December 7, 2006 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
December 8, 2006 9:00 a.m. - Noon

Heidel House Resort, Green Lake, Wisconsin

A Practitioner's Workshop

About the Workshop

Join us for a timely discussion presented by three experienced practitioners as they bridge the gap between policy and implementation.

Current educational reforms require us to balance standards and high expectations with necessary learning opportunities and supports for all students.  As educators – general and special – we must take on new roles and collaborate as never before.

Agenda

Learning Sessions

Ø    Federal regulations: A practitioner's view.
Ø    Guidelines for the appropriate use of seclusion and physical restraint in special education.
Ø    Procedures and practices to ensure proactive polices on student discipline.
Ø    Manifestation Determination.
Ø    The new IEP structure.
Ø    Case law for students.
Ø    Practical implications for addressing children with significant behavioral difficulties.
Ø    Problem Solving: RtI.
Ø    Parental consent.
Ø    Evaluations and reevaluations.
Ø    Procedures for identifying children with specific learning disabilities.

This is an excellent opportunity to network and personalize best practices in a professional, comfortable learning environment. Join us Thursday from 9:00 am – 3: 30 pm (lunch included) and Friday from 9:00 – 12:00 noon.

About the presenters...

Lynn A. Boreson has been the DPI consultant for EBD (Emotional Behavioral Disabilities) since 1990. Prior to that, she was a special education teacher for 17 years, and also taught classes at the university level. She has consulted and presented nationally and internationally, and her professional interests center around the behavioral needs of students with disabilities. Ms. Boreson has also authored a variety of professional materials related to EBD programming. In her spare time she likes to roam the world and has climbed the Great Wall, sailed on the Nile, and kissed the Blarney Stone (which some would say is a prerequisite for working at DPI).

Eric P. Hartwig, Ph.D. is experienced and licensed as a Director of Pupil Services and School Psychologist and currently is the administrator for Marathon County Special Education. Dr. Hartwig has done extensive research on discipline, school violence, psychoeducational assessment and related special education issues. He is the consulting editor for Today’s School Psychologist; co-author of the book: Discipline in the School and author of numerous publications and videos.

Gary M. Ruesch, Esq. Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, serves as labor counsel to numerous school districts, municipalities and private sector employers, assisting in contract bargaining, grievance and discrimination complaints and other employment matters. He advises school districts on general education school law issues and specializes in counseling school districts around the country on legal issues with special needs and strategies in special education litigation. In addition, Mr. Ruesch has co-authored numerous publications on discipline and school law.

Cost
$199

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