Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference, via ZOOM, September 18, 2025

Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference
with Pete Wright, Esq.

Via ZOOM

Thursday, September 18, 2025
Eastern Standard Time

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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.

Program Description

One-day special education law and advocacy programs focus on four areas:

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.

8:00-9:00
9:00-10:30	Introductions 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

Registration Fee	Regular
Individual	$170
* Professional	$230

* Certificates of attendance for professional development will be offered.

Conference 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. 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.

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Register Online: Click here to register online.

Questions? Contact the sponsor by email communications |at| ppmd.org


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