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Wrightslaw
From Emotions to Advocacy Conference
with Pete Wright, Esq.
by ZOOM
Saturday, April 30, 2022
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Wrightslaw From Emotions to Advocacy Conference, a Wrightslaw training program featuring Pete Wright, Esq., is being sponsored by the Monterey County SELPA. This event is private and organized for the residents of Monterey County only.
Program Description
Pete Wright teaches you how to take an active role in managing your child's special education, the gentle art of disagreeing, and how to maintain healthy working relationships with the school.
- how to assess your child's strengths and needs
- how to prepare a Parent Report for the IEP Team
- how to build healthy working relationships with school personnel
- how to document information that may prevent or resolve disputes
- how to participate as an equal member of your child's IEP Team
Wrightslaw programs are designed to meet the needs of parents, educators, health care providers, advocates and attorneys who represent children with disabilities regarding special education. The program is not disability specific.
Agenda
| Schedule |
Saturday, April 30, 2022 |
| 9:00 - 10:30 |
Introductions
- Section
1: Getting Started
- Creating the Advocate's IEP, the Master Plan
- Taming
the Paper Trail
- Goals
and Strategies for the Advocate
- The
Parent as Project Manager
- Advocacy
101: Learning the Rules of the Game
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| 10:30 - 10:45 |
Break |
| 10:45 - 12:00 |
- Obstacles
to Success, Resolving Parent/School
- Conflicts,
Emergency, Crisis, Help
- Evaluations
and Your Child's Disability
- Tests
and Measurements 101
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| 12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch |
| 1:00 - 2:30 |
- The
Bell Curve
- Charting
Test Scores
- Smart
IEPs
- Overview
of IDEA - Findings, Purposes and Definitions
- Section
504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
- ESSA
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| 2:30 - 2:45 |
Break |
| 2:45 - 4:00 |
- Rule
of Adverse Assumptions
- Taming
the Paper Trail - Documenting and Writing Letters and using
the "Letter to a Stranger" Strategy
- IEP
Meeting Strategies and Common Problems
- Putting
it all together
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| 4:00 - 4:30 |
Questions
and Answers |
Registration
Wrightslaw
programs often fill up early - don't miss out!
We built
the Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities so people can get reliable information and support.
The State Yellow Pages has many useful resources - evaluators, educational consultants, academic tutors, support groups, grassroots organizations, advocates, attorneys and others who help parents get services for their children.
If you provide a service, sign up to be listed on the Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities - this is a free service from Wrightslaw.
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