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Special Education Law, Advocacy Training

Posted on: Monday, 20 February 2006, 12:00 CST

The nonprofit Lancaster County Center for Autism Resources & Education Inc. will sponsor a Boot Camp designed to help families of children who receive special education services, as well as educators, administrators, health care providers, therapists, advocates and attorneys. The Wrightslaw Special Education Law & Advocacy Boot Camp will be held Friday and Saturday, April 7 and 8, at Lancaster Bible College, 901 Eden Road. Peter and Pamela Darr Wright, founders of Wrightslaw.com, a Web site about education law, special education law and special education advocacy, will conduct the program

. Subject areas to be covered in the training include how to use special education statutes and regulations to get answers to questions; how to measure educational progress and chart test scores; how to write individualized education plan (IEP) goals and objectives; the importance of paper trails, effective letter- writing and advocacy strategies. Attorney Peter Wright has practiced special education law since the 1970s; psychotherapist Pamela Darr Wright is trained in clinical psychology and social work. They wrote Wrightslaw: Special Education Law; Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy; Wrightslaw: No Child Left Behind, and Wrightslaw: IDEA (Individuals with Disability Education Act) 2004. Fees range from $85 for a professional for the Friday session only, to $110 for two parents to attend the two-day program, if registered prior to March 1; additional fees for those who register after that date. Two course books are included in the cost. For more details, call LCCARE Inc., 627-0411, or see www.lccare.org.

Source: Intelligencer Journal

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