Ask to meet with the teacher when your child is learning a new skill that could be practiced at home. Discuss methods for handling discipline problems that you know are effective with your child. When you feel teachers and school personnel are doing a good job, tell them. Your local and state education agencies have information to help guide you through the special education process. Since the specific criteria and procedures used by school districts may vary, your local director of special education can help you access such information.
Additional resources are available from national organizations.
Some of them will also be able to direct you to local and state chapters that can provide more local support. The opinions expressed in this document do not necessarily reflect the positions or policies of OERI or the Department of Education.