Wrightslaw From Emotions to Advocacy Training, Champaign, IL (January 31, 2015)

In From Emotions to Advocacy training programs (one day, 6 hours), parent advocate Pat Howey teaches you how to take an active role in managing your child's special education, the gentle art of disagreeing, and how to maintain healthy working relationships with the school.

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.

8:00-9:00 a.m.	Registration
9:00-10:30 a.m.	Introductions Section 1: Getting Started Creating the Advocate's IEP, the Master Plan Taming the Paper Trail Goals and Strategies for the Advocate The Parent as Project Manager Advocacy 101: Learning the Rules of the Game
10:30-10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45-12:00 p.m.	Obstacles to Success, Resolving Parent/School Conflicts, Emergency, Crisis, Help Evaluations and Your Child's Disability Tests and Measurements 101
12:00-1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00-2:30 p.m.	The Bell Curve Charting Test Scores Smart IEPs Overview of IDEA - Findings, Purposes and Definitions Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 No Child Left Behind
2:30-2:45 p.m.	Break
2:45-4:00 p.m.	Rule of Adverse Assumptions Taming the Paper Trail - Documenting and Writing Letters and using the "Letter to a Stranger" Strategy IEP Meeting Strategies and Common Problems Putting it all together
4:00-4:30 p.m.	Questions and Answers

Registration

Registration Fee	Regular
Individual	$65
Couples (2 lunches & 1 set of books)	$95
Professional (credit/units included*)	$80

Click here to register online.

Download and distribute the conference flyer and registration form.

Your registration fee includes lunch, a deluxe Wrightslaw highlighter pen and copies of Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition and Wrightslaw: All About IEPs ($35.85 retail value).

* Credits: 2 Contact Hours for Professional Development for Early Intervention, 0.6 CEU's (continuing education units) through the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Education, and 5.5 Professional Development Clock Hours for ISBE have been approved for this conference.

Scholarships: Limited number of scholarships are available. Please email secretary |at| champaigndsn.org.

Accommodations: If you require special needs accommodations, please contact Kim Woolridge by email no later than January 3, 2015.

Refund Policy: If canceled prior to January 8, 2015, a full refund will be issued. No refunds will be issued after January 8, 2015.

Questions? Contact Kim Woolridge by telephone at 217-778-6702 or email secretary |at| champaigndsn.org or telephone Amy Armstrong during daytime hours at 217-202-9834 or email amyarmstrong67 |at| gmail.com

Wrightslaw programs often fill up early! Space is limited - don't miss out! Register today!

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