Ensure Compliance With New Special Education Legal Requirements
The new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) radically changes the special education accountability landscape. From understanding new special education testing requirements to wading through new discipline requirements for special needs students, you need to start preparing your clients now. This indispensable guide will provide you with the critical essentials your clients need to ensure they are prepared for the massive impacts the ESSA has on special education. Register today!
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Determine what the ESSA considers a "high needs school" and prepare for the numerous compliance hurdles they face.
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Analyze how the ESSA applies to special education discipline, including classroom removal, school expulsion and more.
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Confidently prepare schools for compliance with the anti-bullying provisions of the ESSA.
Who Should Attend
This informative overview of new ESSA special education accountability standards is for attorneys. School administrators, special education department heads, special education teachers, guidance counselors and paralegals may also benefit.
Course Content
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The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), High Needs Schools and Special Education Obligations
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Testing Essentials for Special Needs Students
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Ensuring Special Needs Students Aren't Disproportionate Targets of Classroom Removal
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Reducing Exclusionary Discipline: The Youth PROMISE Plan
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Adverse Behavioral Interventions: How Restraint and Seclusion is Targeted
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Reducing Bullying and Harassment of Special Needs Students: Avoiding Legal Pitfalls
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Suspension, Expulsion and the ESSA: What Schools Need to do
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Literacy Skills and the New Comprehensive Center: What it Provides
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How the ESSA Affects Special Education in Charter Schools
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Gifted and Talented Education Supports
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Moving Forward: Preparing for the Top Compliance Hurdles
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