintaining those resources is often a complicated and daunting task that can frustrate even well-informed parents. Through our special needs attorney representation, we are here to help you navigate the system.
Our special education law firm is dedicated to advocating for the rights of children with disabilities and their families. We believe that every child deserves the same floor of opportunity to achieve meaningful educational gains. We represent children and their families in special education matters ranging from IEP meetings to Federal District Court.
Our special education law firm is dedicated to advocating for the rights of children with disabilities and their families. We believe that every child deserves the same floor of opportunity to achieve meaningful educational gains. We represent children and their families in special education matters ranging from IEP meetings to Federal District Court.
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Since 2008, attorney Molly Watson has provided special education representation to parents of children with disabilities regarding their child's individualized education program, commonly known as an "IEP." Ours is a small law firm, enabling us to work closely with parents to obtain much needed special education supports for their loved ones.
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a federal law that establishes a formal process for evaluating children children with disabilities and providing individualized education programs and services. The purpose of the IDEA is to ensure children with disabilities receive an appropriate education.
An individualized education program (IEP) is a written plan for a child with a disability that is developed by a team of persons, including the child's parents and school personnel. The IEP describes the child's needs, and it includes academic and functional goals related to those needs.
The IEP also includes a statement of the special education and related services the child will be provided along with modifications and accommodations that will be made to the child's school program to help the child in attaining the IEP goals and in making progress in the general education curriculum.
The IEP also includes a statement of the special education and related services the child will be provided along with modifications and accommodations that will be made to the child's school program to help the child in attaining the IEP goals and in making progress in the general education curriculum.
By looking at summaries of the following Supreme Court cases, you will see that we have made much progress in protecting the educational rights of children with disabilities. But more progress in protecting these rights clearly needs to be made.
This is a truly disturbing holding by the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court affirmed the forced sterilization of a disabled woman with a history of disability in her family, stating that "three generations of imbeciles are enough."Landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court found state laws establishing segregated public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
This is a truly disturbing holding by the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court affirmed the forced sterilization of a disabled woman with a history of disability in her family, stating that "three generations of imbeciles are enough."Landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court found state laws establishing segregated public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
An IEE is an independent educational evaluation performed to help determine the educational needs of a child with disabilities. You may obtain an IEE if you disagree with the assessment the school district performed in developing your child's IEP and you want an independent expert to conduct an assessment.
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Marissa Krull
Oct 25, 2020
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Molly Watson was absolutely fantastic to work with! I had never required legal services before, but there comes a point where you can't do it on your own and need to call in the reinforcements. The school legal process can be very overwhelming and anxiety producing for parents and thankfully Molly was so calm and very patient throughout our entire case. I very much appreciated her compassion and ability to adapt to challenges as they presented themselves. She absolutely advocated for our 9 year old when we were faced with great opposition surrounding a dispute with our son's IEP. She was meticulous
Gloria Van Maren
Nov 19, 2018
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Martha Miller- She was always confused, requesting all school ieps and all other school documents, which I had mounds of.
After I spent much time and effort getting her all those documents, she would say she didn't understand why I needed a due process hearing. Then with all information in front of her, she would ask questions that were easily understood if she read any of the documents I gave her.
Furthermore, I was on a deadline to file due process, after I confronted her on the delays, and ongoing confusion she had, that I needed a face to face appointment, so we could go through my child
After I spent much time and effort getting her all those documents, she would say she didn't understand why I needed a due process hearing. Then with all information in front of her, she would ask questions that were easily understood if she read any of the documents I gave her.
Furthermore, I was on a deadline to file due process, after I confronted her on the delays, and ongoing confusion she had, that I needed a face to face appointment, so we could go through my child
Michael
Jun 04, 2018
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Stacy Cullen
May 29, 2016
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I would not recommend attorney Martha Millar to handle 504 hearings, Manifestations, or Special Education, Expulsions. Ms. Millar was hired to handle these issues for us. She did not tell us until after the hearings that she had issues with the context of the hearings. Not only was she unorganized, she didn’t know the material, and in the end, she made our issues worse than before. We hired a new attorney only to find out that if Martha would have handled our case correctly, we would have only had to have a 504 and Manifestation hearing. The Expulsion would have never taken place. She caused
