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Alert - Wrightslaw Special Education Legal & Advocacy Program in Birmingham, Alabama!

Please join Pete and Pam Wright for a full day of special education legal and advocacy training on May 25, 2004.

The program will focus on four areas; special education law, rights and responsibilities; tests and measurements to measure progress & regression; SMART IEPs; and an introduction to tactics & strategies for effective advocacy.

"Your program was informative and entertaining! I learned skills to help me advocate for my child that will help in other areas of my life. This was the best two days I have spent in a long time." - Debra from Florida (more comments)

For details about what you will learn, see agenda below.

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Registration Information

FREE Parent Stipend: This conference is free to 200 Alabama parents or legal guardians of children with disabilities who register in advance.

Learn how to register for free parent stipend.

Download and distribute the registration form.

Registration Fees: For one parent, $85.00, for both parents (1 set of books), $95.00, For School Personnel, Therapists, Service Providers, Others: $100.00, For Attorneys: $125.00 (CLEs provided).

Your registration includes two books - Wrightslaw: Special Education Law and Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy (value: $59.90). (books may not be available for last-minute registrants and walk-ins.)

6 CLE credits have been approved for this program.

For more information about this program, including directions, hotels, and things to do, please visit the Alabama conference page.

Questions? Contact SEAC Parent Assistance Center, 600 Bel Air Blvd., Suite 210, Mobile, AL 36606 or call toll free (800) 222-7322 or Fax (251) 473-7877

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Agenda

• Overview of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA '97)
  
• Findings and Purposes
  
• Definitions
  
• ESY, Child Find, LRE, Inclusion, Private Placements, Assessments
  
• Evaluations, Re-evaluations, IEPs
  
• Procedural Safeguards, Complaints, Notice, Placement in Alternative Educational Setting
  
• Section 504 v. IDEA
  
• No Child Left Behind Act

  Caselaw
• IDEA Reauthorization (IDEA 2002)

• Progress & Regression
• Standard Scores, Subtest Scores, Percentile Ranks
  
• How to Chart Test Scores
  

• Specific, Measurable, Action Words, Realistic & Relevant, Time-limited
• Strategies for Writing Present Levels of Performance
• Annual Goals, Short-term Objectives & Benchmarks
• IEP Checklists
• Common IEP Problems

• Parent-School Conflict: Why & How to Resolve
  
• Obstacles to Successful Advocacy
  
• Rules of Adverse Assumptions
  
• How to Organize the Child's File
  
• How to Use the Comprehensive Evaluation
  
• Effective Negotiation Strategies
  
• Letter Writing Strategies & Letter to the Stranger
• How to Prepare for School Meetings
  
• School Meeting Survival Strategies

For more info about this program, please visit the Alabama conference page.

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Wrightslaw Seminars & Training Programs

To learn when we are scheduled to come to your area, please visit the seminars & schedule page.

Conferences are now being booked for 2004 and 2005. To learn how you can bring a Wrightslaw program to your community, please visit our FAQs page.

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What People Are Saying . . .

"Thanks for a wonderful conference. It was hard to get away for 3 days but soooooo worth it. Special ed was occupying every worry cell in my brain. Now that I have a roadmap, I worry less and accomplish more." - Diana, parent of 3 children

"Wow! I do advocacy training and got lots of great ideas from your presentation. The bell curve is powerful. I taught several people how to do this and they are amazed. I may even give your test!" - Michelle, advocate and trainer

"When I returned from your Bootcamp, I met with our Special Education Advocacy staff and was asked to explain discrepancy theory. Imagine my joy when I drew the bell curve with figures and accurate explanations!" - Cindy, attorney

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Contact Info

Pete and Pam Wright
Wrightslaw & The Special Ed Advocate
P. O. Box 1008
Deltaville, VA 23043
Website: https://www.wrightslaw.com
Email: newsletter@wrightslaw.com