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Connecticut Convention Center
100 Columbus Blvd.
Hartford, CT 06103
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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| Individual |
$250 |
Conference fee includes continental breakfast, lunch, coffee breaks, a Wrightslaw highlighter pen, three Wrightslaw books - Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 3rd Ed., Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Ed., and Wrightslaw: All About IEPs provided the morning of the conference and 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.
Credits: 0.6 CEU's (continuing education units) through Delta State University are pending. The $20 fee is payable on conference day.
Scholarships: Email wrightslaw_conference_hartford |at| ed-advocacy.com to submit an application. The deadline for scholarship applications are August 10, 2023.
Questions? Contact the sponsor by telephone at 959-333-8498 or email wrightslaw_conference_hartford |at| ed-advocacy.com
Wrightslaw
programs often fill up early - don't miss out!
Logistics, Directions and Accommodations
Directions
Map and directions to the Connecticut Convention Center.
Parking
Discount parking passes are available at registration. All day parking at the CT Convention Center's parking garage will cost $11.
Accommodations
The sponsors have secured a discounted room rate with the Hilton Hartford for $199 per night through August 28, 2023. Register Online or call 800-754-7941 and request the "Education Advocacy Room Block" to receive the discount.
There is a five minute drive or a 15 minute walk to the CT Convention Center. The Hilton Hartford is on the Hartford Dash route. The shuttle is FREE and connects downtown hotels to the Convention Center.
Airports
Bradley International Airport (BDL)
The Bradley International Airport is approximately 25 minutes 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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