Link: Special Education Law Blog: Lessons Learned From the Blog at the 2 Year Anniversary.
- People need, crave and love humor; an especial thanks in this department goes out to my wife, Lori Miller Fox, who is far and away funnier than I can ever hope to be. Laughter is the balm for the profound pain that so many of us experience each day;
- Too many school people (by no means all) can not laugh at themselves and are incredibly sensitive to rebuke even if expressly not directed at them. The amount of hrrmphing over the years has been remarkable.
- Parents need and have a right to plain spoken guidance and in many cases will use that information to pierce the veil of misinformation and get a FAPE for their child;
- There is an ongoing need to uncover the persistant myths of special education:
- cases are brought to due process at the hands of money hungry unscrupulous attorneys;
- special education is draining the education system;
- school people are above reproach and never hit, lie, cheat, perjure or steal;
- to provide a FAPE would bankrupt the system (when so often there are cheap readily available answers and remedies which only require an attitude adjustment;
The golden rules (among others) have been and remain:
- be creative,
- stay focused,
- look for the win-win answer at all costs, and
- document crucial facts
This post appears at I Speak of Dreams and More Joy in Your Family
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