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Sturbridge Host Hotel
Conference Center
366 Main Street
Sturbridge, MA 01566
Program Description
One-day special education law and advocacy programs focus on four
areas:
- special
education law, rights and responsibilities
- tests
and measurements to measure progress & regression
- SMART
IEPs
- introduction
to tactics & strategies for effective advocacy
Wrightslaw
programs are designed to meet the needs of parents, educators,
health care providers, advocates and attorneys who represent children
with disabilities regarding special education. The program is not
disability specific.
Agenda
| 8:00-9:00 |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00-10:30 |
Introductions
- IDEA
History, Book Overview, US Supreme Ct Cases
- Section
1400 Findings, Purpose
- Section
1401 Definitions: Disability, Special Education, Related Services, LD,
etc.
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| 10:30-10:45 |
Break |
| 10:45-12:00 |
- Section
1412 Extended School Year, Child Find, Least Restrictive, Private Placements
- Understanding
Tests and Measurements, and the Bell Curve, Standard Scores,
Scale Scores, % ranks, Grade Equivalent, Age Equivalent, Determining progress v. regression using Bar Graphs
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| 12:00-1:00 |
Lunch |
| 1:00-2:30 |
- Section
1414 Evaluations and IEPs
- Section
1415 Due Process, Rules of Procedure, Discipline
- Section 504, ADA, FERPA, ESSA
- Charter Schools, Food Allergies, Anaphylaxis, Epi-Pens
- Recent Cases - IDEA, 504 and ADA
- USDOJ cases and OCR rulings
- Legal,
systemic and “school culture” obstacles to compliance
with IDEA-04
- Litigation:
Special Ed Caselaw
The
Parent as the Special Ed Manager and Expert
- Developing
the Master Plan
- Knowing
the Rules of the Game
- Recognizing
and Avoiding the Fatal Obstacles
- How
to Deal with Conflict, a Healthy and Normal event
- Crisis,
Emergency, Help
- Organization
of the Child’s File
- SMART IEPs
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| 2:30-2:45 |
Break |
| 2:45-4:00 |
- Tactics
and Strategies
- Rule
of Adverse Assumptions
- Private
Evaluations
- Paper
Trails
- The
Letter to the Stranger
- 5
Ws + H + E
- Preparation
for Meetings
- Meeting
Strategies
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| 4:00-4:30 |
Questions
and Answers |
Registration
| Registration Fee |
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| Individual |
$175 |
| Members of HMEA's |
$125 |
| Couples* |
$175 |
* Couples receive one set of books.
Conference fee
includes continental breakfast, lunch, PM snack, a Wrightslaw highlighter pen and the three Wrightslaw books which retail for $62.85 - Wrightslaw:
Special Education Law, 2nd Edition, Wrightslaw:
From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition, and Wrightslaw:
All About IEPs.
Click here to register online. - SOLD OUT! No waiting list. No walk-in registration is available.
Download the registration form.
Download and share the conference flyer.
Registration closes October 19, 2016 at 3 PM.
Scholarships: No scholarships are available for this conference.
Accommodations: For special needs accommodations, contact Donmarie Smith BEFORE September 27, 2016.
Refund Policy: Refunds or transfer of registration allowed until September 27, 2016.
Questions? Contact Donmarie Smith by telephone 508-835-4278 or by fax 508-835-3723.
Wrightslaw
programs often fill up early - don't miss out!
Logistics, Directions and Accommodations
Directions
Directions to Sturbridge Host Hotel.
Parking
Parking is available and free at the venue.
Accommodations
The sponsors have secured a Group Room Rate of Single $115, Double $115, Triple $125 and Quad $135. Subject to 11.7% occupancy tax, subject to change and mandated by state law. Contact the hotel to book ON or BEFORE October 5, 2016. Call 800-582-3232 and use event name Autism Resource Center to receive the special rate.
Airports
Bradley International Airport (BDL)
(approximately 33 miles to venue)
Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD)
(approximately 42 miles to venue)
General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport (BOS)
(approximately 57 miles to venue)
We built
the Massachusetts 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.
If you provide a service, sign up to be listed on the Yellow
Pages for Kids with Disabilities - this is a free service from Wrightslaw.
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