2 Day Seminars
IN-PERSON COURSE LOGISTICS
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This 2-day seminar presents an overview of federal special education law, as well as an update of new special education law developments over the past year. The following key topics under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act will be discussed: eligibility, evaluation, services, placement, discipline, and dispute resolution. In addition, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act as well as the Americans with Disabilities Act will be reviewed. New Federal cases and United States Department of Education advisories will also be reviewed as part of the seminar. Finally, sample cases and fact patterns will be used to illustrate the application of special education law to common situations involving students and schools.
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
LEVEL
This course is appropriate for educators who work with all grade levels.
MATERIALS
Materials will be provided on-site.
GRADUATE CREDIT OPTION
Participants may elect to add 1 graduate credit to this course. Graduate credit is an additional $125 and is granted by Colorado State University-Pueblo.
| Credits | |
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| 10 Hours/PDPs 1 Optional Graduate Credit |
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| Dates/Time | Price |
| July 19-20, 2023 8:30am - 3:00pm |
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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; has counseled law students in the Harvard Law School’s Bernard Koteen Office of Public Interest Advising for over 20 years; and chairs the annual Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education seminar School Law Basics as well as several other seminars regarding practice before the BSEA, mock trials, and school discipline. Dan has previously taught in the Boston University School of Law First Year Writing Program for over ten years and also counseled law students in the Harvard Law School’s Bernard Koteen Office of Public Interest Advising for over 20 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. Dan was the past Director of the Massachusetts Bureau of Special Education Appeals and a Senior Attorney at the Disability Law Center in Boston.
