The From Emotions to Advocacy (FETA) Group Sacramento, Special Education Survival Guide discussion group meet-up is long overdue!
MEET & GREET
Join other parents and caregivers for an afternoon chat and resources to support the educational rights of students with disabilities.**DATE & VENUE CHANGE**
Saturday, February 6, 2016
1:00-3:00 p.m.
Martin Luther King Jr. Public Library7340 24th Street Bypass, Sacramento, CA 95822
A variety of resources will be shared as well as snacks and treats! There is plenty of room to bring your children for this informal meeting and we will have a craft activity. There will not be childcare, so parents will need to keep an eye on the children in the same room.
COMMUNITY INFORMATION SHARING: Advocates...Please bring and share information and resources that will be helpful to other parents and advocates. Everyone will have floor time to speak.
FETA Group also studies and discusses information from "Wrightslaw From Emotions to Advocacy, Special Education Survival Guide" and other special education advocacy books and resources.
Key terms:
Free and Appropriate Education (FAPE), Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), Specific Learning Disability (SLD), Supplementary Aids and Services, Transition Services, State Eligibility, Assessment, Highly Qualified Personnel, Child Find, Mandatory Medication Prohibited, Consent, Educational Placement, Evaluation, Independent Education Evaluation (IEE), Individualized Education Programs (IEP), IEP Team, IEP Team Attendance, Measurable Goals, Children who Transfer Schools, Parental Concerns, Due Process, Procedural Safeguards, Discipline...
If you have the book, please select a section that you would like to discuss with the group.
Check out the FETA Web on Wrightslaw for additional information and related articles on these chapters. http://www.fetaweb.com/
We welcome parents who have children with special needs to attend as well as advocates. Unfortunately, due to privacy and to make this a safe sharing space, this meeting is not open to employees or representatives from school districts, CDE, or attorneys representing school districts/CDE.
There is no cost to attend, other than purchasing the book.
RSVP on Facebook or by emailing Angie Sutherland at angiesutherland2@yahoo.com
We will utilize "Wrightslaw From Emotions to Advocacy, Special Education Survival Guide"
Other books by Wrightslaw
Event on Facebook
Check out the FETA Web on Wrightslaw for additional information and related articles on these chapters. Very helpful!
Hope to see you there!
