Training Course Syllabus:

Essential IEP and 504 Plan Information

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 workshop on mitigating 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 processes. Register today!

• Confidently handle IEP evaluation and eligibility disputes.
• Create legally defensible IEPs that have clear and measurable goals.
• Ensure you are documenting student progress on IEP goals the right way.
• Confidently handle difficult 504 plan eligibility situations.
• Dissect 504 plans and spot critical legal liabilities.
• Ensure your school is conducting 504 plan reviews in a legally defensible manner.
• Determine when a manifestation determination is and is not required.
• Understand what services a school must provide special needs students during disciplinary removal.

1. IEP Evaluations and Eligibility
   9:00 - 9:50, Nadia D. Vann
   
   1. Child Find Essentials
   2. IDEA Eligibility Categories
   3. Best Practices for Difficult-to-Place Disabilities
   4. Documentation Essentials
   5. Evaluation and Eligibility Disputes: Legal Best Practices
2. Creating Legally Defensible IEPs: A Step-by-Step Guide
   9:50 - 10:45, Nadia D. Vann
   
   1. Overview of the Development Process: Who Should be Involved?
   2. Functional Performance and Academic Achievement
   3. Measurable Annual Goals
   4. Special Education Aids and Services
   5. Participation in Mainstream Classrooms
   6. Appropriate Measurable Post-Secondary Goals
   7. Legally Appropriate IEP Modifications
3. 504 Plan Eligibility: What are the Determining Factors?
   11:00 - 12:00, Gregory M. Meihn
   
   1. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act: What it Does and Doesn't Cover
   2. Disability Definition Ambiguities
   3. Documenting the Evaluation Process
   4. Substantial Limitations What is the Bar?
   5. Impairment Determinations: What Can and Cannot be Considered?
   6. IEP, 504 Plan or Both - Unravelling Difficult Eligibility Situations
4. The Anatomy of an Effective 504 Plan: Overcoming Legal Ambiguities
   1:00 - 1:50, Gregory M. Meihn
   
   1. How to Address Disabilities
   2. Essential Accommodations and Modifications
   3. Placement in Least Restrictive Environment
   4. Red Flags to Avoid
5. Avoiding Common IEP Errors and Mistakes
   1:50 - 2:40, Robert A. Lusk
   
   1. Predetermination on IEPs
   2. IEPs With No Meaningful Educational Benefit
   3. Failure to Document Changes in Placement Decisions
   4. Failure to Properly Include Parents in the Process
6. Manifestation Determination Review (MDR) Essentials
   2:55 - 3:40, Robert A. Lusk
   
   1. When MDRs Are and Are not Required
   2. Required Participants for MDR Meetings
   3. Essential Information to Consider
   4. Determining if Conduct Was a Manifestation
7. Discipline and Expulsion Best Practices
   3:40 - 4:30, Robert A. Lusk
   
   1. Providing Services During Disciplinary Removal
   2. Changes in Placement
   3. Multiple Suspensions and Denials of FAPE
   4. Due Process Hearing Essentials

Seminar Summary:

Join our experienced faculty for this comprehensive workshop on mitigating legal liabilities in IEPs and 504 plans. (see full course description)

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