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Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas
Ballroom
500 West Las Coinas Blvd.
Irving, TX 75039
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 |
| 9:00-10:30 |
Introductions
- IDEA
History, Book Overview, US Supreme Ct Cases
- Section
1400 Findings, Purpose
- Section
1401 Definitions: Disability, Special Education, Related Services, LD,
etc.
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| 10:30-10:45 |
Break |
| 10:45-12:00 |
- Section
1412 Extended School Year, Child Find, Least Restrictive, Private Placements
- Understanding
Tests and Measurements, and the Bell Curve, Standard Scores,
Scale Scores, % ranks, Grade Equivalent, Age Equivalent, Determining progress v. regression using Bar Graphs
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| 12:00-1:00 |
Lunch |
| 1:00-2:30 |
- Section
1414 Evaluations and IEPs
- Section
1415 Due Process, Rules of Procedure, Discipline
- Section 504, ADA, FERPA, ESSA
- Episodic Conditions, Allergies, Epilepsy, etc.
- Recent Cases + OCR, USDOJ
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
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| 2:30-2:45 |
Break |
| 2:45-4:00 |
- Crisis,
Emergency, Help
- Organization
of the Child’s File
- SMART IEPs
- 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
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| 4:00-4:30 |
Questions
and Answers |
Registration
| Registration Fee |
Regular
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| Individual |
$100 |
| Professional (includes CLE/CEU) |
$120 |
Conference fee includes coffee, water and tea along with assorted mini pastries and fruit, boxed lunch, gluten free boxed lunch or vegetarian boxed lunch, refreshments, a Wrightslaw highlighter pen, three Wrightslaw books - Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 3rd Ed., Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Ed., and Wrightslaw: All About IEPs provided the morning of the conference and you will be provided a link to download those three books in an adobe.pdf format. The three print and pdf books retail for $103.70.
Click here to register online.
Download and share the Save-the-Date flyer.
Credits: 6.0 CLE (continuing legal education) credits through The State Bar of Texas are approved. 0.6 CEU's (continuing education units) through Delta State University are approved.
Scholarships: Limited scholarships are available. Please email info |at| downsyndromedallas.org
Special Needs Accommodations: Contact Hannah Fredette by email hannah |at| downsyndromedallas.org no later than August 31, 2023.
Questions? Contact Hannah Fredette by telephone 214-267-1374 or email Hannah |at| downsyndromedallas.org
Wrightslaw
programs often fill up early - don't miss out!
Directions, Logistics and Accommodations
Directions
Map and directions to the Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas.
Bus/Railway Express and Light Rail Travel
How to Get Around!
Parking
Parking is free to those attending the conference.
Hotels
Click here for hotels near the venue.
Airports
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)
The Dallas Fort Worth International Airport is approximately 11.2 miles to the venue. DFW is easily accessible from anywere in the metropolian Dallas and Fort Worth area. As the third largest airport in the world, DFW serves 204 national and international destinations.
Dallas Love Field (DAL)
Dallas Love Field is approximately 9.3 miles to the venue. The newly renovated and expanded airport, is just minutes from Irving. The hub for Southwest Airlines, Love Field is also served by airlines such as Virgin America, Seaport, United and Delta.
We built
the 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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