Advocating for Students with Disabilities

July 20, 2022 9 - 5 PM

Zoom Link: https://khd.link/DRC

Free and Open to Practicing Defense Attorneys and Law Students
6.5 Hours of CLE Credit Available

Students with disabilities are entitled to accommodations, protections and resources under federal and state law. Unfortunately, parents, attorneys and advocates frequently face roadblocks from actually getting disabled students the care they need and deserve.

This all-day IEP bootcamp will provide attorneys, advocates and parents with the law, skills and tools they need to help disabled students get an Individualized Education Program (IEP) and to make sure those IEPs are honored.

Meet Your Presenters

Diane Woodard

Diane has been an advocate with the Disability Rights Center of Kansas since 2015. Her education and experience are in education, child development, conflict resolution, observation and assessment, intergenerational programs. She has a BA from Wichita State University with graduate work at Kansas University, Lawrence, KS and at Wheelock College in Boston, MA. Prior to coming to DRC she worked at Community works Inc. in Overland Park, as a legislative advocate for persons with brain injury. She had a 36 year career in education as: a national consultant for educational and intergenerational programs; endorsed teacher trainer for the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, Ypsilanti Michigan and Teaching Strategies, Washington DC; a key note speaker; author of published curriculum and published teacher training materials. She was the Director of several child development and intergenerational programs in the nation. She was on the administrative leadership team of two 700+ resident retirement communities in the Kansas City Metro area. She has advocated for the persons with disabilities since 1987, as a mother and caregiver of a daughter with a disabilities. Diane is also a Commissioner on the Kansas Commission for Disability Concerns, served on the Board of Directors for the Brain Injury Association of Greater Kansas City and on the Board of Directors for the Epilepsy Foundation of Kansas City.

Liz Hueben

Liz grew up in Overland Park, KS, attending Shawnee Mission Schools and then the University of Kansas, where she earned a BS in journalism. She worked for 10 years at newspapers in Anderson, SC; Lexington, KY; Kansas City, MO; and Lawrence, KS. She attended law school at UMKC, graduating in 2003 with honors.

While in law school, she served as notes and comments editor on the UMKC Law Review and led the Association of Women Law Students. She spent 7 years as an assistant public defender in the Kansas City Trial Division of the Missouri State Public Defender System. She also has flown solo, practicing primarily criminal defense in Missouri and Kansas. She joined the Disability Rights Center in 2019 and handles cases involving employment, housing, guardianship and special education.

Agenda

Monday, January 24, 2022

Morning

9:00 AM Welcome/Introductions

9:30 AM “Special Education Law in Kansas Part 1 "

10:30 AM Break

10:45 AM “Special Education Law in Kansas Part 1 Continued "

12:00 PM Lunch

Afternoon

1:00PM "Special Education Law in Kansas Part 2"

2:45 PM Break

3:00 PM "Special Education Law in Kansas Part 2 Continued"

5:00 PM Adjourn