Special Education Law Attorney - Westchester County
Attorneys With Concentration in Special Education Law — Westchester County and Putnam County, New York. All children with special needs have the right to a free and appropriate education. Unfortunately, receiving a free and appropriate education may be a struggle. At the South Salem Law Office of Peter D. Hoffman, we work with the laws concerning
students, schools, child protective services, and parents. This can be complex, but we can help you navigate the labyrinth of special education law. Our firm has been successful in assisting families place their children in special education school district programs and therapeutic private school programs that can serve the needs of special education students, at the expense of the district. Moreover, we can help you try to obtain attorneys' fees when we have been successful in litigation. Our experienced lawyers have worked with families and their children over a wide range of educational and emotional disorders, including, but not limited to:
Autistic spectrum disorders
Dyslexia and other reading disorders
Speech and language disorders
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD and ADHD)
Processing disorders
Emotional disorders
Physical disorders
Pervasive Development Disorder -
Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS)
Asperger's syndrome
Developmental disorders
Learning disabilities
Vision and sight disabilities
Behavioral disorders
Mental retardation
Head and brain injuries
Mutism and selective mutism
Drug and alcohol abuse
Schizophrenia
Bipolar disorder
Cerebral palsy
School phobia
Multiple sclerosis
Muscular dystrophy
Other issues
Our past experience allows us to work in a cooperative approach with school districts. Exploring all options, our goal is the placement of special needs children in therapeutic or special education schools at the expense of local districts. While we fight to protect and assert children's rights to access to an appropriate education, we can also help you with all other legal concerns tied to special education law.
