[blindLaw] FW: COVID-19 & Students with Disabilities Webinar

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From: Allbright, Amy <Amy.Allbright at americanbar.org> 
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2020 3:14 PM
To: 3D at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG
Subject: COVID-19 & Students with Disabilities Webinar

 

 <https://americanbar.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5XCbmvKyR9Sg6IoApFjeLQ>
Learning for Students with Disabilities in the Time of COVID-19 

 

Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EDT

Format:
<https://americanbar.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5XCbmvKyR9Sg6IoApFjeLQ>
Free non-CLE Webinar

Joint Sponsors:
<https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/disabilityrights/> ABA
Commission on Disability Rights,  <https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj>
ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice

Co-Sponsors:
<https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/commission_on_hispanic_legal_r
ights_responsibilities/> ABA Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights &
Responsibilities,
<https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_interest/homelessness_poverty/>
ABA Commission on Homelessness & Poverty,
<https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/DiversityCommission/> ABA
Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession,
<https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/sexual_orientation/> ABA
Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity,
<https://www.americanbar.org/groups/criminal_justice/> ABA Criminal Justice
Section,  <https://www.americanbar.org/groups/government_public/> ABA
Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division,
<https://www.americanbar.org/groups/litigation/> ABA Section of Litigation,
<https://www.americanbar.org/groups/state_local_government/> ABA Section of
State and Local Government Law,
<https://www.americanbar.org/groups/senior_lawyers/> ABA Senior Lawyers
Division

 

DESCRIPTION:

The switch to homeschooling and other educational service delivery models
necessitated by the coronavirus raise a myriad of issues for students with
disabilities, their families, educators, and related service providers.
Students with IEPs and Section 504 Service Agreements, particularly those
with physical, cognitive, and/or emotional issues typically receive an array
of special services in school, including direct educational services by
staff, aides and trained special education staff. How will parents who have
no training in this area know that their children are accessing education?
How will parents who have no training in this area know that their children
are accessing education? How will educators ensure that these students have
access to the educational opportunities available to their non-disabled
peers? How will a level of individualization be provided and progress
measured? Our panel of experts will provide a brief overview of the law
protecting students with disabilities during the crisis. They will then
discuss the challenges and barriers homeschooling and other educational
models raise for students with disabilities and educators, and recommend
strategies for moving forward.

 

Speakers:

*	 <http://www.inclusionlaw.com/> Selene Almazan - Legal Director,
Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA)
*	 <https://mcandrewslaw.com/our-attorneys/kimberly-caputo/> Kimberly
A. Caputo - Attorney, McAndrews, Mehalick, Connolly, Hulse, Ryan, and Marone
P.C.
*	Carlton Anne Cook Walker - Attorney-Educator-Owner, Blindness
Education and Advocacy Resources (BEAR);  President, National Organization
of Parents of Blind Children (NOPBC), a proud division of the National
Federation of the Blind (NFB)

 

Moderator:

Jennifer R. Gavin, Attorney at Law, P.C. <http://www.educationjustice.com/>


 

 

Amy Allbright

Director

Commission on Disability Rights (CDR)

Mail Stop 11.0

American Bar Association (ABA)

1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 400

Washington, DC 20036

T:  202.662.1575

F:  202.442.3439

 <mailto:Amy.Allbright at americanbar.org> Amy.Allbright at americanbar.org

 <http://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/disabilityrights>
http://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/disabilityrights

 




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