Special Education Law in New Hampshire – John B. Comegno II

Special Education Law in New Hampshire – John B. Comegno II

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While schools regain normalcy, the impact of COVID-19 will be felt in special education long after schools return to regular class schedules.

Are you prepared to offer the significant shifts needed in almost every aspect of education in 2022 to the post-COVID-19 learner?

In this fast-paced, informative, and entertaining training, nationally recognized education law litigator and law professor John B. Comegno II, Esq, will provide practical suggestions to help you skillfully navigate cutting-edge special education legal issues for the current school year, including how to:

Smartly and effectively address the negative impact of virtual and hybrid instruction to avoid or limit legal claims
Make-up lost learning time and enable learning progress for our most disabled students
Embrace what worked during COVID-19, while addressing learning loss and planning for the future
Watch and discover the answers to some of the most urgent questions for the 2022 school year, including:

Do you need to provide more services to “make up” for hybrid/virtual learning?
Why does Child Find mean more now, than ever?
What is “COVID-19-LD” eligibility, and how to avoid it through best practices?
Does “long-COVID-19” automatically require IEPs or Section 504 plans?
What worked well last year, and why we should embrace some change?
How to most effectively defend “comp ed” claims?
What is the most important legal issue to consider while re-opening school this year?
Is SEL different now, and what does that mean for the future of instruction?
Outline:
The IDEIA Means More Rights

How the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act changes rights
Why was the IDEIA adopted?
The most important policy consideration under the law
How and why the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act are different
COVID-19’s impact on changing practical implementation of the IDEIA
The Eligibility Criteria Matters… A Lot

Who’s eligible, who’s not, and why it’s critically important to know the difference
Criteria best practices today
How and why the eligibility criteria are different between the “vehicles”
Child Find Requires the Big Eye

The #1 legal issue after COVID-19
Accurate data collection as crucial to Child Find compliance
How to consider “need” with changing teaching vehicles
But is it “SDI?” (And why nothing else matters)
IEPs Address Needs… Uniquely

Apply key best practices considerations to IEP drafting
They way COVID-19 changes IEP drafting, today
Crucial role of data collection to effective IEP drafting
IEP Isn’t the First Option… Or the Last

LRE is not a “place” is key to IDEIA compliance
Explore and apply the resource continuum
The ways COVID-19 highlighted gaps in services and school resources
Develop smart goals and objectives
Rules for Identification and Evaluation

Review evaluation and assessment options
The IEE is not a blank check
How to properly and efficiently address independent evaluation requests
O Captain, My Captain. Simple Ways to Avoid Due Process

Remember the Comegno Combat rules
Practical suggestions, including how to capitalize on district resources
What wins cases?
Mental Health Matters… More Than Ever

The anxiety epidemic
Is the student different? Why?
Objectively gauging need in the post-COVID-19
How to use district resources to support, enable, and avoid
Yes, Discipline is Different

The reality of discipline and behavioral intervention
MDs, FBAs, and other great, important acronyms
Ethical Considerations

Student records issues under FERPA and IDEIA
Confidentiality in virtual instruction
How COVID-19 changed student records
Everybody Loves a Pony

Service animal – What it, and is not
How to regulate and support students with service animal needs
NLP online course

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