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Alert - Join Pete and Pam Wright in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on September 20, 2003 for a One Day Advocacy Training Program!

This one day training program focuses on four areas; special education law, rights and responsibilities; tests and measurements to measure progress & regression; SMART IEPs; and an introduction to tactics & strategies for effective advocacy.

For more details about what you will learn see agenda below.

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Registration Information

Registration fee is $60.00 per individual or $90.00 per couple.

Conference attendance is free to the first 50 teachers who register.

Registrants will receive two books - Wrightslaw: Special Education Law and Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy (value: $59.90). Books may not be available to last minute registrations and walk-ins.

Note: Continuing education credits are available for educators and attorneys (6 hours) for an additional $10.00 processing fee.

Download the flyer designed by PALS from our website.

https://www.wrightslaw.com/flyers/03.09.pa.pdf

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For more info about this training program, including hotels, directions, and things to do, visit the Pittsburgh, PA conference page.

https://www.wrightslaw.com/speak/03.09.pa.htm

Questions? For information, please call PALS (412) 963-2833 or email PALSfca@aol.com

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Agenda

• Overview of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA '97)
  
• Findings and Purposes
  
• Definitions
  
• ESY, Child Find, LRE, Inclusion, Private Placements, Assessments
  
• Evaluations, Re-evaluations, IEPs
  
• Procedural Safeguards, Complaints, Notice, Placement in Alternative Educational Setting
  
• Section 504 v. IDEA
  
• Caselaw
• IDEA Reauthorization (IDEA 2002)
• Back to School on Civil Rights
• No Child Left Behind Act

• Progress & Regression
• Standard Scores, Subtest Scores, Percentile Ranks
  
• How to Chart Test Scores
  

• Specific, Measurable, Action Words, Realistic & Relevant
• Time Limited
  
• Strategies for Writing Present Levels of Performance
• Annual Goals
• Short-term Objectives & Benchmarks
• IEP Checklists
• Recognizing Common IEP Problems

• Parent-School Conflict: Why & How to Resolve
  
• Obstacles to Successful Advocacy
  
• Rules of Adverse Assumptions
  
• How to Organize the Child's File
  
• How to Use the Comprehensive Evaluation
  
• Effective Negotiation Strategies
  
• Letter Writing Strategies
• Letter to the Stranger
  
• How to Prepare for School Meetings
  
• School Meeting Survival Strategies

For more information about the Pittsburgh training program, including directions, hotels, airline info, please go to:

https://www.wrightslaw.com/speak/03.09.pa.htm

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Wrightslaw: Seminars & Training Programs

To learn when we are scheduled to come to your area, please visit our seminars & schedule page:

https://www.wrightslaw.com/speak/index.htm

Conferences are now being booked for 2004. To learn how you can bring Pete and Pam Wright to your area, please visit our FAQs page at:

https://www.wrightslaw.com/speak/faqs.htm

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What People Are Saying . . .

"Wow! I do advocacy training and got lots of great ideas from your presentation. I may even give that test! The bell curve is powerful. I have taught several people how to do this and they are amazed."

"I want to tell you how much I enjoyed your presentation. I brought two new attorneys who joined my staff - it was enormously helpful to them."

"I want to thank you for the most informative seminar I have ever attended. I learned so much! Thank you for answering so many questions - you answered one of my questions and it helped!"

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Contact Info

Pete and Pam Wright
Wrightslaw & The Special Ed Advocate
P. O. Box 1008
Deltaville, VA 23043
Website: https://www.wrightslaw.com
Email: newsletter@wrightslaw.com