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Education
Service Center Region XIII
5701 Springdale Road
Austin, TX 78723
Program Description Participants
will learn about changes in IDEA 2004 including:
- New requirements
for initial evaluations, reevaluations & parental consent
- New
requirements for IEPs, IEP goals, IEP teams, IEP meetings
- New
eligibility issues for students with specific learning disabilities
- New
procedural requirements and timelines, including the “Due Process Complaint Notice”
and “Resolution (IEP) Session.”
Participants
will learn about requirements in No Child Left Behind
including: - Reading
and research based instruction
- Highly
qualified teachers
- Parental
rights and options
- High
stakes testing
Participants
will also learn how to: - Use
tests and measurements to measure progress
- Write
SMART IEPs
- Use
tactics and strategies for effective advocacy
| Day
1: Special Education Laws | | 8:00-9:00 |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00-10:30 | - Introductions,
Agenda, Pre-test
- Overview:
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA-97) and the Reauthorized IDEA
of 2004
| | 10:30-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-12:00 | IDEA
(con’t) - Section
1400: Findings & Purposes
- Section
1401: Definitions
- Section
1412: “Catchall Statute” – Least Restrictive Environment
- (LRE),
ESY, Notice, Statewide Assessments
Review |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-2:30 | - Measuring
Progress: Tests & Measurements & the Bell Curve Demo: How to Chart Test
Scores
- Section
1414: Evaluations, Consent
- Individualized
Educational Programs (IEPs)
| | 2:30-2:45 | Break |
| 2:45-4:00 | - Section
1415: Procedural Safeguards - Prior Written Notice, Procedural Safeguards Notice,
Mediation, Due Process Hearings, Appeal, Discipline
- Section
504: Discrimination, Retaliation, Damages
- Review
and Homework Assignment
| | 4:00-4:30 | Questions
and Answers | | Day
2: SMART IEPs, NCLB, Advocacy Strategies | | 9:00-10:30 | - Review:
Law, Tests & Measurements, Bell Curve
- No
Child Left Behind: Reading, Research Based Instruction
- Highly
Qualified Teachers
- Paraprofessionals
- Parent
“Right to Know”
SMART
IEPS | | 10:30-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-12:00 | SMART
IEPs (cont'd) | | 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-2:30 | Advocacy
Strategies, Crisis Management- Emotions,
Conflict
- Obstacles
to Successful Advocacy
- School
Culture
- Rule
of Adverse Assumptions
| | 2:30-2:45 | Break |
| 2:45-4:00 | Advocacy
Strategies (con’t) - Hazards
of Litigation & Outcome Prediction
- Comprehensive
Evaluations
- Negotiating;
Paper Trails & Letters
- School
Meetings: Preparation & Survival Strategies
| | 4:00-4:30 | Questions
and Answers |
Registration
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Registration
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Early
Bird
(On or before June 1)
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Regular
(On or before July 11)
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Late
(After July 11)
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Individual
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$100
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$125
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$150
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Couple
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$150
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$175
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$200
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Professional
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$150
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$175
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$200
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Additional
Professional
(from same agency - no books)
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$100
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$125
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$150
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Click
here for
online registration.
Download the registration
form.
Registration fee includes continental breakfast and lunch.
Registrants will also receive two books,
Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Edition and Wrightslaw:
From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition.
* Couples receive one set of books.
Credits - 1.2 Continuing
Education Units (12 contact hours) have been approved for this conference.
CEUs for Social Workers and for Professional Counselors will be available
also. The State Bar of Texas has approved this conference for 12 CLE
credits.
Additional
Information
We will also provide limited childcare for a nominal fee. Care will
be provided by experienced child care workers who are familiar with
children with disabilities.
Questions?
Contact Texas Parent to Parent by
telephone 866-896-6001, 512-458-8600 (local for Austin), Fax 512-451-3110
or by email.
Wrightslaw
programs often fill up early - don't miss out!
Logistics, Directions, Accommodations
Directions
Education Service Center Region XIII, 5701 Springdale Road, Austin, TX 78723.
From IH-35
- Take the Martin Luther King (MLK) Blvd. exit
Travel east on MLK to Springdale Rd.
Turn left onto Springdale and travel past 51st Street
Region XIII is on your right at the Rogge Lane "T" intersection
Heading North on Hwy 183
- Take the Martin Luther King (MLK) Blvd. exit
Turn left, traveling west, on MLK to Springdale Rd.
Turn right onto Springdale and travel past 51st street
Region XIII is on your right at the Rogge Lane "T" intersection
Heading South on Hwy 183
- Take the Manor Rd. exit
Turn right, traveling south, on Manor Rd. to Springdale Rd.
Always stay in the left lane, Manor Rd. will fork into Springdale Rd. (always stay to the left)
Going up a hill, Region XIII is on your left at the Rogge Lane "T" intersection
Map at maps.google.com
Parking
Parking
is free and available onsite.
Airports
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
3600 Presidential Blvd #411
Austin, TX 78719
(Approximately 8 miles to conference location)
Accommodations
For a list of local hotels click here.
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the Texas Yellow
Pages for Kids with Disabilities so people can get reliable information
and support.
The State Yellow
Pages has many useful resources - evaluators, educational consultants, academic
tutors, support groups, grassroots organizations, advocates, attorneys and others
who help parents get services for their children.
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