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Wrightslaw
Special Education Law & Advocacy Boot Camp
with Peter
Wright, Esq. and Pamela Darr Wright
Maui,
HI
Friday and Saturday, May 29-30, 2009
This
two-day Special Education Law & Advocacy Boot Camp,
a Wrightslaw
training program with Pete
Wright and Pam
Wright, is being sponsored by Autism
Bridges Maui.
The program will be held at:
Maui
Community College
Maui Culinary Academy
Pa'ina Building
310 W. Ka'ahumanu Ave.
Kahului, HI 96732
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 | | 8:00-9:00 |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00-10:30 | - Introductions,
Agenda, Pre-test
- Overview:
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA of 2004)
| | 10:30-10:45 | Break |
| 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 |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
| 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)
| | 2:30-2:45 | Break |
| 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
| | 4:00-4:30 | Questions
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 | | 10:30-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-12:00 | SMART
IEPs (cont'd) | | 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-2:30 | Advocacy
Strategies, Crisis Management- Emotions,
Conflict
- Obstacles
to Successful Advocacy
- School
Culture
- Rule
of Adverse Assumptions
| | 2:30-2:45 | Break |
| 2:45-4:00 | Advocacy
Strategies (con’t) - Hazards
of Litigation & Outcome Prediction
- Comprehensive
Evaluations
- Negotiating;
Paper Trails & Letters
- School
Meetings: Preparation & Survival Strategies
| | 4:00-4:30 | Questions
and Answers |
Registration
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Registration
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Regular
(Before May 1, 2009)
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Late
On or before May 1, 2009
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Individual
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$125
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$150
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Couple
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$200
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$250
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Couple (2 members from same household) will receive one set of books.
Click here
to register online.
Download
and share the flyer.
Download
and share the brochure.
Registration fee includes continental breakfast, lunch and afternoon
refreshments on both days.
Registrants will receive two books, valued at $50
Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Edition and Wrightslaw:
From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition.
Credits - 1.2 CEU's (12
continuing education units) have been approved and are available for
an additional $18 fee.
Cancellations - A fee of $50 will
be charged for cancellations before May 8, 2009. After May 8, 2009,
no refunds will be provided.
Questions?
For questions, please email.
or call 808-372-4895.
Wrightslaw
programs often fill up early - don't miss out!
Logistics, Directions, Accommodations
Directions
- Click
here for a campus map.
Parking
- On-site
parking is free.
Airports
- Kahului
Airport is approximately 5 to 10 minutes from the conference site.
Accommodations
-
Aston
at The Maui Banyan
2575 South Kihei Road
Kihei, HI 96753
808-875-0004
One bedroom Suite - $115 per night
Two bedroom Suite - $145 per night
Note: Call and request Autism Bridges rate to receive
special pricing at booking. |
Wailea
Beach Marriott
3700 Wailea Alanui, Wailea, HI 96753
800-228-9290
Standard room - $149 per night
Note: Call and request PROI rate to receive special
pricing at booking
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Maui
Beach Hotel
170 Kaahumanu Ave.
Kahului, HI 96732
808-877-0051
Standard room - $100 per night (Rate subject to availability)
Note: Call and request Wrightslaw rate to receive
special pricing at booking.
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