October
13-14, 2000. Long Island New York.
November
8-11, 2000. Washington, DC
March
31, 2001. Yakima WA
April
19-21, 2001. Monterey, CA.
Information
About Wrightslaw Training and Conferences.
October 13-14,
2000. Long Island, New York
On October
13 and October 14, Pete and Pam Wright will speak at two
conferences about special education law and advocacy.These conferences
are being sponsored by The Long Island Advocacy Center, Inc and
the Nassau Coordinating Council
of Special Education PTAs.
Topics include:
* LRE/Access to
general curriculum;
* avoiding due process hearings while securing quality services;
* use of State Education Complaint Procedures;
* private sector evaluations and consultants, use and input in the
IEP process;
* case law affecting children in New York;
* legal requirements affecting staff and teacher training;
* law in regard to eligibility, prior written notice, IEPs, procedural
safeguards, private school placements.
Information
about both conferences.
Friday, October
13, 2000, 9:00 am-12:00 noon.
"Meeting the Challenge: Legal Issues in Educating Students with
Disabilities in a General Education Setting"
with Peter W. D. Wright, Attorney-at-Law . and Pamela Darr Wright,
Psychotherapist.
Location: Wyndham Wind Watch, Hauppauge, Long Island. Friday
Agenda in pdf
Saturday,
October 14, 2000, 9:00 am - 12:00 noon. Conference Agenda in pdf.
"When Schools Say No!" with Peter W. D. Wright, Attorney, and Pamela
Darr Wright, Psychotherapist.
Location: Brookside School, North Merrick, Long Island. Saturday
Agenda in pdf.
Sponsors:
Long Island Advocacy Center, Inc. & Nassau
Coordinating Council of Special Education PTA's
Contact: Mary
DeSetta, NCC SEPTA
Phone & Fax: 516-374-5223
You can also
get conference information from the Coordinating Council's webpage:
http://www.nccsepta.org
November
8-11, 2000. Washington, DC
International
Dyslexia Association's 51st Annual Conference, Omni Shoreham Hotel.
Pete
and Pam Wright present a session on "The S.M.A.R.T. IEP." Learn how
to use the law, tactics & strategies to develop individualized effective
SMART IEPs: for parents and educators.
Get
the full Conference
Brochure in pdf (53 pages).
Sponsor: The
International Dyslexia Association, www.interdys.org
March
30-31, 2001. Yakima, WA
Annual
Conference of Autism Society of Washington, Yakima Convention
Center, Yakima, WA.
Sponsor: Autism
Society of Washington
April 19-21,
2000. Monterey, CA.
Fifth Annual
NonVerbal Learning Disorder Symposium.
Sponsor: NonVerbal
Learning Disorder's Association.
Details soon.
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