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Special Kids, Special Parents, Special Education, Karen Syma Czapanskiy Jan 2014

Special Kids, Special Parents, Special Education, Karen Syma Czapanskiy

Faculty Scholarship

Many parents are raising children whose mental, physical, cognitive, emotional, or developmental issues diminish their capacity to be educated in the same ways as other children. Over six million of these children receive special education services under mandates of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, called the IDEA. Once largely excluded from public education, these children are now entitled to a free appropriate education. In this article, I argue that the special education system must begin to pay attention to the needs of parents if it is going to fully serve the children. In particular, the system needs to support …


Mediation Over Prosecution: The Right Approach To Increasing School Attendance In Baltimore City, Franklin Branch Jan 2012

Mediation Over Prosecution: The Right Approach To Increasing School Attendance In Baltimore City, Franklin Branch

Student Articles and Papers

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To Protect And Defend: Assigning Parental Rights When Parents Are Living In Poverty, Karen Czapanskiy Jan 2006

To Protect And Defend: Assigning Parental Rights When Parents Are Living In Poverty, Karen Czapanskiy

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Evaluating Marriage: Does Marriage Matter To The Nurturing Of Children?, Robin Fretwell Wilson Oct 2005

Evaluating Marriage: Does Marriage Matter To The Nurturing Of Children?, Robin Fretwell Wilson

Faculty Scholarship

Three decades ago, it would have been inconceivable for people to discuss seriously the idea of withdrawing the legal and financial support society gives to marriage. In recent years, however, thinkers and policymakers have given more serious thought to the possibility of eliminating marriage as a category entitled to the State’s support. An important consideration in this debate is whether keeping or eliminating the State’s support of marriage matters to the well-being of children. A wealth of studies contemplating modern family forms now exists, many of which invariably stack newer family structures up against the more traditional nuclear family. Until …


Counseling The Counselors: Legal Implications Of Counseling Minors Without Parental Consent Jan 1971

Counseling The Counselors: Legal Implications Of Counseling Minors Without Parental Consent

Maryland Law Review

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