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SAMPLE 6 HOUR AGENDA
Your Organization’s Name Here
Wrightslaw: Special Education Law and Advocacy
Peter W. D. Wright, Esq.
Schedule
Weekday, Date here and location
Time
9:00 - 10:30
IDEA IDEA History, Book Overview, US Supreme Ct Cases
Section 1400 Findings, Purpose
Section 1401 Definitions: Disability, Special Education, Related Services, LD, etc.
1.5
10:30-10:45
Break
.25
10:45 - 12:00
Section 1412 ESY, Child Find, LRE, 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
1.25
12:00 - 1:00
Lunch
1.0
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
Crisis, Emergency, Help
Organization of the Child’s File
1.5
2:30 - 2:45
Break
.25
2:45 - 4:00
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
1.25
4:00 - 4:30
Questions and Answers
0.5


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