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Creating a Safe School Environment:
Strategies to Identify and Address Bullying
Presented by Stephanie Jones, Esq.
Thursday | January 16, 2025 • 2 - 3:30 p.m. ET
REGISTER NOWWith bullying’s staggering social-emotional effects on victims, school staff must be prepared to respond to any incident in a timely and effective manner. Have your entire team attend this live webinar where an experienced education law attorney will equip everyone with the knowledge and tools to be both proactive and reactive to bullying situations.
Stephanie Jones will define bullying so staff can recognize when it is occurring and outline the steps for responding in a way that is compliant and appropriate for the situation. There will also be discussion of when bullying becomes a civil rights issue.
Everyone on your team will leave with proven strategies to:
- Identify and investigate instances of bullying
- Reduce the potential for future incidents of bullying
- Create systems to address and interrupt bullying
- Respond when a special education student is the aggressor in a bullying incident
- Provide supports for students with disabilities and students in other protected classes who are bullied
About the Presenter
Stephanie Jones, Esq., is an experienced leader in the field of public education who is dedicated to providing counsel to Illinois schools both in private practice and as the former General Counsel of the Illinois State Board of Education. She has diverse experience spanning all areas of school law, including labor and employment, litigation, student, business, special education, and board governance matters along with unparalleled knowledge and experience advising school administrators.
Ms. Jones advises school boards on day-to-day issues, but also cutting-edge initiatives, including evidence-based funding, the Open Meetings Act, Freedom of Information Act, agency procurement along with student discipline, residency, wellness, records, and competency-based education. She has advised school boards and school administrators regarding student discipline, student Constitutional rights, curriculum, residency, homelessness, records issues and has extensive experience advising school districts regarding the Every Student Succeeds Act. She proactively manages complex special education matters for clients, including attending IEP meetings, special education mediation/resolutions, and due process hearings as well as responding to complaints filed with the state board of education and the Office for Civil Rights.
Who Should Attend
- School administrators
- Special education teachers
- General education teachers
- Special education staff
- School attorneys
- Social workers
- School mental health staff
Registration Information Main Site (required for Additional Site registrations): $295 per connection
Additional Site for Teleworker: $115 per connection
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A Strong Foundation: Using Appropriate Evaluations to Develop Compliant IEPs
Presented by Deanna L. Arivett, Esq.
Thursday | February 13, 2025 • 2 - 3:30 p.m. ET
REGISTER NOWIEP professional development tends to focus on filling in the boxes in the IEP document. This webinar goes deeper to focus instead on the foundation of effective, legally compliant IEPs: appropriate evaluations.
Attorney Deanna Arivett will start by reviewing the IDEA's evaluation, IEP, and FAPE requirements. She’ll then use that legal framework to teach you how to conduct comprehensive evaluations so you can use those evaluations to write compliant IEPs that identify all of a student's special education needs.
You’ll learn how to identify and obtain the evaluation data needed to develop IEPs that promote student growth, and how to connect the dots between student deficits, IEP goals, and student progress to see substantive change with students.
Along with the types of assessment tools available and when to use each one, you will leave equipped to:
- Discuss student needs, not just suspected disabilities, when determining what assessments are needed for initial evaluations and reevaluations
- Choose appropriate evaluation tools that will accurately assess the student's needs
- Interpret the results of formal and informal assessments to determine the student's strengths, weaknesses, and needs
- Use evaluation data to make decisions, develop goals, and develop services during the
IEP process - And more
About the Presenter
Deanna L. Arivett, Esq., is an attorney with Arivett Law PLLC, where she exclusively represents public schools in Tennessee. She consults with clients on day-to-day legal matters and represents clients in litigation at both the administrative and federal court levels. Prior to her legal career, she practiced as a nationally certified school psychologist in public schools in both Tennessee and Ohio. Ms. Arivett’s unparalleled background provides her with unique insight and knowledge of the challenges faced by today's school personnel.
Who Should Attend
- School administrators
- School attorneys
- Special education directors
- Section 504 coordinators
- IEP team members
- School nurses
- School psychologists
- Special education teachers
- General education teachers
- Other school employees involved in the IEP process
Registration Information Main Site (required for Additional Site registrations): $295 per connection
Additional Site for Teleworker: $115 per connection
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