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DE
Technical & Community College/Stanton Campus 400 Ogletown-Stanton Road Newark,
DE 19713
Postponed
to April 4!
due to severe weather.
Program
Description
This one day, 6 hour conference will focus 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
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. Agenda
8:00
- 8:45 | Registration
and Refreshments | 8:45
- 10:15 |
Introductions; IDEA 2004: History and Overview; Section 1400: Findings & Purposes;
Section 1401: Key Definitions in IDEA: Special Education, LD, etc. |
10:15
- 10:30 | Break |
10:30
- 11:45 | Section
1412: Child Find, Least Restrictive Environment, Private Placements, Statewide
Assessments, Accommodations; Section 1414: Evaluations, Reevaluations, Parental
Consent, Individualized Educational Programs (IEPs), IEP Teams, IEP Meetings |
11:45
- 12:30 | Lunch |
12:30
- 2:00 |
Section 1415: Procedural Safeguards: Prior Written Notice; Resolution Session;
Mediation; Requirements & Timelines for Due Process Hearings; Discipline.
Proposed IDEA 2004 Regulations. |
2:00
- 2:15 | Break |
2:15
- 3:30 |
No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB): IEPs; Research Based Instruction; Reading; Highly
Qualified Special Education Teachers |
3:30
- 4:00 | Questions
and Answers |
Registration
Family
Member of a Child with Special Needs
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$45
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Two
Parents of a Child with Special Needs
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$80
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Full-Time
Student
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$35
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Educator/Professional
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$85
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Download
the brochure
Morning
refreshments and lunch are included in your registration. The texts
for this program (also included in your registration fee) are Wrightslaw:
Special Education Law, 2nd edition and Wrightslaw:
No Child Left Behind which includes the No Child Left Behind
CD-ROM with dozens of publications, manuals, toolkits, and other useful
resources ($50.00 combined retail value).
Other
Information: 6 CLE credits have been approved for this conference.
Certificates of attendance toward 6.5 CE clock hours; 6.5 CE contact
hours or 6.5 CE credits will be provided.
Questions?
Please contact Kathryn S. Herel at ksherel@picofdel.org,
(302) 999-7394 or (302) 999-7637 (fax).
Logistics,
Directions, Accommodations Directions
Directions from
Baltimore/DC: Take I-95 North to Route 7 "Churchmans Crossing"-
Exit 4-B (Exit 4-B immediately follows the Christiana Mall Exit). Drive Route
7 over the highway overpass to Churchmans Road, Exit 166. (There is a Delaware
Tech Sign). Ramp will divide-stay in left lane; turn left at traffic light (Churchmans
Road). Turn left at next light onto entrance road to College. Almost immediately,
turn right on a short, curvy road to stop sign; then turn left. Parking: go past
Faculty/Staff parking to next parking area. Enter through main entrance doors.
Look for flagpoles. Directions
from Dover, DE: Go North on US-13 to Delaware 1. Take Delaware 1, past Christiana
Mall, over the bridge, to the Churchmans Road exit (Exit 166). Ramp will divide-stay
in left lane; turn left at traffic light (Churchmans Road). Turn left at next
light onto entrance road to College. Almost immediately, turn right on a short,
curvy road to stop sign; then turn left. Parking: go past Faculty/Staff parking
to next parking area. Enter through main entrance doors. Look for flagpoles.
Please
click here for directions from MapQuest. Parking
Parking is free of
charge on-site.
Airports
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)
8000 Essington Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19153 (215) 937-6937
About 40 miles away from training location.
Accommodations
The following hotels are near the conference location.
Restaurants The
following cluster of restaurants is located within a quarter of a mile from the
conference site on Churchmans Road: Applebees, Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse,
Red Lobster and Olive Garden. Other restaurants are also nearby. To
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