disabilityrights WISCONSIN

By Alan J. Borsuk of the Journal Sentinel

Posted: Jun. 21, 2009

A federal judge has ordered Milwaukee Public Schools to launch a wide search for students who didn’t get special education services they should have gotten between 2000 and 2005 and to figure out what needs to be done to make that up to them.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Aaron Goodstein ordered that someone from outside the system be hired to monitor work on providing education services to compensate the students or former students involved because MPS has not shown it will adequately remedy its problems in special education on its own.
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A press conference was held today in the Wisconsin State Capitol. The press conference was convened by Disability Rights Wisconsin (DRW), Wisconsin FACETS, and Wisconsin Family Ties (WFT), who released their brand new report entitled, Out of Darkness…Into the Light: New Approaches to Reducing the Use of Seclusion and Restraint with Wisconsin Children.

Out of Darkness…Into the Light exposes the tragedy of secluding and restraining Wisconsin children in schools and treatment settings throughout the state. It describes the ways in which Wisconsin children have been both emotionally and physically injured by such practices, including one child who died in restraints. It further describes actions taken by many other states to reduce the use of seclusion and restraint of children, and calls for legislative and administrative agency action to protect Wisconsin children from these dangerous practices.
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A Federal Judge Ordered The Madison School District To Pay For Private Education For A Disabled 4-year-old.

Wisconsin State Journal :: LOCAL :: D1
Sunday, March 8, 2009
By DOUG ERICKSON derickson@madison.com 608-252-6149

A family’s federal court victory over the Madison School District in a disability rights lawsuit could push forward efforts in the district to start a 4-year-old kindergarten program, the attorney representing the family predicts.

On Feb 25, U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb ruled that the district violated the federal law governing children with disabilities when it refused to pay a portion of the private preschool tuition for a 4-year-old with a learning disability.
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Click here to download the Family Care Ombudsman Program brochure in English

Haz clic aquí para descargar el folleto del programa de Family Care Ombudsman en español.

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This is a comprehensive legal primer on Family Care.

Click here to download Family Care: An Overview

A power point presentation on the Family Care Ombudsman Program that was developed by the Survival Coalition of Wisconsin Disability Organizations.

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Click here for a power point presentation about Advocacy and Appeals under Family Care.