MD via ZOOM
2023-10-19 09:00 - 16:30 (America/Halifax) | ZOOM
This ZOOM presentation of a Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference, a Wrightslaw training program featuring Pete Wright, Esq., is being sponsored by Parents’ Place of Maryland.
Registration fee includes a Wrightslaw highlighter pen, three Wrightslaw books – Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 3rd Ed., Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Ed., and Wrightslaw: All About IEPs. Within a week after the program, Wrightslaw will email those three books to each attendee in the adobe.pdf format. The three print and pdf books retail for $103.70.
Early Bird Registration Ends September 1, 2023 – Early Bird registrants will receive a FREE adobe.pdf download of Wrightslaw: Special Education Legal Developments and Cases 2017, which includes all of the 2017 U. S. Court of Appeals special education cases and the two 2017 U. S. Supreme Court cases, Fry and Endrew F.
Download and share the Early Bird flyer.
For all conference details to include registration fees and agenda, click here.

Long Island, NY
2023-11-02 09:00 - 16:30 (America/Halifax) | Holiday Inn Long Island, 1730 North Ocean Ave., Holtsville, NY, 11742, United States
This Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference, a Wrightslaw training program featuring Pete Wright, Esq., is being sponsored by the Mount Sinai SEPTO, Inc.
The program will be held at the Holiday Inn Long Island in Holtsville, NY.
This 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 advocacyWrightslaw 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.

For all conference details to include registration fee and agenda, please click here.

TRT CLE - LIVE ZOOM
2024-01-04 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Halifax) | OK
On Thursday, January 4, 2024, TRT CLE will sponsor a Live Zoom Telecast. 2.0 hours of Continuing Legal Education Credit for attorneys. This presentation will be available as a 24/7 download at a later point in time. The presentation has more than 20 approved states and more states pending. Pete Wright will be presenting this special education law LIVE telecast.
Representing a child with a disability is a rewarding and frightening task. Family, friends, and neighbors may have a child with a disability and look to you, an attorney, as someone who can provide simple guidance.
This course will discuss the common issues that are present in special education disputes and supply legal remedies. Pete Wright will introduce the course material with an overview of the three statutes and common issues leading to disputes between parents and school districts. Following this will be the acronyms, definitions, cases, and statutes relevant to special education law. The material will provide more depth on common issues such as eligibility for services, IEPs, Discipline, and the remedies and procedures parents and attorneys must follow in special education cases.
Attorneys of all levels are encouraged to attend this course to learn how to represent a child with a disability. Those attorneys who are unfamiliar with this area of law, as well as experienced civil rights litigators in this evolving field of discrimination law, will especially benefit from the contents of this course.
Learning Objectives:

Describe IDEA’s principles and key elements, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act
Determine which law to use to resolve a dispute amicably to the child’s benefit or whether to litigate in the appropriate forum to secure a remedy that benefits the child with a disability
Evaluate the intellectual and educational achievement test data, such as IQ, reading comprehension, standard, and subtest scores, to determine whether a child is eligible for an Individual Educational Program (IEP) or “Section 504” Plan
Learn how to conclude whether or not a legal violation exists and, if one is present, which law is the appropriate relief vehicle – IDEA, Section 504, or the ADA
Explore the evolving issues in special education case law that are expected to increase the frequency of federal court jury trials and verdict outcomes

This presentation has more than 20 approved states and more state pending and will be available from TRT CLE as a 24/7 download at a later point in time. The cost is $99 for 2.0 CLE General Credits.

Holtsville, NY (Long Island)
2024-02-03 09:00 - 16:30 (America/Halifax) | Sequoya High School, 750 Waverly Ave., Holtsville, NY, 11742, United States
Registration Deadline Extended to Tuesday, January 30, 2024!
The Saturday, February 3, 2024 Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Training is sponsored by Suffolk Region PTA.
Registration Fee is $55.
Conference fee includes: a light breakfast, lunch and refreshments, a Wrightslaw highlighter pen, and three Wrightslaw books – Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 3rd Edition, Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition, and Wrightslaw: All About IEPs provided the morning of the conference. That morning, all attendees will be provided with a link to a password protected subdirectory so that they can download those three books in an adobe.pdf format. The three print and pdf books retail for $103.70.
Online Registration: Click here to register online.
Flyer: Download and share the conference flyer and registration form.
Questions? Contact Tina Shek by telephone 917-683-0441 or email associatedirectorfieldsupport |at| suffolkpta.org
For ALL conference details to include the agenda, please click here.
See you on Long Island!

