Please take part in the IDEA National Survey, a survey of whether the rights of students with disabilities and their parents are protected. The IDEA National Survey Project is sponsored by the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD), National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS), Autism Society of America (ASA), Autism National Committee (AutCom), and The Advocacy Institute (AI). The survey is at http://www.ideasurvey.org
The survey looks at whether parents are treated as equal partners in their children’s education. Topics include whether the rights of students with disabilities and their parents protected throughout the special education process, including IEP meetings and IEP issues, eligibility (Child Find), Due Process hearings (impartial hearings), and other education issues. All members of the community are welcome: parents; attorneys, advocates, other professionals; and self-advocates (people with disabilities). We also welcome all disabilities, not just those our organizations focus on. You can take the survey and read more about it at http://www.ideasurvey.org
The survey will run March-May 2011. The results will be compiled into a report about experiences under the IDEA that will be published this summer.
For more information, contact Jessica Butler, Coordinator, IDEA National Survey Project, at jessica@jnba.net