California Special Education Law 2014

October 8, 2014
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
PLI San Francisco Conference Center & Via Live Webcast
Free!

To Register:
http://www.pli.edu/Content/Seminar/California_Special_Education_Law_2014_Free/_/N-4kZ1z12f59?fromsearch=false&ID=174191


Why You Should Attend
Currently, close to 700,000 students with disabilities receive special education services in California, comprising about 10 percent of the state's public school enrollment. The California Special Education Law 2014 program will provide attendees with a targeted look at a number of hot topic and cutting edge issues affecting the practice of Special Education Law today.

What You Will Learn
• Transition Planning: Trends and Strategies for Students with Individual Education Plans
• Understanding School Discipline for Special Education Students
• How to Leverage the IDEA to Assist Children with Disabilities and their Families in Obtaining the Child Care, Early Education, and After-School Care Opportunities
• How to Effectively Get Services for OHI Children Under IDEA and Section 504

Who Should Attend
All attorneys interested in or currently assisting students/parents or school districts with special education matters from the initial IEP to due process. Appropriate for both new and seasoned practitioners.


Program Schedule

9:00
Program Overview and Introductions
Elizabeth F. Eubanks, Michelle Uzeta

9:15
Transition Planning: Trends and Strategies for Students with Individual Education Plans
This session will provide attendees with information regarding transition planning requirements and practice tips for aiding students in making a successful transition from school to employment or further education.
Karma Quick-Panwala, Stephen A. Rosenbaum, Heather Zaskon

11:00
Networking Break

11:15
Understanding School Discipline for Special Education Students
IDEA outlines a number of specific procedures that schools must follow when disciplining students with disabilities, to prevent schools from suspending or expelling students without considering the effects of the student's disability. This session will explains discipline rules, due process and procedural safeguards required under IDEA.
Jack B. Clarke, Jr., Deborah Ungar Ettinger, Laura Faer, Linda D. Kilb

12:45
Lunch

1:45
Special Education Rights in Child Care and Early Education
A growing body of research demonstrates the connection between high quality child care and early education settings and future success. This panel will assist practitioners in leveraging the IDEA to assist children with disabilities and their families in obtaining the child care, early education, and after-school care opportunities that they need. Topics will include transition planning between IDEA Part B and Part C programs and services, and application of integration mandates to child care and early education settings.
Anna Levine

3:15
Networking Break

3:30
Getting Needed Services for Students with OHI Under IDEA and Section 504
Children with other health impairments are increasing in numbers and may need a broad array of related services to learn safely and effectively. This session will help advocates identify the services that these children may need and help school districts find effective ways to provide these services. The session will include an overview of OHI and of the interrelationship between IDEA and Section 504, and will discuss needed related services with a focus on students with diabetes in light of the recent California Supreme Court decision on diabetes care in schools.
Brian L. Dimmick, Elizabeth A. Estes

5:00
Adjourn