Presentation Topics - Special Education

Hickman and Lowder is committed to providing information to parent and community groups on the ever evolving area of Special Education. Our Special Education team is available to do presentations on the subjects listed below as well as topics of interest to specialty groups.

• Highlights of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004.
• Negotiating your way through the MFE/IEP process. (broad overview)
• The IEP Dissent: A useful tool for parents.
• No Child Left Behind. (broad overview)
• Can the school district graduate your special ed. child before he is ready?
• What to do when your child isn’t learning to read.
• Diagnosing the source of reading problems.
• Writing IEPs for Children with Phonological Impairments.
• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
• What is a behavioral disability, and what obligation does a school district have to address it?
• Meaningful educational progress is more than academics.
• Extended School Year Services – Must your child “sink” before he gets help to “swim?”
• Educational powers of attorney.

Broad overviews generally require two hours.  Other topics require approximately 45 minutes to one hour each.

For more information on any of the topics above, please contact:

• Judith C. Saltzman