PAUSE4Kids

Advocacy, Education, Support and Scholarships for the Special Needs Children in Our Community.

Helping Kids With Special Needs to Grow - Monday January 05, 2009

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Our goal is to "fill the gaps" by helping to provide whatever is needed for our special needs children that is not now readilty available.

Local Links

• Ventura County Autism Society
• The Regional Center
• Ventura County SELPA
• Normal Films

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Contact Info

PO Box 7114
Thousand Oaks CA 91359

Please call our office at (805) 497-9596 and you can speak with one of our P4K parents. We do not list email addresses on this website to avoid spammers, but we would be pleased to provide you with a list of email contacts by phone.

Annual Advocacy Classes

There are over 650,000 students on special education in California, and only a handful of professionals trained to serve this population. This course is taught by Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D who is both an attorney and licensed psychologist and is designed to help parents learn how to navigate this system and to recruit and train attorneys and other professionals to help them. This three day event is scheduled for three Saturdays, February 7, February 21 and March 14, 2009.

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D.is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists, and the California Bar Association to sponsor MCLE programs for attorneys and he maintains sole responsibility for this program and its content. CE and MCLE continuing education credits will be given to psychologists and attorneys, six hours for each day attended. Please call our office at (805) 497-9596 for enrollment information.

Course Topics

Day 1 - Saturday, February 7, 2009, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm.

• Unit 1: Introduction to special education advocacy. Glossary and acronyms. Assessment, and Eligibility issues.
• Unit 2: Free and Appropriate Public Education, the Rowley decision, LRE, Aids and Services.
• Unit 3:Life Span goals and objectives, developing the big picture for the child.

Day 2 - Saturday, February 21, 2009, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm.

• Unit 4: De-mystifying and understanding the math of psychological and educational assessment tools.
• Unit 5: Survey of specific psychological and educational assessment measures of ability (IQ), achievement, and adaptive skills.
• Unit 6: Forensic issues including presentation and cross-examination of psychological expert witnesses.

Day 3 - Saturday, March 14, 2009, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm.

• Unit 7: The IEP team process, goals, and objective writing, and measuring success or failure. Behavior problems, special discipline rules, stay put orders, and the functional assessment of behavior
• Unit 8: Dealing with due process, attorneys, and attorney fees; Special Education Hearing Office decisions – what wins and what doesn’t win.
• Unit 9: Integration with other systems – Regional center issues and the IPP; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act; Private group Health Insurance and more.

Location

Ventura County Office of Education Conference Center, Salon C.
5100 Adolfo Road
Camarillo, CA 93012

Reservations

Parents:
- $75 each day or $200 for all three days. 100% of parent fees are donated to PAUSE4kids a 501c(3) non-profit organization and may be tax deductible.
Attorneys or Psychologists seeking credit:.
- $150 each day or $400 for all three days
Please call Cindy Idell (805) 529-2782 for enrollment information.
This is a fund raising event for P4K. However, non profit organizations with philanthropic goals and persons with limited budgets may qualify for free or reduced prices. Call for details

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This page was last updated December 3, 2008