This one day, 6 hour conference will focus on changes in IDEA 2004, the interrelationships between IDEA 2004 and No Child Left Behind, and how to use these laws to get better special education services for children with disabilities.

You will learn about:

• new requirements for evaluations, reevaluations, parental consent
• new requirements for IEPs, IEP teams, IEP meetings
• new eligibility requirements for students with specific learning disabilities
• requirements for accommodations on high stakes tests, accommodations guidelines, alternate assessments
• new rules about discipline and manifestation reviews
• new procedural requirements and timelines, including the “Due Process Complaint Notice” and “Resolution (IEP) Session”
• requirements for reading programs, essential components of reading instruction, research based instruction
• requirements for highly qualified teachers and paraprofessionals
• high stakes tests, accommodations, alternate assessments
• new options and choices for children who attend struggling schools
• how NCLB applies to children with disabilities

Wrightslaw programs are designed to meet the needs of parents, educators, health care providers, advocates and attorneys who represent children with disabilities regarding special education. The program is not disability specific.

Agenda

Morning refreshments and lunch are included in your registration. The texts for this program (also included in your registration fee) are Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd edition and Wrightslaw: No Child Left Behind which includes the No Child Left Behind CD-ROM with dozens of publications, manuals, toolkits, and other useful resources ($50.00 combined retail value).

Other Information: 6 CLE credits have been approved for this conference. Certificates of attendance toward 6.5 CE clock hours; 6.5 CE contact hours or 6.5 CE credits will be provided.

Questions? Please contact Kathryn S. Herel at ksherel@picofdel.org, (302) 999-7394 or (302) 999-7637 (fax).

Logistics, Directions, Accommodations

Directions

Directions from Baltimore/DC: Take I-95 North to Route 7 "Churchmans Crossing"- Exit 4-B (Exit 4-B immediately follows the Christiana Mall Exit). Drive Route 7 over the highway overpass to Churchmans Road, Exit 166. (There is a Delaware Tech Sign). Ramp will divide-stay in left lane; turn left at traffic light (Churchmans Road). Turn left at next light onto entrance road to College. Almost immediately, turn right on a short, curvy road to stop sign; then turn left. Parking: go past Faculty/Staff parking to next parking area. Enter through main entrance doors. Look for flagpoles.

Directions from Dover, DE: Go North on US-13 to Delaware 1. Take Delaware 1, past Christiana Mall, over the bridge, to the Churchmans Road exit (Exit 166). Ramp will divide-stay in left lane; turn left at traffic light (Churchmans Road). Turn left at next light onto entrance road to College. Almost immediately, turn right on a short, curvy road to stop sign; then turn left. Parking: go past Faculty/Staff parking to next parking area. Enter through main entrance doors. Look for flagpoles.

Please click here for directions from MapQuest.

Parking

Parking is free of charge on-site.

Airports

Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)
8000 Essington Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19153
(215) 937-6937

About 40 miles away from training location.

Accommodations

The following hotels are near the conference location. 

We built the Delaware Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities so people can get reliable information and support.

The State Yellow Pages has many useful resources - evaluators, educational consultants, academic tutors, support groups, grassroots organizations, advocates, attorneys and others who help parents get services for their children.

If you provide a service, sign up to be listed on the Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities - this is a free service from Wrightslaw.

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