g Conference,Dayton, OH

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Listmates,

The following is the information on the planned conference here

in Dayton, OH. I posted to you on here awhile back.

The registration information is embedded in this post and can be printed out

and sent in.

Since I can not send an attachment to the list, if you need directions or

the registration form does not print as needed, please send an e-mail to me

at

mvfeat@...

with subject line Conference and I will send you a map or registration

via e-mail as an attachment.

We worked at trying to cover just about everything from ADA, 504's to IDEA

and everything in between.

Note, at the end of each day there is time allotted for Q & A

Please fwd onto any support/educational/medical/university group you feel

that may benefit from such conference.

If you have any further questions you can e-mail them to mvfeat@...

Hope to see many of you there,

Donelle

SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW 2003 CONFERENCE

By , J.D.

GETTING CHILDREN THE SERVICES THEY NEED!!

9:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. (Registration 8:30-9:00 a.m.)

March 7 & 8, 2003

The Presidential Banquet Center

4572 Presidential Way

Kettering, Ohio

SPACE LIMITED! REGISTER EARLY!!

Registration Fee: Day 1 (March 7) $65…………………………………$______

Day 2 (March 8) $65…………………………………$______

(Includes coffee, box lunch & conference

material)

OR Day 1 & Day 2 - $120.............................

.....................$______

(Includes coffee, box lunch & conference

material)

Total Enclosed…………………………………………………………….$______

**Conference cancellations: If you cancel before February 21, 2003, your

registration fee, minus a $25 processing fee, will be refunded. No refunds

after February 21, 2003.

Please complete the following registration form, include check, made payable

to The Advocates and mail to: Fran Watkins, P.O. Box 726, Vandalia, OH

45377-0726

NAME:____________________________________________________________

Street:___________________City____________________ST_____ZIP_______

Phone:______________________ E-mail:_______________________________

Check One: ___Parent ___Advocate ___ School Personnel: ___Teacher

___Administrator ___Attorney _____________Other (Please specify)

Do you have special needs? Please specify:_______________________________

Conference center is totally accessible.

Hotel/Motel accommodations on your own. There are several in the Dayton

Mall area which is about 15 minutes from Presidential Banquet Center.

(Residence Inn, Ramada Inn, Hampton Inn-South, Homewood Suites-South,

Holiday Inn-Dayton Mall) and the Marriott on Blvd. (also about 15

minutes away from center)

**** SPACE IS LIMITED, SO REGISTAR EARLY

THE ADVOCATES FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

ARE PLEASED TO SPONSOR THE FOLLOWING CONFERENCE

SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW 2003

Getting Children The Services They Need To Succeed!

By REED MARTIN, J.D.

Friday, March 7, 2003 and Saturday, March 8, 2003

9 A.M. – 4 P.M. (Registration 8:30 A.M. each day)

Presidential Banquet Center, 4548 Presidential Way, Kettering, Ohio

Day1 (March 7): The 1999 Regulations, the IDEA Amendments, Section 504 and

the ADA:

v IEPs & 504 Plans-Creating a plan that addresses all aspects of the

child’s disability; Evaluation-Why is it so important?

v Positive Behavioral Interventions, Strategies & Supports

v Discipline-The IDEA changes that schools are having difficulty

complying with

v How to get functional behavioral assessments

v Using your child’s Transition Plan to make sense of the entire special

education effort

v Least Restrictive Environment-What it is and isn’t

v Clear guidelines for Extended School Year

v Broadened related services. Q and A time

Day 2 (March 8): Advanced Advocacy:

v Using written complaints to your school district and state education

agency before requesting an IDEA hearing

v Using the POWER of Section 504 and the ADA with the “Gebser” complaint

format; Exploring violations of procedural safeguards under the IDEA,

Section 504 and the ADA; Exploring common violations in the IEP process

v Exploring failures of schools to provide Section 504 and ADA

accommodations

v Exposing the total failure of Transition Planning

v What to consider before going into a Hearing or Court. Q and A time

ABOUT REED MARTIN, J.D.

is an attorney who has concentrated on special education rights

for over 30 years. He was legislative assistant to the U.S. Senator who

chaired the education subcommittee as the Congress began developing special

education laws. He practiced law in Texas for 22 years, working with over 4

500 families, before moving to West Virginia. has also worked with

attorneys and parents in all 50 states on special education cases. He is

the parent of a student who required special services through the

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Section 504. has

litigated under Section 504, the ADA and the IDEA. He has also successfully

pursued Section 504 complaints through the Office for Civil Rights in

several regions. He has had cases in several Circuit Courts of Appeals and

the U.S. Supreme Court on issues of attorney’s fees, the IEP, least

restrictive environment, extended school year, related services, school

health services, parental reimbursement, and private school placement. He

has represented children with autism, Down Syndrome, learning disabilities,

AD/HD, health problems, hearing impairment, behavior problems, emotional

disturbance, visual impairment, mental retardation, cerebral palsy,

traumatic brain injury, and mobility impairment.

For more information you may call Fran Watkins at (937) 454-5008,

Wynema Mebane at (937) 276-3661 or Donelle West (937) 293-4482

Donelle

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