Wrightslaw Special Education Law & Advocacy Boot Camp, Portland, Maine (April 30

Wrightslaw Special Education Law & Advocacy Boot Camp
with Peter Wright, Esq. and Pamela Darr Wright
Portland, Maine , April 30 - May 1, 2010

This two-day Special Education Law & Advocacy Boot Camp, a Wrightslaw training program with Pete Wright and Pam Wright, is being sponsored by the Maine Parent Federation, LDA of Maine and Southern Maine Parent Awareness.

The program will be held at:

Participants will learn about requirements in No Child Left Behind including:

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 Fees	On or before April 1, 2010	After April 1, 2010
Individual	$105	$125
Couples *	$155	$175
Professional**	$155	$175

*Couples receive one set of books.

** Additional person(s) from same agency $90.

Download the printable registration form.

Download the conference brochure.

Click here to register online.

Your registration includes continental breakfast and lunch, break refreshments, Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Edition, Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, Second Edition and Wrightslaw: All About IEPs ($63.00 combined retail value). Participants will also receive a copy of Chapter 101: Maine Unified Special Education Regulation Birth to Age Twenty.

Registration ends April 26, 2010.

Credits: CLE's (continuing legal education) have been approved by the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar for 12 credits. CEU's and GAL's have also been approved for this conference.

Scholarships: P3 is offering partial scholarships for parents, primary caregivers and families who live in Maine on a first come, first serve basis.

From Maine Turpike I-95: Traveling north or south, take Exit 48. Turn right onto Riverside Street. At second light, turn right onto Warren Avenue. You'll find Keeley's one mile down on the right.

From I-295: Traveling north or south, take Exit 6B. Follow Forest Avenue north for 2.5 miles. You'll see McDonald's on your left. At the next light, turn left onto Warren Avenue. You'll find Keeley's 1/4 mile down on the left.

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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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