AZ Specific

Education Law

Arizona Special Education Law

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 7 Total
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5 hours 56 minutes
Victoria Ikerd-Schreiter
Renee Osipov
Eileen Hagerty
Wendy Jacobs
David Garner
With Victoria Ikerd-Schreiter from Law Office of Victoria Vasquez Ikerd-Schreiter + 4 others
Recorded May 22, 2024
Product ID 98230

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Overview

Comply With the Latest Special Education Laws to Avoid Liability

With increasing numbers of students qualifying for special education services, professionals working with students with disabilities know that an understanding of special education law is crucial. You need to know the law in order to deal with complex questions that arise on a regular basis. Who pays when a disabled student is placed in private schooling at the parents' election? How can a school create the least restrictive environment and promote inclusion to the best interests of all students? It can be costly if you don't know. Register today!

  • Strengthen your knowledge of how recent special education legislation affects school policies and operations.
  • Learn what to do and what not to do in 504 plans.
  • Evaluate the legal protection offered by the Individualized Education Program (IEP).
  • Successfully handle disciplinary actions for students with disabilities.
  • Explore the role of manifestation determination reviews in disciplinary actions.
  • Understand the rights of disabled students so you can avoid inadvertent illegal actions that may lead to a lawsuit.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Establishing the Framework of Special Education Law
  2. Section 504 Plan Documentation: What You Need to Know
  3. Unraveling the Requirements of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
  4. Successfully Handling Disciplinary Actions for Students With Disabilities
  5. Ensuring Successful Due Process Procedures
  6. Protecting the Rights of Children With Disabilities

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Product ID 98230

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 7 Total
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  1. Establishing the Framework of Special Education Law

    1. Overview of Laws That Govern Special Education
    2. Summary of Recent Developments in Special Education Law
    3. Relevant Case Law

  2. Section 504 Plan Documentation: What You Need to Know

    1. Review of Section 504
    2. Determining When an Evaluation Is Necessary
    3. Information Required to Document a Disability
    4. Americans With Disabilities Act and 504 Plan Eligibility
    5. Proper Notice of Evaluation and Placement
    6. 504 Plan Dos and Don'ts: With Examples

  3. Unraveling the Requirements of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

    1. What Are Early Intervention Programs?
    2. Defining State and Local Eligibility for Services
    3. Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
    4. Conducting Evaluations and Re-Evaluations of Students With Disabilities
    5. The Role of the Individualized Education Program (IEP) and the IEP Team
    6. Availability of Personnel Who Know How to Meet the Needs of Disabled Students
    7. Specific Issues About Exceptional Needs Children Enrolled in Private Schools
    8. How, When, and Why Reauthorization Occurs

  4. Successfully Handling Disciplinary Actions for Students With Disabilities

    1. Providing Services During Disciplinary Removal
    2. Defining Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs)
    3. What Are Behavioral Intervention Plans?
    4. How Manifestation Determination Reviews Apply
    5. Protections for Children Not Yet Eligible for Special Education and Related Services
    6. Changes in Placement
      1. Suspensions and the Ten-Day Rule
      2. Legal Rules Governing Removal or Expulsion
      3. Interim Alternative Educational Settings
    7. Other Available Remedies
    8. "Stay Put" Placement During Pendency of Due Process
    9. Expedited Due Process Hearings

  5. Ensuring Successful Due Process Procedures

    1. Actions to Take Upon Receipt of Request for an Impartial Hearing
    2. Complying With Notice Requirements
    3. Examining Essential Timing Issues
    4. Providing for the Option of Mediation
    5. How to Prepare for a Due Process Hearing
    6. Crucial Elements in an Impartial Due Process Hearing
    7. When De Novo Reviews Apply
    8. Effective Ways to Avoid Due Process Litigation

  6. Protecting the Rights of Children With Disabilities

    1. Promoting Parent Awareness of Legal Rights and Recourse for Their Child
    2. Understanding Placement Issues
      1. Least Restrictive Environment and Inclusion
      2. Requirements for Unilateral Placements by Parents Seeking Public Payment
      3. Compensatory Education
    3. Preventing Disability Bullying and Harassment in the Schools
    4. Protecting Confidentiality of Information
    5. Special Education Damages Liability (Including Section 1983 Liability)
    6. Using the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to Ensure Compliance

Who Should Attend

This basic-to-intermediate level seminar is designed specifically for professionals who work with children with disabilities in a school setting. Those who should attend include:

  • School Administrators
  • Superintendents
  • Board Members
  • Principals
  • Counselors
  • School Psychologists
  • Teachers
  • Attorneys

