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BP Energy Conference Center
1014 Energy Court
Anchorage, AK 99508
NOTE - Google Maps may take you to the wrong location/building, a few hundred years away. The BP Conference center is across a small parking lot and SW from the Marriott Residence Inn. (1025 E 35th Ave., Anchorage, AK 99508.)
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
- Episodic Conditions, Allergies, Epilepsy, etc.
- Recent 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
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| 2:30-2:45 |
Break |
| 2:45-4:00 |
- Crisis,
Emergency, Help
- Organization
of the Child’s File
- SMART IEPs
- 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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Parents/
Self Advocates |
$25 |
| Professional |
$75 |
Conference fee includes snacks in the morning, a catered 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 three books to each attendee in the adobe.pdf format as well. The three print and pdf books retail for $103.70.
Click here to register online - Registration is closed.
Download and share the Save-the-Date flyer.
Scholarships: Limited scholarships are available. Please click here for information and the application.
Special Accommodations: If you require a physical, language or special accommodation in order to fully participate in this event, please contact Lisa Bennett by email Lisab |at| stonesoupgroup.org or call 907-792-3414. The deadline to connect with the sponsor for special accommodations is February 15, 2023.
Questions? Contact Lisa Bennett by telephone 907-792-3414, by fax 907-561-3702 or email Lisab |at| stonesoupgroup.org or register |at| stonesoupgroup.org
Wrightslaw
programs often fill up early - don't miss out!
Logistics, Directions and Accommodations
Directions
Map and directions to the BP Energy Center.
Parking
Parking is free at the venue.
Accommodations
The sponsors have secured a special group rate of $169 and $199 per night with the Residence Inn Anchorage Midtown. The last day to book a room at this special rate is February 5, 2023. Click here to register for the special room rate!
Airports
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC)
Note: The airport provides a free shuttle.
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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