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Mar 18 2023
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9:00 am - 2:30 pm

Blueprints for Special Education Online Workshop

Join our state's most prominent special education attorneys to better understand your child's special education program and your rights. This training workshop will be held via Zoom webinar.

Meet our presenters:

Andrea Kadlec

Andrea Kadlec, Disability Rights Washington

A Northwest native, Andrea Kadlec grew up in Southern Idaho, was a foreign exchange student to Chile, and then obtained her undergraduate and graduate degrees (in Journalism and Organizational Leadership) from Gonzaga University in Spokane. Andrea worked at Disability Rights Washington for about 15 years before pursuing a law degree. She graduated with a juris doctorate from Seattle University School of Law and currently works on education and school-to-prison pipeline issues as part of the Community Inclusion and Services team.

Andrea Kadlec

David Weafer, Ford Law Firm PLLC

David is an attorney experienced with education and disability rights law, fighting for the educational opportunities of people with disabilities in Washington State. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School. At Ford Law Firm, he has helped clients obtain access to new services, private placements, and compensatory education. Prior to practice in Washington, he worked for the non-profit advocacy organization Disability Rights California, providing legal representation to people with disabilities in multiple areas. This included monitoring and enforcement of educational rights violations, helping review and draft legislation, and providing education and training to disability advocacy groups.

Andrea Kadlec

Kerri Feeney, Feeney Law Office PLLC

In private practice since 2003, Kerri was named the Public Justice Lawyer of the Year in 2015 by the Washington State Association of Justice for her advocacy on behalf of clients and students with disabilities. Kerri holds an undergraduate degree in Journalism with an accredited minor in Spanish and a Masters of Art in Education with an emphasis on guidance and counseling, both from Washington State University. In 2003, Kerri completed the WSBA Rule 6 Law Clerk Program, studying under the late attorney Raymond Whitlow. In 2013, Kerri earned a certificate in Mediation Training from the Program on Negotiation at Harvard University School of Law. 

Andrea Kadlec

Lara Hruska, Cedar Law PLLC

Lara founded Cedar Law based on a holistic approach to school law informed by her unique background in education, social work, and the law. She is licensed to practice law in Washington and California. Lara received her JD from the University of Washington School of Law and also holds an MSW in Child and Family Welfare Policy from Columbia University, an MSEd in Special and General Childhood Education  from Bank Street College of Education, and a BA in Peace and Conflict Studies from U.C. Berkeley. She has experience teaching children from pre-kindergarten through middle school in California, New York, and Louisiana, where she served as the founding special education director for two post-Katrina charter schools in New Orleans.

Andrea Kadlec

Sara Zier, TeamChild

Growing up, I was taught that education is everything. My family saw education as a great equalizer and a pathway out of poverty. For them it was. There wasn’t a single moment when I woke to the fact that this wasn’t a reality for everyone. I am still learning. But early on I saw inequities in public education from my own family’s privileged conversations about needing to move so we could go to a “good” public school or witnessing bullying and harassment against friends and finding systemic injustice (for example, at the time, sexual orientation wasn’t protected in my school district’s anti-discrimination policy).

Schedule


9:00 - 9:10 am - Welcome

9:10 - 9:25 am - Hot Topics in Special Education

9:25- 10:25 am - Session I, IEPs: Developing Effective IEP Goals and Progress Tracking

10:25 - 10:35 am - Mid-Morning break

10:35 - 11:35 am - Session II, Transition Services and Beyond

11:35 - 12:05 pm – Lunch break

12:05- 1:05 pm - Session III, All About Student Discipline

1:05 - 1:15 pm – Afternoon Break

1:15 - 2:15 pm - Session IV, Resolving Differences: Disputes and Available Remedies

2:15 - 2:30 pm - Closing


Interpretation Services

If you need an interpreter, you must register 30 days prior to the workshop.

Contact Phone: 425-894-7231

Email: training@WashingtonAutismAdvocacy.org

*Registrants will receive the Zoom link a week before the workshop

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