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To receive special education services, your child must be diagnosed with one of these disabilities and that disability must be adversely affecting his classroom performance.
This part of the CASA website contains handouts about special education, IEPs, and school law. It has a section on IEPs and how to read them along with a sample IEP. It also includes an educational manual with examples of possible educational rights holders.
This website is the policy manual for workers of the Department of Children and Family Services in Los Angeles County. The manual is lengthy and difficult to wade through but the section on education gives specific guidelines for a social worker’s responsibility in helping a child navigate the educational system. If you need help advocating for your foster child, understanding a social worker’s responsibility could be helpful.
If your child is receiving special education services, this guide will help you differentiate between an IEP or 504. Both help provide services for your child to succeed in the classroom.
This document is lengthy but is a great guide for educators to make sure they are following the legal requirements of serving foster children in their classroom. Foster parents can also benefit from the foster youth education rights section.
Under Academic Interventions, you can find sample letters to send to the school if you want your child to be assessed for special education.
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