Professional field guides

The WEC Practical Guide Series

Focused, school-based resources for professionals who need a clear process, practical tools, and language they can use with confidence.

$19.00

WEC Practical Guide 01: Bullying & Students with Disabilities

Bullying involving a student with a disability can create educational, behavioral, civil-rights, and special-education questions that extend beyond ordinary peer conflict. Bullying & Students with Disabilities gives families and school professionals a structured way to recognize what is happening, document concerns, evaluate educational impact, and determine what response may be needed. The guide distinguishes bullying, peer conflict, harassment, and disability-related concerns; explains when IEP and Section 504 issues may become relevant; and separates the school's conduct response from the educational team's responsibility to review whether the student's needs, services, supports, access, participation, or progress have changed. Practical tools support incident documentation, educational-impact review, family communication, school response, behavior and accountability review, prevention systems, meeting preparation, escalation, and follow-up effectiveness. Federal concepts are presented in practical language while recognizing that state law, district policy, and individual circumstances may differ. *71-page professional digital publication *14 practical documentation, review, response, and follow-up tools *Clear distinction among bullying, conflict, harassment, and disability-related concerns *IEP and Section 504 educational-impact review *Separate guidance for families and school teams *Prevention, documentation, monitoring, escalation, and follow-up frameworks *Federal legal concepts explained in practical language *Instant PDF download for use on computers, tablets, and phones

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WEC Practical Guide 02: Attendance, Truancy & Students with Disabilities

WEC Practical Guide 02: Attendance & Students with Disabilities Attendance concerns involving a student with a disability can quickly raise questions about health needs, access to instruction, missed services, discipline, school communication, and whether the student’s IEP or Section 504 plan is still meeting their needs. Attendance & Students with Disabilities gives families and school professionals a structured way to understand attendance patterns, document concerns, review educational impact, and decide what practical next step may be needed. The guide helps distinguish occasional absences from patterns that may require closer attention. It explains how disability-related absences, medical needs, school avoidance, missed instruction, service delivery, and attendance procedures can affect a student’s access to education. It also separates attendance enforcement from the educational team’s responsibility to consider whether supports, services, accommodations, communication, or planning need to change. Practical tools support attendance tracking, family-school communication, educational-impact review, meeting preparation, documentation, follow-up, and clear next steps. Federal concepts are explained in practical language while recognising that state requirements, district procedures, and individual circumstances may differ. Professional digital guide for families and school teams Practical attendance documentation and review tools Clear guidance on disability-related absences and educational impact IEP and Section 504 considerations in plain language Support for family communication, meetings, follow-up, and next steps Designed to help teams respond early, clearly, and consistently Instant PDF download for computers, tablets, and phones

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WEC Practical Guide 03: Restraint & Seclusion in Special Education

WEC Practical Guide 03: Restraint & Seclusion in Special Education When a school safety concern arises, a clear next step matters. Learning that your child may have been restrained or secluded at school can leave you worried, overwhelmed, and unsure what to ask first. This guide gives parents and caregivers a steadier starting point for understanding the issue, preparing for a school conversation, and keeping their child’s safety, dignity, and support needs at the center. WEC Practical Guide 03: Restraint & Seclusion in Special Education is a practical resource for families navigating concerns about school safety, behavior support, communication, and advocacy. If you are responding to an incident, or simply want to be prepared before a concern arises, this guide helps you bring clearer questions and a more informed perspective to the conversation. State and district policies can differ. This guide helps you understand the topic, organize your concerns, and communicate more confidently with your child’s school. Made for parents, caregivers, advocates, and others supporting students in special education. Digital guide, $19 Instant digital download. No physical book will be shipped. Important information This guide is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not legal advice and does not replace guidance from a qualified legal, medical, or education professional. Requirements and procedures concerning restraint and seclusion can vary by state, district, and individual circumstances. U.S. Department of Education guidance Get Guide 03 and begin with clearer questions, a steadier plan, and your child’s dignity at the center.

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WEC Practical Guide 08: How to Conduct a Functional Behavioral Assessment

A functional behavioral assessment should be more than a form. It should be a disciplined process for defining behavior precisely, gathering meaningful evidence, identifying patterns, developing a defensible functional hypothesis, and using that hypothesis to design more effective support. How to Conduct a Functional Behavioral Assessment gives school professionals a practical framework for carrying out that process in real educational settings. The guide distinguishes an FBA from informal observation, discipline investigation, behavior screening, and a behavior intervention plan; explains how to select and use direct-observation measures; shows how to analyze antecedents, consequences, setting events, and competing hypotheses; and demonstrates how to write a clear FBA report without overstating what descriptive data can prove. A running fictional case follows Marcus Reed, a seventh-grade student, from the initial concern through operational definitions, records review, interviews, direct observations, ABC analysis, competing hypotheses, the final functional hypothesis, the written FBA, and translation into a function-based BIP framework. The guide includes 27 practitioner tools for planning, interviewing, direct observation, measurement, pattern analysis, hypothesis development, reporting, FBA-to-BIP alignment, and progress monitoring. Legal and professional boundaries are identified throughout so readers can distinguish federal requirements from federal guidance, recognized professional practice, and state or local procedures.

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