With the passage of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, professionals working with special needs children know that an understanding of special education law is crucial. You need to know the law in order to deal with complex questions that arise on a regular basis. Who pays when a special needs child is placed in private schooling at the parents' election? How can a school create the least restrictive environment and promote inclusion to the best interests of all students? It can be costly for your clients if you don't know. You need advanced skills and a thorough background in the issues to give your clients the protection they need.

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1. Establishing the Framework of Special Education Law
2. Unraveling the Requirements of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
3. Successfully Handling Disciplinary Actions for Special Needs Students
4. Ensuring Successful Due Process Procedures
5. Protecting the Rights of Children With Special Needs
6. Ethics in Special Education Law

1. ESTABLISHING THE FRAMEWORK OF SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW
   8:30 - 9:15, Nicholas G. Michael
1. Reviewing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
2. Examining Title II of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
3. What are the Laws Relating to Particular Disabilities?
4. Summary of Recent Developments in Special Education Law
5. Relevant Case Law (Including Cedar Rapids Community School District vs. Garret F.)
2. UNRAVELING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT (IDEA)
   9:15 - 10:00, Nicholas G. Michael
1. What are Early Intervention Programs?
2. Defining State and Local Eligibility for Services
3. Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
4. Conducting Evaluations and Re-Evaluations of Students With Special Needs
5. The Role of the Individualized Education Program (IEP) and the IEP Team
6. Availability of Personnel Who Know How to Meet the Needs of Disabled Students
7. Specific Issues About Exceptional Needs Children Enrolled in Private Schools
8. How, When, and Why Reauthorization Occurs
3. SUCCESSFULLY HANDLING DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS
   10:15 - 11:15, Georgiana O. Miranda
1. Providing Services During Disciplinary Removal
2. Defining Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs)
3. What are Behavioral Intervention Plans?
4. How Manifestation Determination Reviews Apply
5. Protections for Children Not Yet Eligible for Special Education and Related Services
6. Changes in Placement
1. Suspensions and the Ten-Day Rule
2. Legal Rules Governing Removal or Expulsion
3. Interim Alternative Educational Settings
7. Other Available Remedies
8. "Stay Put" Placement During Pendency of Due Process
9. Expedited Due Process Hearings
4. ENSURING SUCCESSFUL DUE PROCESS PROCEDURES
   12:15 - 1:00, Georgiana O. Miranda
1. Ways to Avoid Due Process Litigation
2. Actions To Take Upon Receipt of Request for Impartial Hearing
3. Complying With Notice Requirements
4. Examining Essential Timing Issues
5. Resolution or Mediation
6. How to Prepare for a Due Process Hearing
7. Crucial Elements in an Impartial Due Process Hearing
8. De Novo Reviews
5. PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
   1:00 - 1:45, Linda Chaim
1. Promoting Parent Awareness of Legal Rights and Recourse for Their Child
2. Understanding Placement Issues
1. Least Restrictive Environment and Inclusion
2. Requirements for Unilateral Placements by Parents Seeking Public Payment
3. Compensatory Education
3. Preventing Disability Harassment in the Schools
4. Protecting Confidentiality of Information
5. Special Education Damages Liability (Including Section 1983 Liability)
6. Using the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to Ensure Compliance
6. ETHICS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW
   2:00 - 3:00, Nicholas G. Michael
   1. Confidentiality
   2. Conflicts of Interest
   3. Acting in the Best Interests of the Child

LINDA CHAIM is the director of special education at Franklin Northwest Supervisory Union. Ms. Chaim is a frequent presenter in her areas of expertise and has given presentations on such topics as: learning disabilities, Autism Spectrum disorders, integrating services for children and families, and adapting curriculum for developmental disabilities. She received her master's degree, in educational psychology, from McGill University. Ms. Chaim received a certificate in Autism Spectrum Disorders from the University of Vermont (VTRAP Program). She also completed the Snelling Center for Government Leadership Program. Ms. Chaim is a member of the State of Vermont Human Rights Commission Developmental Services and the Council for Exceptional Children. She received the Vermont Special Education Director of the Year in 2000 and 2001, and the Community Partner Award from NCSS Developmental Services.

NICHOLAS G. MICHAEL is an attorney with the Law Office of Nicholas G. Michael Langhorne, PA. He has maintained a general law practice representing individuals in a variety of legal issues, such as special education, real estate transactions, personal injury, criminal defense and Social Security disability. Mr. Michael received his B.S. degree from La Salle University and his J.D. degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. He was an adjunct professor at Castleton State College in Castleton, Vermont, where he taught constitutional law. He also was an instructor for the Civil Liberties course. Mr. Michael is a member of the Vermont Bar Association and chairman of the Pike County, Pennsylvania, Tri-Centennial Constitution Celebration.

GEORGIANA O. MIRANDA is an attorney with McKee, Giuliani and Cleveland. She graduated from the Notre Dame of Maryland University and St. John's University Law School. She is admitted to the New York Bar; the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; the U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern districts of New York; the Vermont Bar; and the U.S. District Court of Vermont. She has previously served as assistant district attorney for Queens County, New York; assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York; and assistant attorney general for Vermont. She is a member of the NSBA Council of School Attorneys and has presented nationwide. Her areas of practice focus on education, special education and labor law as well as administrative law.

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