Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy 2-Day Boot Camp, Charleston, WV, March 11-12, 2022

Valley Park Conference Center
1 Valley Park Drive
Hurricane, WV 25526

Program Description

This two-day special education law and advocacy program focuses on four areas:

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.

Day 1: Friday, March 11, 2022 - Special Education Law
8:00-9:00	Registration
9:00-10:30	Introduction Overview of Book: Wrightslaw: Special Education Law IDEA History - PARC + Mills Cases - Past US Supreme Court Cases
10:30-10:45	Break
10:45-12:00	IDEA (con’t) Section 1400: Findings & Purposes Section 1401: Key Definitions Section 1412: LRE, ESY, Child Find, Private Placements
12:00-1:00	Lunch
1:00-2:30	Measuring Progress: Understanding Tests & Measurements & the Bell Curve, Standard Scores, Scaled Scores, % Ranks Demo: Charting Test Scores Section 1414(a,b,c): Evaluations Section 1414(d) IEPs
2:30-2:45	Break
2:45-4:00	Section 1414(d) IEPs (cont'd)
4:00-4:30	Questions and Answers
Day 2: Saturday, March 12, 2022- Special Education Advocacy Tactics & Strategies
9:00-10:30	Section 1415 - Due Process, Rules of Procedure, Discipline Other Statutes - Section 504 + ADA AA + ESSA Recent Cases + USDOJ cases and OCR rulings Legal issues: Charter Schools Legal issues: Food Allergies, Anaphylaxis, Epi-Pens, Diabetes, Epilepsy, etc. The Journey - From Emotions to Advocacy - Tactics The Parent as the Special Ed Manager and Expert
10:30-10:45	Break
10:45-12:00	From Emotions to Advocacy - Tactics 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 Recognizing and Avoiding the Fatal Obstacles Organization of the Child's File SMART IEPs
12:00-1:00	Lunch
1:00-2:30	Advocacy Strategies Emotions, Conflict and Normal Obstacles 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 Paper Trails & Letters School Meetings: Preparation & Survival Strategies Closing - In Summation
4:00-4:30	Questions and Answers

Registration Fees	Regular
Individual	$215
Professional (includes CEUs)	$265

Conference fee includes light morning refreshments, lunch, a Wrightslaw highlighter pen, three Wrightslaw books - Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Ed., Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Ed., and Wrightslaw: All About IEPs provided the morning of the conference and then, at the conclusion of the program, Wrightslaw will provide those three books to each attendee in the adobe.pdf format. The three print and pdf books retail for $103.70.

Click here to register online.

Credits: 1.2 CEU's (continuing education units) through Delta State University are approved.

Questions? Contact the sponsor by email ashleywvcares |at| gmail.com or telephone 304-964-3274.


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