Special Education Law Symposium June 22-27, 2014 The IDEA and Section 504: Current Trends and Challenges for Leading Practitioners in Education and Law The Symposium will include not only the basic and, with new hot topics, advanced tracks, but also a specialized institute for administrative law judges and other IDEA hearing officers. The symposium will take place on the campus of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. Illustrative features of the symposium: •Experience a brand new set of topics and faculty for the advanced track. See the 2014 schedule for topics and presenters. •Attend the specialized, inaugural ALJ/IHO Institute if you are an administrative law judge or other impartial hearing officer. •Interact with expert presenters, which include a balance of school district and parent perspectives and a blend of prior and new faculty (see faculty listing), including the following prominent attorneys from several states: Laura Anthony (Ohio), Maria Blaeuer (Washington, DC), John Cafferky (Virginia), Jesse Cutler (New York), Emerson Dickman (New Jersey), Laura Gillis (Massachusetts), Lindsay Jones (Washington, DC), Deborah Mattison (Alabama), Michael Stafford (Delaware), and Pennsylvania attorneys Jeffrey Champagne, Andy Faust, Claudia Huot, Joshua Kershenbaum, Steven Jacobson, Heidi Konkler, Kristine Roddick, and Dr. Perry Zirkel. •Keep up-to-date on the latest significant cases under the IDEA and Section 504. •Choose between basic or advanced tracks depending upon the level of your experience and expertise. •Interact with a broad-based mix of special education directors, special or regular education teachers, school psychologists, administrators, parent representatives, and attorneys from several jurisdictions. •Exercise your choice too between graduate credits or solely professional development and between full-week and single-day options. •Take home a comprehensive electronic manual on a flash drive with the latest legislation, regulations, and detailed case law outlines. •The symposium begins with a dinner and a joint keynote presentation by Michael Yudin, Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) and Dr. Melody Musgrove, Director, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: “The IDEA and Section 504 Landscape: Inclusion, Equity, and Opportunity”. Save the date: 42nd Annual Special Education Law Conference May 9, 2014 lehigh.edu/specialseminars
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