Wrightslaw Special Education Law & Advocacy Boot Camp, Springfield, MA (April 6-7, 2012)

Wrightslaw Special Education Law & Advocacy Boot Camp
with Peter Wright, Esq. and Pamela Darr Wright

Holyoke, Massachusetts
(Just Outside of Springfield)

April 6-7, 2012
Friday and Saturday

SOLD OUT

This two-day Special Education Law & Advocacy Boot Camp, a Wrightslaw training program with Pete Wright and Pam Wright, is being sponsored by the Down Syndrome Resource Group of Western MA and Baystate Children's Hospital.

The program will be held at:

Participants will learn about requirements in No Child Left Behind including:

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

Scholarships: Limited scholarships available for members of the Down Syndrome Resource Group only.

Refund Policy: You must contact the sponsors within 14 days prior to event to receive 50% of registration fee.

There is free surface parking. Park in the upper level of the parking lot which is closest to the Education Center.

Accommodations

Homewood Suites by Hilton is offering a special room rate of $101 per night. The hotel is directly next to the conference venue. Call 1-800-CALL-HOME. Please ask for the "Wrightslaw Training Group" in order to receive the discounted room rate. All reservatons must be received by March 5, 2012. If registering online, please visit the Homewood Suites site. First choose your arrival and departure dates. The Group Code for the special rate is WLT.

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