SCHOOL LIABILITY and EDUCATION SAFETY EXPERT WITNESS: AREAS of EXPERTISE

When it comes to supervising children and students with disabilities, a higher professional standard of care must be met to ensure the safety, equal educational opportunities, and well-being of children and to avoid costly litigation. School Liability Expert Group provides education safety expert witness services in special education cases.

EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION & DUE PROCESS

We offer expert opinions in due process hearings where a child’s evaluation, accommodations, or placement is a contentious issue. We can evaluate a child’s disability and eligibility for certain special education services and related accommodations.

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION

School Liability Expert Group provides education safety expert witness services in security negligence cases where a child has been discriminated against or harmed based on their disability. We can testify in litigation whether FAPE was provided in accordance with IDEA, including whether any active IEPs are appropriate. We also review the school or agency’s supervision systems, program quality, and compliance with the standards.

We can make recommendations to help institutions minimize the risk of litigation and offer training on topics such as responding to negative child behaviors.

Deciding on a school choice in complex custody agreements and high-conflict custody court cases often presents difficulties. Parties must prove that their school choice is in the best interest of the child.

Enlist the help of education safety expert witness services from the School Liability Expert Group to review your child’s records, evaluate and compare the chosen schools, and testify whether a school’s program has the potential to meet the child’s needs. We will review a school’s child custody matters, special education programs, and past and present liability matters such as sexual harassment, security negligence cases, student supervision, and more.

Schools and agencies have a duty to establish and thoroughly implement policies that keep children reasonably safe. They should promptly address all issues that could create a hostile environment.

The education safety expert witness team at the School Liability Expert Group can help determine school negligence and liability issues in HIB cases. A security negligence expert can interpret state-specific HIB laws, determine whether the alleged behavior fits the HIB definition, and whether the school responded to any reports of harassment, bullying, and intimidation appropriately.

Institutions have a duty to keep students reasonably safe during school hours, on school transportation, in campus residences, and during other institution-sponsored activities on or off campus. School Liability Expert Group understands what that duty and standard of care entails and can provide an education safety expert witness for personal injury litigation arising from security negligence. These safety and security standards stem from federal and state laws and research-based best practices.

Suppose you need assistance in instituting prevention standards. Our team can provide the necessary guidance. We can advise institutions on foreseeable risks of harm to students.

Schools and other child-oriented agencies ought to provide special education programs and other reasonable accommodations for eligible children with disabilities to protect them from discrimination and other harms in accordance with various laws. Our security negligence expert can assist in litigation involving disability rights violations and child harm.

School Liability Expert Group is proficient in all disability laws. Our education safety expert witness team is ready to support you in child evaluation and developing tailored and appropriate 504 plans, behavioral plans, IEP plans, and other programs. We offer specialized staff training on upholding disability laws and programs to avoid school negligence and liability issues.

Sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and sexual discrimination are pressing civil rights issues that should be met with strong institutional policies for identifying, preventing, and reporting them, as well as a prompt and reasonable disciplinary and corrective response.

During litigation, a security negligence expert from School Liability Expert Group can testify whether the alleged conduct constitutes sexual discrimination and whether the school acted appropriately in handling the matter. Our education safety expert witnesses can act as Title IX coordinators, helping staff and students remain compliant with sexual non-discrimination laws.

Negligent child supervision is a prevalent issue in schools and child-oriented agencies, exposing students to injuries, abuse, and more, and exposing schools to costly litigation. School Liability Expert Group consults with schools on the institution-specific professional standard of care that includes robust policies, maintenance of premises and equipment, emergency response protocols, proper staff training and supervision, and more.

During negligent supervision litigation, a security negligence expert can determine whether a school should be held liable by evaluating the scope of school responsibility in a specific scenario, foreseeability of danger, established measures for preventing and addressing issues, and any breaches of the standards through action or inaction.

When a school negligently hires, supervises, or retains a school employee, it can result in student harm. However, employees can also be subjected to discriminatory or wrongful hiring, termination, and more. School Liability Expert Group boasts unparalleled expertise in all education administration and supervision laws, enough to be able to offer expert testimonies in employee or student rights violation cases.

Institutions can engage our education safety expert witness team for background checks, training, and supervision of their teachers, volunteers, bus drivers, and other employees to minimize the risk of school negligence and liability issues.

Non-existent or inadequate special education programs can deprive children with disabilities of access to free and equal education that they are entitled to by law. Work with School Liability Expert Group in child evaluation and qualification for special education services, development of robust IEP plans, due process hearings involving inadequate IEP provisions, and lawsuits involving discrimination and other special education rights violations.

Our education safety expert witness team can conduct comprehensive reviews of a school’s special education programs and child custody matters to help parents determine child-school fit and help schools improve their programs to avoid school negligence and liability issues.

Protecting the rights of children with disabilities is a delicate matter that necessitates a higher standard of care. School Liability Expert Group has an unparalleled understanding of all disability laws. It can therefore assist in cases involving discrimination, abuse, program inadequacies, security negligence, and other disability rights violations in schools, residential facilities, and other agencies.

Our education safety expert witness team can assist in streamlining your institution’s programs to meet the unique special education and accommodation needs of children with disabilities to avoid school negligence and liability issues. Engage us for specialized staff training on safety, supervision, and compliance with relevant disability laws.

Navigating liability issues in colleges and universities can be complex due to the age and large number of students, as well as the interplay of on-campus and off-campus activities. School Liability Expert Group can provide a security negligence expert to evaluate your institution’s policies, policy dissemination and enforcement practices, and complaint investigation, response, and adjudication procedures. Our education safety expert witness team can make recommendations for tightening campus safety to minimize school negligence and liability issues.

We can also offer staff and student training on these matters, as well as compliance with Title IX, the Clery Act, and other relevant laws. We can help in litigation involving students’ rights violations.