fairfax advocate / loudoun education advocacy special education

Specifically designed instruction, at no cost to parent, to meet the unique needs of a student with a disability, including instruction conducted in the classroom, in the home (homebound, homeschooled), in hospitals, and institutions, and in other settings; and instruction in physical education. 

• All students are entitled to a Free and Appropriate Education (FAPE)
• Individualized and Appropriate Education 
• Non-Discriminatory Assessments
• Least Restrictive Environment
• Procedural Due Process
• Parent Participation

• Public schools must allow parents to participate in IEP meetings.
• Impeding a parent's right to participate in the decision-making process is a denial of FAPE.
• Family rights is under the interpretation of the equality and due process of the US. constitution's 5th and 14th amendments (Due process and Citizen Rights).

• Allows parents to examine records relating to their child
• Parents can participate in all meetings that makes educational decisions for their child
• Parents are to get prior written notice of all education meetings relating to their child
• Parents must be given opportunities for mediation, complaints, and due process.