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| Parent Training Series
Registration Fee: FREE
4 Titles Available • Read more below
This series is complete.
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Because the systems that serve children will be covered from several different angles, we strongly suggest that you attend all sessions. Please note that workshops may be presented in a different sequence due to speaker availability. Call MACMH for more information at 651-644-7333.
Click here to download the training handouts
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| When a child or adolescent needs special help managing behavior and/or coping with the symptoms of mental health disorders, families usually have to move through a maze of county, state, and federal regulations. We have invited a team of lawyers and other advocates to help you understand your rights and responsibilities as a consumer of these services. The training will help you target your concerns and interventions, avoid unneeded conflicts, and focus on problem-solving, all to the benefit of your child’s progress. |
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I. Law Primer: An Introduction to Systems and Laws
Speakers: Kosnoff and Goetz
• IDEA: key provisions of Special Education Law and recent decisions regarding residential and private school placements, and the issue of educational benefit
• Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act: federal laws providing protection from discrimination based on disability.
• Titles VI and IX: other federal non-discrimination laws
• Minnesota Human Rights Act: state non-discrimination laws
• NCLB No Child Left Behind: Federal accountability law; when it’s better than IDEA
• Minnesota Pupil Fair Dismissal Act: information on suspension, expulsion
• Minnesota Children’s Mental Health Act: Mental health services which counties are mandated to provide & fiscal limitations on those mandates,
• New Mn Statute 260D: the new law regarding legal custody of children with disabilities in placement
• Speakers will also touch on Juvenile Courts, protection against maltreatment, and bullying and harassment
Monday, September 14
Maple Grove Community Center
Banquet Room
12951 Weaver Lake Road
east of Elm Creek Boulevard
info at www.ci.maple-grove.mn.us • 763-494-6500
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Monday, August 3
St. Paul Federation of Teachers
Training room
400 Selby Avenue
down the hall from Fabulous Ferns
info at www.macmh.org • 651-644-7333 |
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II. Special Education: Know Your Rights
Speakers: Zigler, Kosnoff, Goetz
• IDEA: Genesis and Purposes; Relationship to 504
• Parent Participation: who can function as a parent
• Team decision-making; student involvement
• Child Find, Eligibility; Comparison with 504
• Evaluations, re-evaluations, Independent Educational Evaluations
• IEP development, progress reports, review and revision
• Mediation & IEP facilitation—free help when parents & districts can’t agree
• Nuts and bolts of implementing IDEA and 504 plans
• Free, appropriate public eduction and 504’s reach beyond schools
• Least restrictive environment
• Discipline, manifestation determination, functional behavioral assessment
• Transition services and post-secondary assistance
• Enforcement issues under IDEA or 504 protection
Tuesday, September 29
Maple Grove Community Center
Banquet Room
12951 Weaver Lake Road
east of Elm Creek Boulevard
info at www.ci.maple-grove.mn.us • 763-494-6500 |
Monday, August 24
St. Paul Federation of Teachers
Training room
400 Selby Avenue
down the hall from Fabulous Ferns
info at www.macmh.org • 651-644-7333 |
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III. My Idea and Your Idea of Best Interests May Not Be the Same: Avoiding and Resolving Disputes
Speakers: Kosnoff, Goetz, and Browne
• A look at common areas of dispute
• Deciding when and how to pursue a dispute
• When an education issue is a human rights issue
• Knowing the resolution tools at hand, including some well-kept secrets
• When you need a lawyer; when you don’t
• Combating harassment, bullying, and stigma
• Interagency collaboration
• When one professional becomes the barrier to progress
Friday, September 18
Maple Grove Community Center
Banquet Room
12951 Weaver Lake Road
east of Elm Creek Boulevard
info at www.ci.maple-grove.mn.us • 763-494-6500 |
Tuesday, August 11
St. Paul Federation of Teachers
Training room
400 Selby Avenue
down the hall from Fabulous Ferns
info at www.macmh.org • 651-644-7333 |
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IV. Rights and Remedies in Juvenile Justice
Speakers: Kosnoff, Goetz, and McNaughton
• What to expect and the best way to proceed when your child is arrested
• Preparing for what might happen in court
• Making the court aware of your child’s special needs
• Advocating for the disposition that will best serve your child
• How to make sure essential information is shared
• Asking the court to send education issues back to the school
• How one part of the court system relates to the others and how to stay stable in the crosswinds
Thursday, September 24
Maple Grove Community Center
Banquet Room
12951 Weaver Lake Road
east of Elm Creek Boulevard
info at www.ci.maple-grove.mn.us • 763-494-6500 |
Friday, August 7
St. Paul Federation of Teachers
Training room
400 Selby Avenue
down the hall from Fabulous Ferns
info at www.macmh.org • 651-644-7333 |
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| More about the speakers |
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Kathy Kosnoff, Attorney at Law, currently has a private practice in Minneapolis—Solutions & Resolutions Consulting, Mediation, & Training Services. Kosnoff was an attorney at the Disability Law Center for more than 15 years. |
Amy Goetz, Attorney at Law, is the founder of the School Law Center in Saint Paul, focusing on the rights of students and families in education and school law disputes. Ms. Goetz has worked in education law since 1995, first as a staff attorney with the Minnesota Disability Law Center in Minneapolis, then as a complaint investigator at the Minnesota Department of Education. |
Guest speakers invited to present include: Michael Browne, In-House Counsel, Minnesota Department of Human Rights; Lisa McNaughton, Managing Attorney, Juvenile Court, Office of the Public Defender, Hennepin County; and Dr. Richard S. Zigler, PhD, LP, Pediatric Neuropsychology, University of Minnesota. |
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165 Western Avenue North
Saint Paul, MN 55102
Phone: 651-644-7333
1-800-528-4511
Fax: 651-644-7391
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