ADVOCACY
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title
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Presenters
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ADD/ADHD and Executive Functioning
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Impact of ADD/ADHD and Executive Functioning and Equal Educational Opportunity
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Matt Cohen
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Charter Schools
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Charter Schools and Special Education: Common Problems and Advocacy Strategies to Ensure Students with Disabilities Receive their Education
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Eden Heilman
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Due Process
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Do-It-Yourself Special Education Due Process: An Educational Guide
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Dorene Philpot
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IEE
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Ten Ways to Successfully Request an Independent Education Evaluation
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Lesli Doan
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Literacy Outcomes
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Improved literacy outcomes for children with Intellectual Disabilities: What we know about effective evaluation and intervention
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Anne I. Treimanis, Esq. and Kathleen M. Whitbread, Ph.D.
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Mental Health
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Advocating for the Elephant in the Room: Using Special Education Advocacy to Address Youth Mental Health Needs
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Sarah Flore
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Nuts and Bolts of Going Pro
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Becoming an Advocate -- Nuts and Bolts of Going Pro |
Diane Willcutts
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Quality Related Services
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Securing Quality Related Services: Strategies for Effective Advocacy
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Mark Woodsmall
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ASSESSMENTS
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Subject
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Title
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Presenters
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Assessments and Quality Education
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High Expectations, Assessments and Quality Education
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Deborah Taub, Deborah Telfer and Allison Wohl
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Cognitive Testing
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More than Just a Number: Myths, Facts, and Effective Uses of Cognitive Testing
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Dr. Ann Simun
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Impact and Strategies for New Diagnostic Criteria
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Using DSM-5 Specific Strategies
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Barbara Ebenstein
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IQ Testing
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Making Good Decisions about IQ Testing
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Melissa Farrall
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Language Evaluations
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Good Language Evaluations
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Lydia Soifer and Heather Ironside
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Reading and Writing
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Understanding Tests of Reading and Writing
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Melissa Farrall
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BEHAVIOR
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Subject
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Title
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Presenters
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Advocacy
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Advocacy for Children with Behavior Problems
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Mark Kamleiter
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Assessments and Intervention Plans
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Functional Behavior Assessments and Behavior Intervention Plans Practical Evaluation and Legal Aspects
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Annie McLaughlin and Cheryl Steedman
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Behavior Change
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Evaluating FBAs and BIPs for Legal Compliance and Components to Support Behavior Change
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Dr. Anne McLaughlin
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Effective School Discpline
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Advocating for Effective School Discipline
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Lisa Sryon
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Emotional Disturbances
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Impact of Emotional Disturbances
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Dr. Lauren Stevenson
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Manifestation Determination Reviews
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Succeeding in Manifestation Determination Reviews: A Step-by-Step Approach for Obtaining the Best Result
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Michele Savongilli
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Non Attending Student
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Representing the Non Attending Student
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Charley Fox
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Residential Placement
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When Residential Placement is Necessary
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Michele Savongilli
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FAPE
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Subject
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Title
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Presenters
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Adverse Educational Performance
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But Her Grades are Fine: Proving Adverse Educational Performance
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Charlie Fox and Julie Welsh
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Child Find
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It’s Called Child Find, Not “Child Wait”
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Sarah Florhe, Deborah Jacobson, and Kimberly Glassman
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Educational Benefit Standards
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Educational Benefit Standards
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Judith Gran
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Endrew F.
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Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District RE-1, The Establishment - and Its Impact - of a Substantive Standard for a FAPE
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Jack Robinson
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School Refusal
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You Can't Make Me Go! Navigating the Legal Labyrinth of School Refusal
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Josh Kershenbaum and Jason Fortenberry
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Service Dogs
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If My Service Dog Can't Come to School Neither Can I
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Christina Ghio
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IEP
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Subject
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Title
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Presenters
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ADHD and Executive Functioning
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Impact of ADHD and Executive Functioning Deficits on Learning Behaviors
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Susan Bruce
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Advocacy
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Issue-Spotting for Advocates: An Overview of How to Analyze a Client's Case for Effective Advocacy
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Mandy Favaloro
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Creating
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Creating and Implementing an Airtight Individualized Transition Plan
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Amy Larsen
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Data
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Organizing Data to Tell Your Story
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Penny Simpson
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Educational Goals
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Autopsy of an IEP: Finding & Filling Holes to Obtain Educational Goals
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Lisa Fagan
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Eligibility Checklist
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Eligibility Checklist: A Simple Assessment Tool
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Danielle Tenner
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Endrew F.
