Law Office of Attorney Collins Fay-Martin

06/04/2026

Massachusetts Postsecondary Transition Planning: Transition Assessments Example Sheet from DESE

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day!!

05/03/2026

My client’s yard sign WORKED, so he’s opened a parent-run Etsy shop. Get your own customizable 'Is [Our] School District Failing Your Special Needs Child Too?'.

Shop Signs, Apparel, and Merchandise For Advocacy by PlacementMattersCo located in Ayer, Massachusetts.

04/30/2026

DON’T BE FOOLED: If you consent to an IEP Service Delivery Grid that says 'Special Education Teacher/Paraprofessional' as delivering the service, the '/' legally means 'or', thereby permitting the district to deliver that service up to 100% of the time by only a paraprofessional.

04/14/2026

My client left an IEP meeting and had this on his lawn by dinner.✊

04/08/2026

Horrifying: The school trapped this 5 year old in a closet and held the door shut when the student tried to exit.

A family is demanding answers from the Gloucester, Massachusetts school district, after learning their five-year-old son was left alone in a quiet room for n...

04/05/2026

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03/27/2026

This isn’t a school behavior plan, it’s a sentencing matrix.

03/01/2026

Beware of IEP meetings that begin with softening tactics. Often, staff open with anecdotes/statements like “We just love your child,” “She makes me laugh,” or “He’s such a joy in class”, which can function as a psychological buffer ahead of denials/reductions in services.

02/22/2026

PSA: Email the Sped Director and Principal, stating “I am please requesting a complete copy of my child’s Student/Education record in PDF/electronic format, including but not limited to all [time-out room logs, nurse records, service logs].”
(Don’t accept them in paper format.)