Lehigh University announces its week-long Special Education Law Symposium to be held June 19-24, 2016 on its Bethlehem, Pennsylvania campus. Annually attracting an audience of over one hundred registrants from across the country, the symposium addresses “hot topics” emerging in court decisions as well as topics suggested by eminent school and parent attorneys who serve as the symposium faculty.
The symposium will include a special two-day (June 23-24) option on the Complaint Resolution Process (CRP), a training component for state complaint investigators and others interested in CRP.
Scheduled topics for the “advanced” symposium section of experienced professionals are Dyslexia, Compensatory Education, Statute of Limitations, Discipline Nuances, Placement Decision-making, and IDEA/Section 504 Hot Spots, such as service animals, individual health plans (including concussions), and money damages.
Individuals new to special education law will explore in depth the basics of the IDEA and Section 504, including Child Find and Eligibility, FAPE, LRE, Remedies, and Discipline.
Dr. Perry Zirkel will offer a day-long National Case Law Update and Crystal Ball to all registrants on Friday, June 24, chronicling the important decisions of the prior year and predicting issues likely to emerge.
Attorney presenters (partial list) will include Elisa Hyman (New York), Isabel Machado (New Jersey), Deborah Mattison (Alabama), Edward Sarzynski (New York), Michael Stafford (Delaware), Jonathan Zimring (Georgia), Maria Blaeuer (Maryland), and Pennsylvania attorneys William Culleton, Andrew Faust, Dennis McAndrews, Gabrielle Sereni, and Kristen Weidus.
Attorney presenters for the CRP training will include Judge Edward Bauer (Florida), Bernadette Laughlin (Ohio), Patricia Williams (Wisconsin), Kristin Hansen (DC), and Perry Zirkel.
Lehigh University graduate credit is available.
In addition to week-long registration, one-day and multiple-day options are available. For further information, see the symposium website at coe.lehigh.edu/law.
Submitted by: Dr. James Newcomer and Dr. Perry Zirkel, Co-directors Special Education Law Symposium
The symposium will include a special two-day (June 23-24) option on the Complaint Resolution Process (CRP), a training component for state complaint investigators and others interested in CRP.
Scheduled topics for the “advanced” symposium section of experienced professionals are Dyslexia, Compensatory Education, Statute of Limitations, Discipline Nuances, Placement Decision-making, and IDEA/Section 504 Hot Spots, such as service animals, individual health plans (including concussions), and money damages.
Individuals new to special education law will explore in depth the basics of the IDEA and Section 504, including Child Find and Eligibility, FAPE, LRE, Remedies, and Discipline.
Dr. Perry Zirkel will offer a day-long National Case Law Update and Crystal Ball to all registrants on Friday, June 24, chronicling the important decisions of the prior year and predicting issues likely to emerge.
Attorney presenters (partial list) will include Elisa Hyman (New York), Isabel Machado (New Jersey), Deborah Mattison (Alabama), Edward Sarzynski (New York), Michael Stafford (Delaware), Jonathan Zimring (Georgia), Maria Blaeuer (Maryland), and Pennsylvania attorneys William Culleton, Andrew Faust, Dennis McAndrews, Gabrielle Sereni, and Kristen Weidus.
Attorney presenters for the CRP training will include Judge Edward Bauer (Florida), Bernadette Laughlin (Ohio), Patricia Williams (Wisconsin), Kristin Hansen (DC), and Perry Zirkel.
Lehigh University graduate credit is available.
In addition to week-long registration, one-day and multiple-day options are available. For further information, see the symposium website at coe.lehigh.edu/law.
Submitted by: Dr. James Newcomer and Dr. Perry Zirkel, Co-directors Special Education Law Symposium