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Albert Armendariz, Sr. U.S. Courthouse
2nd Floor, Jury Assembly Room
525 Magoffin Ave.
El Paso, TX 79901
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 |
| 9:00-10:30 |
Introductions
- IDEA
History, Book Overview, US Supreme Ct Cases
- Section
1400 Findings, Purpose
- Section
1401 Definitions: Disability, Special Education, Related Services, LD, Ethical Considerations,
etc.
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| 10:30-10:45 |
Break |
| 10:45-12:00 |
- Section
1412 Extended School Year, Child Find, Least Restrictive, Private Placements
- Understanding
Tests and Measurements, and the Bell Curve, Standard Scores,
Scale Scores, % ranks, Grade Equivalent, Age Equivalent, Ethics + Bell Curve
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| 12:00-1:00 |
Lunch |
| 1:00-2:30 |
- Section
1414 Evaluations and IEPs
- S.M.A.R.T.
IEPs
- Section
1415 Due Process, Rules of Procedure, Discipline
- Section 504, ADA, FERPA, NLCB
- Charter Schools, Food Allergies, Anaphylaxis, Epi-Pens
- Recent Cases - IDEA, 504 and ADA
- USDOJ cases and OCR rulings
- Legal,
systemic and “school culture” obstacles to compliance
with IDEA-04
- Litigation:
Special Ed Caselaw
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 |
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| Individual |
$25 |
| Professional (includes CLEs) |
$75 |
Conference
includes morning snacks and refreshments, boxed lunch, a Wrightslaw highlighter pen and two Wrightslaw books which retail for $49.90, Wrightslaw:
Special Education Law, 2nd Edition, and Wrightslaw:
From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition.
Click here to register online.
Download and share the conference flyer.
Credits: The State Bar of Texas has approved 6.00 CLE (continuing legal education) credits, to include 1.00 of ethics for this conference. 0.6 CEU's (continuing education units) are approved for this conference. CEU's are provided by the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Education. They provide both graduate credit for practicing teachers and CEU's for a variety of professionals who need to document their professional development hours. There is an additional $24 fee associated with CEUs.
Questions? Contact the sponsors by email Michael-rose |at| live.com.
Wrightslaw
programs often fill up early - don't miss out!
Logistics, Directions and Accommodations
Directions
Click here for directions to the Albert Armeddariz, Sr. U.S. Courthouse.
Parking
There are numerous pay by day or by hour parking lots located near the courthouse.
Airports
El Paso International Airport (ELP)
(approximately 20 miles to venue)
Accommodations
For a list of local hotels, please click here.
We built
the Texas 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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