CA via ZOOM - Private Staff Training
2024-03-20 09:00 - 2024-03-21 16:30 (America/Halifax) | OK
Two-day virtual training (internal) for Regional Centers’ (RC) staff including Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Specialists, Service Coordinators, Employment Specialists and Department of Developmental Services’ (DDS) staff. This training is closed to the public. Speaker: Pete Wright.

Note: Wrightslaw provides private training for agencies, organizations, private schools, clinics, etc. These programs are designed to meet the specific needs of the members and, at the discretion of the hosting organization/agency, may be closed to the public.
If you are interested in Wrightslaw training for your staff or team, please click here for details.
Trainings can be LIVE or via ZOOM!

Denver, CO
2024-04-11 09:00 - 16:30 (America/Halifax) | Social Capital, 6543 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, CO, 80003, United States
This Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference, a Wrightslaw training program featuring Pete Wright, Esq., is being sponsored by Consultants for Children, Inc.
The program will be held at Social Capital Events in Arvada, CO on Thursday, April 11, 2024.
The 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
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.
Conference fee includes a light breakfast, full lunch, a Wrightslaw highlighter pen, three Wrightslaw books – Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 3rd Ed., Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Ed., and Wrightslaw: All About IEPs provided the morning of the conference along with a PDF Download of each title. The three print and pdf books retail for $103.70.
Click here to register online.
Credits: 7.0 CLE (continuing legal education) general credits through The State of Colorado Supreme Court Office of Continuing Legal and Judicial Education are approved.
Questions? Contact the sponsor, Consultants for Children, Inc., by email info |at| cfcico.com
See you in Colorado!

SEAS - Special Education Advocacy Summit
2024-06-05 17:00 - 2024-06-08 17:00 (America/Halifax) | St. Mary’s University School of Law, One Camino Santa Maria, San Antonio, 78228, United States
Registration Now Open! Special Education Advocacy Summit (SEAS) – hosted by the Center for Legal and Social Justice of St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, TX. The Summit features Patty Roberts, Pat Howey, Jaime L. Vázquez-Bernie, Catherine Michael, Jim Comstock- Galagan and Pete and Pam Wright.
The St. Mary’s University School of Law is presenting the Special Education Advocacy Summit (SEAS), a two and one-half day training program hosted by the Center for Legal and Social Justice and co-sponsored by Wrightslaw and Connell Michael, LLP.
The Summit will commence with a reception on Wednesday evening, June 5, 2024 and concludes on Saturday afternoon, June 8, 2024.
The program will feature approximately fourteen sessions covering applicable laws, ethics, best practices in advocacy, strategies for working with parents and schools and dispute-resolution procedures. These sessions will be taught by national leaders in the field.
The purpose of the SEAS program is to provide training in special education advocacy for experienced advocates, law students, new attorneys and attorneys new to special education law.
For ALL SEAS details, please click here!

TRT - CLE - LIVE ZOOM
2024-08-22 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Halifax) | OK
On Thursday, August 22, 2024, TRT CLE will sponsor a Live Zoom Telecast of Continuing Legal Education Credit for attorneys. Pete Wright will be presenting: Special Education and Juvenile Justice.
The focus is related to children with disabilities who are also involved in the juvenile justice system. Pete worked in Virginia’s juvenile justice system for 10 years prior to attending law school, first as a juvenile training school houseparent, living on-site. Later, Pete worked as a juvenile probation officer in Richmond, VA. In that capacity his caseload consisted of children living in housing projects who had committed major felonies. As an attorney, Pete specialized in representing those same children before the juvenile courts and in special education due process hearings.
The two hour training is open to the public. Attorneys will receive CLE credits (2.0) which have been approved in more than 20 states, including California and New York. CLEs are pending in other states.
Pete’s prior program for TRT CLE in January titled “Children with Disabilities and Special Education Law,” is available now, as a 24/7 download. (2.0 CLE credits) Later, the August 22 training will be available to download. The cost of each training session is $99.00. Speaker: Pete Wright.

