IEPS, Inc. Presents Free Parent Seminar on Demystifying the IEP and the PPT Process

IEPS, Inform & Empower Parents & Students for Success, Inc. Presents Free Parent Seminar by Special Education Advocates Geraldine P. Fleming & Sonali Sarma from Norwalk, CT.

This discussion will focus on how to navigate the special education process

When: May 14, 2015 7:00 PM-9:00 PM

Where: Crowne Plaza Hotel

1284 Strongtown Road, Southbury, CT

This presentation by Special Education Advocates Geraldine Fleming and Sonali Sarma is aimed at explaining the importance of each page of the IEP, and how to get the most of the PPT process.

Gerri Fleming started her professional career as a high school History teacher in New York City. She graduated from the SEAT Program--Special Education Advocacy Training. SEAT was a year-long course funded by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) awarded to the University of Southern California, University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, (USC, UCEDD) in partnership with the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) to develop a national special education advocacy training curriculum through this pilot program. The funding for the pilot program to field test the curriculum lasted for three years. Gerri was part of the second cohort of SEAT trainees, in the second year of the grant. The grant provided for extensive classroom training by an attorney and an advocate and a practicum in a special education law firm.

Sonali Sarma is a special education advocate for students with disabilities and their families. She is a graduate of the SEAT program (Special Education Advocacy Training Project) offered by the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA), which is a yearlong intensive course, designed to provide training in special education advocacy. It is based in part on the SEAT Curriculum ® developed through a partnership between COPAA and Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles (CHLA) University Center for Excellence, University of Southern California. Her office is located in Norwalk and she advocates for families throughout CT.

RSVP to reserve your seat at info@informforsuccess.org or to 866-995-7262

IEPS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to informing and empowering individuals affected by disabilities and learning differences during their educational years. Our mission is to enlighten students and their families, to shine a beacon while they are navigating their path to success, to enable them to find their voices and maximize their unique strengths, talents and passions in order to help these students achieve a positive and rewarding future.