Home  > Seminars & Training > Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference, Lincroft, NJ (February 19, 2015)

Brookdale Community College
Warner Student Life Center (SLC)
Navisink Room (Upper Level)
765 Newmans Spring Road
Lincroft, NJ 07738

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Program Description

One-day special education law and advocacy programs focus on four areas:

• special education law, rights and responsibilities
• tests and measurements to measure progress & regression
• SMART IEPs
• introduction to tactics & strategies for effective advocacy

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

8:00-9:00	Registration and continental breakfast
9:00-10:30	Introductions IDEA History and Overview Section 1400 Findings, Purpose Section 1401 Definitions: Special Education, Related Services, LD, etc.
10:30-10:45	Break
10:45-12:00	Section 1412 Extended School Year, Child Find, Least Restrictive Environment/Mainstreaming/Inclusion, Private Placements, Statewide Assessments Understanding Tests and Measurements, and the Bell Curve, Standard Scores, Scale Scores, % ranks, Grade Equivalent, Age Equivalent
12:00-1:00	Lunch
1:00-2:30	Section 1414 Evaluations and IEPs Section 1415 Prior Written Notice, Procedural Safeguards Notice, Mediation, Due Process Hearing, Appeal, Discipline, Age of Majority Section 504, ADA, FERPA NCLB No Child Left Behind Litigation: Special Ed Caselaw S.M.A.R.T. IEPs Special Ed Advocacy for the Parent, Advocate, and Parent’s Attorney Legal, systemic and “school culture” obstacles to compliance with IDEA-04 The Parent as the Special Ed Manager and Expert Developing the Master Plan Knowing the Rules of the Game Recognizing and Avoiding the Fatal Obstacles How to Deal with Conflict, a Healthy and Normal event Crisis, Emergency, Help Organization of the Child’s File
2:30-2:45	Break
2:45-4:00	Tactics and Strategies Rule of Adverse Assumptions Private Evaluations Paper Trails The Letter to the Stranger 5 Ws + H + E Preparation for Meetings Meeting Strategies
4:00-4:30	Questions and Answers

Registration

Wrightslaw programs often fill up early - don't miss out!

Logistics, Directions, Accommodationss

Directions

Click here for directions to the Brookdale Community College.

Parking

Parking is free. Use Lots 6 and 7 at the Warner Student Life Center.

Airports

Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)
(approximately 40-50 minutes to venue)

Accommodations

The sponsors have secured a special rate of $149 with the Courtyard Lincroft Red Bank. To receive this rate you must mention the Wrightslaw Special Ed Advocacy Conference Room Block Group staying at the Courtyard Lincroft Red Bank, located at 245 Half Mile Road, Red Bank, NJ, 07701. Reservations for all guests must be received on or before Wednesday, January 28, 2015. Please call 800-321-2211.

For a list of local hotels, please click here.

We built the New Jersey 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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