MD via ZOOM
2024-09-24 09:00 - 16:30 (America/Halifax) | OK
Registration Ends September 15, 2024! Register Today!
Join sponsor, The Parents’ Place of Maryland, for this one-day Special Education Law and Advocacy Training via ZOOM. The training takes place on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 EST.
Conference fee includes a Wrightslaw highlighter pen, three Wrightslaw books – Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 3rd Edition, Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition, and Wrightslaw: All About IEPs. Wrightslaw will provide the three books to each attendee in the adobe.pdf format as well. The three print and pdf books retail for $103.70.
For ALL conference details to include agenda, registration fees and online registration, click here.
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San Antonio, TX
2024-10-10 09:00 - 16:30 (America/Halifax) | Transitional Living and Learning Center Community Center., 5922 Blanco Road, San Antonio, TX, 78216
This Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Training is FREE for SAMMinistries employees or partners.
Registrants will receive morning coffee, snacks, boxed lunch, a Wrightslaw highlighter pen, three Wrightslaw books – Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 3rd Ed., Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Ed., and Wrightslaw: All About IEPs provided the morning of the training.
The three books will be available to the attendee in the adobe.pdf format as well.
Click here to register online.
Questions? If you are a SAMMinistries’ community partner, educator or advocate interested in attending this event, please contact Teshina Carter, VP of Clinical and Supportive Services by telephone 210-863-1732 or email tcarter@samm.org

WV via ZOOM
2024-11-16 09:00 - 16:30 (America/Halifax) | OK
Who? Pete Wright, Esq.
What? 6 Hour Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Training via ZOOM
When? Saturday, November 16, 2024
Where? In the comfort of your home or office!
How? West Virginia Parent Training and Information, Inc. is sponsoring this Wrightslaw training.
This 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
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.

Conference fee includes: Wrightslaw highlighter pen, three Wrightslaw books – Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 3rd Ed., Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Ed., and Wrightslaw: All About IEPs. Wrightslaw will provide the three books to each attendee in the adobe.pdf format as well. The three print and pdf books retail for $103.70.
Registration: Click here to register online.
Flyer: Download and share the conference flyer.
Questions? Contact the sponsor by email wvpti |at| aol.com.

VA via ZOOM
2025-03-18 09:00 - 2025-03-19 12:00 (America/Halifax) | OK
Training is SOLD OUT! Click here to be put on a Wait List.
Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference, a Wrightslaw training program featuring Pete Wright, Esq., is being sponsored by the Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC). The training takes place from 9:00 am to 12 noon on March 18, 2025 and March 19, 2025 (EST) each day.
Registration Fees:
* Early Bird rate is $130 and ends on January 15, 2025. The registration rate after January 15 will be $180.
* Early Bird registrants will receive FREE adobe.pdf download of Wrightslaw: Special Education Legal Developments and Cases 2017, which includes all of the 2017 U. S. Court of Appeals special education cases and the two 2017 U. S. Supreme Court cases, Fry and Endrew F.
Conference fee includes: Wrightslaw highlighter pen, three Wrightslaw books – Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 3rd Edition, Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition, and Wrightslaw: All About IEPs. Wrightslaw will provide the three books to each attendee in the adobe.pdf format as well. The three print and pdf books retail for $103.70. A certificate of attendance for 6 contact hours will be offered.
Register: Click here to register online.
Flyer: Download and share the Save-the-Date flyer.
Refund Policy: You may cancel your registration and receive a refund or transfer to another person. Cancellation or transfer requests must be received by 5 p.m. March 3, 2025 at 5:00 pm EST. Eventbrite’s fee is non-refundable.
Questions? Contact the sponsors by email at partners |at| peatc.org or call 703-923-0010.

WV via ZOOM
2025-05-03 09:00 - 16:30 (America/Halifax) | OK
Wrightslaw Special Education Law: Navigating the Future: Post-Secondary Transition ‘Starting with the End in Mind’.
This Wrightslaw training is presented Via ZOOM on Saturday, May 3, 2025 and will focus on disability law (IDEA, Section 504, + the ADA), emphasizing future planning, post-secondary transition, and guardianship options. It will be lead by Pete Wright, Esq., and is being sponsored by West Virginia Parent Training and Information, Inc.
This one-day training will focus on disability law, planning for your child’s future, transition, guardianship vis-a-vis supported decision-making, and advocacy techniques. The primary areas are:

special education law, rights and responsibilities
future planning, post-secondary transition and guardianship option
tactics & strategies for effective advocacy

For all training details to include the agenda and registration link, please click here.

