Back-to-School Special Education Law & Advocacy Webinar on September 29

Please join us on September 29th at 6:30 p.m. EST for the Back-to-School Special Education Law & Advocacy Webinar.

This webinar is free and open to the public. Registration is required to view the webinar. Registration form on Zoom link: https://bit.ly/3cqM1hJ

Speakers:

Attorney Lawrence Berliner, Connecticut Special Education Law (Westport and Guilford, CT)

Jane Faherty, Director of Jumpstart, Stamford JCC and Educational Advocate

Jennifer Weitz and Marla Wayne, Educational Advocates, JW Advocates (Southbury, CT)

Co-hosted with the Stamford JCC (Stamford, CT)

Touchpoints as a Basis for Discussion in the time of the COVID Crisis:

• Understanding your child’s special education rights

• Re-entry into school: Coping with the “new normal” school environment

• Scenarios of learning: in-school, vs home, vs. hybrid

• Challenges to learning: academics, wearing of masks, anxiety, school refusal

• Re-evaluating the IEP in the face of COVID/ Preparing for a PPT

• Compensatory Education

• Regression: when the student does not master the curriculum

• Bullying issues arising from COVID

Please email questions to Rachel Berliner rachel@berlinerspecialedlaw.com