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Baystate Health Education Center
Upper Level
361 Whitney Ave.
Holyoke, MA
01040
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
|
| 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
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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
|
| 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
| Registration Fees |
Early Bird
On or Before January 31, 2012 |
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| DSRG Member |
$75 |
$95 |
| Family Member of Child with Disabilites |
$100 |
$120 |
| Professional (includes CEU's) |
$175 |
$195 |
Click here to register online.
Click here to download the printable registration form.
Your
registration fee includes Continental Breakfast, lunch and three books,
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 (12 contact hours) CEU (continuing education units) have been approved for this conference.
Scholarships: Limited scholarships available for members of the Down Syndrome Resource Group only.
Refund Policy: You must contact the sponsors within 14 days prior to event to receive 50% of registration fee.
Questions?
Please
contact Tanya Wheeler by email.
Wrightslaw
programs often fill up early - don't miss out! Register today!
Logistics, Directions, Accommodations
Directions
Click here for directions to the Baystate Health Education Center.
Parking
There is free surface parking. Park in the upper level of the parking lot which is closest to the Education Center.
Airports
Bradley International Airport
(Airport is approximately 19 miles to venue)
Accommodations
Homewood Suites by Hilton is offering a special room rate of $101 per night. The hotel is directly next to the conference venue. Call 1-800-CALL-HOME. Please ask for the "Wrightslaw Training Group" in order to receive the discounted room rate. All reservatons must be received by March 5, 2012. If registering online, please visit the Homewood Suites site. First choose your arrival and departure dates. The Group Code for the special rate is WLT.
Click here for other accommodations near the conference venue.
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The State Yellow Pages
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