January 22, 2016
AHLERS & COONEY, P.C.
HOT TOPICS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW
CLIENT SEMINAR
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Friday January 22, 2016
Des Moines Botanical Center
909 Robert D. Ray Drive
Des Moines, IA 50309
TWO TRACKS:
Administrative Level:
Superintendents, Special Education Directors, and others with District-wide responsibility for implementation and monitoring of special education program
Practitioner Level:
Building principals, counselors and school psychologists, education consultants, and others with day-to-day responsibility for developing and supervising implementation of IEPs
Joint Sessions:
Due process has been filed, now what? Includes a panel discussion of directors who have been there
Open Forum: Bring your best (non-student-specific) questions
Administrative Track:
"Hello, Mr. and Mrs. X": Who is a parent and what are their rights?
Everybody's Living, Learning, Working for the Transition: IDEA-Compliant Transition Planning for the 21st Century
Bullying and harassment of and by the disabled child
Eligibility Under the Federal and Iowa Systems
Meeting Students' Mental Health Needs
Practitioner Track:
It's Not Always a Group Hug (And That's Okay): Managing difficult IEP meetings
Drafting Defensible IEPs and PWNs
Law & Order: Special Education Student Discipline Unit
"We Can't Do That": What Is - And Is Not - Within the Scope of the IEP Team's Authority
"We Can Do That": Lesser-known Related Services and when to consider them