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Special Ed Law & Advocacy Boot Camp in Ft. Worth TX
March 3-4, 2006

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Ft. Worth Boot Camp

1. Program Description

2. Registration

3. Logistics

4. Children's Crusaders Help Parents Find Night Vision (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram)

5. Coming Soon! Wrightslaw Programs in MD, AZ, PA

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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.

The program will be held at the Round Up Inn, a banquet and meeting hall in The Amon G. Carter Jr. Exhibits Building at the Will Rogers Memorial Center (WRMC), an 85-acre public entertainment, sports and livestock complex in the heart of Fort Worth’s Cultural District.

"What a marvelous conference! I often leave these programs angry and/or guilty because of all the things that were done or not done. This time I left encouraged, inspired and armed!" - Linda from Maryland


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
Parents: $150.
Professionals, School Personnel and Service Providers: $175.


Note: Limited parent stipends are available.


CEUs: 1.2 unit hours

CLEs: 11.5 hours approved

Registration. Register at 817-871-7392 or click here.


Questions? Please contact Suzanne Metzgar by phone at (817) 577-1701 or by email at RMetSSN@aol.com or Lupe Shanklin by phone at (817) 871-6648 or by email at Lupe.Shanklin@fortworthgov.org

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

The Wrightslaw Special Education Law & Advocacy Boot Camp will be held at the Round Up Inn,
Amon G. Carter Exhibits Hall, Will Rogers Memorial Center, 3401 W. Lancaster, Fort Worth, Texas. Parking is free.


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Traveling to Fort Worth?

About 20% of participants at Wrightslaw programs travel from other states. The Will Rogers Memorial Center is about 25 miles from the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).

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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.

"Accessing the resources their kids are entitled to can be like navigating a forest at night without a flashlight, say parents and professionals."

"Try as they might to feel their way through the system, they find themselves overwhelmed by the details of testing and treatment, the intricacies of special-ed law, the minutiae of school-district politics."

"The situation has bred a cottage industry of consultants, such as attorney Pete Wright and his psychotherapist wife Pam Wright. Their extensive Web site, Wrightslaw.com; books, such as From Emotions to Advocacy; and newsletters aim to provide parents with the night vision they need to find their way -- to turn them in to 'effective catalysts.'"

Read Children's Crusaders and learn about a two-day special education seminar in Fort Worth on March 3 and 4
.

More special ed news.


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.
Click to register
. For more info, contact Psychological Resource Associates at
(410) 647-8840 or send a fax (410) 647-1405

March 30 - April 2: Phoenix, AZ - Special Education Law & Advocacy Training at the Annual Conference of the Council of Parents Attorneys Advocates.
Speakers: Pete Wright, Pam Wright, Wayne Steedman, Pat Howey

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.

Note
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The Lancaster program on April 7-8 is the last Boot Camp for this school year! Early Bird registrations for the Lancaster Boot Camp end on March 1, 2006.

2006-2007 Schedule l Wrightslaw Programs


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