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CESD 19th Annual Southwest Section 504 Conference

November 09-10, 2015   |   Organized by: Council of Educators for Students with Disabilities, Inc.

Description

Date/Time: November 9-10, 2015

Location: Doubletree Hotel, 6505 N. I-35, Austin, TX.

Description: November 8, 2015, Optional Section 504 Pre-Conference: I’m New to §504 Responsibilities... Help! This new half-day event is designed to provide a comfortable foundation in Section 504 for folks recently assigned to new roles as campus/district coordinators, designees or other Section 504 responsibilities. Start here and be better prepared for the Fall Section 504 Conference!

We’re got a great conference planned and hope that you can join us, check out the topics we’ll be addressing: 

  • General Session: A Stroll Through CESD’s §504 Forms—Dave Richards, Attorney at Law, Richards Lindsay & Martín, LLP.

 

  • General Session: Section 504 Case Law & ADAAA Legal Update—Jose Martín, Attorney at Law, Richards Lindsay & Martín, LLP.

 

  • Bypassing Processing Speed Traffic Jams—Paula Tilker, Education Specialist, ESC IX.

 

  • Does the Section 504 Plan have to include THAT?—Dave Richards

 

  • Discipline & the Section 504 Student—Jose Martin

 

  • Documentation: Nightmare or Best Friend?—Jerry Klekotta, Education Specialist, ESC IV

 

  • General Session:  Section 504’s NonDiscrimination Duties—Jose Martín

 

  • General Session: Section 504 Emerging Issues (including discussion of ADA Effective Communication, Advanced Classes, Twice Exceptional Learners, and Schools of Choice)—Dave Richards

 

  • Absences & Truancy—Jose Martín

 

  • Section 504 Case Scenarios—Dave Richards

 

  • New Texas Law and the Student with Disability—Chris Schulz, Attorney at Law,  Schulman, Lopez, Hoffer & Adelstein, LLP.

 

  • Q & A Sessions on both days + Door Prizes!

Section 504 Conference Details

Anything else I need to know?

  • We’ll provide each conference participant with a notebook packed with great info from all of the sessions. We’ve also scheduled Q&A at the end of each day, and there are many opportunities to ask questions and network.

What about the CESD Section 504 forms?

  • The forms are so popular that they now have their own webpage. You can access the CESD Section 504 Forms webpage by clicking here.



Event Time
Registration 3:30 am JST November 09, 2015
General Session: Understanding the Law: An Overview of Section 504 4:00 am JST November 09, 2015
Break 5:20 am JST November 09, 2015
General Session: Understanding the Job: An Overview of the Role of the Section 504 Coordinator/Designee 5:40 am JST November 09, 2015
Adjourn 7:00 am JST November 09, 2015
Registration. Continental Breakfast Provided 10:30 pm JST November 09, 2015
General Session: A Stroll Through CESD’s §504 Forms 11:30 pm JST November 09, 2015
Break / Announcements and Door Prizes 12:45 am JST November 10, 2015
General Session: Section 504 Case Law & ADAAA Legal Update 1:15 am JST November 10, 2015
Lunch on your own 2:30 am JST November 10, 2015
Concurrent Sessions A (60 minutes, repeated at 2:15) 4:00 am JST November 10, 2015
Break 5:00 am JST November 10, 2015
Concurrent Sessions A (repeated from 1:00) 5:15 am JST November 10, 2015
Break 6:15 am JST November 10, 2015
Q & A Session with Monday speakers 6:30 am JST November 10, 2015
Adjourn for the day 7:00 am JST November 10, 2015
Continental Breakfast Provided 10:30 pm JST November 10, 2015
General Session: Section 504’s Nondiscrimination Duties 11:30 pm JST November 10, 2015
Break 12:45 am JST November 11, 2015
General Session: Section 504 Emerging Issues 1:00 am JST November 11, 2015
Hotel Checkout and Lunch on your own 2:15 am JST November 11, 2015
Concurrent Sessions B (60 minutes, repeated at 2:15) 4:00 am JST November 11, 2015
Break 5:00 am JST November 11, 2015
Concurrent Sessions B (repeated from 1:00) 5:15 am JST November 11, 2015
Q & A Session and Final Door Prizes 6:30 am JST November 11, 2015
Conference Adjourns 7:00 am JST November 11, 2015

Location

Doubletree Hotel

6505 N Interstate Hwy 35

Austin, TX US

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