Join Pete and Pam Wright for Two Days of Training in Columbia SC

Please join Pete and Pam Wright on May 4 and May 5 for two days of training in special education law and advocacy in Columbia, South Carolina.

Participants are coming from New England, Ohio, and Arizona. The registration fee is "parent-friendly." Each registrant will receive Wrightslaw: Special Education Law with CD-ROM.

Agenda

Special Education Law (May 4, 2001)

IDEA 1997: Overview
Section 1400 - Findings & Purposes
Section 1401 - Definitions
Section 1412 - ESY, Child Find, LRE / Mainstreaming / Inclusion, Private
Placements, Assessments
Section 1414(a) - Evaluations and Re-Evaluations
Section 1414(d) - IEPs, Present Levels of Performance, Goals & Objectives,
Understanding Tests & Measurements
Section 1414(d) - IEPs, Appendix A, and S.M.A.R.T. IEPs
Section 1415 - Procedural Safeguards, Notice, Mediation, Due Process,
Appeal, Discipline, Age of Majority
Other Statutes: Section 504, ADA, FERPA
Caselaw and Recent Legal Developments,
"Back to School on Civil Rights" by NCD

Special Education Advocacy for the Parent, Advocate and Parent Attorney (May 5, 2001)

Advocacy 101
Developing Your Master Plan
The Parent as Special Ed Manager
Learning the Rules of the Game
Recognizing and Avoiding Obstacles
Dealing with Conflict
Crisis Management

The Parent as Expert - Tactical Approaches
Understanding the Child's Disability; Private Evaluations
Organizing the Child's File
Understanding Tests & Evaluations
Measuring Progress and /or Regression
S.M.A.R.T. IEPs

How to Use Tactics and Strategies
Rules of Adverse Assumptions
Creating Paper Trails
Letter Writing Strategies; The "Letter to the Stranger"
5 Ws + H + E
Preparing for Meetings; Meeting Strategies
Choosing Your Battles Wisely

To Learn More

This conference is sponsored by PRO-Parents of South Carolina and the South Carolina Autism Society.

Download and print the brochure for this conference.

Download the conference agenda.

If you get a busy signal when you call, please keep trying. We understand that their phones are ringing non-stop. We hope you will join us in Columbia!

FAQs About Wrightslaw Training

We receive many requests from people who want us to provide legal and/or advocacy training in their community or state. We decided to publish this "frequently asked questions" about conferences and training.

We do not plan, arrange or schedule training sessions. We are just Pete and Pam Wright -- we do not have the staff or resources necessary to organize training programs. When we come to an area, we do this because a group or organization has contracted with us and is taking care of the logistics.

Over the past several months, organizations in West Virginia, New Hampshire, New York, Washington, Virginia, California, and South Carolina arranged for us to provide training in their areas. These organizations found creative ways to fund this training.

Some groups used grants. Some solicited financial assistance from companies, hospitals, medical practices and law firms. In other training, two or three groups pooled their resources to bring us in.

We can help get the word out through our newsletter.

Pete has a very active trial practice. Pam writes books and articles, publishes newsletters, and builds websites. Generally, we limit out-of-town travel to no more than one conference or training session a month.

If you think you may want us to do an advocacy presentation in your area or to your group, please send an email to conf@wrightslaw.com

You will get an automatic email with more information about how to arrange training in your area. Thanks for your support!