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Chico's Elks Lodge
1705 Manzanita Ave.
Chico, CA 95926
Program Description
In the From Emotions to Advocacy training program (one day, 6 hours), you learn how to take an active role in managing your child's special education. You'll learn about the five key sections in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), what our child's test scores mean, and how to develop SMART IEPs. You will learn how to prepare for meetings, the gentle art of disagreeing, and how to maintain healthy working relationships with the school. You will learn:
- about IDEA - Sections 1400, 1401, 1412, 1414 and 1415
- using the Bell Curve to understand your child's strengths and needs
- using a parent agenda
- how to build healthy working relationships with school personnel
- how to document information that may prevent or resolve disputes
- how to participate as an equal member of your child's IEP Team
All 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
| Schedule |
Friday, September 30, 2022 |
| 9:00 - 10:30 |
Introductions
- Section
1: Getting Started
- Creating the Advocate's IEP, the Master Plan
- Taming
the Paper Trail
- Goals
and Strategies for the Advocate
- The
Parent as Project Manager
- Advocacy
101: Learning the Rules of the Game
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| 10:30 - 10:45 |
Break |
| 10:45 - 12:00 |
- Obstacles
to Success, Resolving Parent/School
- Conflicts,
Emergency, Crisis, Help
- Evaluations
and Your Child's Disability
- Tests
and Measurements 101
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| 12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch |
| 1:00 - 2:30 |
- The
Bell Curve
- Charting
Test Scores
- Smart
IEPs
- Overview
of IDEA - Findings, Purposes and Definitions
- Section
504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
- ESSA
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| 2:30 - 2:45 |
Break |
| 2:45 - 4:00 |
- Rule
of Adverse Assumptions
- Taming
the Paper Trail - Documenting and Writing Letters and using
the "Letter to a Stranger" Strategy
- IEP
Meeting Strategies and Common Problems
- Putting
it all together
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| 4:00 - 4:30 |
Questions
and Answers |
Registration
| Registration Fee |
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Butte County parents and SELPA member district employees |
Free!
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| Other attendees |
$100 |
Conference fee includes snacks and 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, within a week after the program, Wrightslaw will email 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.
Download and share the Save-the-Date flyer.
Accommodations - Contact Teri Carter by email at selpasupport |at| bcoe.org no later than September 15, 2022.
Questions? Contact the sponsors by calling Teri Carter at 530-532-5621 or email at selpasupport |at| bcoe.org or fax 530-532-5920.
Wrightslaw
programs often fill up early - don't miss out!
Logistics, Directions and Accommodations
Directions
Map and directions to the Chico Elk Lodge.
Parking
Parking is free.
Hotel Accommodations
Hotel Diamond, located at 220 West 4th Street in Chico. Just 4 miles from 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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