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Wrightslaw Special Education Law & Advocacy Boot Camp
with
Peter Wright, Esq. and Pamela Darr Wright
Long Island, New York, November 9-10, 2007

SOLD OUT

This two-day Special Education Law & Advocacy Boot Camp, a Wrightslaw training program with Pete Wright and Pam Wright, is being sponsored by The Elija Foundation.

The program will be held at:

Residence Inn by Marriott
Media Center
9 Gerhard Road
Plainview, NY 11803

Program Description

Participants will learn about changes in IDEA 2004 including:

  • New requirements for initial evaluations, reevaluations & parental consent
  • New requirements for IEPs, IEP goals, IEP teams, IEP meetings
  • New eligibility issues for students with specific learning disabilities
  • New procedural requirements and timelines, including the “Due Process Complaint Notice” and “Resolution (IEP) Session.”

Participants will learn about requirements in No Child Left Behind including:

  • Reading and research based instruction
  • Highly qualified teachers
  • Parental rights and options
  • High stakes testing

Participants will also learn how to:

  • Use tests and measurements to measure progress
  • Write SMART IEPs
  • Use tactics and strategies for effective advocacy
Day 1: Special Education Laws
8:00-9:00Registration
9:00-10:30
  • Introductions, Agenda, Pre-test
  • Overview: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the Reauthorized IDEA of 2004
10:30-10:45Break
10:45-12:00

IDEA (con’t)

  • Section 1400: Findings & Purposes
  • Section 1401: Definitions
  • Section 1412: “Catchall Statute” – Least Restrictive Environment
  • (LRE), ESY, Notice, Statewide Assessments

Review

12:00-1:00Lunch
1:00-2:30
  • Measuring Progress: Tests & Measurements & the Bell Curve Demo: How to Chart Test Scores
  • Section 1414: Evaluations, Consent
  • Individualized Educational Programs (IEPs)
2:30-2:45Break
2:45-4:00
  • Section 1415: Procedural Safeguards - Prior Written Notice, Procedural Safeguards Notice, Mediation, Due Process Hearings, Appeal, Discipline
  • Section 504: Discrimination, Retaliation, Damages
  • Review and Homework Assignment
4:00-4:30Questions and Answers
Day 2: SMART IEPs, NCLB, Advocacy Strategies
9:00-10:30
  • Review: Law, Tests & Measurements, Bell Curve
  • No Child Left Behind: Reading, Research Based Instruction
  • Highly Qualified Teachers
  • Paraprofessionals
  • Parent “Right to Know”

SMART IEPS

10:30-10:45Break
10:45-12:00SMART IEPs (cont'd)
12:00-1:00Lunch
1:00-2:30Advocacy Strategies, Crisis Management
  • Emotions, Conflict
  • Obstacles to Successful Advocacy
  • School Culture
  • Rule of Adverse Assumptions
2:30-2:45Break
2:45-4:00

Advocacy Strategies (con’t)

  • Hazards of Litigation & Outcome Prediction
  • Comprehensive Evaluations
  • Negotiating; Paper Trails & Letters
  • School Meetings: Preparation & Survival Strategies
4:00-4:30Questions and Answers


Registration

Registration Fees
$300.00 Elija Member
$350.00 Non Member
$425.00 Walk-In

Your registration includes morning and afternoon refreshments, boxed lunch, Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd edition and Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, Second Edition ($50.00 combined retail value).

Note: No Refunds After October 26, 2007 - Cancellation fee on or before October 26th is $75.00 thereafter non refundable.

Questions? Contact Mary Campanella by telephone 516-433-4321 by fax 516-433-4324 or email.

Additional Information: .6 CEU's have been approved for this program.

Wrightslaw programs often fill up early - don't miss out! Register today!


Logistics, Directions, Accommodations

Directions

Residence Inn by Marriott, 9 Gerhard Road, Plainview, NY 11803

From LIE: Northern State or Southern State Parkways to Rt. 135. Exit 10 East (Old Country Road) off the Seaford/Oyster Bay expressway (Rt 135). Go aprox. one traffic light and make a right turn on Gehard Rd. (Hess Gas Station and Fire House). The hotel is immediately on the right and the parking lot is on the left.

Please click here for directions from MapQuest.

Parking

There is limited parking in front of the hotel if you arrive early. There is a parking lot across the street from the hotel. The garage is reserved for hotel guests. There will be a parking attendant working both days. Arrive early. It is quite a walk from the parking lot, up a hill to the hotel. You can also park in the neighborhood streets.

Airports

LaGuardia International Airport

Kennedy JFK

MacArthur Airport

All three airports are approximately 1 hour from the conference location.

Train: At Hicksville Train Station, if you take a cab, it is approximately a 5 minute ride.

Accommodations

Note:
The conference hotel has a block of 10 rooms reserved. Ask for Katie Covais at the Marriott to reserve.

There are many hotels in the area, including:

Residence Inn by Marriott (Conference Hotel)
9 Gerhard Road
Plainview, NY 11803
(516) 433-6200

Four Points by Sheraton
333 South Service Road
Plainview, NY 11803
(516) 694-6500
Holiday Inn of Plainview
215 Sunnyside Blvd.
Plainview, NY 11803
(516) 349-7400

Restaurants

There are many restaurants in the area.

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