Finding Your Voice as a Parent in the Midst of the COVID Crisis
Presenting a Series of Back-to-School Zoom Webinars Connecting with and Empowering Parents of Special Needs Students For the Road Ahead 2020-2021
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION: SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW AND ADVOCACY
Date: Tuesday, October 6th, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. EST
This webinar is free and open to the public.
Please fill out the registration form here: https://bit.ly/347r2ws
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