Special Education Plans and Documents Seminar

Presented by NBI, Inc.

Special Education Plans and Documents

Course Description

Learn How to Accurately Draft Special Education Documents

Are you accurately drafting IEPs and 504 Plans? Do you know how to correctly prepare evaluations and progress reports that are legally sound? Can you create BIPs and FBAs that are error free? Are you properly documenting Manifestation Determination Reviews and PWNs? These documents, if drafted incorrectly, have the potential to cause many legal issues for schools if they aren't properly prepared and carried out. In this essential full-day course, experienced attorney faculty will walk you through the most significant special education documents, showing you how to appropriately draft, record and document vital information to avoid liability, track goals and ensure positive learning outcomes for students. Register today!

• Confidently prepare general evaluations and reevaluations.
• Create legally appropriate 504 Plans that ensure a level playing field for eligible students.
• Ensure measureable and relevant IEP goals and objectives to avoid costly litigation.
• Prepare sound progress reports and track goals.
• Record behavioral data, Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs), and Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs).
• Document Manifestation Determination Reviews and create discipline documents.
• Find out how to properly develop PWNs and accurately document decisions made by the team.
• Learn how to keep a prudent paper trail for parent and teacher communication.

Agenda

1. Preparing Evaluations and Assessments
   9:00 - 10:00, Dana A. Jonson
   
   1. Evaluation Checklist
   2. Reviewing IDEA Documentation Requirements
   3. Gathering Academic, Functional and Developmental Information About the Child (RTI) (Including Standardized Tests)
   4. Determining Whether Child Has a Disability/Determining the Child's Disability
   5. Preparing Parent Requests/Consent to Evaluate Forms
   6. How to Respond to Special Education Referrals or Requests for Evaluation, Including Evaluation Reports
   7. How to Accurately Document Evaluations of Eligibility
   8. Creating Re-Evaluation Reports
   9. Documenting Assessments/Assessment Plans
   10. Preparing an Appropriate Education Program for the Child
2. Documenting 504 Plans: Ensuring a Level Playing Field
   10:00 - 11:00, Dana A. Jonson
   
   1. Providing Evidence of Disabilities
   2. IDEA or Section 504? Determining Eligibility Under Both Laws
   3. Defining Key Terms/Words in the 504 Plan
   4. Creating the Accommodation Plan
   5. Addressing Modifications
   6. Creating the Medical Management Plan
   7. Avoiding Modifications
   8. Sample 504 Plan Portfolio Items to Include
3. Developing the IEP (w/ Real-World Examples)
   11:15 - 12:15, Dana A. Jonson
   
   1. Specific Documentation Regarding the Notes Page in the IEP
   2. Creating Measureable IEP Goals and Objectives - Are They Objective, Relevant and Measurable?
   3. Developing IEP Notification Letters
   4. Documenting Health Plans
   5. Creating Evacuation Plans
   6. Avoiding Predetermination on IEPs
   7. Documenting Accommodations and Modifications
   8. Progress Monitoring Requirements, Documentation and Reporting
   9. Documenting IEP Meetings and Service Meetings, Including Minutes
   10. Assessing Mid-Year Revisions: Who Can Make Them? When Should They be Made?
4. Monitoring Progress, Creating Reports and Tracking Goals (w/Samples)
   1:15 - 1:45, Dana A. Jonson
   
   1. How Often Must Progress be Reported?
   2. Reviewing the Progress Report Documentation Checklist
   3. Documenting and Monitoring Progress Toward Goals
   4. How to Track and Change Goals in the Progress Report
   5. Recording the CSE Meeting
   6. Accurately Documenting Progress Notes
   7. Reviewing a Sample Progress Report
5. Recording Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs), Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs) and Discipline Documentation
   1:45 - 2:45, Kathleen Werbner
   
   1. Documenting FBAs
   2. Developing and Following BIPs/Behavior Plans
   3. How to Use the Information
   4. Documenting Behavioral Data
   5. Behavioral Intervention Logs, Aversive Intervention Documentation, Including Restraint or Seclusion Logs
   6. Creating BIPs That are Useful for Staff
   7. Including Crisis Components
   8. Documenting Disagreements with Parents
   9. Documenting all Discipline, Suspension and Expulsion Documents
6. Documenting Manifestation Determination Reviews and Disciplinary Actions
   3:00 - 3:30, Kathleen Werbner
   
   1. Manifestation Determination Documentation Checklist
   2. Examining the Discipline Referral Packet
   3. Preparing Handouts of the Information You Want the Team to Have
   4. Obtaining and Recording Quotes From Reputable Sources About Disability and Manifestations
   5. Recording the Meeting
   6. Incident Reports and Chronologies for Disciplinary Removal Issues
   7. Drafting all Disciplinary Records and Documenting Actions
7. Developing Prior Written Notices (PWN)
   3:30 - 4:00, Dana A. Jonson
   
   1. When Should a PWN be Provided to the Parent?
   2. How to Develop the PWN; What to Include in the PWN
   3. Keeping Track of the Steps Along the Way Where These are Needed
   4. What Different Types of PWN Should Include
   5. Documenting Decisions Made by the Team
   6. Documenting Parent Concerns and Team's Response in the PWN
8. Parent and Teacher Communication: Creating a Prudent Paper Trail (Inter-Office Notes, Emails, Audio Recordings, Telephone Logs, Memos and Letters, Including Consent Issues)
   4:00 - 4:30, Dana A. Jonson
   

More Seminar Information

NBI, Inc. Summary Special Education Plans and Documents Delivery Method  Seminar Who Should Attend This basic-to-intermediate level program on creating legally compliant special education documents is for: School Principals and Vice-Principals School Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents

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