Date: December 1, 2010
Chaos, Clarity, and Navigation: Making the IEP Process Work
Speaker: Sally Fite Stanfield, Esq.
Details:
7:15 – 8:45 pm
Loyola College Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, Maryland 21093
About the program:
Managing the stresses and challenges of your child’s school experience is complex at best and a terrible struggle at worst. Effective navigation intensifies when your child has a disability.
The following may sound familiar: You and/or your child’s teachers note difficulties or learning delays, you begin to ask what should we do and when should we do it. Your questions continue and perhaps multiply.
- Does my child have a disability?
- Does the disability have a name?
- What is the impact on my child’s ability to learn?
More questions emerge:
- Does my child need special education services?
- How do I secure those services?
- What do I do if the school disagrees with me about what my child needs?
These questions and many more frame the discussion of how to navigate and use the IEP process to ensure that your child receives appropriate instruction, services, and support.
Stated differently: The focus of the IEP process is to determine what kind of instruction and classroom modifications and accommodations are needed to ensure that your son or daughter is “available to learn” and is prepared for life after high school. Federal and state laws and regulations define the process.
Your challenge: how to use the law for your child’s educational benefit and how to foster a productive working relationship with the school system. Ms. Stanfield’s presentation provides information and answers questions about ways in which parents can meet that challenge.
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About the speaker:
Sally Stanfield grew up on a still-working family farm in Baltimore County, attended McDaniel College for her undergraduate degree, and earned her J.D. from Washington & Lee University School of Law. Prior to joining the law firm of Callegary & Steedman in March, 2004, Sally practiced as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney and private practitioner in Washington state and then taught in a Title I physical education program for pre-kindergarten students in Baltimore County Public Schools and coached high school girls’ lacrosse and officiated high school field hockey.
Sally currently represents children with disabilities who need special education supports and services as well as students with IEPs who violate school discipline policies. Beyond her practice, Sally works very closely w ith the Alumni Association at McDaniel College and with several volunteer organizations that serve the autism community. She still misses her Arabian show horses.
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