Save the dates!
The 2023 HPREC SPED Law Conference will be on September 12 and 13, 2023 (Tuesday/Wednesday). Presenters will be from the Walsh Gallegos Law Firm and include Jim Walsh, Elena Gallegos, and Dawn Vernooy.
This year's topics are especially of high interest and include lessons learned from 2022–2023 cases, legal guidance for handling methodology requests, ensuring IEP implementation and remedying errors, and much more!
The cost is $350.00 per person. The conference will take place remotely.
Schedule
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Day 1 - Tuesday, September 12, 2023
8:30–845 a.m. |
Welcome and Housekeeping |
8:45–10:45 a.m. |
Lessons Learned from Cases: 2022–2023 Elena M. Gallegos and Dawn Vernooy Attorneys, Walsh Gallegos, P.C. |
10:45–11:00 a.m. |
Break |
11:00 a.m.–Noon |
Title IX, IDEA, FERPA: How These Laws Often Intersect Dawn Vernooy, Attorney, Walsh Gallegos, P.C.
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Noon–12:30 p.m. |
Lunch Break |
12:30–1:30 p.m. |
Legal Guidance for Handling Methodology Requests Jim Walsh, Attorney, Walsh Gallegos, P.C.
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1:30–1:35 p.m. |
Break
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1:45–2:45 p.m. |
Ensuring IEP Implementation and Remedying Errors Jim Walsh, Attorney, Walsh Gallegos, P.C.
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2:45–3:30 p.m. |
School Attorneys Answer Your Questions Jim Walsh, Elena M. Gallegos, and Dawn Vernooy Attorneys, Walsh Gallegos, P.C. |
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Day 2 - Wednesday, September 13, 2023
8:30–845 a.m. |
Welcome and Housekeeping |
8:45–10:45 a.m. |
An Introduction to the Toolbox – Practical Strategies for Dealing with Discipline in Special Education Jim Walsh and Elena M. Gallegos Attorneys, Walsh Gallegos, P.C. |
10:45–11:00 a.m. |
Break |
11:00 a.m.–Noon |
Child Find under IDEA and Section 504 Jim Walsh and Elena M. Gallegos Attorneys, Walsh Gallegos, P.C. |
Noon–12:30 p.m. |
Lunch Break |
12:30–1:30 p.m. |
Lessons Learned from Cases: 2022–2023 (continued) Elena M. Gallegos and Dawn Vernooy Attorneys, Walsh Gallegos, P.C. |
1:30–2:30 p.m. |
IEP Meetings: Say This, Not That Dawn Vernooy, Attorney, Walsh Gallegos, P.C. |
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2:30–2:45 p.m. |
Break |
2:45–3:30 p.m. |
School Attorneys Answer Your Questions Jim Walsh, Elena M. Gallegos, and Dawn Vernooy Attorneys, Walsh Gallegos, P.C. |
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Target Audience
This conference is designed for school-based teams including special and general education administrators, special and general education teachers, and related service providers. However, anyone interested in learning more about special education law is invited to register.
If you have questions, please contact Marisa Aguirre via email or call (575) 445-7090.