Chelmsford High School

Describes school responsibilities for discipline, range of consequences for rule violations, difference between suspensions, expulsions and emergency removals, procedures for out of school suspensions and expulsions, and legal protections for students on IEPs.

Describes how to be an effective communicator, why effective communication with the school is important, summarizes the methods of communication, how to establish effective communication with the school and parent’s procedural due process rights for resolving disputes.

A comprehensive introduction to special education laws and procedure: purpose of the law, when and how to make a referral, evaluations, the Team meeting process, standards for determining eligibility, services and placement, what to do if the team decides the student is not eligible, what happens after