Special Education Resources

A joint publication of the Federation for Children with Special Needs and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

A series of short videos put together by Massachusetts Advocates for Children to educate about your children's rights and what to do if these rights are violated. 

Children eligible for IDEA Equitable Services ages 3-21 include parentally-placed private school children with disabilities enrolled by their parents in private, including religious schools or facilities (not a publicly-funded placement by a school district) that meet the definition of elementary school or secondary school in Massachusetts (see the definition below). As a reminder, Massachusetts includes district-approved home-schooled students in the definition of private school students.