VA - ASK - private staff training
2025-05-22 09:00 - 16:30 (America/Halifax) | OK
On May 22, 2025, Pete Wright will present a private, live, in-person, face-to-face Special Education Law and Advocacy Training. It is being hosted by the ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation. Attendees will be their staff, clientele, and related service providers. This training is closed to the public.
Note: If you are interested in providing a private training for your staff, click here for details on how to do it!

San Antonio, TX - SEAS - July 23 to July 26
2025-07-23 09:00 - 2025-07-26 17:00 (America/Halifax) | St. Mary’s University School of Law
Registration is now closed.
The St. Mary’s University School of Law is presenting the Special Education Advocacy Summit (SEAS), a two and one-half day training program hosted by the Center for Legal and Social Justice and co-sponsored by Wrightslaw and Connell Michael, LLP.
The training program takes place in San Antonio, TX from July 23, 2025 to July 26, 2025.
The purpose of the Special Education Advocacy Summit (SEAS) is to provide training in special education law and advocacy for experienced advocates, law students, new attorneys, and attorneys who are new to special education law. Proceeds from the summit will support the Center for Legal and Social Justice, which provides free legal services from attorneys and second and third year law students to income-qualified clients in San Antonio and South Texas. Students enjoy hands-on experience in all aspects of case handling under the direct supervision of a faculty member of St. Mary’s University School of Law.
The 2025 Special Education Advocacy Summit (SEAS) will include approximately thirteen sessions on applicable laws, ethics, best practices in advocacy, strategies in working with parents and schools, and dispute resolution procedures, taught by national leaders in the field.
The Summit will begin with Orientation and Registration on Wednesday evening, July 23, 2025. Sessions will end on Saturday afternoon, July 26, 2025.
Topics include:
History and Applicable Laws
Ethics in Special Education Advocacy
Caselaw Review
Understanding Evaluations, Tests and Measurements
Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)
Section 504
Eligibility
Behavioral Issues at School
Discipline
Juvenile Justice
Dispute Resolution and State Complaints
Preparing a Case for Trial/Due Process
Using Evaluations, Tests and Measurements as Evidence
Evidence Strategies
Legal Claims and Remedies
Creating Systemic Change in Your State
Application Process:
Attendees will be selected via an application process. Applications will be reviewed on a bi-weekly rolling basis until the class is full. Early applications are recommended as the class size is limited.
The application form includes all registration details, costs, applicant questionnaire, and required pre-conference assignments. All registrants must go through the application process. If accepted, participants agree to complete all pre-conference assigned reading and course work, attend and participate in all sessions, and complete all homework and class assignment. Click to register.
Check out wrightslaw.com for additional details. Click here!
Questions? Email seasquestions |at| gmail.com.

OKC, OK
2025-09-04 09:00 - 16:30 (America/Halifax) | Innovation Hall, 316 NE Ninth Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, United States
This Wrightslaw From Emotions to Advocacy Conference, a Wrightslaw training program featuring Pat Howey, is being sponsored by Sooner SUCCESS. The program will be held at the Innovation Hall, located at 316 NE Ninth Street in Oklahoma City, OK.
In the From Emotions to Advocacy training program (one day, 6 hours), you learn how to take an active role in managing your child’s special education. You’ll learn about the five key sections in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), what our child’s test scores mean, and how to develop SMART IEPs. You will learn how to prepare for meetings, the gentle art of disagreeing, and how to maintain healthy working relationships with the school. You will learn:

about IDEA – Sections 1400, 1401, 1412, 1414 and 1415
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

All 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.
Conference fee includes a light breakfast, lunch, a Wrightslaw highlighter pen, three Wrightslaw books – Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 3nd Edition, Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition, and Wrightslaw: All About IEPs provided the morning of the conference. Wrightslaw will provide the three books to each attendee in the adobe.pdf format as well. The three print and pdf books retail for $113.60.
Register Online: Click here to register online.
Flyer: Download and share the training flyer.
Scholarships: Limited scholarships are available to Oklahoma parents of children with disabilities or special needs. Apply here for parent a scholarship.
Accommodations: Attendee can specify accommodations during the registration process as well as emailing sooner-success |at| ouhsc.edu.
Questions? Contact the sponsors by calling 405-271-2710 or emailing sooner-success |at| ouhsc.edu or by fax 405-271-2711.
See you in Oklahoma!

