This Wrightslaw From Emotions to Advocacy training, features Pete Wright, Esq., is being sponsored by Exceptional Children’s Assistance Center (ECAC).
FREE to North Carolina residents. You must be a resident of North Carolina to attend this training.
The program will be held at the Forsyth Central Library located at 660 West 5th Street in Winston-Salem, NC.
In Wrightslaw 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 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. Pete will teach you 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, + 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
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: lunch, 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. 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: FREE to North Carolina residents. You must be a resident of North Carolina to attend this training. Click here to register online.
Brochure/Flyer: Click here to download and share the conference flyer.
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