WORKSHOPS
Parents Roles, Rights, and Responsibilities (available in Spanish)
- PL 94-142 and its amendments; The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
- The Special Education Process: evaluation, eligibility, Individualized Education Program (IEP),
placement, instruction and annual review
- School records
- Least Restrictive Environment
- Complaint procedures and due process
- Sample forms and letters
Mini-Workshops

Is Your Child a Target of Bullying?
Intervention Strategies for Parents
- Defining disability harassment
- Common views about bullying
- How to talk with your child about bullying
- Using the IEP to react to bullying behavior
- Applying federal laws
- Role of school policy to respond / prevent disability harassment

IEP Workshop (available in Spanish)
- Special Education Terms
- The IEP process
- Development and content of the IEP
- Parents' Rights
- Goal development
- Sample Checklists
- Resource Information

Foster Parent Workshop
- Laws Affecting Special Education
- Special Education Terms
- The IEP Process
- Foster Parent Rights in the Process
- Sample Checklists
- Sample Forms and Letters
- Resource Information

Transition Workshop
- Definition of transition; from school to what?
- Who is involved in designing a transition plan?
- What steps a parent needs to take
- Where the student fits into the process
- When to get started
- Vocational Services?

Section 504 and Other Laws Workshop
- Section 504: Rehabilitative Act
- IDEA: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
- FERPA: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
- ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act

ADD / ADHD Workshop
- Definition
- Rights of child with ADD or ADHD
- Class room accomodations
- Behavior Management

Communication Workshop
- Organizing information about a child
- Problem solving
- Assertiveness
- Letter writing

Inclusion Workshop
- Defining Inclusion
- Inclusion Strategies
- Techniques for Supporting a child in inclusive setting

Early Intervention to Special Ed Workshop
- IFSP to IEP
- Parents & the IEP process
- Evaluations
- Complaint Procedures

Positive Behavior Intervention
- ABC's of behavior
- Functional Behavior Assessment
- A team develops strategies and supports
- Positive Behavior Intervention Plan
- Communication of planned interventions

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