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Wrightslaw
Special Education Law & Advocacy Boot Camp
with Wayne
Steedman , Esq. and Pat Howey
Toledo,
Ohio, October 12-13, 2007
SOLD
OUT
This
two-day Special Education Law & Advocacy Boot Camp,
a Wrightslaw
training program with Wayne
Steedman and Pat
Howey, is being sponsored by The
Arc of Lucas County, Autism Society
of NW Ohio, Family
Information Network of NW Ohio, Lucas
County Board of MR/DD, The
Ability Center of Greater Toledo, Ohio
Support Team, Ohio Coalition for
the Education of Children with Disabilities and the Ohio
Developmental Disabilities Council.
The program will be held at:
Toledo-Lucas
County Public Library – Main Branch
McMaster Family Center for Lifelong Learning
325 N. Michigan St.
Toledo, OH 43604 Map
Program Description Participants
will learn about changes in IDEA 2004 including:
- New requirements
for initial evaluations, reevaluations & parental consent
- New
requirements for IEPs, IEP goals, IEP teams, IEP meetings
- New
eligibility issues for students with specific learning disabilities
- New
procedural requirements and timelines, including the “Due Process Complaint Notice”
and “Resolution (IEP) Session.”
Participants
will learn about requirements in No Child Left Behind
including: - Reading
and research based instruction
- Highly
qualified teachers
- Parental
rights and options
- High
stakes testing
Participants
will also learn how to: - Use
tests and measurements to measure progress
- Write
SMART IEPs
- Use
tactics and strategies for effective advocacy
| Day
1: Special Education Laws | | 8:00-9:00 | Registration |
| 9:00-10:30 | - Introductions,
Agenda, Pre-test
- Overview:
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA-97) and the Reauthorized IDEA
of 2004
| | 10:30-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-12:00 | IDEA
(con’t) - Section
1400: Findings & Purposes
- Section
1401: Definitions
- Section
1412: “Catchall Statute” – Least Restrictive Environment
- (LRE),
ESY, Notice, Statewide Assessments
Review |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-2:30 | - Measuring
Progress: Tests & Measurements & the Bell Curve Demo: How to Chart Test
Scores
- Section
1414: Evaluations, Consent
- Individualized
Education Programs (IEPs)
| | 2:30-2:45 | Break |
| 2:45-4:00 | - Section
1415: Procedural Safeguards - Prior Written Notice, Procedural Safeguards Notice,
Mediation, Due Process Hearings, Appeal, Discipline
- Section
504: Discrimination, Retaliation, Damages
- Review
and Homework Assignment
| | 4:00-4:30 | Questions
and Answers | | Day
2: SMART IEPs, NCLB, Advocacy Strategies | | 9:00-10:30 | - Review:
Law, Tests & Measurements, Bell Curve
- No
Child Left Behind: Reading, Research Based Instruction
- Highly
Qualified Teachers
- Paraprofessionals
- Parent
“Right to Know”
SMART
IEPS | | 10:30-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-12:00 | SMART
IEPs (cont'd) | | 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-2:30 | Advocacy
Strategies, Crisis Management- Emotions,
Conflict
- Obstacles
to Successful Advocacy
- School
Culture
- Rule
of Adverse Assumptions
| | 2:30-2:45 | Break |
| 2:45-4:00 | Advocacy
Strategies (con’t) - Hazards
of Litigation & Outcome Prediction
- Comprehensive
Evaluations
- Negotiating;
Paper Trails & Letters
- School
Meetings: Preparation & Survival Strategies
| | 4:00-4:30 | Questions
and Answers |
Registration
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Registration
Fee
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Parent
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$50
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Couple
(one set of books)
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$80
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Professional
(Seeking CLE or CEU's)
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$75
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Note: Parking
is available at the Toledo-Lucas
County Public Library for a $2.50
per day fee.
Questions?
Contact The Arc of Lucas County by phone at (419) 882-0941, by fax
at (419) 517-5346, or by email at thearc@arclucas.org.
Additional
Info: 1.2 CEU's have been approved for this conference.
The Ohio State Bar has approved 12 CLE credits for this course.
Wrightslaw
programs often fill up early - don't miss out! Register today!
Logistics,
Directions, Accommodations
Directions
Toledo-Lucas
County Public Library – Main Branch, The McMaster Family Center
for Lifelong Learning, 325 N. Michigan St., Toledo, OH 43604.
From the East: Ohio Turnpike West to Exit 71. Merge onto I-280
North. Take Exit 10A. Left on Summit Street. Right on Adams. The Library
parking lot is on Adams between Michigan and 11th.
From the West: Ohio Turnpike east to Exit 64 I-75 North. Take
Exit 201B and merge onto State Route 25 North. Turn left on South Erie.
Turn left onto Adams. The Library parking lot is on Adams between Michigan
and 11th.
From the North: I-75 South to Exit 208. Merge onto I-280 South.
Take Exit 11 onto the Greenbelt Parkway, State Route 25. Take a right
on Adams. The Library parking lot is on Adams between Michigan and 11th.
From the South: I-75 North to Exit 201B. Merge onto State Route
25 North. Turn left on South Erie.
Turn left on Adams. The Library parking lot is on Adams between Michigan
and 11th.
Please
click here for directions from
MapQuest.
Parking
Parking
information available soon.
Airports
Toledo
Express Airport
11013 Airport
Highway
Swanton, OH 43558
Approximately
21 miles from conference location.
Detroit
Metro Airport
2800 Midfield
Dr.
Detroit, MI 48242
Approximately
44 miles from conference location.
Accommodations
There
are many hotels in the area, including:
Toledo
Riverfront Hotel
2 Seagate/Summit Street
Toledo, OH 43604
(419) 241-1411
Several blocks from conference facility |
*
Park Inn
101 N. Summit Street
Toledo, OH 43604
(419) 241-3000
Several blocks from conference facility
*Conference room rate of $89 -
Offer ends October 4th. |
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Holiday
Inn Express
10621 Fremont Pike
Perrysburg, OH 43551
(419) 874-3101
Nine
miles from conference facility
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Holiday
Inn Express Oregon
3154 Navarre Ave
Oregon, OH 43616
(419) 691-8800
Five miles from conference facility |
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