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 Wrightslaw special education law and advocacy training programs are designed to meet the needs of parents, advocates, attorneys, educators, health care providers, and others who represent the interests of children with disabilities and their families.
Wrightslaw
Special Ed Law & Advocacy Training
(one day; 6 hours)
Wrightslaw
Special Ed Law & Advocacy Boot Camp (two days; 12 hours)
IDEA 2004 and NCLB: What You Don't Know CAN Hurt You! (one day; 6 hours)
From Emotions to Advocacy (one day; 6 hours)
Private Training - Wrightslaw
provides private training for agencies,
organizations, private schools, clinics, etc. These programs are designed to meet the specific needs of the members and are closed to the public. To inquire about hosting
a private training program, please contact Pete Wright at (804) 776-7008 or send an
email to
petewright@harborhouselaw.com. In the subject line of your email,
please type your state and city in ALL CAPS. For example:
CONFERENCE CA LOS ANGELES PRIVATE TRAINING.
"The
Wrightslaw Special Education Law Seminar in Michigan was a tremendously
rewarding experience and will forever change our practice." - Bryan
I. Eder, Esq., Chudnof & Eder,
PLC
One-day Special Education Law & Advocacy Seminars
One-day special education law and advocacy
programs focus on four areas:
* special education law, rights and responsibilities
* tests and measurements to measure progress & regression
* SMART IEPs
* introduction to tactics & strategies for effective advocacy
 The
registration fee includes two books - Wrightslaw:
Special Education Law, 2nd Edition, (Retail: $29.95)
and
Wrightslaw:
From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition. (Retail: $19.95)
IDEA 2004 & NCLB: What You Don't Know CAN Hurt You!
IDEA 2004 & NCLB: What You Don't Know CAN Hurt You! (one day, 6 hours) focuses on changes in IDEA 2004, the interrelationships between IDEA 2004 and No Child Left Behind, and how to use these laws to get better special education services for children with disabilities.
You will learn about:
- new requirements
for evaluations, reevaluations, parental consent
- new requirements
for IEPs, IEP teams, IEP meetings
- new eligibility
requirements for students with specific learning disabilities
- requirements for accommodations
on high stakes tests, accommodations guidelines, alternate assessments
- new rules
about discipline and manifestation reviews
- new procedural
requirements and timelines, including the “Due Process Complaint
Notice” and “Resolution (IEP) Session”
- requirements for reading programs, essential components of reading instruction, research
based instruction
- requirements
for highly qualified teachers and paraprofessionals
- high stakes
tests, accommodations, alternate assessments
- new options
and choices for children who attend struggling schools
-
how NCLB applies to children with disabilities
The texts
for this program are Wrightslaw:
Special Education Law, 2nd Edition (Retail: $29.95) and Wrightslaw:
No Child Left Behind (Retail: $29.95) which includes the No Child
Left Behind CD-ROM with dozens of publications, manuals, toolkits, and
other useful resources. Sample
agenda.
Presenters:
Wayne Steedman,
Esq. or Pete
Wright, Esq.
From Emotions to Advocacy Training Programs
 In
From Emotions to Advocacy training programs (one day, 6 hours),
you learn how to take an active role in managing your child's special
education. You'll learn about key sections in the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act of 2004, what our child's test scores mean, and how to develop
SMART IEPs. Pat will teach you how to prepare for meetings, the gentle
art of disagreeing, and how to maintain healthy working relationships
with the school. Sample
agenda.
You will learn:
- Using
the Bell Curve to understand your child's strengths and needs
- Using
a Parent Agenda
- 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
The text
for this program is
Wrightslaw:
From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd edition. (Retail: $19.95)
Presenter:
Pat Howey,
advocate and author of Ask
the Advocate or Pete
Wright, Esq.
"We were delighted to have Pat Howey share her education advocacy
skills - the support of leaders and advocates like Ms. Howey make our
program a success. Thank you!" - Florida PIP Coordinator
Two-day Special Education Law & Advocacy Boot Camps
Two-day Special Education Law and Advocacy Boot
Camps (12 hours) are more intensive and personalized. Participants
have opportunities to network.
In a Wrightslaw Boot Camp, you learn how to use special education statutes and regulations
to get answers to your questions; to use tests and measurements to measure educational progress; chart out test scores; write SMART IEPs goals and objectives; learn how to use NCLB as a tool to open doors to services, learn how to create paper trails; write effective letters, and use advocacy strategies to negotiate for appropriate special education programs. We limit the number of Boot Camps to five per year and one per region of the country. Sample
agenda.
The
texts for a Wrightslaw Boot Camp are Wrightslaw:
Special Education Law, 2nd Edition (Retail: $29.95) and Wrightslaw:
From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition (Retail: $19.95) and Wrightslaw: No Child Left Behind (Retail $29.95).
Presenters: Pete
and Pam Wright
"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, KU
Wheat Law Library
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Last updated: 10/29/08
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