FLORIDA IEP Workshop

DATE: Saturday, October 24, 1998

Developing Educationally Useful and Legally Correct Individualized EducationPrograms (IEPs) under IDEA 97

Nationally and internationally renowned special educator, lawyer, professor,and author of Better IEPs (now in its Third Edition), Writing IEPs forSuccess, and more than 100 other books, monographs, book reviews, chapters andarticles in her fields of special education and law. Join parents, teachers, lawyers and others for this important forum to address your questions about developing problem-solving IEPs under the new IDEA 97.

Morning Lecture Topics Topics that Dr. Bateman will address include:

• Regular education teachers and IDEA 97's new IEP requirements
• What new considerations does IDEA 97 require of IEP Teams?
• Who is the IEP Team under IDEA 97?
• How are placement decisions made under IDEA 97?
• How can an IEP help students, teachers and parents do their jobs better?
• Does IDEA 97 help parents and educators establish and maintain a partnership even when disagreements arise?
• How can an IEP alleviate behavior issues?
• When should an IEP include a behavior management plan?

Afternoon Panel Discussion Following lunch (on your own),

Specialists in the fields of special education and law from Florida educational agencies and private organizations will join Dr. Bateman in a panel discussion. Your questions and topics of concern are encouraged in this interactive forum.

SCHEDULE 9:00 a.m. - noon Lecture; 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Panel Discussion

WHERE: University of South Florida - Education Building, TECO ROOM,- Tampa, FL

ACCOMMODATIONS

For accommodations on the USF campus (located near BuschGardens) contact

Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center (813) 977-7066 or 1-800-EMBASSY