The Long Island
Advocacy Center
for the legal rights of students and individuals with disabilities serving Nassau and Suffolk
Hot Topics in Education, *Trainings & *Webinars
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Click on links for more information. If you have an event you would like us to consider posting please email Jennica Nill
February 2012
2/15- ELIJA Sensory Issues- Habit Reversal and Desensitization
2/28-The Dropout Prevention Destination FREE webinar!
March 2012
Fri 3/9-10 DSAF's 9th Annual Conference on the Best Practices in the Education of Children with Down Syndrome
Wed 2/14- ELIJA Intensive Toilet Training
Wed 3/28- ELIJA CSE's and IEP's How to Advocate for your Child when they have a Diagnosis of Autism
April 2012
Fri 4/20- Nassau Community College invites you to: Strategies to Improve Underachieving Students Performance
Sat 4/21- AHA's 12th Annual Spring Conference Issues in Independent Living for Adolescents and Adults on the Autism Spectrum
UPDATES:
1/2012- NYSED Guidelines for Determining a Student with a Disability's Need for a 1:1 Aide
1/20/2012- A National Update of Caselaw 1998 to Present under IDEA and 504/ADA
2/1/2011- Schools Warned About Delaying Special Education Assessments
Federal education officials are warning schools across the nation not to use stall tactics when it comes to evaluating children who may have a disability. more...
1/21/2011- Response to Intervention (RTI) cannot be used to delay Special Education Assessment:
Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) issued a memorandum to Districts reminding them that Response to Intervention (RTI) techniques cannot be used to delay a special education assessment. Though there isn't hard data on how often that occurs, enough anecdotal reports had reached OSEP that a letter was warranted.
Memorandum to State Directors of Special Educ., 111 LRP 4677 (OSEP 01/21/11)
This service is funded by a contract with The Advocacy Center in Rochester, NY through its PTIC grant from the United States Department of Education
Click on links for more information. If you have an event you would like us to consider posting please email Jennica Nill
February 2012
2/15- ELIJA Sensory Issues- Habit Reversal and Desensitization
2/28-The Dropout Prevention Destination FREE webinar!
March 2012
Fri 3/9-10 DSAF's 9th Annual Conference on the Best Practices in the Education of Children with Down Syndrome
Wed 2/14- ELIJA Intensive Toilet Training
Wed 3/28- ELIJA CSE's and IEP's How to Advocate for your Child when they have a Diagnosis of Autism
April 2012
Fri 4/20- Nassau Community College invites you to: Strategies to Improve Underachieving Students Performance
Sat 4/21- AHA's 12th Annual Spring Conference Issues in Independent Living for Adolescents and Adults on the Autism Spectrum
UPDATES:
1/2012- NYSED Guidelines for Determining a Student with a Disability's Need for a 1:1 Aide
1/20/2012- A National Update of Caselaw 1998 to Present under IDEA and 504/ADA
2/1/2011- Schools Warned About Delaying Special Education Assessments
Federal education officials are warning schools across the nation not to use stall tactics when it comes to evaluating children who may have a disability. more...
1/21/2011- Response to Intervention (RTI) cannot be used to delay Special Education Assessment:
Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) issued a memorandum to Districts reminding them that Response to Intervention (RTI) techniques cannot be used to delay a special education assessment. Though there isn't hard data on how often that occurs, enough anecdotal reports had reached OSEP that a letter was warranted.
Memorandum to State Directors of Special Educ., 111 LRP 4677 (OSEP 01/21/11)
This service is funded by a contract with The Advocacy Center in Rochester, NY through its PTIC grant from the United States Department of Education
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Fax: 516.248.2290 Fax: 631.234.4069
