Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference, Holtsville, NY, February 3, 2024

Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference
with Pete Wright, Esq.

Holtsville, NY

(On Long Island)

Saturday, February 3, 2024

SOLD OUT!

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Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference, a Wrightslaw training program featuring Pete Wright, Esq., is being sponsored by Suffolk Region PTA.

The program will be held at:

Sequoya High School
750 Waverly Ave.
Holtsville, NY 11742
(Note: The location is minutes from
the ISP Airport which has direct flights
from BWI, MCO, PBI, and TPA.)

Program Description

One-day special education law and advocacy programs focus 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.

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 Fee	Regular
Individual	$55

Conference fee includes a light breakfast, lunch and refreshments, a Wrightslaw highlighter pen, and 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. That morning, all attendees will be provided with a link to a password protected subdirectory so that they can download those three books in an adobe.pdf format. The three print and pdf books retail for $103.70.

Online Registration: Click here to register online - SOLD OUT!

Flyer: Download and share the conference flyer and registration form.

Questions? Contact Tina Shek by telephone 917-683-0441 or email associatedirectorfieldsupport |at| suffolkpta.org

Logistics, Directions and Accommodations

Directions

Map and directions to Sequoya High School.

Parking

Parking is free.

Hotel

The Holiday Inn Long Island - Islip Airport East, 1730 North Ocean Ave, Holtsville, NY 11742, provides a shuttle service to and from the ISP airport.

Airports

Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP)
The airport is approximately :15 minutes to the venue.

JFK International Airport (JFK)
The airport is approximately 60 minutes to the venue.

LaGuardia Airport (LGA)
The airport is approximately 60 minutes to the venue.


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