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Seminar IEP and 504 Plan Legal Workshop Seminar

Presented by NBI, Inc.

NBI Legal Continuing Education Seminars

IEP and 504 Plan Legal Workshop

Course Description


Strengthen Your School's IEP and 504 Plan Process and Protect Student Rights

IEPs and 504 plans are essential tools to ensure positive learning outcomes for many students. They also have the potential to cause legal issues for schools if they aren't properly planned and carried out. Join our experienced faculty for this comprehensive overview of legal liabilities in IEPs and 504 plans. Take away valuable information you can use to spot potential issues in your school's IEP and 504 plan process. Register today!

  • Ensure students get the tools they need to succeed by properly determining if they are eligible for an IEP or a 504 plan.
  • Implement legally appropriate 504 plans that ensure a level playing field for eligible students.
  • Conduct IEP meetings that include all the necessary players, and know what to do if someone is unable to attend.
  • Handle situations where an IEP just isn't working and modifications are immediately needed.
  • Create behavioral intervention plans that properly take into account the information contained in functional behavior assessments.
  • Properly protect the legal rights of students with IEPs and 504 plans in situations where discipline codes are broken.
  • Get a practical update on the new and emerging special education issues.

Agenda

  1. IDEA or Section 504? Determining Eligibility Under Both Laws
    9:00 - 10:00, Mary S. Gerbig, Claire E. Hartley, Alana M. Leffler and Gary M. Ruesch
    1. Section 504
      1. What is a Disability Under Section 504?
      2. Major Life Activities: What do They Encompass?
      3. Substantial Limitations: What is the Bar?
      4. Impairment Determinations: What Can and Can't be Considered?
      5. Nondiscirmination and FAPE Requirements
    2. The IDEA
      1. Eligibility Categories
      2. ADHD and Other Difficult-to-Place Disabilities
      3. Required Need for Specially Designed Instruction
      4. Best Practices for Determining Eligibility
      5. IDEA-Eligible Students with Additional Medical Needs
      6. Standard for FAPE
    3. Handling Disputes with Parents over Eligibility
  2. Developing and Implementing 504 Plans: Ensuring a Level Playing Field
    10:15 - 11:00, Mary S. Gerbig, Claire E. Hartley, Alana M. Leffler and Gary M. Ruesch
    1. 504 Accommodations vs. Specially Designed Instruction (and Why it Matters)
    2. Distribution of 504 Plans
    3. Reviews and Re-Evaluations
    4. 504 Plan Red Flags to Avoid
    5. Avoiding 504 Litigation
  3. The IEP Development Process: Handling Difficult Issues
    11:00 - 12:00, Mary S. Gerbig, Claire E. Hartley, Alana M. Leffler and Gary M. Ruesch
    1. IDEA Evaluation Report Essentials
    2. The IEP Meeting: What if Parents Refuse to Come?
    3. Third-Party Participation at IEP Meetings: Outside Agencies, Invited Guests, etc.
    4. Avoiding Predetermination on IEPs
    5. Parent and/or School Recording of IEP Meetings: Best Practices
    6. Ensuring the IEP Team Has all Necessary Members
    7. Creating Measurable IEP Goals and Progress Requirements
    8. Creating a Prudent Paper Trail
  4. Key Considerations for Implementing IEPs
    1:00 - 1:30, Mary S. Gerbig, Claire E. Hartley, Alana M. Leffler and Gary M. Ruesch
    1. Teacher Training: Necessary Requirements to Ensure Successful Implementation
    2. Progress Monitoring, Documentation and Reporting
    3. What to do When IEPs Aren't Working
    4. Mid-Year Revisions
      1. Who Can Make Them?
      2. When Should They be Made?
  5. Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs) and Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs): Ensuring Best Practices
    1:30 - 2:45, Mary S. Gerbig, Claire E. Hartley, Alana M. Leffler and Gary M. Ruesch
    1. Placement of Dangerous Students
    2. FBAs and BIPs: Basic Statutory Requirements
    3. BIPs and Their Relation to IEPs
    4. Crisis Components and the Use of Seclusion and Restraint and BIPS
    5. Section 504 Best Practices
    6. Handling Disagreements with Parents
  6. Discipline and Expulsion Essentials Under IDEA and Section 504
    3:00 - 3:45, Mary S. Gerbig, Claire E. Hartley, Alana M. Leffler and Gary M. Ruesch
    1. Basic Student Disciplinary Procedures
      1. Investigation
      2. Basic Due Process
      3. Hearing Procedures
      4. Appeal Options
    2. Providing Services During Disciplinary Removal
    3. Manifestation Determination Reviews
    4. Protections for Children not yet Eligible for Special Education and Related Services
    5. Changes in Placement
      1. Suspensions and the Ten-Day Rule
      2. Legal Rules Governing Removal or Expulsion
      3. Interim Alternative Educational Settings
    6. Other Available Remedies
    7. Multiple Suspensions and Denial of Free Appropriate Public Education
  7. The Interrelationship Between 504 Plans/IEPs and Gender Support Plans for Transgender or Gender Nonconforming Students
    3:45 - 4:10, Mary S. Gerbig, Claire E. Hartley, Alana M. Leffler and Gary M. Ruesch
  8. Other Special Education "Hot Topics"
    4:10 - 4:30, Mary S. Gerbig, Claire E. Hartley, Alana M. Leffler and Gary M. Ruesch

 

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IEP and 504 Plan Legal Workshop

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Who Should Attend

This basic-to-intermediate level program on creating legally compliant IEPs and 504 plans is for:

  • School Administrators
  • School Psychologist
  • School Counselors
  • Special Education Teache

 
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