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The Bureau of Indian Education Special Education Academy

Parents as Partners — Formula for Success

September 16-18, 2008

Hyatt Regency O'Hare

Rosemont Illinois

Register On-line for the BIE Academy

Topics

  • Legal issues in Special Education
  • New BIE Special Education Forms
  • Strategies to Increase Parent Involvement
  • BIE Integrated Special Education Monitoring Process
  • Secondary Transition
  • Responsiveness to Intervention
  • Research to Practice

Update on Legal Issues in Special Education

  • Special Education Year in Review by Jim Walsh
  • Avoiding IEP Pitfalls by Julie Weatherly
  • ABCs and XYZs of Special Education by Art Cernosia
  • Options to Suspension and Expulsion by Eric Hartwig

Annual Special Education School Awards

Room Reservations

Room reservations can be made by calling the Hyatt Regency O’Hare Hotel at 847-696-1234 or 1-800-233-1234. Mention BIE Special Education Meeting, $205 per night. The hotel is located at 9300 West Bryn Mawr Avenue, Rosemont, Illinois, 60018-1234. The cutoff to make hotel reservations is August 25. So hurry!

September 19 Post-session option

The Residential Education Placement Program (REPP) will be hosting a 4-hour session to provide helpful information to schools when placing a student with the need for 24/7 residential treatment services. REPP has invited representatives from Medicaid and the Indian Health Services. Information on case management will also be provided.

Questions

If you have any questions or need to revise or cancel your registration, please contact Tina McComber at TAESE/MPRRC at 435-752-0238 x10 or e-mail her at Tina.McComber@usu.edu.