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Special Ed Law & Advocacy Boot Camp in Ft. Worth TX March 3-4, 2006 |
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Please join Pete and Pam Wright for a unique training opportunity - a Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Boot Camp in Fort Worth, Texas on Friday, March 3 and Saturday, March 4, 2006. Download this Alert. 1. Program Description Participants will learn about changes in IDEA 2004 including: * New requirements for initial evaluations, reevaluations & parental consent * New requirements for IEPs, IEP goals, IEP teams, IEP meetings * New eligibility issues for students with specific learning disabilities * New procedural requirements and timelines, including the Due Process Complaint Notice and Resolution (IEP) Session. Participants will learn about requirements in No Child Left Behind including: * Reading and research based instruction * Highly qualified teachers * Parental rights and options * High stakes testing Participants will also learn how to: * Use tests and measurements to measure progress * Write SMART IEPs * Use tactics and strategies for effective advocacy What is a Wrightslaw Boot Camp really like? Ella Schwartz provides a first person account in The Wright Stuff: Parents Earn Their Legalese Stripes at the Wrightslaw Boot Camp (Spectrum magazine, Spring 2005). This 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. Conference Flyer l Click to register "I had a wonderful time - the presentation was incredibly informative ... and FUN! Time just flew by." - Stella, parent advocate 2. Registration Your registration fee includes two books, Wrightslaw: IDEA 2004 and Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, second edition (retail value: $35), continental breakfast and lunch on both days, and a reception with Pete and Pam Wright on Friday, March 3, 2006, after the first day of the program. Click to register Fees The Ft. Worth Boot Camp is being hosted by Community Solutions of Fort Worth. Event sponsors include The Arc of Dallas, The Arc of Greater Tarrant County, Education Service Center Region XI, and Mental Health Mental Retardation of Tarrant County. "The Wrightslaw Special Education Law Seminar was a tremendously rewarding experience and will forever change our practice." - Bryan I. Eder, Esq., Chudnof & Eder, PLC 3. Logistics: Directions, Airport, Accommodations For directions, accommodations, and other information about the Fort Worth Boot Camp, please visit the Fort Worth Boot Camp Information page or contact Suzanne Metzgar or Lupe Shanklin (for their contact info, see Questions? above). "Thank you for sharing so much incredible information, and for sharing yourselves. I enjoyed your complimentary styles of getting information to your audience. You truly seem to be a Ying and Yang combo." - Barb, a parent "Your boot camp was the most useful CLE I've ever attended. CLEs are notoriously boring and unpleasant. Your program was neither and I learned a lot, even as an experienced practitioner in the field." - Rob Mead, Esq., KU Wheat Law Library
4. Children's Crusaders Help Parents Find Night Vision to "Navigate a Forest without a Flashlight" In Children's Crusaders, parents speak to Liz Stevens of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about education and advocacy. She writes about the need for parents to become advocates for their kids. 5. Coming Soon! Programs in Maryland, Arizona, Pennsylvania March 15: Annapolis, MD - What You Don't Know About IDEA 2004 CAN Hurt You! Speakers: Peter Wright, Esq. and Wayne Steedman, Esq. March 30 - April 2: Phoenix, AZ - Special Education Law & Advocacy Training at the Annual Conference of the Council of Parents Attorneys Advocates. April 7-8: Lancaster, PA - Special Ed Law & Advocacy Boot Camp. Speakers: Pete Wright and Pam Wright. Conference Brochure & Registration Form. For more info, contact Amy Koring at 717-431-9600 or by email at amkoring@ptd.net. 6. Subscription & Contact Info The
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