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Ramada
Inn Jefferson
and Betsy Ross Rooms
20 Public Square
Wilkes-Barre, PA
18702
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
| Day 1: Special
Education Laws | | 8:00
- 9:00 | Registration |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | Introductions,
Agenda, Pre-test; Overview: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
and the Reauthorized IDEA of 2004 | | 10:30
- 10:45 | Break |
| 10:45 - 12:00 | IDEA
(cont'd) - Section 1400: Findings & Purposes; Section 1401: Definitions; 1412:
"Catchall Statute", Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), ESY, Notice,
Statewide Assessments; Review | | 12:00
- 1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 - 2:30 | Measuring
Progress: Tests & Measurements and the Bell Curve; Demo: How to Chart Test
Scores; Section 1414: Evaluations, Consent, Individualized Educational Programs
(IEPs) | | 2:30
- 2:45 | Break |
| 2:45 - 4:00 | Section
1415: Procedural Safeguards - Prior Written Notice, Procedural Safeguards Notice,
Mediation, Due Process Hearings, Appeal, Discipline; Section 504: Discrimination,
Retaliation, Damages; Review and Homework Assignment | | 4:00
- 4:30 | Questions and
Answers | | Day
2: SMART IEPs, NCLB, Advocacy Strategies | | 9:00
- 10:30 | Review:
Law, Tests & Measurements, Bell Curve; No Child Left Behind: Reading, Research
Based Instruction, Highly Qualified Teachers, Paraprofessionals, Parent "Right
to Know"; SMART IEPs | | 10:30
- 10:45 | Break |
| 10:45 - 12:00 | SMART
IEPs (cont'd) | | 12:00
- 1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 - 2:30 | Advocacy
Strategies: Crisis Management, Emotions, Conflict, Obstacles to Successful Advocacy,
School Culture, Rule of Adverse Assumptions | | 2:30
- 2:45 | Break |
| 2:45 - 4:00 | Advocacy
Strategies (cont'd): Hazards of Litigation and Outcome Prediction; Comprehensive
Evaluations; Negotiating; Paper Trails & Letters; School Meetings: Preparation
& Survival Strategies | | 4:00
- 4:30 | Questions and
Answers |
Registration
Your registration includes a light breakfast, lunch, Wrightslaw:
Special Education
Law, 2nd edition and Wrightslaw:
From Emotions to Advocacy, Second Edition ($50.00 combined retail
value).
| Registration
| Fee |
| Individual/Parent/Professional | $100.00 |
Click
here for the brochure and registration form.
Additional Information: 1.2
CEUs have been approved for this conference. CLEs are pending.
Mail your completed registration form to:
S.A.F.E.
237
Old River Road
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702 Questions?
Please contact Renee Laiuvara at (570)822-7259, (877) 510-SAFE,
(570) 270-6994 (fax) or rlaiuvara@autismsafe.org.
Wrightslaw
programs often fill up early - don't miss out! Register today! Logistics,
Directions, Accommodations Directions
The Ramada Inn, 20 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702.
From North
Take I-81 South to Exit 168. At the end of the exit, take
a left turn onto Highland Park Blvd. Follow Highland Park Blvd. to Coal Street
and continue until you can no longer go straight. Take a left turn on to Wilkes
Barre Blvd. and then the first right onto East Market Street; follow this road
to Public Square. This is the center of town and the hotel will be a block away
and on your right. The entrance to the hotel parking lot is right behind the hotel
on North Main Street.
South
Take I-81 North to Exit 168. At the end of the exit, take a left
turn onto Highland Park Blvd. Follow Highland Park Blvd. to Coal Street and continue
until you can no longer go straight. Take a left turn onto Wilkes Barre Blvd.
and then the first right onto East Market Street; follow this road to Public Square.
This is the center of town and the hotel will be a block away and on your right.
The entrance to the hotel parking lot is right behind the hotel on North Main
Street.
East
Take I-80 West to Exit 277 (in Pennsylvania). This is the PA
Turnpike Northeast Extension (Rt. 476 North) and you will need to follow it to
Exit 105. After exiting the toll booth, make a left hand turn onto 115 North towards
Wilkes Barre. Follow it to 309 North and take Exit 2 (Wilkes Barre Center City).
Make a left turn at the bottom of the exit ramp onto Wilkes Barre Blvd. At the
fifth traffic light, make a right hand turn onto East Market Street and follow
it to Public Square. This is the center of town and the hotel will be a block
away and on your right. The entrance to the hotel parking lot is right behind
the hotel on North Main Street.
West
Take I-80 East to I-81 North. Take I-81 North to Exit 168 At
the end of the exit, take a left turn onto Highland Park Blvd. Follow Highland
Park Blvd. to Coal Street and continue until you can no longer go straight. Take
a left turn onto Wilkes Barre Blvd. and then the first right onto East Market
Street; follow this road to Public Square. This is the center of town and the
hotel will be a block away and on your right. The entrance to the hotel parking
lot is right behind the hotel on North Main Street. Click
here for directions to the Ramada Inn.
Click here for directions from MapQuest. Parking
Parking is available
for free at the Ramada Inn - be sure to watch for the signs.
Airports
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
International Airport
Approximately
12 miles from the Ramada Inn
100 Terminal Road
Avoca, PA 18641
Phone:
1-877-2-FLYAVP
Fax: 570-602-2010
Email: airport@epix.net
Web: http://www.flyavp.com/2003/directions.htm
Restaurants
There are two restaurants inside of the Ramada Inn.
There are also nearly a dozen other restaurants on the same "strip"
as the hotel or on the way to the hotel on Route 315 (within 7 minutes - info
available at the front desk of the hotel). They include: TGI Fridays, Burger
King, Mark II, Friendly’s, Dough Company, Taco Bell, McDonald’s, Leggio’s and
Long John Silver’s Accommodations The
following hotels offer a special rate to Wrightslaw conference registrants. Be
sure to mention that you are attending the Wrightslaw program when you make your
registration.
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Ramada
Inn
Conference Hotel
20 Public Square
Wilkes-Barre, PA
18702
Phone: (570) 824-7100
Fax: (570) 823-6699 |
Best Western Genetti Hotel
1 block away from
Conference Hotel 77
East Market Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701
Phone: (800)833-6152
or (570)
823-6152 | |
Days Inn 4
miles from Conference Hotel
760 Kidder Street
Wilkes-Barre, Pa 18702
Phone: (570) 826-0111 | | To
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