WRIGHTSLAW SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW & ADVOCACY-CLE/CEU

13040 Abercorn Street,Savannah GA 31419

17 March, 2022

Description

One-day special education law & advocacy program focusing on: law, rights, and responsibilities; SMART IEPs; advocacy tactics and strategies 6 CLE/approved (0.5 ethics & 0.5 professionalism) & 0.6 CEU-Approved. The event will adhere to all guidelines put forth by the Georgia Department of Public Health, State of Georgia, Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, Georgia Southern University, and/or the Centers for Disease Control recommended to minimize the spread of COVID-19/coronavirus and in place at the time of the event. DISABILITY ISSUES ARE CONFUSING FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL AND ATTORNEYS ALIKE. THIS ONE-DAY SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW & ADVOCACY PROGRAM FOCUSES ON FOUR AREAS: Special Education Law, Rights & Responsibilities. Tests & Measurements to Measure Progress & Regression SMART Individual Education Plans (IEPs) Introduction to Tactics & Strategies for Effective Advocacy. Conference fee includes lunch, a Wrightslaw highlighter pen, three Wrightslaw books-Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Ed., Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Ed., and Wrightslaw: All About IEPs provided the morning of the conference and then, within a week after the program, Wrightslaw will email those three books to each attendee in the adobe.pdf format. The three print and pdf books retail for $103.70. EARLY BIRD registrants will receive FREE adobe.pdf downloads of Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Ed. and Wrightslaw: Special Education Legal Developments and Cases 2017, which includes all of the 2017 U. S. Court of Appeals special education cases and the two 2017 U. S. Supreme Court cases, Fry and Endrew F., which have a retail value of $34.90. DOWNLOADABLE FLYER AND PAPER REGISTRATION FORM AGENDA -Additional topics are added for ethics & professionalism compliance. The event will adhere to all guidelines put forth by the Georgia Department of Public Health, State of Georgia, Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, Georgia Southern University, and/or the Centers for Disease Control recommended to minimize the spread of COVID-19/coronavirus and in place at the time of the event. RAFFEL TICKET $15 -Winners Receive Admission, Lunch, and a Set of Books (sorry no scholarships available)25% OFF -for attorneys who complete the GLSP VOLUNTEER PLEDGE FORMPARKING-is free at the venue DRIVING DIRECTIONS: From North GA/Dalton; From South GA/Valdosta; From West GA/Columbus; From East GA /Augusta; From Atlanta GA GROUP SEATING: Reserved preferential seating for groups is provided upon request by email to [email protected]. Provide the group name and number of members in the group. SPECIAL NEEDS ACCOMMODATIONS: email A. Kelly Neal, Esq. at [email protected] no later than March 7, 2022. HOTELS: for a list LUNCH/REFRESHMENTS: Lunch is FREE to attendees. There is a snack vending machine in the right front hallway as well as a drink machine. This is a bottle filler station upstairs right around the corner from the upstairs entrance/exit to the auditorium. AIRPORT/GROUND TRANSPORTATION: Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport at 400 Airways Ave, Savannah, GA 31408 is 19 miles to The Armstrong Center. Rental Cars, Rideshare App Services, Taxis, Limos & Sedans, and Shuttles/Motor coaches are available at the airport. CLE/CEU CREDIT: 6 CLEs with 0.5 ethics & 0.5 professionalism (continuing legal education/approved) credits through the State Bar of Georgia (including 0.5 ethics/0.5 professionalism) and 0.6 CEUs (continuing education units) through Georgia Southern University are approved. REFUND POLICY: full ticket refunds are available until 02/17/22. After this date, partial refunds of the ticket price less $45 are offered. SUBSTITUTION OF ATTENDEES IS ENCOURAGED. QUESTIONS?: Contact A. Kelly Neal, Esq. by calling/texting 478-751-6581 or [email protected]. *** WRIGHTSLAW TICKETS SELL OUT EARLY-DON'T MISS OUT! *** The event will adhere to all guidelines put forth by the Georgia Department of Public Health, State of Georgia, Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, Georgia Southern University, and/or the Centers for Disease Control recommended to minimize the spread of COVID-19/coronavirus and in place at the time of the event. A. Kelly Neal, Esq. is currently a volunteer advocate specializing in education matters in the Macon-Regional Office of Georgia Legal Services Program. She is a 2005 graduate of Atlanta's John Marshall Law School. Neal has brought in Peter Wright, Esq., a nationally recognized expert in the area of special education law, to educate the public at the Wrightlsaw Special Education Law & Advocacy fundraisers to benefit the Georgia Legal Services Program. Georgia Legal Services Program's mission is to provide civil legal services for persons with low incomes, creating equal access to justice and opportunities out of poverty.