{"id":157,"date":"2009-02-23T15:13:56","date_gmt":"2009-02-23T20:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=157"},"modified":"2009-02-24T08:17:18","modified_gmt":"2009-02-24T13:17:18","slug":"va-parents-pele-parent-forum-thursday-february-26-600-730-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/va-parents-pele-parent-forum-thursday-february-26-600-730-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"VA Parents: PELE Parent Forum, Thursday, February 26, 6:00-7:30 pm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"VA%20Parents%3A%20PELE%20Parent%20Forum%2C%20Thursday%2C%20February%2026%2C%206%3A00-7%3A30%20pm\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><a href=\"http:\/\/law.wm.edu\/news\/stories\/2009\/new-clinic-to-assist-children-with-special-needs-and-their-families.php\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">PELE, the Parents Engaged for Learning Equality Initiative<\/span><\/a>, will host a <strong>Parent Forum<\/strong> on Thursday, Feb. 26, from 6 to 7:30 PM in Room 119 at William &amp; Mary Law School (located at 613 South Henry Street, Williamsburg, Virginia).<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the meeting will be for the new <strong>Special Education Advocacy Clinic\u2019s<\/strong> members to get your thoughts about how PELE can best serve the special education community.  We will also create a list of attendees so that if families are inclined to continue to develop a local support group, they will have the contact information to do so.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact (757)221-3780 or email <a href=\"Mailto:pele@wm.edu\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">pele@wm.edu<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Educator Forum scheduled for Tuesday, March 24, 5-6:30 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/law.wm.edu\/news\/stories\/2009\/briet-and-wrights-lauded-for-contributions-to-parents-engaged-for-learning-equality-initiative.php\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> Breit and Wrights Lauded for Contributions to Parents Engaged for Learning Equality (PELE) Initiative.<\/span><\/a><strong> <\/strong>William and Mary Law School News (February 20, 2009)<a href=\"http:\/\/law.wm.edu\/news\/stories\/2009\/briet-and-wrights-lauded-for-contributions-to-parents-engaged-for-learning-equality-initiative.php\"><\/a> <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Light refreshments will be served at the Parent Forum on Thursday, Feb. 26; unfortunately PELE will not be able to provide childcare services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Educator Forum scheduled for Tuesday, March 24, 5-6:30 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our commitment is for PELE to collaborate our work with not just families, but educators as well.<\/p>\n<p>The Initiative will host an <strong>Educator Forum<\/strong> on Tuesday, March 24, from 5  &#8211; 6:30 PM in Room 127. For more information, contact (757)221-3780 or email <a href=\"Mailto:pele@wm.edu\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">pele@wm.edu<\/span><\/a>. Light refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n<p>By listening to both constituencies, we hope that PELE is better able to articulate those services that the entire special education community needs us to provide.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/law.wm.edu\/news\/stories\/2009\/new-clinic-to-assist-children-with-special-needs-and-their-families.php\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">PELE<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/law.wm.edu\/news\/stories\/2009\/new-clinic-to-assist-children-with-special-needs-and-their-families.php\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/law.wm.edu\/news\/stories\/2009\/new-clinic-to-assist-children-with-special-needs-and-their-families.php<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><br \/>\nBreit and Wrights Lauded for Contributions to Parents Engaged for Learning Equality (PELE) Initiative.<\/span> <\/strong>William and Mary Law School News (February 20, 2009)<\/p>\n<p>At the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=151\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Special Education Law and Advocacy Training Conference<\/span><\/a>, held on Jan. 30 at William &amp; Mary&#8217;s Sadler Center, Dean Lynda Butler and Professor Patricia Roberts <a href=\"http:\/\/law.wm.edu\/news\/stories\/2009\/briet-and-wrights-lauded-for-contributions-to-parents-engaged-for-learning-equality-initiative.php\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">recognized Jeffrey Breit, Pamela Darr Wright, and Peter Wright for their contributions to the Law School&#8217;s new Parents Engaged for Learning Equality (PELE) Initiative.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 5px; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/breitandbutler.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"143\" \/>Dean Butler presented Jeffrey Breit with an award in recognition of his role in creating the PELE Initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The Initiative comprises the new Special Education Advocacy Clinic, directed by Roberts, and a new course on special education law and advocacy taught by the Wrights.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 5px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/images\/wrights.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"143\" \/>Pamela Darr Wright and Peter Wright, nationally recognized special education experts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/law.wm.edu\/news\/stories\/2009\/briet-and-wrights-lauded-for-contributions-to-parents-engaged-for-learning-equality-initiative.php\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/law.wm.edu\/news\/stories\/2009\/briet-and-wrights-lauded-for-contributions-to-parents-engaged-for-learning-equality-initiative.php<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PELE, the Parents Engaged for Learning Equality Initiative, will host a Parent Forum on Thursday, Feb. 26, from 6 to 7:30 PM in Room 119 at William &amp; Mary Law <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/va-parents-pele-parent-forum-thursday-february-26-600-730-pm\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,136],"tags":[1291,309,270,303,304],"class_list":["post-157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy","category-strategies","tag-advocacy","tag-parents-engaged-for-learning-equality","tag-pele","tag-special-education-advocacy-clinic","tag-william-and-mary-law-school"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}