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I will be hosting a virtual (live) parent workshop on August 28, 2021 from 11:00am-12:00pm  Here is a very helpful resource I found while preparing for the workshop. I'll be posting the link to the workshop in the coming days. Stay tuned!   https://www.ncld.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/IDEA-Parent-Guide1.pdf...

  The U.S. Department of Education (ED) released the “Return to School Roadmap” (Roadmap) for parents and educators to lay out strategies to implement the Center for Disease Control’s recent guidelines for K-12 schools, so that schools can minimize transmission of COVID-19 and sustain in-person learning throughout the...

            Reading about the middle school teacher in Idaho who used love and compassion to disarm a sixth grade girl while hugging her until the police came; and feeling lately how much bigger my heart of compassion has expanded over...

“Being the Ripple Effect” by Surisa Rivers   Recently, I had a very interesting conversation with a wonderful parent advocate regarding why so many parents have a difficult time advocating for their children at IEP meetings. Based on her personal experience and also talking openly with many...

Welcome to the first edition of Rivers Law, Inc.’s quarterly newsletter! We are delighted to be expanding the reach of our attorneys’ knowledge to provide you helpful information and insight into key topics within special education law. Please note that this newsletter is intended to...