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Wrightslaw
Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference
with Wayne Steedman, Esq.
OKC, OK
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Registration Open to Oklahoma Residents Only
Registration is Closed
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Wrightslaw
Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference, a Wrightslaw
training program featuring Wayne Steedman, Esq., is being sponsored by Sooner SUCCESS.
The program will be held at:
The Children's Center Rehabilitation Hospital
Gaylord Family Education Center
Hobby Lobby, Rooms 1-3
6800 NW 39th Expressway
Bethany, OK 73008
Program Description
One-day special education law and advocacy programs focus on five
areas:
- special
education law, rights and responsibilities
- McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
- 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
| 8:30-9:00 |
Registration and light breakfast |
| 9:00-10:30 |
IDEA
- 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 - ESY, Child Find, LRE, 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
- Episodic Conditions, Allergies, Epilepsy, etc.
- Recent US Supreme Court Cases, OCR, USDOJ
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 |
*Free |
* Please note, due to costs, no shows will be invoiced $35. If you cannot attend, please cancel registration one week prior to event. This allows others to attend as the event will likely sell out.
Registration includes a light breakfast, lunch, a Wrightslaw highlighter pen and the three 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.
Questions? Contact Sooner SUCCESS by telephone 405-271-2710 or email sooner-success |at| ouhsc.edu.
Wrightslaw
programs often fill up early - don't miss out!
Logistics, Directions and Accommodations
Directions
Click here for a map and directions to The Children's Center.
Parking
Please park in the Event Parking Garage on the 2nd Floor or higher. The First Floor is reserved for patients. Click here for a parking map.
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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