Do you have a child with special education needs? Have you struggled with “the system” as you try to advocate for your child’s rights? Then equip yourself with information about the Special Eduation Laws and learn how to best use them to help your loved one succeed in school.
Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference, featuring Pete Wright, will be a one-day special education law and advocacy program focused 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
She Is Dallas Info: The program will be held on Thursday, October 20th at First Baptist Church of Plano, 1300 East 15th Street, Plano, TX 75074.The cost to register is $100 for individuals/$125 for couples or $150 at the door. Registration fee includes, lunch, refreshments and three books Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Edition, Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition, and Wrightslaw: All About IEPs. To register or just get more information, please visit the Wrightslaw website. You can also follow Wrightslaw on Facebook.The conference is being sponsored by the National Autism Association of North Texas and the Autism Society of Collin County. The Agenda 8:00-9:00 Registration and Refreshments 9:00-10:30 Introductions
- IDEA History and Overview
- Section 1400 Findings, Purpose
- Section 1401 Definitions: Special Education, Related Services, LD, etc.
- Section 1412 Extended School Year, Child Find, Least Restrictive Environment/Mainstreaming/Inclusion, Private Placements, Statewide Assessments
- Understanding Tests and Measurements, and the Bell Curve, Standard Scores, Scale Scores, % ranks, Grade Equivalent, Age Equivalent
- Section 1414 Evaluations and IEPs
- Section 1415 Prior Written Notice, Procedural Safeguards Notice, Mediation, Due Process Hearing, Appeal, Discipline, Age of Majority
- Section 504, ADA, FERPA
- NCLB No Child Left Behind
- Litigation: Special Ed Caselaw
- S.M.A.R.T. IEPs
- Special Ed Advocacy for the Parent, Advocate, and Parent's Attorney
- Legal, systemic and school culture obstacles to compliance with IDEA-04
- 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
- Organization of the Child's File
- 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
You will not believe, but I’m very lucky that I found this announcement. The fact is that I’m leading a school chronicle and I do not have enough records about Plano. It was your site that helped me fill this gap. On behalf of the whole school number 57, thank you!
Hi there. Such a good article. I would like to be at this conference in Plano. It should be something interesting. Cause problems of education are always important question. The main problem few years ago was students cheating and ordering works by them somwhere like https://pro-papers.com/write-report. But now we struggling with “the system” as trying to advocate for our child’s rights? Then equip yourself with information about the Special Eduation Laws and learn how to best use them to help your loved one succeed in school.
Excellent info Kim ! Thanks for always finding the great resources of the DFW area!