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Wrightslaw
Special Education Law & Advocacy Boot Camp
with Peter
Wright, Esq. and Pamela Darr Wright
Roanoke,
West Virginia, April 20-21, 2011
(Midway between Charleston, WV and Morgantown, WV off Interstate 79)
This
two-day Special Education Law & Advocacy Boot Camp,
a Wrightslaw
training program with Pete
Wright and Pam
Wright, is being sponsored by West
Virginia Advocates, Inc.
The program will be held at:
Stonewall
Resort
940 Resort Drive
Roanoke, WV 26447
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-97) and
the Reauthorized IDEA of 2004
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| 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
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| 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)
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 4:00-4:30 |
Questions
and Answers |
Registration
Fees |
Regular Registration
by March 15, 2011
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Late Registration
by April 8, 2011
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| Family Member |
$165 |
$185 |
| 2 Members from the same household (1 set of books) |
$305 |
$325 |
| Professional (with credits) |
$175 |
$195 |
Click here to register online.
Conference flyer.
Your
registration includes continental breakfast and lunch, break refreshments,
Wrightslaw:
Special Education Law, 2nd Edition, Wrightslaw:
From Emotions to Advocacy, Second Edition and Wrightslaw:
All About IEPs ($63.00 combined retail value).
Credits: 1.2 CEUs for Educators; 12 CEUs for Social Workers; 14.40 MCLEs for Attorneys have been approved.
CEU's (continuing education units) are pending.
Scholarships: Stipend funds are
available for school age children with developmental disabilities and
parents/guardians of school age children with developmental disabilities.
This funding is provided by a grant from the WV Developmental Disabilities
Council. Applications to request these funds will become available after
January 2011. For children and parents with other disabilities or mental
illness, scholarship funds are pending at this time.
Accommodations: If you are a person
with a disability and require an accommodation to fully participate
in this conference, please let us know as soon as possible, but no later
than April 1, 2011.
Photo/Media Disclaimer: Registrants
agree to appear in photographs taken at the Wrightslaw conference and
understand that representatives of the news media may be present. Registrants
understand that photos taken during the conference may be used for news,
publicity or general information purposes and may be seen by the general
public.
Other Info: For the safety and comfort
of those with chemical and environmental illnesses and sensitivities,
please refrain from using any perfumed grooming products such as scented
soaps, deodorants, perfumes, and/or colognes.
Questions?
Please
contact Brittany Given at WV Advocates by calling 1-800-950-5250 or
email.
Wrightslaw
programs often fill up early - don't miss out! Register today!
Logistics, Directions, Accommodations
Directions
Click
here for directions to the Stone Wall Resort.
Parking
Parking
is included for both overnight and day guests.
Airports
North
Central WV Airport
(Airport is approximately 45 minutes to venue)
Morgantown Municipal Airport
(Airport is approximately 1.25 hrs to venue)
Yeager Airport
(Airport is approximately 1.5 hrs to venue)
Pittsburgh International Airport
(Airport is approximately 2 hrs to venue)
Accommodations
Stonewall
Resort
Single Occupancy Rate $135 + tax per night
Double Occupancy Rate $84 per person + tax
per night
Triple Occupancy Rate $70 per person + tax per night
Quadruple Occupancy Rate $58.50 per person + tax per
night
Use group code 322417 or WV
Advocates and book by March 1, 2011 to receive these
special rates. For reservations call 1-888-278-8150.
Note: These rates are available
for April 19, 20 and 21. This includes hotel room, dinner in Stillwaters
Restaurant, parking, admission to the park, local telephone calls,
Internet access, and use of resort equipment, including fitness
equipment, indoor/outdoor pool, sauna, steam room, paddle boats,
canoes, Kayaks, Mountain bikes, excursion boat, and basic fishing
equipment.
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information and support.
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