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Alert! Join Pete & Pam Wright for a "Wrightslaw Boot Camp" in Jackson , MS on November 7-8, 2003
Do you want to learn more about special education rights & responsibilities? Do you want to fine-tune your advocacy skills? Do you need to prepare for the next IEP meeting?
This is the last two day boot camp scheduled in 2003.
On Friday, you'll learn about special education law, rights and responsibilities, No Child Left Behind, and how to use the bell curve to measure educational progress or regression. On Saturday, you'll learn about SMART IEPs and strategies for effective advocacy (see agenda below).
We will
test your knowledge and skills and give you feedback about your progress.
Registration Information
Registration fee for parents: Parents $50.00, Professionals $75.00.
This program has been approved for 12 CLE credits.
For registration information about this two-day Wrightslaw “Boot Camp”, please download the conference flyer from –
https://www.wrightslaw.com/flyers/ms.03.11.pdf
Registrants will receive Wrightslaw: Special Education Law and Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy (value: $59.90) - what a deal!
For more info about the Mississippi Boot Camp, including hotels, directions, and things to do, go to:
https://www.wrightslaw.com/speak/03.11.ms.htm
Download the conference brochure and registration form
https://www.wrightslaw.com/flyers/ms.03.11.pdf
Questions?
For information, please contact Pam Dollar - Parents United (601)
594-9314 or E-mail: pkdollar@bellsouth.net
Agenda
Friday, November 7, 2003
Special Education Law
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Overview of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA '97)
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Findings and Purposes
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Definitions
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ESY, Child Find, LRE, Inclusion, Private Placements, Assessments
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Evaluations, Re-evaluations, IEPs
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Procedural Safeguards, Notice, Due Process, Mediation, Appeal, Discipline, Transition
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Section 504 & ADA
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No Child Left Behind Act
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Caselaw & recent legal developments
Tests & Measurements & Bell Curve
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Overview of Tests & Measurements & Bell Curve
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Standard Scores, Subtest Scores, Percentile Ranks, Grade & Age Equivalent Scores
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How to Use Bell Curve to Chart Progress & Regression
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Demo: How to Create PowerPoint Graphs of Progress & Regression
Saturday, November 8, 2003
Review of Tests & Measurement, Bell Curve
SMART IEPs
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Essential Elements of SMART IEPs
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Strategies for Writing SMART IEP Goals & Objectives
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Revising IEP Goals & Objectives to Make Them SMART
Tactics
& Strategies for Effective Advocacy
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Rules of Adverse Assumptions
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Parent-School Conflict: Why & How to Resolve
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Obstacles to Successful Advocacy
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How to Organize the Child's File & Develop the Master Document List
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How to Obtain and Use the Comprehensive Evaluation
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Keys to Successful Negotiation
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Letter Writing Strategies
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How to Prepare for School Meetings
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School Meeting Survival Strategies
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Strategies to Deal with Difficult People
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How to Use 5 Ws + H + E Questions
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How to Chose Battles Wisely; How to Market & Sell
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Deadly Sins
For more info about the Mississippi Boot Camp, including hotels, directions, and things to do, go to:
https://www.wrightslaw.com/speak/03.11.ms.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 . . .
"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
