Wrightslaw Special Education Law & Advocacy Boot Camp, Portland, Maine (April 4-5, 2008)

Wrightslaw Special Education Law & Advocacy Boot Camp
with Peter Wright, Esq. and Pamela Darr Wright
Portland, Maine , April 4-5, 2008

This two-day Special Education Law & Advocacy Boot Camp, a Wrightslaw training program with Pete Wright and Pam Wright, is being sponsored by the Maine Parent Federation.

The program will be held at:

Participants will learn about requirements in No Child Left Behind including:

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 Educational 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

Your registration includes continental breakfast and lunch, break refreshments, Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd edition and Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, Second Edition ($50.00 combined retail value). Participants will also receive a copy of Chapter 101: Maine Unified Special Education Regulation Birth to Age Twenty.

Note: Registration deadline: March 31, 2008. Pre-registration is required.

Additional Information: 6 Continuing Legal Education (CLE's) credits have been approved for this conference. CEU’S (Fee Applies) and GLE’s have also been approved.

From Maine Turpike I-95: Traveling north or south, take Exit 48. Turn right onto Riverside Street. At second light, turn right onto Warren Avenue. You'll find Keeley's one mile down on the right.

From I-295: Traveling north or south, take Exit 6B. Follow Forest Avenue north for 2.5 miles. You'll see McDonald's on your left. At the next light, turn left onto Warren Avenue. You'll find Keeley's 1/4 mile down on the left.

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