Home  >Seminars & Training > Wrightslaw Special Education Law & Advocacy Boot Camp, Austin, TX (August 1-2, 2008)

Education Service Center Region XIII  
5701 Springdale Road  
Austin, TX  78723 

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

Registration

Click here for online registration.

Download the registration form.

Registration fee includes continental breakfast and lunch.

Registrants will also receive two books, Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Edition and Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition.

* Couples receive one set of books.

Credits - 1.2 Continuing Education Units (12 contact hours) have been approved for this conference. CEUs for Social Workers and for Professional Counselors will be available also. The State Bar of Texas has approved this conference for 12 CLE credits.

Additional Information

We will also provide limited childcare for a nominal fee. Care will be provided by experienced child care workers who are familiar with children with disabilities.

Questions? Contact Texas Parent to Parent by telephone 866-896-6001, 512-458-8600 (local for Austin), Fax 512-451-3110 or by email.

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Logistics, Directions, Accommodations

Directions

Education Service Center Region XIII, 5701 Springdale Road, Austin, TX  78723.

From IH-35

• Take the Martin Luther King (MLK) Blvd. exit
  Travel east on MLK to Springdale Rd.
  Turn left onto Springdale and travel past 51st Street
  Region XIII is on your right at the Rogge Lane "T" intersection

Heading North on Hwy 183

• Take the Martin Luther King (MLK) Blvd. exit
  Turn left, traveling west, on MLK to Springdale Rd.
  Turn right onto Springdale and travel past 51st street
  Region XIII is on your right at the Rogge Lane "T" intersection

Heading South on Hwy 183

• Take the Manor Rd. exit
  Turn right, traveling south, on Manor Rd. to Springdale Rd.
  Always stay in the left lane, Manor Rd. will fork into Springdale Rd. (always stay to the left)
  Going up a hill, Region XIII is on your left at the Rogge Lane "T" intersection
  
  Map at maps.google.com

Parking

Parking is free and available onsite.

Airports

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
3600 Presidential Blvd #411
Austin, TX 78719
(Approximately 8 miles to conference location)

Accommodations

For a list of local hotels click here.

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