Legal Guidelines to Special Education

Developer:  Tracy Bullett, Bridgit Burke, Elaine Shelhammer, Albany Law Clinic

Level:  Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Maximum Number of Participants: 20

Total hours: 4 hours

This workshop will assist educational interpreters with deaf and hard-of-hearing students in acquiring the knowledge for in-servicing the mainstream teachers, staff, and other related personnel in an inclusion setting on the legal guidelines to special education.  Topics will include: the Individuals with Disability Education Act (IDEA), New York State Special Education Law, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), NY Law regarding mandatory reporters, Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), and the interplay between school policies, procedures, and the law. Specifically, the workshop will provide examples of how these laws define the role of the interpreter in the development and implementation of the IEP, parent/teacher meetings, after school programs and less structured school activities.  In addition to lectures on these topics, there will be hypothetical cases presented for discussion and participants will engage in simulations.

New York State Knowledge Competencies:

  • ADA
  • Federal Laws
  • State Laws, Regulations
  • IEP & Implementations & Testing Modifications
  • Advocacy (interpreter, student)
  • Mandated Reporting
  • IDEA Implementation
  • Additional Support Services
  • Roles of Team Members



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