Karen Mayer Cunningham, the Special Education Boss®, kicks off a new series on Parents’ Procedural Rights under IDEA. In this episode, she explains what procedural safeguards really are, why the Child Find mandate is the foundation of special education, and how to protect your rights at the IEP/504 table.

You’ll learn:

• When schools must provide you a Notice of Procedural Safeguards and what makes it current
• Why it must be in your native language
• How divorced or dual-parent rights affect IEP invitations
• What “Identify, Locate, Evaluate” means under Child Find
• When and how to request an Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE)

Part 1 sets the stage for understanding all 13 safeguards, so you can walk into every meeting informed, prepared, and confident.

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