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Wrightslaw
Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference
with Pete Wright, Esq.
Holtsville, NY
(On Long Island)
Saturday, February 3, 2024
SOLD OUT!
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Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference, a Wrightslaw training program featuring Pete Wright, Esq., is being sponsored by Suffolk Region PTA.
The program will be held at:
Sequoya High School
750 Waverly Ave.
Holtsville, NY 11742
(Note: The location is minutes from
the ISP Airport
which has direct flights
from BWI, MCO, PBI, and TPA.)
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 |
$55 |
Conference fee includes a light breakfast, lunch and refreshments, a Wrightslaw highlighter pen, and 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. That morning, all attendees will be provided with a link to a password protected subdirectory so that they can download those three books in an adobe.pdf format. The three print and pdf books retail for $103.70.
Online Registration: Click here to register online - SOLD OUT!
Flyer: Download and share the conference flyer and registration form.
Questions? Contact Tina Shek by telephone 917-683-0441 or email associatedirectorfieldsupport |at| suffolkpta.org
Logistics, Directions and Accommodations
Directions
Map and directions to Sequoya High School.
Parking
Parking is free.
Hotel
The Holiday Inn Long Island - Islip Airport East, 1730 North Ocean Ave, Holtsville, NY 11742, provides a shuttle service to and from the ISP airport.
Airports
Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP)
The airport is approximately :15 minutes to the venue.
JFK International Airport (JFK)
The airport is approximately 60 minutes to the venue.
LaGuardia Airport (LGA)
The airport is approximately 60 minutes to the venue.
Wrightslaw
programs often fill up early - don't miss out!
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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