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Wrightslaw
Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference
with Pete Wright, Esq.
Thursday, October 10, 2024
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Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference, a Wrightslaw training program featuring Pete Wright, Esq., is being sponsored by SAMMinistries. If you are a SAMMinistries' employee or partner or an interested educator or advocate, this in-person training will provide you with valuable insights and tools to support individuals with special needs.
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 is FREE for SAMMinistries employees or partners. Registrants will receive morning coffee, snacks, boxed lunch, 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 training. The three books will be available to the attendee in the adobe.pdf format as well. The three print and pdf books retail for $103.70.
Click here to register online.
Accommodations? Contact Teshina Carter, VP of Clinical and Supportive Services by telephone 210-863-1732 or email tcarter |at| samm.org
Questions? If you are a SAMMinistries' community partner, educator or advocate interested in attending this event, please contact Teshina Carter, VP of Clinical and Supportive Services by telephone 210-863-1732 or email tcarter |at| samm.org
Directions
Map and directions to the Transitional Living and Learning Center Community Center.
Parking
Parking is free and available on-site.
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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