Law Office of Attorney Collins Fay-Martin

08/16/2026

This off-book Working Group is how seclusion of disabled kids in MA schools is now legal beginning 8/17/2026.

08/13/2026

There should be cameras in classrooms.

07/31/2026

PLEASE SHARE!! DON’T sign consent for ANY school to lock your child in a seclusion room. It’s abusive, period.

07/22/2026

PSA:
Residential 8-week Extended Evaluations are a thing, and can be funded by the District if approved.

06/18/2026

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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.✊