Alert - Join Pam and Pete Wright in Oklahoma City on December 6, 2003

Alert - Join Pete and Pam Wright in Edmond, Oklahoma for a Free Special Education Legal & Advocacy Program!

Pete and Pam will do a full day of special education legal and advocacy training in Edmond, Oklahoma on Saturday, December 6, 2003. The program will focus 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 details about what you will learn, see agenda below.

Registration Information

Registration is FREE for Oklahoma parents (and primary educational caregivers) of students with disabilities.

You 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. The Wrightslaw: No Child Left Behind book will be available at the conference.

Download the registration form designed by the Oklahoma Disability Law Center at: https://www.wrightslaw.com/flyers/03.12.ok.pdf

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This program has been approved for 7 CLE credits.

For more info about this training program, visit the Oklahoma conference page. https://www.wrightslaw.com/speak/03.12.ok.htm

Questions? For information, please call Oklahoma Disability Law Center.
In Oklahoma City dialing area: (405) 525-7755 v/tdd; outside OKC dialing area: (800) 880-7755 v/tdd.
In Tulsa dialing area: (743) 6220 v/tdd, outside Tulsa dialing area: (800) 226-5883 v/tdd

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 more info about this training program, visit the Oklahoma conference page.https://www.wrightslaw.com/speak/03.12.ok.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 and 2005. 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. The bell curve is powerful. I have taught several people how to do this and they are amazed. I may even give that test!"

"I attended your Oklahoma Bootcamp. When I returned, I attended a meeting with our Special Education Advocacy staff where I was asked to explain discrepency theory. Imagine my joy when I stepped up to the easel and drew the bell curve with accurate figures and explanations!"

"I want to thank Pam and Pete for the wonderful conference in Oklahoma. It was hard for me to get away for 3 days but soooooo worth it. Special ed was occupying every worry cell in my brain. Now that I have a roadmap, I worry less and accomplish more."

"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