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Building IEPs to Meet the Endrew F. Standard
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Lisa Fagan
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IDEA and Placement
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IDEA’ s “Placement” Decision: More than Just Location
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Jon Zimring
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IEE
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All About IEEs
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Diane Willcutts
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IEE
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Keeping I in IEE
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Alexis Casillas
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IEE
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Roadblocks to Getting a Truly Independent IEE
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Tania Whiteleather and Lisa Peskay-Malmsten
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| IEE |
Obtaining Quality Independent Education Evaluations: Practical Advocacy Tips
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Ellen Saideman and Michele Scavongelli
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Implementation and Data
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"Putting Feet on the IEP: Implementation, Fidelity Data, and Progress Monitoring"
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Sandra Dixon Shove and Ann Simun
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Inclusion
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IEP and Inclusion: Full participation through IEP Process
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Selene Almazan
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Informed Consent
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The IDEA Right of Informed Consent
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John Zimring
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Meaningful Related Services
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Reviewing Timothy W. After Endrew: Meaningful Related Services for Students with Significant Disabilities
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Rebecca Diddams
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Parent Guide
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Myths and Misperceptions: A Guide to Help Parents Make Informed Decisions Using Accurate Information
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Missy Alexander and Louis Geigerman |
Positive Behavior Support
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Beyond ABC’s: Obtaining & Using Effective Positive Behavior Support
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Felicia Hurewitz and Jennifer Sang
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Preparation and Strategies for IEP Meeting
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Preparation and Advocacy Strategies Before the IEP Meeting
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Carrie Watts and Mandy Favaloro
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School Evaluation
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When Is the School Evaluation Appropriate?
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Andy Feinstein
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Student Eligibility
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The “Adversely Affects Educational Performance” Standard In The Determination of Student Eligibility For Children Who Make Passing Grades
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Mandy Leigh
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Transition Assessment Data
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Bridges to Cross and Bridges to Burn: Using Transition Assessment Data
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Ann Simun and Sandra Dixon
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LEGAL
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Subject
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Title
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Presenters
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2009 Case Law Review
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2009 Annual Case Law Review
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Judith Gran
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2010 Case Law Review
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2010 Annual Case Law Review
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Judith Gran
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2011 Case Law Review
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2011 Annual Case Law Review
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Judith Gran
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2012 Case Law Review
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2012 Annual Case Law Review
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Judith Gran
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2013 Case Law Review
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2013 Annual Case Law Review
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Judith Gran
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2014 Case Law Review
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2014 Annual Case Law Review
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Judith Gran
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2015 Case Law Review
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2015 Annual Case Law Review
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Judith Gran
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2016 Case Law Review
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2016 Annual Case Law Review
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Judith Gran
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2017 Case Law Review
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2017 Annual Case Law Review
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Judith Gran
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504 and the ADA
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Using Section 504 and the ADA in Special Education Advocacy
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Catherine Reisman, Esq.
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Appeals
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The Judge Said What?! How to Handle Appeals
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Catherine Reisman, Esq. and Alexis Casillas, Esq.
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Civil Rights Damages
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Civil Rights Damages In Special Ed Cases
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Marcy Tiffany
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Compensatory Education
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Making Up Is Hard To D: Comp Ed
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Michele Kule Korgood
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IDEA and Discovery
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Discovery Issues in IDEA Cases
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Sonja D. Kerr and Dorene Philpot
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| IDEA and Fee Shifting |
Fee Shifting Under the IDEA
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Amiee Gilman
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IDEA Remedies
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Making a Federal Case of it Without Exhausing IDEA Remedies
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Catherin Reisman and Sarah Zuba
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IEP Process
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Navigating Litigation Limbo Guiding the IEP Process Post Appeal
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Mark Woodsmall
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Endrew F.
