Students with Disabilities and the Juvenile Justice System: What Parents Need to Know

• By: Carolyn Reinach Wolf, Esq. Jamie Rosen, Esq. Abrams Fensterman
• October 1st, 2015
• behavior, education, IEP, law
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Students with disabilities, including emotional and behavioral disorders, or learning and developmental disabilities, are at a higher risk for involvement in the juvenile justice system. A disabled youth may enter the “School-to-Prison Pipeline” because of the lack of an Individualized...

How Authorities Interact and Respond to Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders

• By: Douglas K. Stern, Esq. Abrams Fensterman
• April 1st, 2009
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There is a great deal of debate surrounding the prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders in the United States. One recent federal survey indicates that at least 1 in every 150 people in the United States will be affected by an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Whatever the frequency of occurrence may be,...