Please join Families Helping Families of Greater Baton Rouge, The Baton Rouge Autism Society and Pete and Pam Wright for a one-day Advocacy Seminar or a two-day Wrightslaw Boot Camp.

Both these programs are designed to meet the needs of parents, educators, health care providers, advocates, and attorneys who represent children with disabilities.

As part of your registration fee, you will receive Wrightslaw: Special Education Law and Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, which normally retail for $24.95 each.

One-day Advocacy Training Seminar

The one-day advocacy seminar focuses on four areas: Special Education Law, Rights and Responsibilities; Tests and Measurements to measure progress & regression; SMART IEP's; and an Introduction to Tactics & strategies for Effective Advocacy
8:15 - 9:00 am Registration
9:00 - 10:30 am Special Education Law: IDEA
10:30 - 10:45 am Break
10:45 - 11:15 am Special Education Law: Section 504
No Child Left Behind
11:15 - 12:00 noon Test & Measurement 101
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 pm Introduction to SMART IEP's
2:30 - 2:45 pm Break
2:45 - 4:00 pm Introduction to tactics & Strategies
4:00 - 4:30 pm Review; Q & A's
The one-day Advocacy Training Seminar is being offered on:
February 12, 2003 in Shreveport, LA
Holiday Inn Downtown
102 Lake Street
Shreveport, LA 701101
Morning break and lunch provided
And on:
February 17, 2003 in New Orleans, LA
Landmark Hotel
2601 Severn Ave.
Metairie, LA 70002
Morning break provided
Lunch on your own

Intensive 2-day Training Program - Wrightslaw Boot Camp Two-day Boot Camps are more intensive and personalized. Participants have opportunities to network.

In Boot Camp, you learn how to use special education statutes and regulations to get answers to your question; how to use tests and measurements to measure education progress and graph out test scores; how to write SMART IEP's goals and objectives and how to use tactics and strategies to get appropriate
special education services
Day 1: Special Education Law & Tests & Measurements
8:15 - 9:00 am Registration
9:00 - 10:30 am Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
10:30 - 10:45 am Break
10:45 - 12:00 noon Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(cont.)
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch (provided)
1:00 - 2:30 pm Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(cont.) Other Statues
2:30 - 2:45 pm Break
2:45 - 4:00 pm Tests & Measurements & The Bell Curve
4:00 - 4:30 pm Review. Q & A
Day 2: SMART IEP's & Tactics & Strategies
9:00 - 10:30 am SMART IEP's
10:30 - 10:45 am Break
10:45 - 12:00 noon SMART IEP's (cont.)
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch (on your own)
1:00 - 2:30 pm Tactics & Strategies for Effective Advocacy
2:30 - 2:45 pm Break
2:45 - 4:00 pm Tactics & Strategies for Effective Advocacy
(cont.)
4:00 - 4:30 pm Review. Q & A's

The 2 day Boot Camp is being held on Friday, February 14 and Saturday
February February 15, 2003 in Baton Rouge, LA.
Baton Rouge Marriott
5500 Hilton Ave.
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
225-924-500
A block of rooms has been reserved.
Room rate is $65.00 per night.
Block code is "Wrightslaw"

PETER W. D. WRIGHT, ESQ.
ATTORNEY
Peter W. D. Wright was born and raised in Washington, D.C. He attended Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia. He majored in psychology. After graduation from college in 1968, he worked for several years in juvenile training schools, first as a houseparent and later as a counselor. Later, he worked as a juvenile probation officer, first in a suburb of Richmond, Virginia, and later in the ghettos and projects of the City of Richmond. In 1972, he was honored as Virginia's "Juvenile Probation Officer of the Year."
While employed in the juvenile justice system, Pete also attended evening college in a graduate psychology program at Virginia Commonwealth University where he completed thirty hours of coursework. Since the early 1970's, Pete has been active with The Orton Dyslexia Society and the Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities, now known as LDAA. In the 1970's he presented papers about the relationship between learning disabilities and juvenile delinquency at the national conferences of both organizations. As an attorney, Pete continues to be involved in the field of special education. He has spoken at the annual national conferences of many associations on "How To Secure an Appropriate Special Education for Your Child and Avoid Due Process." He has presented a number of continuing legal
education seminars in different states to attorneys in regard to the representation of special education children.

On October 6, 1993, Pete returned to his hometown, where he gave oral argument in Florence County School District Four v. Shannon Carter, 510 U.S. 7 (1993) before the United States Supreme Court. Thirty-four days later, the Court found for his client, Shannon Carter, in a unanimous landmark decision.

Since then, he and his wife have developed the "wrightslaw" special education law and advocacy website. It is the top ranked website in regard to special education advocacy for children with disabilities. He and his wife have also published the best selling special education law books entitled Wrightslaw: Special Education Law and Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy. They have an online newsletter with over 35,000 subscribers. He is on the Board of the national Council of Parents Attorneys, and Advocates, a special education association of parents, attorneys, and advocates and a member of Advisory Boards and Boards of Director for numerous disability related organizations.

PAMELA DARR WRIGHT, M.A., M. S. W.
LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER
Pamela Wright is a psychotherapist who has worked with children and families for more than 30 years. Her training and experience in clinical psychology and clinical social work give her a unique perspective on parent-child-school dynamics, problems, and solutions. She sees clients in mental health centers, family guidance and psychiatric clinics, correctional institutions, hospitals, and schools.

Pam Wright earned an undergraduate degree in Psychology and a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from East Carolina University. For ten years, she worked as a clinical psychologist in North Carolina. She returned to graduate school and in 1985, earned a Master's Degree in Clinical Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University, graduating summa cum laude. She has received many honors and awards during her academic career and is listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. In addition to being the primary author of Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, and Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, and designer of the wrightslaw dot com site, she has written numerous articles about raising, educating and advocating for children with disabilities.

Registration
Name: __________________________________________________________________
Address:_________________________________________________________________
Phone: __________________________________________________________________
Email: ___________________________________________________________________
One-day Advocacy Training Seminar
_______ February, 12, 2003 Shreveport, LA
________ February, 17, 2003 New Orleans, LA
________ Single Parent $75.00
________ Both Parents $100.00 (one set of books)
________ Professional $90.00
________ CLE $30.00
________ Additional set of Books $49.90

Two-Day Wrightslaw Boot Camp
February 14, & 15 2003, Baton Rouge, LA
________ Single Parent $95.00
________ Both Parents $115.00 (one set of books)
________ Professional $110.00
________ CLE $30.00
________ Additional set of Books $49.90
Please Make Checks Payable to:
Families Helping Families of Greater Baton Rouge
Mail to: FHF of GBR
3060 Teddy Dr. Suite B
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
You may also register on line at www.batonrougeasa.org on the shopping page