When should a parent reach out to a special education attorney as opposed to an IEP advocate? In this episode, Amanda and I, along with IEP advocate and law student, Victoria Lucero, cover the top 10 instances when a special education attorney is the appropriate person to help you and your child.

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What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

We chat with our guest, IEP advocate Victoria Lucero and hear about her background and what led her to going to law school.

Our intern Victoria offers her insight from an IEP advocate perspective while Amanda and I offer ours from a lawyer's perspective on the following instances: If the child is struggling in school

If the child is being bullied

When a parent asks for intervention, but the school is non-responsive

When a district refuses services during an IEP meeting

If the parent leaves IEP meetings more confused than they were before

When the parent feels alone during meetings even when there are several people on the IEP team

When a parent isn’t a native English-speaker

During disciplinary actions like suspension or expulsion

When a parent unilaterally places their child in a private school, non-public school, or private agency for tutoring

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