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Brookdale Community College
Warner Student Life Center (SLC)
Navisink Room (Upper Level)
765 Newmans Spring Road
Lincroft, NJ 07738
Directions-Main Campus
Map-Overview
Map-Zoomed in to SLC
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.
Agenda
| 8:00-9:00 |
Registration and continental breakfast |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Registration
| Registration Fee |
Regular |
| Individual |
$225 |
Professional
(fee includes CLE's and CEU's) |
$275
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Conference
includes Continental breakfast, lunch, a deluxe Wrightslaw highlighter pen and the four Wrightslaw books which retail for $77.80 - Wrightslaw:
Special Education Law, 2nd Edition, Wrightslaw:
From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition, Wrightslaw:
All About IEPs and Wrightslaw: All About Tests and Assessments.
Click here to register online.
Download and distribute the conference flyer.
Credits: 6.0 CLE's (continuing legal education) credits have been approved by the New Jersey Board on Attorney Certification. 0.6 CEU (continuing education units) and 6 General Social Work Practice credits have been approved for this conference.
Ten Scholarships: All applications for the ten scholarships have been reviewed, ten were selected, and scholarships awarded! The process is now closed.
Refund Policy: For cancellations received on or before January 29, you will receive a refund of 80%. No refunds thereafter, however, with advance notice to us, someone else may attend on your behalf.
Accommodations: Contact Resources4Children via email no later than January 19, 2015.
Questions? Contact the sponsors by email at info | at | Resources4children.com
Wrightslaw
programs often fill up early - don't miss out!
Logistics,
Directions, Accommodationss
Directions
Click here for directions to the Brookdale Community College.
Parking
Parking is free. Use Lots 6 and 7 at the Warner Student Life Center.
Airports
Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)
(approximately 40-50 minutes to venue)
Accommodations
The sponsors have secured a special rate of $149 with the Courtyard Lincroft Red Bank. To receive this rate you must mention the Wrightslaw Special Ed Advocacy Conference Room Block Group staying at the Courtyard Lincroft Red Bank, located at 245 Half Mile Road, Red Bank, NJ, 07701. Reservations for all guests must be received on or before Wednesday, January 28, 2015. Please call 800-321-2211.
For a list of local hotels, please click here.
We built
the New Jersey 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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