MD via ZOOM
2025-09-18 09:00 - 16:30 (America/Halifax) | OK
Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference, a Wrightslaw training program featuring Pete Wright, Esq., is being co-sponsored by The Parents’ Place of Maryland and the PEAL Center.
This one-day special education law and advocacy program focuses 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

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.
Conference fee includes: a Wrightslaw highlighter pen, three Wrightslaw books – Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 3rd Edition, Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition, and Wrightslaw: All About IEPs. Wrightslaw will provide the three books to each attendee in the adobe.pdf format as well. The three print and pdf books retail for $113.60.
Flyer: Download and share the conference flyer.
Register Online: Click here to register online.
Certificates of attendance for professional development will be offered.
Questions? Contact the sponsor by email communications |at| ppmd.org

Tifton, GA
2025-09-25 09:00 - 16:30 (America/Caracas) | UGA Conference Center, 15 RDC Road, Tifton, GA, 31794, United States
This one-day Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference, featuring Pete Wright, is being sponsored by The Conner Group for Pediatric Therapies, LLC.
The program will be held at the University of Georgia Conference Center, located at 15 RDC Road in Tifton, GA.
This 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

Registration fee includes lunch and refreshments, three books Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 3rd Edition, Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition and Wrightslaw: All About IEPs.
Download the training flyer.
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.
For all conference details to include registration fees, credit information and more, click here!
See you in Georgia!

MI via ZOOM
2025-10-09 09:00 - 16:30 (America/Halifax) | OK
October 9 and October 29, 2025 – Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Series with Pete Wright, Esq., and Pat Howey via ZOOM.
Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference, a Wrightslaw training program is being sponsored by Michigan Parent, Advocate and Attorney Coalition (MiPAAC). One registration fee. Two full-day training sessions.
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.
Registration includes access to both Workshop 1 and Workshop 2. Individual workshop registration is not available.
Workshop 1 – Thursday, October 9, 2025 – Special Education Law and Advocacy Training
9:00-10:30 – IDEA History, Book Overview, US Supreme Ct Cases
Section 1400 Findings, Purpose
Section 1401 Definitions: Disability, Special Education, Related Services, LD, etc.
10:30-10:45 – Break
10:45-12:00 – Section 1412 Extended School Year, Child Find, Least Restrictive, Private Placements
Understanding Tests and Measurements, and the Bell Curve, Standard Scores, Scale Scores, % ranks, Grade Equivalent, Age Equivalent, Determining progress v. regression using Bar Graphs
12:00-1:00 – Lunch
1:00-2:30 – Section 1414 Evaluations and IEPs
Section 1415 Due Process, Rules of Procedure, Discipline
Section 504, ADA, FERPA, ESSA
Episodic Conditions, Allergies, Epilepsy, etc.
Recent Cases + OCR, USDOJ
The Parent as the Special Ed Manager and Expert
Developing the Master Plan
Knowing the Rules of the Game
Recognizing and Avoiding the Fatal Obstacles
How to Deal with Conflict, a Healthy and Normal event
2:30-2:45 – Break
2:45-4:00 – Crisis, Emergency, Help
Organization of the Child’s File
SMART IEPs
Tactics and Strategies
Rule of Adverse Assumptions
Private Evaluations
Paper Trails
The Letter to the Stranger
5 Ws + H + E
Preparation for Meetings
Meeting Strategies
4:00-4:30 – Questions and Answers
Workshop 2 – Wednesday, October 29, 2025 – From Emotions to Advocacy Training
9:00 – 10:30 – 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
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
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
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
4:00 – 4:30 – Questions and Answers
Registration Fees –
* Early Bird Individual Registration Fee $135 – Early Bird Ends August 15, 2025
Regular Individual Registration Fee $165
* Early Bird registrants will receive FREE adobe.pdf download of Wrightslaw: Special Education Legal Developments and Cases 2017, which includes all of the 2017 U. S. Court of Appeals special education cases and the two 2017 U. S. Supreme Court cases, Fry and Endrew F.
Conference fee includes a Wrightslaw highlighter pen, three Wrightslaw books – Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 3rd Edition, Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition, and Wrightslaw: All About IEPs provided the morning of the conference. Wrightslaw will provide the three books to each attendee in the adobe.pdf format as well. The three print and pdf books retail for $113.60.
Register Online: Click here to register online.
Flyer: Download and share the training flyer.
For all other details, please click here.

