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Parents as Advocates Handbook

A Guide to Special Education in Maine

The PAA handbook has been our most often requested publication and this is the updated version. Includes supplements with sample letters, FAQs, dispute resolution forms, checklists etc. Download the MS Wordİ version or the .HTML version.

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DISCLAIMER: We are providing this information as a public service. The laws and regulations are accurate as of March, 2001, the publication date for this handbook. Laws enacted after that date may affect the accuracy of this handbook.

CAUTION: We do not intend this information to be legal advice. By providing this information, we are not acting as your lawyer. Always talk to a competent lawyer, if you can, before taking legal action.

Disability Rights Center is a 501(c)(3) corporation. Donations to the Disability Rights Center are tax deductible and gratefully accepted.

DRC receives funding from the Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD), the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA), the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), and the State of Maine. The contents of this handbook are solely the responsibility of the Disability Rights Center and do not necessarily represent the views of the above funding sources.

DRC does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, religion, disability, age or sexual orientation in its programs or activities.

THE DISABILITY RIGHTS CENTER
MAINE'S FEDERALLY FUNDED PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY
24 STONE STREET
P.O. BOX 2007
AUGUSTA, MAINE 04338-2007
V/TTY: 207.626.2774 1.800.452.1948
FAX: 207.621.1419
email: advocate@drcme.org


 CHAPTER 1 - WHAT ARE THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS THAT PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES?
 CHAPTER 3: THE EARLY CHILDHOOD TEAM AND THE PUPIL EVALUATION TEAM
 CHAPTER 4: THE INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM (IEP)/ INDIVIDUAL FAMILY SERVICE PLAN (IFSP)
 CHAPTER 5: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
 CHAPTER 6: DUE PROCESS. WHAT CAN PARENTS DO WHEN THEY DISAGREE WITH THE SCHOOL OR CDS SITE?
 SUPPLEMENT 1: SOURCES OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS
 SUPPLEMENT 2: PARENT INVOLVEMENT: BARRIERS AND CLUES
 SUPPLEMENT 3: HOW CAN PARENTS MAKE A PET MEETING MORE PRODUCTIVE?
 SUPPLEMENT 4: TWENTY QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED AT A PET/ECT MEETING
 SUPPLEMENT 5: MAIN PARTS OF THE IEP
 SUPPLEMENT 6: PARENTS' WORKSHEET FOR INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM (IEP) / INDIVIDUALIZED FAMILY SERVICE PLAN (IFSP)
 SUPPLEMENT 7: SAMPLE LETTERS
 SUPPLEMENT 8: DISPUTE RESOLUTION REQUEST FORM
 SUPPLEMENT 9: SUMMARY OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE DISABILITY RIGHTS CENTER
 SUPPLEMENT 10: RESOURCES FOR PARENTS
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