Speakers

Victoria Ikerd-Schreiter
Victoria
Ikerd-Schreiter
Law Office of Victoria Vasquez Ikerd-Schreiter
Renee Osipov
Renee
Osipov
Udall Shumway
Eileen M Hagerty
Eileen M.
Hagerty
Kotin, Crabtree & Strong, LLP
Wendy Jacobs
Wendy
Jacobs
Douglas County School District
David D Garner
David D.
Garner
Osborn Maledon, P.A.
Speaker bio
Victoria Ikerd-Schreiter

Victoria Ikerd-Schreiter

Law Office of Victoria Vasquez Ikerd-Schreiter
Victoria Ikerd-Schreiter

is the founder of the Law Offices of Victoria Ikerd-Schreiter, Counselor at Law. She has worked for over 20 years in the field of special education advocacy and training, and has been a licensed attorney in the field for over 16 years. Ms. Ikerd-Schreiter has practiced both solo representing students in her law firm Ikerd-Schreiter Law, an attorney for the State of California as Class Action Defense Counsel on their largest and longest ADA suit, now referred to as Newsome v. Armstrong, and for nonprofits over her career, supporting her passion of training parents, advocates and public entities on their obligations and rights under the IDEA, Section 504, and the ADA in both English and Spanish in order to create a more just world for those with disabilities. She earned her undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from San Diego State University and her J.D. degree from California Western School of Law. 

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Renee Osipov

Renee Osipov

Udall Shumway
Renee Osipov

is an attorney at Udall Shumway and a member of the school law section, where she represents the firm's education law clients throughout the state. She primarily focuses her practice on all aspects of education law and guiding clients through special education issues, school-related employment matters, licensing board defense, and student discipline. Ms. Osipov had a career as an educator, teaching elementary education prior to attending law school. She earned her B.S. degree from Eastern Illinois University and her J.D. degree from Saint Louis University School of Law. Ms. Osipov is a member of the State Bar of Arizona, State Bar of Texas, Maricopa County Bar Association, Thurgood Marshal Inn of Court, and board member of Lifewell. She is admitted to practice law in Arizona and Texas.

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Eileen M Hagerty

Eileen M. Hagerty

Kotin, Crabtree & Strong, LLP
Eileen Hagerty

is a partner with Kotin, Crabtree & Strong, LLP in Newton, Massachusetts. She concentrates her practice in special education law. Ms. Hagerty represents and advises parents regarding all aspects of special education disputes, including the TEAM meeting process (evaluations, eligibility determinations, IEP development, program and placement disputes); suspension and expulsion hearings; mediation; formal due process proceedings; federal district court and appellate court litigation; and attorneys' fee litigation. She represents students with all types of disabilities, including autism spectrum disorders, dyslexia and other learning disabilities, attention deficit disorders, and mental health issues. Ms. Hagerty is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of education law, holds the Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating, and has been named as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer in the field of education law for multiple years. Ms. Hagerty has co-chaired Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc.’s annual School Law Conference each year since 2010. She contributes case commentary to the Massachusetts Special Education Reporter and edits the Massachusetts School Law Sourcebook and Citator. Ms. Hagerty participates in various public service activities, including serving as chair of the Board of Directors of a non-profit advocacy organization, Massachusetts Advocates for Children (MAC). Ms. Hagerty lectures and writes frequently on topics in special education law for both legal and lay audiences. She is a cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School.

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Wendy Jacobs

Wendy Jacobs

Douglas County School District
Wendy Jacobs

serves as deputy general counsel to the Douglas County School District, the third largest school district in Colorado. She has more than 20 years of experience in education law, with a particular focus on special education and student programming. Prior to joining Douglas County School District, Ms. Jacobs worked at the Colorado Department of Education overseeing Colorado's legal procedures for resolving special education disputes, including acting as a special education complaints investigator, training IDEA administrative law judges, and developing state-wide special education policy and guidance. Prior to being at CDE, she worked as an attorney in private practice, representing school districts around the United States in special education and civil rights matters, including administrative hearings and trials and appeals in state and federal court. Ms. Jacobs has presented on special education matters in several jurisdictions, including Colorado, Georgia, Florida and Virginia. She earned her B.A. degree from the University of Virginia and her J.D. degree from the Wake Forest University School of Law.

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David D Garner

David D. Garner

Osborn Maledon, P.A.
David Garner

is an attorney at Osborn Maledon, P.A. located in Phoenix, Arizona. He focuses his practice on commercial litigation, education law, and government and regulatory law. Mr. Garner's expertise is frequently sought in an outside general counsel role for compliance training, policy-shaping, day-to-day advice, and on-call responsiveness to emergencies and inquiries about everything related to school law; including FERPA, public records, open meeting law, student discipline, employment issues, third-party contracts, First Amendment issues, and regulatory compliance, etc. He earned his B.A. degree from Brigham Young University and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School. Mr. Garner is licensed to practice law in Arizona.

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