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Program
Description
Each one-day
special education law and advocacy training program will focus on four areas:
- special
education law, rights and responsibilities
- tests
and measurements to measure progress & regression
- SMART
IEPs
- introduction
to tactics & strategies for effective advocacy
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 programs are not disability
specific.
Agenda
| 8:30-9:00 |
Registration |
| 9:00-10:30 |
Introductions
- IDEA
History and Overview
- Section
1400 Findings, Purpose
- Section
1401 Definitions: Special Education, Related Services, LD,
etc.
- Section
1412 Extended School Year, Child Find, Least Restrictive Environment/Mainstreaming/Inclusion,
Private Placements, Statewide Assessments
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| 10:30-10:45 |
Break |
| 10:45-12:00 |
- Understanding
Tests and Measurements, and the Bell Curve, Standard Scores,
Scale Scores, % ranks, Grade Equivalent, Age Equivalent
- Section
1414(a-c) Evaluations and Re-Evaluations
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| 12:00-1:00 |
Lunch on your own |
| 1:00-2:30 |
- Section
1414(d) IEPs, Present Levels of Performance, Goals and Objectives
- Section
1415 Prior Written Notice, Procedural Safeguards Notice, Mediation,
Due Process Hearing, Appeal, Discipline, Age of Majority
- Section
504, ADA, FERPA
- NCLB
No Child Left Behind
- Litigation:
Special Ed Caselaw
- S.M.A.R.T.
IEPs
- Special
Ed Advocacy for the Parent, Advocate, and Parent’s Attorney
- Legal,
systemic and “school culture” obstacles to compliance
with IDEA-04
The
Parent as the Special Ed Manager and Expert
- Developing
the Master Plan
- Knowing
the Rules of the Game
- Recognizing
and Avoiding the Fatal Obstacles
- How
to Deal with Conflict, a Healthy and Normal event
- Crisis,
Emergency, Help
- Organization
of the Child’s File
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| 2:30-2:45 |
Break |
| 2:45-4:00 |
Tactics
and Strategies
- Rule
of Adverse Assumptions
- Private
Evaluations
- Paper
Trails
- The
Letter to the Stranger
- 5
Ws + H + E
- Preparation
for Meetings
- Meeting
Strategies
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| 4:00-4:30 |
Questions
and Answers |
Registration and Information
There is no
cost to attend these workshops.
Register Onsite:
Questions?
Phone: Sharon Gray 850-510-3076
Email: aplantomeet@earthlink.net
Lunch is on your own.
At this point, enough books are available so that each participant will receive a complimentary copy of Wrightslaw:
Special Education Law, 2nd Edition and Wrightslaw:
From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition.
Credits:
The Florida State Bar approved 7 CLE (continuing legal education)
credits for each of the conferences.
Help Get the Word Out!
If you know others who may be interested in attending this FREE
conference:
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Please email
this link to friends, family and listserv members in Florida.
- Please post
the information at school and work.
Wrightslaw
programs often fill up early - don't miss out! Register today!
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