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Wrightslaw special education law and advocacy programs are taught by nationally-recognized experts in the field of special education law and advocacy.
Wrightslaw
programs are designed to meet the needs of parents, advocates, educators,
attorneys, and health care providers who represent children with disabilities.
Pete
Wright
is
an attorney
who represents children with special educational needs. His advocacy grew
out of his personal educational experiences.
Pete represented Shannon Carter before the U. S. Supreme Court in Florence
County School District Four v. Shannon Carter, 510 U.S. 7 (1993)
- the Court issued a unanimous
decision on Shannon's behalf.
Pete is the
co-author of Wrightslaw:
Special Education Law, 2nd Ed. (2006), Wrightslaw:
No Child Left Behind (2003), Wrightslaw:
IDEA 2004, (2005), Wrightslaw:
From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Ed. (2005), Wrightslaw:
All About IEPs (2009), Wrightslaw: All About Tests and Assessments (2014), and the Year in Review Series -Wrightslaw: Special Education Legal Developments and Cases.
He appeared as the parent's attorney in the award-winning DVD video, Surviving
Due Process: When Parents and the School Board Disagree - Stephen Jeffers
v. School Board (2004).
Pete
Wright's bio.
Pam
Wright is a
psychotherapist who has worked with children and families since the early
1970s.
Her training and experience in clinical psychology and clinical social
work give her a unique perspective on parent-child-school dynamics, problems,
and solutions.
Pam
has written extensively about raising, educating and advocating for children
with disabilities.
She is the
co-author of Wrightslaw:
Special Education Law, 2nd Ed. (2006), Wrightslaw:
No Child Left Behind (2003), Wrightslaw:
IDEA 2004, (2005), Wrightslaw:
From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Ed. (2005), Wrightslaw:
All About IEPs (2009), Wrightslaw: All About Tests and Assessments (2014), and the Year in Review Series -Wrightslaw: Special Education Legal Developments and Cases.
Pam is also the editor of The Special Ed Advocate newsletter.
Pam Wright's schedule & bio
Pat
Howey is an advocate who has worked with families since 1985,
helping parents resolve special education disputes with their school districts by representing them at IEP meetings, mediation, and due process hearings.
Pat writes articles for Ask
the Advocate.
Pat
has a degree in paralegal studies. She is an Indiana Registered Paralegal and an affiliate member of the Indiana Bar and the American Bar Associations. She is active in the
Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) and other organizations.
Pat also presents From
Emotions to Advocacy programs. In these programs, parents learn how
to assess their children's strengths and weaknesses, build healthy working
relationships with school personnel, about the "gentle art of disagreeing,"
and how to participate as equal members of the IEP team.
Sample
agenda. Pat
Howey's schedule & bio
Wayne
Steedman
is an attorney whose practice is devoted primarily to the representation of children with disabilities.
Wayne has a law degree from the University of Maryland and a Master's Degree in
Social Work. He has served as a hearing officer and is an active member
of the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
(COPAA).
Wayne also
presents What
You Don't Know About IDEA 2004 CAN Hurt You.
Wayne
Steedman's schedule & bio
Live, in-person, and simultaneous Zoom
Pete Wright can provide the training as either a live, face-to-face, training, as a Zoom virtual, or as a mixture of both with a live, in-person audience and remote Zoom attendees. In all of the training, attendees receive the books as print books and adobe.pdf files.
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Last updated: 4/15/2022
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