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School & Education Law
School & Education Law including Special Needs Representation
At Santillán & Associates, we have the privilege of having a former Elementary & Middle School Educator as one of our attorneys.
Prior to becoming an attorney, Mrs. Santillán worked as a math teacher in Morgantown, West Virginia. She received her B.S. in Elementary Education from West Virginia University in 1988, and her M.A. in Education Administration from West Virginia University in 1995.
Accordingly, our School law services include representation of children with special needs and their parents. We provide legal counsel and litigation services for special education, discrimination, student rights, disciplinary matters, suspensions, expulsions, extended school year, early intervention, IEP's (Individualized Education Programs), least restrictive environment, procedural safeguards, family service plans, child find, private placements, gifted education, mediations, due process hearings, and appeals, as more fully set forth below:
° Accomodations ° Alternative Educational Placements ° Appeals ° Assessments ° Assistive Technology ° Bullying ° Charter Schools ° Child Find ° Civil Rights ° Compensatory Education ("Comp Ed") ° Confidentiality ° Discipline ° Discrimination ° Due Process Hearings ° Educational records ° Early Intervention Services ° Educational placements ° Evaluations ° Expulsions ° Extended School Year (ESY) ° Family Service Plans (IFSP) ° Free Appropriate Public Education ("FAPE") ° Gifted education ° Individualized Education Programs (IEP) ° Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) ° Manifestation Determination Reviews ° Mediations ° Modifications ° Pre-hearing Conferences ° Privacy ° Private placements ° Private schools ° Procedural safeguards ° Related Services ° Special Education ° Student Rights ° Suspensions ° Supplementary Aids and Services ° Transition Services
Attorney Felicia Santillán is committed to assisting all eligible children and their families, including children with:
ADD and ADHD Asperger's Syndrome Autism Dyslexia Mental retardation Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) Other Health Impairments Pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) Physical handicaps Psychiatric problems Reading Problems Specific learning disabilities Speech or language impairments Traumatic brain injury
Administrative Educational Law
Santillán & Associates represents clients in administrative law proceedings, including administrative appeals and litigation before the courts, in education and special education matters.
Educational Civil Rights
Santillán & Associates provides legal counsel and litigation services in civil rights in the context of education, which involve fundamental and Constitutional issues of human rights and freedoms, equal rights under the law, and due process.