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Valley Park Conference Center
1 Valley Park Drive
Hurricane, WV 25526
Program Description
This two-day special education law and advocacy program focuses 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
| Day
1: Friday, March 11, 2022 - Special Education Law |
| 8:00-9:00 |
Registration |
| 9:00-10:30 |
- Introduction
- Overview of Book: Wrightslaw: Special Education Law
- IDEA History - PARC + Mills Cases - Past US Supreme Court Cases
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| 10:30-10:45 |
Break |
| 10:45-12:00 |
IDEA
(con’t)
- Section
1400: Findings & Purposes
- Section
1401: Key Definitions
- Section
1412: LRE,
ESY, Child Find, Private Placements
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| 12:00-1:00 |
Lunch |
| 1:00-2:30 |
- Measuring
Progress: Understanding Tests & Measurements & the Bell Curve, Standard Scores, Scaled Scores, % Ranks
Demo: Charting Test Scores
- Section
1414(a,b,c): Evaluations
Section
1414(d) IEPs
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| 2:30-2:45 |
Break |
| 2:45-4:00 |
Section
1414(d) IEPs (cont'd)
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| 4:00-4:30 |
Questions
and Answers |
| Day
2: Saturday, March 12, 2022- Special Education Advocacy Tactics & Strategies |
| 9:00-10:30 |
- Section 1415 - Due Process, Rules of Procedure, Discipline
- Other Statutes - Section 504 + ADA AA + ESSA
- Recent Cases + USDOJ cases and OCR rulings
- Legal issues: Charter Schools
- Legal issues: Food Allergies, Anaphylaxis, Epi-Pens, Diabetes, Epilepsy, etc.
The Journey - From Emotions to Advocacy - Tactics
- The Parent as the Special Ed Manager and Expert
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| 10:30-10:45 |
Break |
| 10:45-12:00 |
From Emotions to Advocacy - Tactics
- 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
- Recognizing and Avoiding the Fatal Obstacles
- Organization of the Child's File
- SMART IEPs
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| 12:00-1:00 |
Lunch |
| 1:00-2:30 |
Advocacy
Strategies
- Emotions, Conflict and Normal Obstacles
- School
Culture
- Rule
of Adverse Assumptions
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| 2:30-2:45 |
Break |
| 2:45-4:00 |
Advocacy Strategies (con’t)
- Hazards of Litigation & Outcome Prediction
- Comprehensive Evaluations
- Paper Trails & Letters
- School
Meetings: Preparation & Survival Strategies
Closing - In Summation |
| 4:00-4:30 |
Questions
and Answers |
Registration
| Registration Fees |
Regular
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| Individual |
$215 |
| Professional (includes CEUs) |
$265 |
Conference fee includes light morning refreshments, lunch, a Wrightslaw highlighter pen, three Wrightslaw books - Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Ed., Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Ed., and Wrightslaw: All About IEPs provided the morning of the conference and then, at the conclusion of the program, Wrightslaw will provide those three books to each attendee in the adobe.pdf format. The three print and pdf books retail for $103.70.
Click here to register online.
Credits: 1.2 CEU's (continuing education units) through Delta State University are approved.
Questions? Contact the sponsor by email ashleywvcares |at| gmail.com or telephone 304-964-3274.
Wrightslaw
programs often fill up early - don't miss out!
Logistics, Directions and Accommodations
Directions
Map and directions to the Valley Park Conference Center.
Parking
Parking is free.
Airports
West Virginia Yeager International Airport (CRW)
The Yeager Airport is approximately 29 miles to the venue.
Huntington Tri-State Airport (HTS)
The Tri-State Airport is approximately 35 miles to the venue.
We built
the 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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