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-----Original Message-----From: connie@... Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 12:20 PMTo: denisekarp@...Subject: REED MARTIN, J.D., SPECIAL ED LAW - UP-COMING WORKSHOPS

REED MARTIN, J.D.

SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW & ADVOCACY STRATEGIES

UP-COMING PHONE WORKSHOPS

Get your group, office or friends together with your speaker phone for only $40

No Number Limit on those listening on your speaker phone!

AND we pay for the phone call!

AND ON-SITE WORKSHOP IN PORTLAND, MAINE

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PHONE WORKSHOP

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 5 1:30 - 3:00 PM, EST

Having trouble getting access to your child's educational file?WHAT THE LAW SAYS ABOUT ACCESS TO YOUR EDUCATIONAL RECORDS (Why You Need Them And How to Use Them) Get your group, ofice or friends together with your speaker phone for only $40 - No Number Limit! AND we pay for the phone call!

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SOME OF THE TOPIC INFORMATION INCLUDES: FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT (FERPA) FERPA was a 1974 amendment to the Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act which affects all State education agencies as well as all local education agencies. FERPA is at 20 U.S.C. 1232g with regulations at 34 C.F.R. 99. It deals with all children in public school -- it is not a "special education statute -- but it therefore includes all students with special needs. RECORDS ACCESS IN OTHER STATUTES SCHOOL AND STATE EDUCATION AGENCY DUTIES Your school has a duty to provide you with written notice of your rights to access to your child's records. Your State Education Agency also has a duty to provide you with written notice of your rights to access to your child's records. (See 34 C.F.R. 30.561). WHAT SHOULD BE IN THE NOTICE? When the parent inspects and reviews the records The parent can be accompanied by an advocate. The advocate can request access to the records by themselves with the parent's permission. The Parent or advocate can make reasonable requests for explanations and interpretations of the records. The Parent can ask for copies of the records. There is a Right to a copy if the failure to have a copy would "effectively prevent the parent from inspecting and reviewing the records." 34 CFR 562((2) TEN TYPICAL COMPLAINTS BY PARENTS DO YOU NEED TO GO FURTHER? INCLUDING QUESTION & ANSWER! **************************** For a registration fee of $40 you will get your own participant ID #, 1-800 #, handout and option to submit one question for our Q & A portion of the workshop. Yes, you can get a group together and listen for only $40 on your speakerphone. Get your disability group together, gather your friends and share the cost! http://www.reedmartin.com/onlineworkshopshoppingcart.htmCall to Register by Phone Fax Your Registration: Email: connie@...

PHONE WORKSHOP

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

9:00 - 10:30 PM, EST

Starting Back To School -

Making Sure You Have an IEP or

504 Plan That Can Be Implemented

(Goals, Methodology,

Teacher Duties)

(Register Here $40)

Make this the best educational

year for your child!

For a registration fee of $40 you will get your own participant ID #, 1-800 #, handout and option to submit one question for our Q & A portion of the workshop. Yes, you can get a group together and listen for only $40 on your speakerphone. Get your disability group together, gather your friends and share the cost! http://www.reedmartin.com/onlineworkshopshoppingcart.htm Call to Register by Phone Fax Your Registration: Email: connie@...

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Contact us for a conference packet on having a , Special Education Law & Advocacy Strategies Workshop in

YOUR Area.

A RIGHT TO EDUCATION:

SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW WITH ATTORNEY

REED MARTIN

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, October 11, 2003

Italian Heritage Center, Portland, Maine

$95

Please join Sweetser’s Partners in Disability and attorney for this lively training.

is a leading expert on special education law, having handled several cases before the

U.S. Supreme Court. An advocate for children’s rights, this is an exceptional and unique

opportunity for Maine families of children with disabilities and their service providers.

This one-day conference will explore:

Federal laws and special education

Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA)

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)

No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

IDEA Amendments of 2003 ??

Review of important federal court cases since the 1997 IDEA Amendments

Accountability under NCLB, IDEA, Section 504 and the ADA

The ABC's of Advocacy

Preparing for the IEP or 504 planning process

Reviewing all of your child's records

Prior Written Notice - The Procedural Safeguard that helps solve problems

Evaluations that are required under the IDEA and Section 504/ADA

The Written Plan

IEPs and 504 Plans

Discipline and the Positive Behavior Intervention Plan

Discipline must be based on evaluation

Planning the educational program as a team

The planning meeting and participants

The role of the parent

The regular classroom teacher and the planning process

The role of related service providers

Evaluations and independent evaluations

Evaluators at the planning meeting

Baselines and goals

Related services must be available for planning

Accommodations and modifications

Transition planning - Making The Whole Program Make Sense

Are you considering placing your student in a "private" school?

Compensatory services

Do you need extended school year services?

And More!

Please register by contacting Sweetser’s Partners in Disability

at , or post email to pid@....

Please register by September 26, 2003.

The information on this website is educational

and not intended to be legal advice.

Our Mission is Lessening Discrimination Against Children with Disabilities

by Providing Parents and School Personnel Tools for Advocacy

is an attorney with over 34 years experience in special education law and

recognized as one of the nation's leading experts.

He can be reached through email at connie@... or www.reedmartin.com

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