Spotlight Session
COURSE LOGISTICS
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This webinar will examine a case study involving a 10-year-old student with a language-based learning disability. The student is currently in a public school program, but the parents believe the student could be doing better. They are considering an out of district private placement. The legal framework for the case as well as practical questions and key analytical factors in determining which placement is appropriate legally will be explored with ample time for questions and comments.
LEVEL
This course is appropriate for educators at all levels.
MATERIALS
All necessary materials will be shared electronically.
| Credits | |
|---|---|
| 1 Hour | |
| Dates/Time | Price |
| July 23, 2020 1:00pm Eastern Time |
$20 |
Registration is unavailable at this time.
Over 98% of educators felt that their Outreach Summer Institute seminar provided them with strategies and tools that will help their students.
Dan Ahearn, M.A., J.D., practices disability, special education, education, and children’s law. He currently teaches a Children & Disability Law course at Suffolk University Law School; counsels law students in the Harvard Law School’s Bernard Koteen Office of Public Interest Advising; and chairs the annual Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education seminar School Law Basics. He has previously taught in the Boston University School of Law First Year Writing Program for over ten years. He has written numerous articles on special education law for MCLE books and for other journals. He works in the education field at the Landmark School. He was the past Director of the Massachusetts Bureau of Special Education Appeals and a Senior Attorney at the Disability Law Center in Boston.
