Reminder of Free TOPAA Metting on Saturday (Region4)

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Houston Area

SPECIAL EDUCATION

Top Ten Tips for Parents of Children with Disabilities to

Get Better Educational Services

Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007

Free Workshop sponsored by TOPAA (Texas Organization of Parents, Attorneys and

Advocates) Region 4

Noon to 3 p.m. – General session

3-4 p.m. small-group breakout sessions for child-specific questions

Speakers: Advocates Jimmy Kilpatrick, Louis Geigerman, Beinke and Special

education attorney Dorene Philpot

Abiding Word Baptist Church, 10535 Rockley Road, Houston, TX

Rockley is right off US 59 South and Sam Houston Tollway (BW 8). It's off

Wilcrest, between Bissonet and Bellfort. From the Galleria, you would probably

take 59 South to Bellfort.

Go RIGHT on Bellfort to RIGHT on Wilcrest, then RIGHT on Rockley.

TOPICS

1. Independent Educational Evaluations.

2. Importance of measurable goals and objectives and progress reports.

3. The " Nag, Nag, Nag " method for getting better services.

4. Importance of Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs) and Behavioral

Intervention Plans (BIPs).

5. Services through age 22 – and a discussion of guardianship.

6. High-stakes testing remediation.

7. Importance of accommodations and modifications.

8. Mechanisms to resolve disputes.

9. Suspensions and expulsions issues.

10. Parent training and education – be your child’s

best advocate.

And, if all else fails, 11. How to file a complaint or due process hearing

request.

For more information, email dphilpotlawtexas@....