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Wheeling Artisan Center
1400 Main Street
3rd Floor
Wheeling, WV 26003


Program Description

In From Emotions to Advocacy training programs (one day, 6 hours), attorney Pete Wright teaches you how to take an active role in managing your child's special education, the gentle art of disagreeing, and how to maintain healthy working relationships with the school.

You will learn:

• how to assess your child's strengths and needs
• how to prepare a Parent Report for the IEP team
• how to build healthy working relationships with school personnel
• how to document information that may prevent or resolve disputes
• how to participate as an equal member of your child's IEP team

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 a.m.	Registration and light refreshments
9:00-10:30 a.m.	Introductions Section 1: Getting Started Creating the Advocate's IEP, the Master Plan Taming the Paper Trail Goals and Strategies for the Advocate The Parent as Project Manager Advocacy 101: Learning the Rules of the Game
10:30-10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45-12:00 p.m.	Obstacles to Success, Resolving Parent/School Conflicts, Emergency, Crisis, Help Evaluations and Your Child's Disability Tests and Measurements 101
12:00-1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00-2:30 p.m.	The Bell Curve Charting Test Scores Smart IEPs Overview of IDEA - Findings, Purposes and Definitions Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ESSA
2:30-2:45 p.m.	Break
2:45-4:00 p.m.	Rule of Adverse Assumptions Taming the Paper Trail - Documenting and Writing Letters and using the "Letter to a Stranger" Strategy IEP Meeting Strategies and Common Problems Putting it all together
4:00-4:30 p.m.	Questions and Answers

Registration

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

Logistics, Directions and Accommodations

Directions

Map and directions to the Wheeling Artisan Center.

Parking

A parking garage is available scross the street at the Ohio Valley Regional Transit Authority Garage located at 1401 Main Street. The cost is $2.75 for all-day parking. There is also metered parking available on the street.

Airports

Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT)
(approximately 50 miles to venue)

We built the West Virginia 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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