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Legal Issues Update: What You Need To Know!
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Description: 
Title: Legal Issues Update: What You Need To Know!
Date(s): March 1, 2018
Time(s): 8:30AM-3:00PM
Location: Oakland Schools, 2111 Pontiac Lake Rd., Waterford 48328
Cost: $15.00 Oakland County / $100.00 Out of County
Presenter(s): Perry A. Zirkel, Ph.D, JD
Class Limit: 250
Prerequisite
Knowledge: none
Grade Level: k-12
Audience: Oakland County LEA and PSA Only; Special Education Teachers; General Education Teachers; Administrators; Psychologists; Social Workers; Speech/Language Pathologists; Teacher Consultants
SCECHs: Pending. Check the status of this course at:
https://mdoe.state.mi.us/MOECS/ProfessionalLearning/Reports/CatalogSearch
SW-CEH (Social Worker Continuing Education Hours): Pending. Please come prepared to provide your license number at registration.
Meal(s): Breakfast and lunch
Questions? Please contact kathryn.gaymer@oakland.k12.mi.us .
 
Details: 
Event Description:

This session will provide a fast-paced analysis, with ample opportunity for Q and A, on current legal issues under the IDEA and Section 504. The issues will be relevant to both general education and special education personnel the presentation will provide special emphasis on Sixth Circuit and Michigan court decisions. It will also extend to emerging trends in federal legislation and regulations as well as state laws. Illustrative topics include (a) child find and eligibility under the IDEA, including RTI. (b) eligibility under Sec. 504 in light of the ADAAA and the 2016 ADA regulations, (c) IDEA FAPE issues, including the Supreme Court's Endrew F. decision, parental participation issues and failure-to -implement cases; (d) the emerging emphasis on dyslexia; and (e) the parental choice movement.