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The Endrew Decision: What Does It Mean for Systemic Litigation?
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Mark Weber
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| FOIA |
What Are They Hiding? Using FOIA Laws to Level the Playing Field
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David Jefferson and Alexis Casillas
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Representing Low Income Clients
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Taking Fees Out of the Equation Representing Low Income Clients in Special Education
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Sande Shamash and Marissa LaVette
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RTI
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RTI Revisited: Common Problems and Solutions for Practice
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Matt Cohen
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Running Your Own Practice
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Running Your Own Special Education Practice
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James Barron
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School Attorneys
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When School Attorneys Attack
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Sonja Kerr
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Settlement Agreements
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Put It on Paper: Draft a Solid Settlement Agreement with No Regrets
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Helen Ghio
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Significant Disproportionality
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Significant Disproportionality
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David Jefferson
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Stay Put
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Creating a Winning Stay Put Argument
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Carrie Watts and Mandy Favaloro
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Top 40
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The Top 40 Chart-Topping District Court Decisions
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Richard O'Meara and Buckley Hugo
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Top 40
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The Top 40 Chart-Topping District Court Decisions of 2014
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Richard O'Meara
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Top 40
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The Top 40 Chart-Topping District Court Decisions of 2016
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Richard L. O’Meara, Esq. and Amy Phalon, Esq.
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| Top 40 |
The Top 40-Chart-Topping District Court Decisions of 2017 |
Richard O’Meara and Amy Phalon
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POLICY
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Subject
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Title
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Presenters
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Basics
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Education Policy 101 -- The Basics of the Issues
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Katy Beh, Ron Hager, Laura Kaloi and Marcie Lipsitt
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READING
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Subject
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Title
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Presenters
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Learning to Read
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Learning to Read -- Part 1
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Elaine Holden and Melissa Farrall
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Reading to Learn
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Reading to Learn -- Part 2
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Elaine Holden and Melissa Farrall
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Assessment
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Assessment -- Part 3
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Elaine Holden and Melissa Farrall
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Instruction
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Direct, Systematic Multisensory Instruction -- Part 4
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Elaine Holden and Melissa Farrall
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SOCIAL/RACIAL/EQUITY
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Subject
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Title
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Presenters
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African American Students and Implicit Bias
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Battling Implicit Bias to Advocate for African American Students with Disabilities
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Dustin Rynders and Dr. Alfreddie Felder
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Challenging Disparities
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Challenging Racial Disparities in Special Education
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Gloria Perez-Stewart and David Jefferson
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Challenging Disparities
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Challenging Racial Disparities in Special Education
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David Jefferson and Shenikwa Medlock
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CSE Meetings Guide
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What Does Parental Participation Really Mean? A Guide for Parents at CSE Meetings
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Kerry McGrath
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Discipline and Restraint
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The Promise of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to Address Disparity in Discipline and Restraint/Seclusion Use
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Denise Marshall and Laura Kaloi
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Immigration
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What Special Education Attorneys and Advocates Need to Know about Immigration Consequences of School Based Behaviors
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Constance Wannamaker and Julia Longoria
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Rural and Low Income Areas
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Special Challenges of Representing Clients in Rural and Low Income Areas
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Josh Kershenbaum and Maria Vetter
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Serving Low and Moderate Income Families
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Make Your Practice Thrive Serving Low & Moderate Income Families
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Andrew Cuddy, Esq. and Michael O'Connor, Esq.
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TRAUMA
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Subject
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Title
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Presenters
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Identification and Advocacy
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Recognizing Childhood Trauma: Identification, Implementation, & Advocacy
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Sande Shamash
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Impact of Trauma
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Impact of Trauma on Learning
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Dr. Sally Herschman
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TRANSITION
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Subject
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Title
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Presenters
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| Transition Services |
Overview of Transition-Oriented Case Law iInvolving the IDEA and Successful Strategies for Litigating
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David Berney, Felicia Hurewitz and Jennifer Sang
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