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Reports on the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's 2004 School's Conference on the development of No Child Left Behind law of the U.S. Department of Education in Baltimore, Maryland. Letter-writing campaign of the participants to their Congressional representatives on the reauthorization of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act; Highlights of the conference; Key topics during the session.

The article reports that the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has presented proposed regulations for speech-language specialists as part of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, an intervention program for children with disabilities. The qualification of personnel, multidisciplinary teams, and assistive technology were among the issues discussed in the proposal. The U.S. Department of Education held public meetings to discusses the issues.

Focuses on the impact of reauthorization of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and other landmark judicial cases on the education for children with disabilities in the U.S. Effect of due process on relationship between parents and clinicians; Development of an Individualized Education Program, a program designed to provide children's unique needs; Changes in procedural violation.

Reports on the discussion of four congressional leaders namely, Senator Judd Gregg, Representative John Boehner, Senator Edward Kennedy and Representative George Miller on the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in the U.S. Formation of meeting to seek agreement in order to finish consideration of IDEA; Inclusions of several issues of concern between the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives on the IDEA legislation; Response to complaints from some school administrators.

Focuses on the questionnaire prepared by the Office of Special Education Program of the United States Department of Education for handicapped children enrolled in private schools. Objective of the questionnaire; Amendments applicable to handicapped children of private schools in the 1997 Individuals With Disabilities Education Act; Interactive links of the questionnaire.