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Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference
with Wayne Steedman, Esq.

Irving, TX


Saturday, September 30, 2023

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Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference
, a Wrightslaw training program featuring Wayne Steedman, Esq.,
is being sponsored by the Down Syndrome Guild of Dallas.


The program will be held at:


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.
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
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
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
4:00-4:30 Questions and Answers


Registration

Registration Fee
Regular

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.

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