The Law and Education of Children with Disabilities
August 2012
The Law and Education of Children with Disabilities
Program Description:
This two hour presentation will provide an overview of the laws requiring public education for children with disabilities. The session will cover the Individuals with Education Act (IDEA), Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Colorado's Exceptional Children's Education Act.
Topics:
- The History of the Legislation
- Who Are Children with Disabilities?
- What is a Free Appropriate Public Education?
- What is Special Education?
- Comparing the IDEA and Section 504
- Least Restrictive Environment
- The Individualized Education Program (IEP)
- Who is the IEP Team?
- What Are the Components of the IEP Team?
- Related Services
- Extended School Year
- Discipline
- Dispute Resolution Procedures
Faculty
Randy Chapman, Esq., the Director of Legal Services at The Legal Center, has represented people with disabilities for 34 years focusing on enforcing the rights of persons with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and protecting persons with disabilities from abuse and neglect.
Mr. Chapman has made more than 400 presentations on the rights of people with disabilities, nationally and in Colorado. Mr. Chapman is the author of Preventing Litigation in Special Education, the Workbook (2011), The Everyday Guide to Special Education Law (2005), the Spanish version Guía de la Ley de Educación Especial (2007), The New Handbook for Special Education Rights (2000), and Assistive Technology: Universe of Opportunities (1999). In 1998 he was awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award by the Martin Luther King Jr. Colorado Holiday Commission. He has served as the Chair of the Legal Committee of the National Disability Rights Network and the Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council. Mr. Chapman graduated from the University of California, Davis with a BA in Political Science in 1974 and obtained his Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Texas at Austin in 1977.
Location Information
CLECI Large Classroom
1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
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1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $69.00 |
| CBA | $59.00 |
| Non Member | $25.00 |
| CLEACCESSPASS | $0.00 |
- General Credits: 2.00
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