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Wrightslaw special education law and advocacy training programs are designed to meet the needs of parents, advocates, attorneys, educators, health care providers, and others who represent the interests of children with disabilities and their families.

Pete Wright can provide the training in a live, in-person, face-to-face setting or as a Zoom virtual live training session with remote Zoom attendees. In all training sessions, attendees receive the books as print books and Adobe.pdf files.

Wrightslaw Special Ed Law & Advocacy Training (one day; 6 hours)

From Emotions to Advocacy (one day; 6 hours)

Private Training / Staff Training - In addition to the above programs, Wrightslaw provides private training for agencies, organizations, private schools, clinics, etc. These programs are meticulously designed to meet the specific needs of the members. Pete's content and training are uniquely tailored to address the issues faced by the entity's staff, with a keen focus on local laws, regulations, and case law.

Many such entities have discovered that hosting an on-site, private training session for their staff is more cost-effective than sending them to one of Pete's usual one-day, six-hour Wrightslaw training sessions and incurring expenses for travel, lodging, and meals.

In some instances, those entities have invited their clientele and sometimes even the staff of other entities in their geographical area. While these programs are closed to the public, they may be open to specific invitees at the host's discretion. When a program is "closed to the public" yet open to others by invitation only, the host usually charges the invitees a registration fee to offset the cost of the training and required book purchase. All of the above is at the discretion of that host entity.

On March 20 + 21, 2024, Pete provided a "private training" for several hundred California Regional Center and DDS staff and their invitees.

An entity's cost for the private, "closed to the public" training, is similar to the price for the one-day, six-hour "open to the public" training. Pete will substantially modify the form contract linked on the "Fees" page.

Hybrid Programs - Pete Wright can create a hybrid program that is specific to the needs of your organization and may include a mix of some of the programs below. For example, Pete trained all of the Juvenile Probation Officers and some of Juvenile Court Judges in one state. In another program, Pete created a two-day training session specific to the needs of Children's Hospital staff who focus on Brain Tumors and problems caused by chemo and other treatment regimens. The first day was for hospital school liaison / social work staff. The second day was for the parents and other related service providers.

With other programs, Pete trained selected State Department of Education staff about the protocol for conducting randomized case audits of LEA student files. Pete trained the Administrative Law Judges of an East Coast state with a focus on Court of Appeals case law. Pete trained the Protection and Advocacy (NDRN) staff of a West Coast state. After the new version of the DSM-5 was issued, a "hybrid" program was related to changes in the DSM-5 about autism and dyslexia.

In Summer 2014, Pete did a specialized day long program in NYC for charter school administrators, charter school special educators, and parents of children enrolled in charter schools with regard to unique special ed / charter school issues.

Two weeks later, at FARE's National Annual Conference, Pete did a day long program specific to issues relating to allergies and anaphylaxis. Many children with such issues may not qualify for an IEP, but because of the "episodic" nature of such issues, qualify for protections under the Americans with Disabilities Act and are entitled to a Section 504 Plan. Thus this program included a comprehensive discussion about those statutes and case law and only an overview of IDEA 2004.

"Hybrid" programs have focused on specific legal issues and also specific to a disability.

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To inquire about hosting a program, please send an email direct to Pete Wright at the following email address of: petewright | at | harborhouselaw.com (Note - remove the |at| and replace with the @ character.) In the subject line of your email, please type your state and city in ALL CAPS. For example: CONF VA DELTAVILLE - initial inquiry.

"The Wrightslaw Special Education Law Seminar in Michigan was a tremendously rewarding experience and will forever change our practice." - Bryan I. Eder, Esq., Chudnof & Eder, PLC