When
Friday January 11, 2019
9:30 to 10:00 am - Networking/Refreshments
10:00 to 12:00 pm - Presentation
12:00 to 1:00 pm - Lunch
1:00 - 3:00 pm cont. presntation
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Rates
Member $80 early/$100 after Jan. 7th
Non-Member 100 early/ $120 after Jan. 7th
Early registration rates end on Jan.7th, email info@spanmass.org to inquire about Walk-in registrations.
Refund policy
- No cash refunds will be offered for pre-registration if a workshop is held
- If a pre-registrant provides a written request at least four (4) business days prior to the scheduled workshop; the registration fee can be applied to an upcoming workshop in the same programming year
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Contact
Deirdre Higgins , Administrator CoordinatorSpecial Needs Advocacy Network, Inc.
(508) 655-7999
info@spanmass.org
Annual BSEA Updates
presented by
Daniel T.S. Heffernan, Esq.
Special Education Attorney Daniel Heffernan will review the 2018 BSEA case rulings from across Massachusetts. Dan's selection of cases will reflect those which he feels may represent trends in the interpretation of special education laws. After Dan’s presentation, we will break into groups to discuss particular cases. These cases will be emailed to participants in advance, and participants are asked to come prepared by reading these cases in advance. Using the information presented during the morning’s BSEA Updates, participants will be part of a sub-group, that will discuss one of the emailed cases. Each group will summarize their conclusions, and present to the larger group those conclusions.
Attend in person at the Hampton Inn, Natick
Lunch is included - email info@spanmass regarding allergies
Attention current Members: please follow this link to sign up for this workshop.
(current member has paid an annual fee of $75 or more in the past 12 months)
Daniel T.S. Heffernan is a partner with Kotin, Crabtree & Strong and concentrates his practice on representing families of children with special needs in education and civil rights matters. He is a 1987 cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School. From 1995 to the present he has served on the board of directors of the Federation for Children with Special Needs and was board president from 1995 to 2007. He received the 2014 President’s Award from the Federation for Children with Special Needs. In 2002, he and his wife, Julie, received the Dr. Allen C. Crocker Award for Excellence from the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress. He writes and lectures frequently on special education law and advocacy. Mr. Heffernan has been named a Super Lawyer in special education law every year since 2005 and was named as a Top Rated Lawyer in Education by The Boston Globe. From 1995 to 2000, he served as the president of the board of directors of Community Legal Services and Counseling Center. He also serves on the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress Education Task Force. He has two daughters, Maggie and Evie, and a twenty-seven year old son, Brian, who has Down syndrome.