For education researchers, I have created a helpful web page with quick links to all 50 SEAs and the District of columbia.

von Ravensberg, H., Tobin, T. J., (2006). IDEA 2004 Final Regulations: The Reauthorized Functional Behavioral Assessment. University of Oregon. Eugene. Read (81KB Word doc).

IDEA 2004 Final Regulations: a Summary of FBA. By Heidi von Ravensberg. University of Oregon. Eugene. October 2006. Read (70KB Word doc).

On June 6, 2006, U.S. Senate Bill 3449, the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Resiliency Act of 2006, was introduced. It proposes that the Secretaries of the Depts. of Education and Human Services collaborate to encourage elementary and secondary schools to use positive behavioral support procedures and functional behavioral assessments on a school-wide basis as an alternative to suspending or expelling children and adolescents with or who are at risk for mental health needs. See SEC. 103: Activities Concerning Mental Health Services in Schools, subparagraph (a)(3).

Patricia A. Massey and Stephen A. Rosenbaum (2005). Toward a Law School Clinical Model for Serving Youth with Special Education Needs. 11 Clinical L. Rev. 271, Spring 2005. Clinical Law Review, Inc.

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