MI via ZOOM
2025-10-29 09:00 - 16:30 (America/Halifax) | OK
SOLD OUT!
October 9 and October 29, 2025 – Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Series with Pete Wright, Esq., and Pat Howey via ZOOM.
Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference, a Wrightslaw training program is being sponsored by Michigan Parent, Advocate and Attorney Coalition (MiPAAC). One registration fee. Two full-day training sessions.
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.
Registration includes access to both Workshop 1 and Workshop 2. Individual workshop registration is not available.
Workshop 1 – Thursday, October 9, 2025 – Special Education Law and Advocacy Training
9:00-10:30 – IDEA History, Book Overview, US Supreme Ct Cases
Section 1400 Findings, Purpose
Section 1401 Definitions: Disability, Special Education, Related Services, LD, etc.
10:30-10:45 – Break
10:45-12:00 – Section 1412 Extended School Year, Child Find, Least Restrictive, Private Placements
Understanding Tests and Measurements, and the Bell Curve, Standard Scores, Scale Scores, % ranks, Grade Equivalent, Age Equivalent, Determining progress v. regression using Bar Graphs
12:00-1:00 – Lunch
1:00-2:30 – Section 1414 Evaluations and IEPs
Section 1415 Due Process, Rules of Procedure, Discipline
Section 504, ADA, FERPA, ESSA
Episodic Conditions, Allergies, Epilepsy, etc.
Recent Cases + OCR, USDOJ
The Parent as the Special Ed Manager and Expert
Developing the Master Plan
Knowing the Rules of the Game
Recognizing and Avoiding the Fatal Obstacles
How to Deal with Conflict, a Healthy and Normal event
2:30-2:45 – Break
2:45-4:00 – Crisis, Emergency, Help
Organization of the Child’s File
SMART IEPs
Tactics and Strategies
Rule of Adverse Assumptions
Private Evaluations
Paper Trails
The Letter to the Stranger
5 Ws + H + E
Preparation for Meetings
Meeting Strategies
4:00-4:30 – Questions and Answers
Workshop 2 – Wednesday, October 29, 2025 – From Emotions to Advocacy Training
9:00 – 10:30 – 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
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
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
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
4:00 – 4:30 – Questions and Answers
Registration Fees –
* Early Bird Individual Registration Fee $135 – Early Bird Ends August 29, 2025
Regular Individual Registration Fee $165
* Early Bird registrants will receive FREE adobe.pdf download of Wrightslaw: Special Education Legal Developments and Cases 2017, which includes all of the 2017 U. S. Court of Appeals special education cases and the two 2017 U. S. Supreme Court cases, Fry and Endrew F.
Conference fee includes a Wrightslaw highlighter pen, three Wrightslaw books – Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 3rd Edition, Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition, and Wrightslaw: All About IEPs provided the morning of the conference. Wrightslaw will provide the three books to each attendee in the adobe.pdf format as well. The three print and pdf books retail for $113.60.
Register Online: Click here to register online.
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Colorado Springs, CO
2025-11-12 09:00 - 16:30 (America/Halifax) | Double Tree by Hilton, 1775 Cheyenne Mtn. Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO, 80906, United States
Wrightslaw From Emotions to Advocacy Training with Pat Howey.
Join sponsor, PEAK Parent Center, Inc., for a one-day training where you’ll discover how to be an active partner in your child’s special education.
Registration is OPEN now!

On Long Island, NY
2026-03-12 09:00 - 16:30 (America/Halifax) | Marrott Melville Long Island, 1350 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY, 11747, United States
Registration is now OPEN!
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See you on Long Island!

