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Balancing Safety and the Rights of Students With Disabilities Involved in Drugs, Weapons or Violence
Presented by Brandon Wright, Esq.
Tuesday | December 5, 2023 • 2 - 3:30 p.m. ET
REGISTER NOWOftentimes, dangerous situations can feel particularly difficult to manage for students with disabilities. When drugs, weapons and violence are involved, the IDEA’s rules permit the school district to take some additional steps that balance safety with student rights. Join attorney Brandon Wright for this guidance-filled webinar, as he explains how the IDEA's disciplinary protections and rules are different in situations involving these special circumstances.
You’ll learn the boundaries of student rights when safety is at stake and how compliance with the IDEA may enhance safety, as well as ways that you can address school safety issues without violating students’ IDEA rights.
Ensure you’re prepared to appropriately respond to dangerous student behaviors — and still provide offending students with FAPE — by learning the most up-to-date best practices to:
- Implement procedures and protocols to follow when a student with a disability is involved in drugs, weapons or violence
- Fortify school safety policies, procedures and protocols while complying with the IDEA
- Identify when to invoke the IDEA’s “special circumstances” rule to remove a student with a disability to an interim alternative educational setting (IAES)
- Engage law enforcement, mental health intervention agencies and other community stakeholders during or after incidents
- And more
About the Presenter
Brandon K. Wright is a partner in the firm of Miller, Tracy, Braun, Funk & Miller, Ltd. in Monticello, Illinois. He focuses his practice on school law, having developed a particular interest in the field of special education, due process and cooperative school districts. He has served as an Adjunct Faculty Member at Southern Illinois University's Carbondale and Edwardsville campuses, as well as at Eastern Illinois University. In addition, Mr. Wright regularly speaks at local, state and national conferences on issues of school law and special education, including LRP’s Special Education School Attorneys Conference and the National Institute on Legal Issues of Educating Individuals with Disabilities®. He also currently serves as the Chair of the Executive Committee of the Illinois Council of School Attorneys.
Who Should Attend
- School administrators
- School counselors
- School nurses
- School psychologists
- School attorneys
- Special education directors
- Board-certified behavioral analysts
- School resource officers
- Special education teachers
- General education teachers
- IEP team members
Registration Information
Main Site (required for Additional Site registrations): $295 per connection
Additional Sites: $115 per connection
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Achieving Inclusion: Educating Students With Disabilities in the Least Restrictive Environment
Presented by Stephanie Jones, Esq.
Tuesday | January 18, 2024 • 2 - 3:30 p.m. ET
REGISTER NOWThe IDEA requires that special education students are educated in the least restrictive environment. The challenge lies in balancing the intensity of a student’s needs with maximum time in a general education setting. This live virtual training will explore critical LRE principles and provide strategies to help your team achieve inclusiveness for all learners.
Education attorney Stephanie Jones will take a pragmatic approach, sharing real-world examples to guide you through determining solutions that work for your students and school. Plus, you’ll get a review of recent case law and administrative decisions that illustrate more best practices you can adopt.
You’ll also learn about the relationship between LRE and the continuum of services, what settings are not a student's LRE, and the appropriate process for making the LRE determination — so you are fully equipped to maximize inclusion when making placement decisions for individual students.
Additional takeaways include strategies to:
- Analyze the least restrictive environment for learners with special education needs
- Expand your continuum of services to support all students, even those with intense needs
- Communicate with parents when an inclusive environment is not in the student’s best interest
- Problem-solve conflicts over least restrictive environment
- And more
About the Presenter
Stephanie Jones is a partner in the law firm of Kriha Boucek in Illinois. Her passion for her work as an attorney was born from her upbringing. Education runs in her family — her mother was a teacher, an elementary school principal and her role model. Growing up in an environment where education and equity are both core values led her to the practice of school law, where she became a leader in the field.
Ms. Jones has over 22 years of experience as a general school attorney. Her expertise spans all areas of school law, including labor and employment, litigation, student matters, Title IX, business workings, special education, and board governance. As former general counsel for the Illinois State Board of Education, Ms. Jones has unparalleled knowledge of the inner workings of the ISBE and understands what it takes to run a large governmental organization.
Who Should Attend
- Special education directors
- Special education administrators
- Special education team members
- Principals
- General education teachers
- Special education teachers
- IEP team members
- Related service providers
- School attorneys
Registration Information
Main Site (required for Additional Site registrations): $295 per connection
Additional Sites: $115 per connection
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