Product Detail

1. Describe the components and content of an effective IEP
2. Determine appropriate disciplinary action for students with disabilities
3. Explain the evaluation process
4. Define the significant changes in the newly reauthorized IDEA with due process, statutes of limitations and attorney’s fees
5. Discuss ways to avoid the most common mistakes made by special education professionals
6. Compare and contrast Section 504 and the IDEA in Minnesota

Introduction – Basic Special Education Law

• Providing a free appropriate public education – and being able to prove it
• Data collection and its importance following No Child Left Behind

Due Process

• What is due process in special education?
• Procedural Safeguards
  1. Prior written notice
  2. Independent Educational Evaluations

Evaluation

• Comprehensive evaluations
• Initial evaluation
• Re-evaluations
• Independent evaluations

Eligibility Determinations

• Common errors
• Case law

Essential Components of the Best Practices IEP
Using the “Best Practices IEP Strategy”
The Interplay Between Section 504 and the IDEA in Minnesota

• Basic distinctions
• The role of the IEP team in 504 accommodations following the Centennial case
• Cautions & common mistakes

Discipline of Students with Special Needs

• Student with an active IEP
• Student with an active 504 plan
• Student suspected of having a disability

Procedural Safeguards – Hearing & ADR

• What do hearings entail?
• How to prepare for hearings that cannot be avoided
• A lternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
  1. Mediation
  2. Conciliation
  3. Other forms

Review of Significant Cases in 2011

Laura Tubbs Booth, has represented public sector clients in administrative, state and federal court proceedings for over 20 years. She has had the opportunity to represent clients in several Federal District Court and 8th Circuit Court of Appeals cases that have shaped education law in Minnesota.

Laura is a summa cum laude graduate of Hamline University School of Law and received her bachelor’s degree in Business from Michigan State University. Ms. Booth was an attorney and partner in a large law firm for many years. She also served as Special Assistant Attorney General while in private practice to assist with litigation and training regarding special education and discrimination issues involving juvenile detention facilities.

Laura has completed certified mediation training and has served as a mediator in Hennepin County District Court and on community matters. She is a partner in the law firm of Booth & Lavorato in Minnetonka, MN and is a frequent speaker on education and employment topics.

For U.S. and Canadian customers, a CE test is available for $9.99 USD per participant. International CE rates may vary; please contact our Customer Service at 1-800-844-8260 for more details.

Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations.

Certificates of Successful Completion may be emailed, faxed or mailed to participants completing the post-test/evaluation and paying the CE fee.

**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

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Counselors
This intermediate self-study activity consists of 5.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.

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Educators/Teachers
This course consists of 5.0 self-study clock hours. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.

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Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants
This self-study course consists of 5.0 clock hours of instruction that is applicable for physical therapists. CE requirements for physical therapists vary by state/jurisdiction. Please retain the certificate of completion that you receive and use as proof of completion when required.

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Psychologists
This self-study activity consists of 5.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline and the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity. Contact us for more information on your state board or organization specific filing requirements.

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Social Workers
PESI, Inc., #1062, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for this self-study course. ACE provider approval period: January 27, 2017 - January 27, 2020. Social Workers completing this course receive 5.0 Clinical Practice continuing education credits. Course Level: Intermediate. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to social workers who complete the program evaluation.

Minnesota Social Workers: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Minnesota, Board of Social Work. Provider #: CEP-140. This self-study course has been approved for 5.0 continuing education hours. A certificate will be issued upon successful completion of a post-test.

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Other Professions
This self-study activity qualifies for 5.0 clock hours of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

Disclaimer: **Information obtained in this course should be used within your scope of practice.
**It is your ethical responsibility to report accurate hours to your licensing board.
**All self-study participants must complete and pass (80% or better) a post-test and evaluation prior to receiving a certificate of completion. If you require a copy of the test/evaluation for CE purposes, please print at the time you take the test. Or you may call our customer service department and a copy of your test/evaluation will be emailed to you. Please allow 30-45 days.

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