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Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Training
 Special Education Law and Advocacy Training program on CD-ROM includes all the content of the live program ... and more than an hour of bonus content. The content is divided into four programs: two about law; two about advocacy strategies. Each program includes several topics. Click here for the program description.
Your instructors are Pete Wright and Pam Wright.
"This is advocacy training at it's best..." "Each time I listen, I pick up something new!..." Read reviews
 CD-ROM: After purchasing the program from the Wrightslaw Store or by mailing or faxing the Mail Order form, the CD will be mailed to you.
Suggested Retail Price: $99.95
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Format
This Wrightslaw Special Education Law & Advocacy program is available on a CD-ROM. (NOTE: This is a data CD-ROM, not a DVD.) Install free WebEx player for CD-ROM
Required Coursebooks
The law programs use Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd. Edition as the required coursebook. You will need this book for the course. As Pete explains specific statutes and regulations, he has you make notes in the margins and inside cover of the book. These notes will be extremely helpful to you later.
The advocacy programs use Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition as the required coursebook. Pete and Pam explain concepts in the chapters and describe ways to improve your advocacy skills. When you begin the program, be sure you have the appropriate book and your yellow highlighter.
Combos: Training & Books
Coursebooks can be purchased in combination with Wrightslaw Training Programs at a Special Introductory Price.
 CD-ROM Combo: Training Program on a CD-ROM plus required coursebooks.
Program Overview
The
one-day special education law and advocacy program focuses on
four areas:
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special education law, rights and responsibilities
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tests and measurements to measure progress & regression
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SMART IEPs
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introduction to tactics & strategies for effective advocacy
Special Education Law, Part 1
- Overview: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004
- Section 1400: Findings & Purposes
- Section 1401: Definitions
- Section 1412: “Catchall Statute” – Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), 10 day notice re: private placements, Assessments, ESY
- Section 1414(a)(b)(c): Evaluations, Reevaluations, Response to Intervention
Click here to watch and listen to Pete describe the Purpose of the law.
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Special Education Law, Part 2
- Section 1414(d): Individualized Educational Programs (IEPs), IEP Teams, Parental Participation, Placement
- Section 1415: Procedural Safeguards - Prior Written Notice, Mediation, Due Process Hearings, Appeals, Attorneys Fees, Placement in Alternative Educational Settings
- Recent Decisions by U. S. Supreme Court
- Section 504 v. IDEA
- No Child Left Behind Act: Purposes, New Legal Definitions (reading, essential components of a reading program, diagnostic reading assessments, scientifically based reading research)
- Minimum Standards for Highly Qualified Teachers, Paraprofessionals
- How to Use IDEA and NCLB to Advocate for a Child
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Special Education Advocacy, Part 1
- Creating Your Master Plan, Understanding the Parental Role
- Rules of the Game: School Rules, Gatekeepers
- Obstacles to Success: School Culture, Low Expectations, Isolation, Lack of Information, Emotions
- Parent-School Conflict: 6 Reasons for Conflict; Dealing with Difficult People
- Crisis! Emergency! Help!
- Evaluations & Your Child's Disability: Using the Evaluation as a Roadmap; Selecting an Evaluator
- Organizing Your Child's File
- Tests & Measurements & the Bell Curve: Standard scores, Percentile ranks, Subtest scores
- Demo: How to create graphs of progress or regression
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Special Education Advocacy, Part 2
- SMART IEPs
- Rules of Adverse Assumptions; Outcome Prediction in Litigation
- Creating Paper Trails; Writing Good Letters; Letter Writing Tips; Writing the "Letter to the Stranger"
- Preparing for School Meetings: Pre-meeting worksheets, Agendas, Handouts, Charts
- Negotiation Skills: 4 questions; 5 rules for effective negotiating
- Meeting Survival Strategies: IEP Meeting Worksheets; 4 Rules of Conduct
- Advocacy Strategies: What Can One Person Do?
- Educational Advocacy Groups
Click here to watch and listen to Pam discuss preparing for school meetings.
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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.
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content of the program is divided in topical areas. You can
use the program outline to develop a template for your group.
Click
here for a description of each session.
Credits
This Wrightslaw Special Education Law & Advocacy program
has been authorized for .65 Continuing
Education Credits by the University of Missouri-Kansas City,
School of Education, Division of Continuing Education. We are
investigating Continuing Legal Education Credits but do not
offer CLEs at this time.
Install Free WebEx Player
 To view Wrightslaw Training programs, you must have the free WebEx software installed on your computer.
If you are unsure if you have WebEx software, you can check by clicking this test file. (Mac users, either download the file to your hard drive first, or use IE or Firefox to open, do not use Safari.)
If the program opens, you have WebEx software. If the program doesn't open, please download and install the free WebEx software now. In some instances a window will pop up and ask you WebEx questions for marketing purposes. At the same time you will be asked if you want to save the file. Yes, you want to save the file. After saving it to your hard drive, you can close the window, or answer the questions. Then go back and click on the file saved on your hard drive to install the software.
If you have difficulty downloading and installing the software, check your browser and virus software because the download is probably being blocked.
After you download and install the free WebEx software, first click the test file, then click the two sample files to hear Pete describe the Purpose of the law and Pam discuss preparing for school meetings.
Instructors
Your instructors for this Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Training are Pete and Pam Wright.
Pete and Pam are Adjunct Professors of Law at the William and Mary Law School where they teach a course about special education law and advocacy and assist with the Law School's Special Education Law Clinic.
Pete Wright is an attorney who represents children with special educational needs and who successfully represented Shannon Carter before the United States Supreme Court in Florence County v. Shannon Carter (501 U.S. 7). Short bio.
Pam Wright is a psychotherapist who worked with children and families from the 1970's. Pam has written extensively about raising, educating and advocating for children with disabilities. She publishes The Special Ed Advocate, a weekly electronic newsletter. Short bio.
Pete and Pam Wright are the founders of Wrightslaw.com
Library
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Created: 08/18/07
Revised: 11/03/08
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