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## Special Education Law: understanding the importance of documentation

If a school incident or intervention is not properly documented, then it becomes difficult to prove that it happened. Read this excerpt from Your Classroom Guide to Special Education Law to learn about the different types of documentation as well as the basic principles of the laws and regulations regarding documentation. Then practice what you’ve learned with a “how would you rule” exercise. [Read More](/content/resource-library/special-education-law-understanding-the-importance-of-documentation/index.html)