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Dave & Jose have coordinated with State Departments of Education in Hawaii, Arkansas, and New Mexico to create entertaining and informative state wide events. They have also have worked with the statewide special education directors associations from Arkansas and Louisiana, providing several days of instruction during their summer conferences. And of course, they proudly present for TCASE in Texas as well. Here’s a sampling of where Dave & Jose have been recently (and what they’ve talked about) Some of Dave Richards’ statewide and regional presentations: 2002 Louisiana Association of Administrators of Special Education (LAASE), Update on NCLB, Section 504, and IDEA, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 12-13, 2002. 19th Annual TCASE/Legal Digest Conference on Special Education Law, “NCLB Update: Special Education Concerns Under No Child Left Behind, Including Making AYP,” Arlington & San Antonio, Texas, April 2005. Region IV Education Service Center Section 504 Academy, “Selected Advanced Section 504 and NCLB Issues,” Houston, Texas, June 2, 2005. “No Child Left Behind Act: Update on the Legal Requirements Affecting School Principals,” Article for presentation at 18th Annual TASSP/Legal Digest Conference on Education Law for Principals, Austin, Texas, June 7, 2005. Region XIV Education Service Center, “Discipline under IDEA 2004" and “Overview of IDEA 2004,” Abilene, Texas, December 9, 2005. 13th Annual Institute on Educating Children with Emotional & Behavioral Disorders, “Reducing Litigation by Parents of Students with Disabilities: Lessons from the Doctors,” and Procedures that Work for You: Keeping Up with IDEA & NCLB,” Marathon County, Wisconsin, March 10, 2006. Arkansas Association of Special Education Administrators, various IDEA, NCLB and Early Intervention topics, Eureeka Springs, Arkansas, June 28-29, 2006. Boston Mountain Special Ed Cooperative, IDEA Update and Early Intervention Framework, Fayetteville, Arkansas, September 19 -20, 2006. 23rd Annual Pacific Northwest Institute on Special Education and the Law, “The Special Education IEP Process,” Portland, Oregon, September 25-27, 2006. Fall 2006 Southwest Section 504 Conference, “Section 504 & Early Intervening Services,” Austin, Texas, November 13-14, 2006. Reading & Writing: Success for All Conference, sponsored by the Houston Branch of the International Dyslexia Association, “The Intersection of Section 504, IDEA, RTI, & Dyslexia,” Houston, Texas, February 24, 2007. Some of Jose’s state-wide and regional presentations: University of Texas/Texas Education Agency 1996 Statewide Conference on Prevention and Management of Crisis in the Schools, Mini-Keynote Presentation on Legal issues involved in educating emotionally disturbed or behavior-disordered students under IDEA, Austin, Texas, January 17-19, 1996. American Federation of Teachers’ Seminar on Special Education Law Issues, Corpus Christi, Texas—February 26, 1997 (Reauthorization of IDEA, discipline , teacher rights). Michigan Association of Administrators of Special Education (MAASE) 2003 Special Education Conference: various IDEA legal topics selected by MAASE, Lansing, Michigan, February 25-26, 2003. Georgia Department of Education Annual School Law Conference: “Accommodations for IDEA Students in Regular Classes” & “Overview of IDEA Discipline ,” Augusta, Georgia, March 30-31, 2000. 2002 Texas State Autism Conference, “Update on Legal Issues in Educating Students with Autism,” & “Hot Legal Topics in Autism,” Corpus Christi, Texas, September 21, 2002. Virginia Department of Education Hearing Officers’ Conference on IDEA due process issues, Richmond, Virginia, July 17, 2002. Texas Educational Diagnosticians Association (TEDA) 2007 Conference: “Manifestation Determinations: Have They Changed?” El Paso, Texas, February 23, 2007. Iowa Department of Education 2002 Annual Conference on Special Education Law: “Review of Confidentiality and Issues Involving Student Records Under FERPA,” Ames, Iowa, October 2002. Maryland Department of Education’s 2006 Special Education Conference, IDEA discipline, review of key IDEA regulations, Ocean City, Maryland, October 20 , 2006. Nebraska Department of Education 2006 Conference: “Update on IDEA Discipline Regulations,” Omaha, Nebraska, November 9, 2006. Interested? If you’d like to schedule an event in your state, whether you work with the State Department of Education, or an educator’s organization / association, contact us for details. Dave & Jose would be happy to put together a proposal that provides the type of disability law training your folks need. Between them, Dave & Jose have presented in Texas, Oregon, Hawaii, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Arkansas, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Tennessee, Michigan, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. Add your state to the list of satisfied (and informed) folks from those states. Email us or give us a call at (512) 219-5043.
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