The rules that decide your child's services, in plain language.
Plain-language, interactive guides to the rules that decide your child's services. Each one gives you a mental model, source-backed steps, and parent scripts you can use with the Wayfound Navigator.
Use a guide when you want the whole mental model.
Ask the Navigator for quick questions. Open a guide when you need to learn the process, compare California and Texas rules, or walk into a meeting with scripts and evidence.
Prior Written Notice: the letter the school owes you
Audit the seven required pieces, then choose California or Texas for the timing rule that applies to your family.
Extended school year: what the law actually says
Build the break-data case, then choose California or Texas for the ESY standard your IEP team must use.
IEP eligibility: the 13 categories in parent language
Walk through the two-part test and 13 categories, then choose your state for the meeting language and evaluation details.
Moving counties in California: what transfers, what changes, what never to close
Use the transfer matrix for IHSS, Medi-Cal, Regional Center, and the IEP so you know what to never close.
Moving from California to Texas with a child with a disability
Build the cross-state ledger: what ends at the border, what starts at today's date, and what school owes on day one.
Moving to California: what opens up for your child
Run the week-one launch plan for school, Regional Center, Medi-Cal, and IHSS, while protecting any old interest-list position.
More interactive guides publish as their sources clear verification.