WRIGHTSLAW SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW & ADVOCACY This event offers CLE and CEU

4473 Covington Highway,Atlanta/Decatur GA 30035

31 March, 2021

Description

This conference is designed to meet the needs of attorneys, advocates, & others representing children with all types of disabilities. 6 CLE/approved (0.5 ethics & 0.5 professionalism) & 0.6 CEU/approvedSOCIAL DISTANCING & GOOD HYGIENE ENCOURAGED / FACE MASK & TEMP CHECKS MANDATORYDISABILITY 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 for in-person participants or mailed books/materials for Zoom participants, 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 & VIP 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 will be added for ethics & professionalism compliance. COVID19 SAFETY MEASURES TAKEN*** NO SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED ***PARKING-is free at the venue DRIVING DIRECTIONS: From Below Atlanta/Decatur; From Above Atlanta; From East of Atlanta; From West of Atlanta MARTA TRAIN: Kensington Station at 3350 Kensington Rd. is 3 miles from venue. VIP ADMISSION: available to attorneys at P2P of GA; Atlanta Legal Aid Society; TeamChild Atlanta; GLSP; Pro Bono Project of the State Bar of GA; GA Advocacy Office; GA Legal Services Special Education Clinic; The Barton Child Law & Policy Center. 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 October 4, 2020. HOTELS: for a list LUNCH/REFRESHMENTS: Lunch is FREE to in-person attendees. No morning/afternoon refreshments are available but restaurants/coffee shops are close by. AIRPORT/TRAIN: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport at 6000 N. Terminal Pkwy, Ste 4000, Atlanta, GA 30320 is 22 miles to the Grand Royale Event Center . MARTA Train at the airport can be taken to the Kensington Station that is 3 miles from the Grand Royale Event Center. Take the gold line from the airport to Five Points Station, then take the blue line to Kensington Station. 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 Delta State University are approved. REFUND POLICY: full refunds are available until 02/14/21. 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/testing 478-751-6581 or [email protected]. *** WRIGHTSLAW PROGRAMS FILL UP EARLY-DON'T MISS OUT! *** COVID19 SAFETY MEASURES TAKEN