School Check Up
If you have not done so lately, it is time to make another appointment with your child’s school to check up on your child’s progress.
School Issues
How to Advocate in the Educational System
Suggestions for communicating with your child’s teachers and school administrators to ensure that your child gets the most out of his or her educational experience.
Guide to Quality IEP Development and Implementation
Through this guide the Individualized Education Program (IEP) is defined, and thoroughly explains how the IEP is developed and implemented in New York State.
Tests and Measurements for the Parent, Teacher, Advocate, Attorney
by Peter W. D. Wright, Esq. and Pamela Darr Wright, M.A., M.S.W. “If something exists, it exists in some amount. If it exists in some amount, then it is capable of being measured.” – Rene Descartes, Principles of Philosophy, 1644  Introduction Most parents of special needs children know that they must understand the law and … Read more
Do 504 Plans Help Students with ADHD?
Information on the 504 Plans based on parents, professionals, and educators feedback.
Education Rights
Learn your Constitutional Rights for a good education in New York State.
School Check-In
Managing ADHD at School
How to Have Better Teacher Meetings
Four steps in improving discussions with your child’s teacher about his or her ADHD disorder and progress in school.
What Should You Consider Success in School?
Many ADHD students are very intelligent, but their grades may not convey how smart they truly are. Thus, how can parents assess their ADHD child’s success in school?
ADHD Executive Function And School Success
It has been discovered that the executive functioning (EF)—also known as critical cognitive skills—deficits of students with ADHD causes them to take three years longer to mature than those without the disorder. What are examples of EF deficits? How does this impact an ADHD student? And how does one overcome their executive functioning deficit?