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Wrightslaw
Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference
with Peter Wright, Esq.
Edmond
(Oklahoma City Area), Oklahoma
New Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Registration Closed
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Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference, a Wrightslaw training program, is sponsored by The Oklahoma Disability Law Center, Inc. and Partners in Education Advocacy and it's FREE* for parents, family members, and individuals who work with children with disabilities and are residents of Oklahoma.
Out of state registrants are welcome, but will be charged for the cost of the books ($65). Speaker Pete Wright.
 The program will be held at:
University
of Central Oklahoma
Constitution Hall
100 N University Drive
Edmond, Oklahoma 73034
Program
Description One-day
special education law and advocacy programs 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 program is not disability specific.
* * * NOTE * * * Pete will discuss the U.S. Dept of Justice Settlement Agreement with an Edmond, OK day care center. On November 27, 2013 the USDOJ and Camelot Day Care Center in Edmond, OK entered into a Settlement Agreement. The child, with Down Syndrome and toileting issues, was denied participation in field trips. In addition to paying $3,000 to the parents, the child will have a full year, tuition free, at Camelot. Click here to read the Settlement Agreement.
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.
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| 10:30-10:45 |
Break |
| 10:45-12:00 |
- Section
1412 Extended School Year, Child Find, Least Restrictive Environment/Mainstreaming/Inclusion,
Private Placements, Statewide Assessments
- Understanding
Tests and Measurements, and the Bell Curve, Standard Scores,
Scale Scores, % ranks, Grade Equivalent, Age Equivalent
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| 12:00-1:00 |
Lunch on your own |
| 1:00-2:30 |
- Section
1414 Evaluations and IEPs
- 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 |
Credits: 7.0 CLE (continuing legal education) credits have been approved. LPC's
(licensed professional counselors) credits and are pending. Certificate
of attendance will be available.
Questions? Please call the Oklahoma
Disability Law Center at (405) 525-7755.
Wrightslaw
programs often fill up early - don't miss out!
Logistics,
Directions, Accommodations Directions
University
of Central Oklahoma,
100 N University Drive, Edmond, Oklahoma 73034.
The University
of Central Oklahoma is in Edmond, Oklahoma, on the northern edge
of Oklahoma City. To get to the University, take Second Street in Edmond
to Garland-Godfrey and turn right. Follow the signs to visitor parking.
Click here
for a map of the campus.
Click
here
for directions from MapQuest.
Parking
Free parking will
be available in the visitors' parking lot at the University Center.
Airports
Will
Rogers World Airport
7100 Terminal Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73159-0937
Approx. 30 minutes from
conference location.
Restaurants
There are many wonderful restaurants
to choose from in the area.
Accommodations
There are many hotels
in the area, here are just a few:
We
built the Oklahoma Yellow
Pages for Kids with Disabilities so people can get reliable information and
support.
The State Yellow
Pages has many useful resources - evaluators, educational consultants, academic
tutors, support groups, grassroots organizations, advocates, attorneys and others
who help parents get services for their children.
If you provide a service,
sign up to be listed on the Yellow
Pages for Kids with Disabilities - this is a free service from Wrightslaw.
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