Breakout Session C 2:00 3:00 pm – Resolving Dispute Resolution Room: 100 Presenter: Jamila Pollard, J.D. Program Manager Senior/Legal Officer, GaDOE In this session, participants will explore and gain an understanding of the different types of special education dispute resolution processes and practices, including IEP facilitation, mediation, formal written complaints, and due process hearing requests. The participants will also learn, through real-world scenarios, how to assist parents in resolving special education disputes. From Where I Sit Room: 111 Presenters: Dr. Mary Kay Berry, Special Ed Director; Jane Grillo, Parent Mentor; & Jennifer Johnson, Teacher & Parent, White County Schools In this presentation a professional development tool will be provided for administrators and parent mentors to use to further develop an understanding of IEP meetings from both the parent perspective and the school perspective. Students for LIFE Room: 113 Presenter: Sandra Bath, Transition Coordinator, LIFE, Inc. Students for LIFE is a transition program offered to students aged 14 through 21 who have disabilities. The lessons focus on the skills necessary for navigating successfully from their Individual Education Plans to post-secondary life. LIFE has both in-school and summer programs. Successful Partnerships: Assisting Students with Disabilities to Successfully Transition to College and Careers Room: 129 Presenter: Carmen Cates, Georgia High School High Tech Outreach and Program Development Coordinator This session will focus on services provided by the Georgia High School High Tech (HSHT) program for high school students with disabilities. Information about why these transition services are critical to students with disabilities will be provided, along with the program goals and successes of assisting schools with: reducing the dropout rate, empowering students to enter technological careers, and facilitating a successful transition to post-secondary education and gainful employment. Breakout Session D 3:15 pm 4:15 pm – Recognizing & Reducing Parent/Caregiver Exhaustion Room: 100 Presenter: Jackie McNair & Dawn Albanese, Parent Mentors, Gwinnett County Public Schools
Breakout Session C 2:00 – 3:00 pm Resolving Dispute Resolution Room: 100 Presenter: Jamila Pollard, J.D. Program Manager Senior/Legal Officer, GaDOE In this session, participants will explore and gain an understanding of the different types of special education dispute resolution processes and practices, including IEP facilitation, mediation, formal written complaints, and due process hearing requests. The participants will also learn, through real-world scenarios, how to assist parents in resolving special education disputes. From Where I Sit Room: 111 Presenters: Dr. Mary Kay Berry, Special Ed Director; Jane Grillo, Parent Mentor; & Jennifer Johnson, Teacher & Parent, White County Schools In this presentation a professional development tool will be provided for administrators and parent mentors to use to further develop an understanding of IEP meetings from both the parent perspective and the school perspective. Students for LIFE Room: 113 Presenter: Sandra Bath, Transition Coordinator, LIFE, Inc. Students for LIFE is a transition program offered to students aged 14 through 21 who have disabilities. The lessons focus on the skills necessary for navigating successfully from their Individual Education Plans to post-secondary life. LIFE has both in-school and summer programs. Successful Partnerships: Assisting Students with Disabilities to Successfully Transition to College and Careers Room: 129 Presenter: Carmen Cates, Georgia High School High Tech Outreach and Program Development Coordinator This session will focus on services provided by the Georgia High School High Tech (HSHT) program for high school students with disabilities. Information about why these transition services are critical to students with disabilities will be provided, along with the program goals and successes of assisting schools with: reducing the dropout rate, empowering students to enter technological careers, and facilitating a successful transition to post-secondary education and gainful employment. Breakout Session D 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm Recognizing & Reducing Parent/Caregiver Exhaustion Room: 100 Presenter: Jackie McNair & Dawn Albanese, Parent Mentors, Gwinnett County Public Schools
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