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Absenteeism and Truancy During Remote and Hybrid Learning: Addressing Child Find and FAPE Issues


Presented by Teri Engler, Esq.
Thursday, March 4, 2021 | 2 - 3:30 p.m. ET



Teri Engler, Esq.

Webinar Registration:

$250 per connection until February 25

$270 per connection from February 26 - March 4

Additional Site:

$115 per connection Now to March 3

Student absenteeism and truancy during remote and hybrid learning present many issues similar to in-person instruction, but they also present unique IDEA and Section 504 challenges. Is a student not attending due to anxiety or other disability-related reasons? Does she have inadequate technology to access instruction? Do parents' schedules prevent their supporting the child in accessing instruction?

In this webinar filled with real-life lessons, attorney Teri Engler will review how hearing officers and the courts have addressed absenteeism and truancy from a child find and FAPE perspective in the in-person setting. Then she'll apply a remote and hybrid learning "lens" to those issues to identify best practices for use in those settings — so you know when child find and FAPE obligations are triggered and how to meet them.

You'll take away case-based guidance such as:

  • Determining when a student's absences indicate a possible need for special education and related services
  • Recognizing when a student's IEP team may need to develop a BIP to address school refusal
  • Tracking attendance and student participation during partial or fully remote learning
  • Establishing whether the student can't or won't log on for instruction, and identifying barriers to access and engagement
  • And more

About the Presenter

Teri E. Engler, Esq., is a partner at Engler Callaway Baasten & Sraga, LLC, in Illinois. She concentrates her school law practice in the areas of special education/disability law and other student issues. Teri has successfully represented school districts and special education cooperatives throughout Illinois in administrative and judicial proceedings, including proceedings under the IDEA, Section 504 and the ADA. She is a member of many professional organizations in the fields of law and education, and has served as an Adjunct Professor at Loyola University’s School of Law and School of Education and on the Illinois Attorney General’s Special Committee on Special Education, the Illinois Council of School Attorneys’ Executive and Special Education Committees, and the Special Education Advisory Board of National-Louis University. She regularly lectures on special education and other school law topics at local, state and national conferences; training programs; and webinars, and has frequently been recognized by Chicago Magazine as an “Illinois Super Lawyer” in the area of schools and education. In 2018, the second edition of Teri’s resource guide, Assistive Technology in Special Education, was published by LRP Publications.


Who Should Attend

  • Special education directors

  • Special and general education teachers

  • IEP team members

  • School administrators

  • School attorneys

  • School psychologists

Effective and Compliant Section 504 Plans: From Development to Implementation


Presented by Michael Joyce, Esq.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 | 2 - 3:30 p.m. ET



Michael Joyce, Esq.

Webinar Registration:

$250 per connection until March 31

$270 per connection from April 1 - 7

Additional Site:

$115 per connection Now to April 6

Section 504 offers only vague guidance regarding team membership and no specific requirements for a written 504 plan. So how do you determine who should, and shouldn't, be on a student's 504 team? And what should, and shouldn't, be included in the 504 plan? Make these determinations with confidence by relying on guidance from Michael Joyce, who offers a unique perspective as both a former public school teacher and former enforcement attorney at OCR.

You'll learn best practices for 504 team composition and developing Section 504 plans that will lead to effective results, proper implementation and legal compliance — for in-person, remote and hybrid settings. Plus, you'll hear examples from Office for Civil Rights letters of findings and relevant state decisions, helping you navigate tricky areas that could expose your district to liability.

From 504 eligibility to what constitutes FAPE, you'll take away practical strategies to:

  • Convene 504 teams comprising the proper individuals, so teams make appropriate and legally sound placement decisions
  • Employ the team process to develop 504 plans with the information necessary to ensure students receive FAPE
  • Develop 504 plans to maximize the potential for proper implementation in all instructional settings
  • Ensure procedural compliance when developing 504 plans
  • And more

About the Presenter

Michael J. Joyce, Esq., is a former public school teacher and is currently a partner with Nuttall, MacAvoy & Joyce PC, specializing in general education and special education law in public schools. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a Civil Rights Attorney for OCR, conducting investigations and trainings throughout New England concerning a wide range of civil rights issues arising in public schools. He previously taught for three years in public elementary schools as a member of Teach for America, during which time he was nominated for Teacher of the Year. He graduated from Boston College Law School and holds a master’s degree in Educational Administration from the Lynch School of Education at Boston College. From 2008-11, he taught legal research and writing at Northeastern School of Law and from 2011-15, served as an Adjunct Professor at the Lynch School of Education and Boston College Law School. He has conducted dozens of presentations on educational law to local, regional and national audiences.


Who Should Attend

  • Section 504 coordinators

  • Special education directors

  • School administrators

  • Special and general education teachers

  • School attorneys

  • School nurses

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