[Wrightslaw Alert} IDEA 2004 Program in Manassas; Q&A with Pete Wright; Kids are ... Teaching Disabled" (Feb 10, 2006)

What You Don't Know About IDEA CAN Hurt You, Manassas, VA (Feb. 20, 2006)

What You Don't Know About IDEA 2004 CAN Hurt You by Pete Wright Esq. will be held at The Verizon Auditorium, George Mason University, Prince William Campus, in Manassas VA on Monday, February 20, 2006. Download this Alert.

Program Overview

What You Don't Know About IDEA 2004 CAN Hurt You focuses on key changes in the reauthorized IDEA, including:

New requirements for evaluations, reevaluations, parental consent
New requirements for IEPs, IEP teams, IEP meetings
New eligibility requirements for students with specific learning disabilities
Accommodations, accommodations guidelines, alternate assessments
New rules about discipline and manifestation reviews
New procedural requirements and timelines including the “Due Process Complaint Notice” and “Resolution (IEP) Session”

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The program is designed to meet the needs of parents, educators, health care providers, advocates, and attorneys who represent children with disabilities regarding special education, and is not disability specific.

This program is being sponsored by the The Advocacy Institute, Harbor House Law Press, Inc. and the Training and Technical Assistance Center at George Mason University.

Registration

Your registration fee includes Wrightslaw: IDEA 2004, the textbook for the program, continental breakfast, a boxed lunch, and free parking.

Wrightslaw: IDEA 2004 (retail value: $15) includes the full text of Part A and Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act with commentary, analysis and cross-references.

You will also receive a complimentary copy of 10 Tips: How to Use IDEA 2004 to Improve Education for Children with Disabilities by parent attorney Wayne Steedman, Esq.

Fees

Registration Fee
Individual	$115.	$115.
* Professionals/Attorneys	$130.	$130.
** Husband/Wife couple	$170.	$170.

* The professionals/attorneys rate includes CEUs and CLEs.
** Husband/Wife couples will receive one book and two lunches.

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Credits: 6.0 CLEs and .6 CEUs have been approved. The professional & attorney rates include payment for these credits.

Financial Assistance: Funds are available for consumers and families to attend conferences, workshops, training, and service opportunities through the Virginia Consumer and Family Participation Fund (CFPF). For more information, please contact Cheryl Simpson, CFPF Project Director at (866) 625-2373 V/TDD or by email at info@cfpf.net

Questions? Contact Debra Pratt at (804) 758-8400 or by email at debra.pratt@harborhouselaw.com

Note: About 25% of participants at Wrightslaw programs travel from other states. Washington Dulles Airport (IAD) is convenient to the Prince William Campus of George Mason University. Airport l Lodging l Car Rentals

For more information about this program, including logistics, directions, and accommodations, please check the IDEA 2004 at Manassas VA page.

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

Q & A with Pete Wright: "Kids are ... Teaching Disabled"

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution interviewed Pete Wright about teaching kids to read, Individualized Education Programs, school meetings, teacher training, and more.

Reporter Patti Ghezzi wrote:
"Parents of special education students know of Pete Wright. They know his Web site, www.wrightslaw.com. They know he once represented a South Carolina special education student whose parents wanted the school district to reimburse them for her private school tuition. The case went to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of the family."

"Wright writes books and travels the country with his wife, Pam, teaching parents how to advocate for their kids. He will be in Atlanta Feb. 11 to speak at the Georgia branch of the International Dyslexia Association's annual conference.

Ghezzi asked questions about mistakes parents make in trying to get services for their child, their fears of retaliation, and what parents can do to help make IEP meetings go more smoothly.

Pete also answered questions about educating children with autism, inclusion, why the No Child Left Behind Act is good for children with disabilities -- and why he thinks many children are "teaching disabled."

Read the full text of the interview, Q&A with Pete Wright: Kids are ... Teaching Disabled" at
https://www.wrightslaw.com/news/06/wright.teaching.disabled.htm

More special education news.

March 2006: Wrightslaw Programs in Texas, Maryland, Arizona

In March, Wrightslaw programs will be held in Texas, Maryland and Arizona:

March 3-4: Fort Worth, TX - Special Ed Law & Advocacy BOOT CAMP

March 15: Annapolis, MD - What You Don't Know About IDEA 2004 CAN Hurt You!

March 30 - April 2: Phoenix, AZ - Special Education Law & Advocacy Training at the Annual Conference of the Council of Parents Attorneys Advocates .

To learn when a Wrightslaw program will be held in your area, please check the Schedule.

Conferences are being booked for 2006 and 2007. To learn how you can bring a Wrightslaw program to your community, please go to Seminars and Training. Program Descriptions