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Ramada Plaza Hotel
400 Second Avenue SW
Charleston, WV 25303
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 and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00-10:30 | - Introductions,
Agenda, Pre-test
- Overview:
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA-97) and the Reauthorized IDEA
of 2004
| | 10:30-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-12:00 | IDEA
(con’t) - Section
1400: Findings & Purposes
- Section
1401: Definitions
- Section
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 & 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 (con’t) - Hazards
of Litigation & Outcome Prediction
- Comprehensive
Evaluations
- Negotiating;
Paper Trails & Letters
- School
Meetings: Preparation & Survival Strategies
| | 4:00-4:30 | Questions
and Answers |
Registration
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Registration |
Regular
(On or before October 31, 2008) |
Late Registration
(November 1 - 19, 2008) |
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Family Member |
$100 |
$120 |
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Couple (two Members from same Household)
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$150 |
$170 |
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Professional
(credits included)
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$150 |
$170 |
*
Couple (2 members from same household) will receive one set of books.
Click here to
register online.
Click here for the downloadable registration
form.
Registration fee includes continental breakfast, hot lunch and afternoon
refreshments on both days.
Registrants will receive two books, valued at $50
Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Edition and Wrightslaw:
From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition and a copy of WV Department
of Education's special education manuel: Policy 2419: Regulations for
the Education of Students with Exceptionalities.
Credits - 1.2 CEU's (continuing
education units) for educators, 12 CEU's for social workers, and 14.4
CLE's (continuing legal education) for attorneys have been approved
for this conference.
Questions?
Contact West Virigina Advocates,
Inc by telephone 800-950-5250, or by email.
If you are a person with a disability or a family member of a person
with a disability and need finanical assistance to attend, availability
of stipends pending approval - contact Susan Given for more information.
If you require sign language interpretation or are a person with a disability
and require specific accomodations please contact WVV, Inc.
Wrightslaw
programs often fill up early - don't miss out!
Logistics, Directions, Accommodations
Directions
Ramada Plaza Hotel, 400 Second Avenue SW, Charleston, WV 25303.
Driving
Directions:
From the North:
I-77S/I-79S to I-64 West toward Huntington, go 4 miles to Exit 56-Montrose
Drive Exit, go right at light and get into the extreme right lane-bear
to the right again, following Cloverleaf which will merge onto 2nd Avenue-go
straight and the Ramada will be one block on your left.
From the South:
I-77 North to I-64 West, go 3 miles to Exit 56-Montrose Drive Exit,
go right at light and get into the extreme right lane-bear to the right
again, following Cloverleaf which will merge onto 2nd Avenue-go straight
and the Ramada will be one block on your left.
From the East:
I-64 West towards Huntington, take Exit 56-Montrose Drive Exit, go right
at light and get into the extreme right lane-bear to the right again,
following Cloverleaf which will merge onto 2nd Avenue-go straight and
the Ramada will be one block on your left.
From Yeager Airport:
Take exit to airport and follow road. It will turn into Greenbrier street
at intersection, stay right at intersection and follow the signs for
downtown Charleston. Take I-77N/I-64West until the two intestates split.
Follow I-64, go 3 miles to Exit 56-Montrose Drive Exit, go right at
light and get into the extreme right lane-bear to the right again, following
Cloverleaf which will merge onto 2nd Avenue-go straight and the Ramada
will be one block on your left.
Map
at maps.google.com
Parking
Parking
is free and available onsite.
Airports
Yeager
Airport (CRW)
100 Airport Road
Charleston, WV 25311
(Approximately 8 miles to conference location)
Accommodations
West
Virginia Advocates has made Arrangements for reduced
room rates ($79.00 per night) at the:
Ramada Plaza Hotel
400 Second Avenue SW
Charleston, WV 25303
Front Desk (304) 744-4641
Use the group code WRIGHTSLAW when making
your reservations. Reduced rate expires October 18, 2008.
For a list of local hotels click
here.
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the West Virginia Yellow
Pages for Kids with Disabilities so people can get reliable information
and support.
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Pages has many useful resources - evaluators, educational consultants, academic
tutors, support groups, grassroots organizations, advocates, attorneys and others
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