Alert - Join Join Pete and Pam on the Mid-Atlantic March September 20-26

Alert - Join Pete and Pam on the Mid-Atlantic March (September 20-26)

Please join Pete and Pam on the Mid-Atlantic March. Wrightslaw training programs focus on four areas: special education laws, rights & responsibilities; how to use the bell curve to measure progress & regression; SMART IEPs; and tactics & strategies for effective advocacy.

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

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 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

To open this document, you need Adobe Reader installed in your computer. You can download this free program from the Adobe site at - http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html

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

Annandale, Virginia Registration Information

Registration fee is $85.00.

Note: This program is not disability specific and has been approved for 6 CLE credits.

Download the conference brochure and registration form at:

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

To open this document, you need Adobe Reader installed in your computer. You can download this free program from the Adobe site at - http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html

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

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

Questions? For information, please call (800) 649-8481 or E-mail: information@autismva.org

Charlotte, North Carolina Registration Information

Registration fee for parents $140.00 per attendee & Professionals $160.00 per attendee.

Download the conference brochure and registration information at:

http://www.solutionsofhky.com/symposium2.htm

For more information about this program, including hotels, directions, and things to do, visit the Charlotte conference page.

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

Questions? For information, please call (828) 328-4313 or E-mail: info@solutionsofhky.com

Agenda

Special Education Law

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

Tests & Measurements 101

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

SMART IEPs

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

Tactics & Strategies for Effective Advocacy

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 information about the Virginia Advocacy Training program, including directions, hotels, airline info, please go to:

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

For information about the Charlotte, North Carolina Advocacy Training program, including directions, hotels, airline info, please go to:

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

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

What People Are Saying . . .

"Your boot camp was the most useful CLE I've ever attended. CLEs are notoriously boring and unpleasant. Your program was neither and I learned a lot, even as an experienced practitioner in the field." - Rob Mead, KU Wheat Law Library

"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!"

Subscription & Contact Info

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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