Finding Your Voice as a Parent Webinar: Meeting Your Child’s Challenges with an Evaluation (Special Education and DDS Evaluations)

Finding Your Voice as a Parent Webinar: Evaluations

Date: Monday February 23 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. EST

Register here on Zoom: https://bit.ly/20A201

Co-hosted online with the Stamford JCC (Stamford, CT).

Speakers:

Attorney Lawrence Berliner, Connecticut Special Education Law

Jane Faherty, Stamford JCC JumpStart Executive Director & Special Education Advocate

Dr. Michael S. Cohen, PhD., ABPP, Psychologist in Fairfield CT (licensed in CT & NY)

We will discuss evaluations for: School Districts, including Initial Evaluations, Re-Evaluations, and the IEE.

• How to initiate a request for an evaluation if your child is struggling in school

• What is incorporated into an evaluation for the purpose of special education

• What are the areas to be assessed

• Differences between an initial evaluation and a re-evaluation

• Your child’s legal right to request an IEE under the IDEA if you disagree with a school district’s evaluation • The differences between a school district evaluation and a private independent evaluation

• Presenting the results of an IEE for review at a PPT meeting and next steps for implementation

State of Connecticut – Department of Developmental Services (DDS)

• Evaluations for Eligibility – What is required for an application to DDS

• Different DDS programs • What to do when an applicant has been denied services from DDS

• How to file an appeal and request a formal administrative hearing

• Differences between an evaluation to establish DDS eligibility versus a school district evaluation

Questions? Please contact Rachel Berliner, Public Relations Assistant at [email protected]