Everyone involved in the special education process would like to see it become less legalistic while preserving parents’ and children’s rights. The 2004 IDEA made significant changes to the child find, eligibility, discipline and IEP processes. In addition, it established new rules for requesting due process hearings and gave parents the right to refuse special education and related services.

In this video, Melinda Baird analyzes the changes to the procedural safeguards requirements of the IDEA and provides her unique brand of no-nonsense guidance on implementing these changes successfully.