San Antonio, TX
2026-03-26 09:00 - 16:30 (America/Halifax) | Morgan’s Multi-Assistance Center, 5210 Thousand Oaks Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78233, United States
SOLD OUT!
Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference, a Wrightslaw training program featuring Pete Wright, is being sponsored by Partners Resource Network, Inc.
The program will be held at the Morgan’s Multi-Assistance Center, located at 5210 Thousand Oaks Drive in San Antonio, TX.
This 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

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.
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WV via ZOOM
2026-05-09 09:00 - 16:30 (America/Halifax) | OK
This ZOOM Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference, a Wrightslaw training program featuring Pete Wright, is being sponsored by WV Parent Training and Information, Inc.
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

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.
Registration fee includes a Wrightslaw highlighter pen, and three Wrightslaw books: Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 3rd Edition, Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition and Wrightslaw: All About IEPs. Wrightslaw will provide the three books to the attendee in the adobe.pdf format as well. The three print and PDF books retail for $113.60.
Online registration: Click here to register online.
Brochure/Flyer: Click here to download and share the conference flyer.
Questions? For all conference related questions, please contact the sponsor by telephone 1-800-281-1436.
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Greater Cincinnati
2026-06-25 09:00 - 16:30 (America/Halifax) | OK
Details Coming Soon!

Buffalo, NY
2026-07-07 09:00 - 16:30 (America/Halifax) | OK
Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference, a Wrightslaw training program featuring Pete Wright, Esq., is being sponsored by Williams Syndrome Association. The Wrightslaw training program is part of the WSA Convention of 2026. The program will be held at the Buffalo Convention Center, 153 Franklin Street in Buffalo, NY from July 7 to July 11, 2026.
The WSA Convention is the largest Williams syndrome event in the country bringing together the foremost experts on Williams syndrome and related characteristics to discuss the latest research findings, medical treatments, and educational strategies.
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

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.
For registration details, please visit click here.
See you in Buffalo!

Special Education Advocacy Summit (SEAS) 2026
2026-07-22 09:00 - 2026-07-25 17:00 (America/Halifax) | St. Mary’s University School of Law, One Camino Santa Maria, San Antonio, TX, 78228, United States
This two-and-a-half-day special education advocacy training program held at the St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas, will begin with a reception on Wednesday evening, July 22, 2026, and conclude on Saturday afternoon, July 25, 2026. Hotel accommodations are downtown on San Antonio’s historic River Walk. The Special Education Advocacy Summit (SEAS) is sponsored by Connell Michael, LLP and Wrightslaw.
The program will include approximately 13 sessions on applicable laws, ethics, best practices in advocacy, case strategies and dispute resolution procedures, taught by national leaders in the field.
The purpose of the SEAS program is to provide training in special education advocacy for advocates, law students, new attorneys and attorneys who are new to special education law.
Proceeds from the summit will support the Center for Legal and Social Justice, which provides free legal services from attorneys and second- and third-year law students to income-qualified clients in San Antonio and South Texas. Students enjoy hands-on experience in all aspects of case handling under the direct supervision of a faculty member of St. Mary’s University School of Law.
Attendees will be selected via an application process. Applications will be reviewed on a bi-weekly rolling basis until the class is full. Early applications are recommended as the class size is limited.
Attorneys: $990 (CLE credit is offered)
Advocates, Educator/Advocates, non-attorneys and non-credit-seeking law students: $825
Two or more advocates or attorneys from the same organization/office will receive a 10% discount on each registration. The registration fee includes an opening reception, all lunches and scheduled breaks and over $250 of materials, including books and multimedia training from Wrightslaw, books by author Patricia L. Johnson Howey (M.Jur. ’24), as well as other valuable resources. In general, educational and training expenses are tax deductible. Check with your accountant about deductible educational expenses that may include books, continuing legal education fees and travel costs.
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See you in San Antonio!

MD via ZOOM
2026-09-17 09:00 - 16:30 (America/Halifax) | OK
This Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference via ZOOM, a Wrightslaw training program featuring Pete Wright, Esq., is being co-sponsored by The Parents’ Place of Maryland and the PEAL Center.
This one-day special education law and advocacy program will 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

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.
Conference fee includes a Wrightslaw highlighter pen, three Wrightslaw books – Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 3rd Edition, Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition, and Wrightslaw: All About IEPs. Wrightslaw will provide the three books to each attendee in the adobe.pdf format as well. The three print and pdf books retail for $113.60.
For ALL training details to include Early Bird rates, timed agenda and training flyer, please click here.
