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Wrightslaw
Special Education Law and Advocacy Boot Camp
with Pete and Pam Wright
Travis Air Force Base, CA
(midway between San Franciso and Sacramento)
November 16-17, 2010
Wrightslaw
Special Education Law and Advocacy Boot Camp, a Wrightslaw
training program featuring Pete and Pam
Wright, is being sponsored
by the NCOIC Airman & Family Readiness Center at the Travis Air Force Base located in California.
Registration
is FREE and open only to military
parents and staff.
The program will be held at:
 Courtyard
by Marriott
1350 Holiday Lane
Fairfield, CA 94534
Program
Description
Participants
will learn about IDEA 2004 and the Dept. of Defense Instruction (DoDI) # 1342
including:
- Requirements for initial evaluations, reevaluations & parental
consent
- Requirements for IEPs, IEP goals, IEP teams, IEP meetings and "comparable IEPs" upon transfer to a new school district
- Eligibility issues (and RTI) for students with specific learning disabilities
- 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 2004)
- Section
1400: Findings & Purposes
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| 10:30-10:45 |
Break |
| 10:45-12:00 |
- Section
1401: Definitions
- Section
1412: “Catchall Statute” – Least Restrictive
Environment
- (LRE),
ESY, Notice, Statewide Assessments
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| 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)
- Comparable IEPs
- Section
1415: Procedural Safeguards - Prior Written Notice, Procedural
Safeguards Notice, Mediation, Due Process Hearings, Appeal,
Discipline
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| 2:30-3:00 |
Questions
and Answers |
| Day
2: Section 504, NCLB, SMART IEPs, Advocacy Strategies |
| 9:00-10:30 |
- IDEA 2004 + DoDI 1342 - Compare and contrast
- Section
504: Discrimination, Retaliation, Damages
- Review:
Law, Tests & Measurements, Bell Curve
- No
Child Left Behind: Reading, Research Based Instruction
- Highly
Qualified Teachers
- Paraprofessionals
- Parent
“Right to Know”
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| 10:30-10:45 |
Break |
| 10:45-12:00 |
SMART
IEPs + issues about "Comparable IEPs" and Interstate Compact |
| 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
- Hazards
of Litigation & Outcome Prediction
- Comprehensive
Evaluations
- Negotiating;
Paper Trails & Letters
- School
Meetings: Preparation & Survival Strategies
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| 2:30-3:00 |
Questions
and Answers |
Registration
Timelines and Information
Registration
is FREE and open only to military
parents and staff,
such as EFMP's, SLO's and related
service providers.
| Travis
AFB Parents and Staff Only |
Registration is open now! |
| USAF parents and staff |
Registration opens on Friday, October 8, 2010 |
| Open
to All Military |
Registration opens on October 15, 2010 |
Note:
Registrants must use their military email
address when registering. To gain admission, you must bring your military ID card with you to the conference.
Caution:
The registration software cannot differentiate
whether you are a Travis parent/staff or USAF or other. If you register
prior to your eligible date, a human being will bounce your registration.
There are only 100 slots, so please wait to register until your
window opens. To register, click here, then click on the "Sign
up for a Class" link on the right, then, on "Class Locator" scroll down
to the Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Boot Camp.
Wrightslaw
programs often fill up early - don't miss out!
We built
the California
Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities so people can get reliable
information and support.
The State Yellow
Pages has many useful resources - evaluators, educational consultants, academic
tutors, support groups, grassroots organizations, advocates, attorneys and others
who help parents get services for their children.
If you provide a service,
sign up to be listed on the Yellow
Pages for Kids with Disabilities - this is a free service from Wrightslaw.
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