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The Chan Auditorium - New information below!
UAH Campus
Business Administration Building (BAB)
800 Ben Graves Drive
Huntsville, AL 35899
Important - The Chan Auditorium is in the Business Administration Building (BAB), also known as Building # 14, located at the bottom of the map, just above Sparkman Drive and Ben Graves Drive, which parallel each other at that point.
Parking is in lot G5, also at the bottom of the screen.
You may want to print out the map and locate BAB and G5.
The map is at: https://www.wrightslaw.com/speak/BAB.bldg.Park.G5.jpg
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,
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, Determining progress v. regression using Bar Graphs
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| 12:00-1:00 |
Lunch |
| 1:00-2:30 |
- Section
1414 Evaluations and IEPs
- Section
1415 Due Process, Rules of Procedure, Discipline
- Section 504, ADA, FERPA, ESSA
- 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
- SMART IEPs
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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
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| Individual |
$125 |
| Couple* |
$175 |
* Couples received one set of books.
Conference fee
includes lunch and break time refreshments, a Wrightslaw highlighter pen and the three Wrightslaw books which retail for $62.85 - Wrightslaw:
Special Education Law, 2nd Edition, Wrightslaw:
From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition, and Wrightslaw:
All About IEPs.
Click here to register online.
Download the registration form.
Download and share the conference flyer.
Credit: 5.8 CLE (continuing legal education) credits have been approved. There is no charge for CLEs. 0.6 CEU's (continuing education units) have been approved. The units 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. The CEU's are available for an additional charge of $24.
Scholarships: Scholarship may be available. Please contact the sponsors for more information.
Refund Policy: All cancellations will receive a 50% refund until August 4, 2016. There will be no refunds after August 4, 2016.
Questions? Contact Betsy Bermand by telephone 256-509-3300, by fax 877-455-3092 or by email bbwalczak |at| aol.com or admin | at| theautismresourcefoundation.org
Wrightslaw
programs often fill up early - don't miss out!
Logistics, Directions and Accommodations
Directions
For map and directions to The Chan Auditorium, click here.
Parking
Parking is free.
Accommodations
Click here for a list of local hotels.
Airports
Huntsville International Airport (HSV)
(approximately 10 miles to venue)
We built
the Alabama 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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