Effective Negotiation and Trial Strategies Learning Path - $79 for COPAA members, Members-only learning opportunity
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The learning path includes the white paper, slide decks, and recordings of the below sessions:
* Effective Negotiation Strategies in Special Education Context - Michelle Scavongelli and Tim Sindelar (2024)
* Trail Tactics from a Trial Lawyer - Amy Langerman (2025)
* IEEs to Due Process Winning Expert Strategies - Mandy Leigh and Damien Troutman (2024)
* Preparing Witnesses to Testify at Due Process Hearings - Stacey Eunnae (2026)
* Let's Make a Deal - Negotiating IDEA Settlement Agreements - Kathryn Newell (2024)
* How to Lose: Dealing with Adverse Administrative Decisions - Jean Murrell Adams and David M. Grey (2024)
* Justice in Numbers: Systemic and Class Action Litigation for Students with Disabilities - Chelsea Sullivan, Kaitlin Banner, Marja Plater (2026)
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2.2 Effective Negotiation Strategies in a Special Education Context- White Paper Materials
Open to download resource.
Open to download resource.
2.2 PowerPoint - Effective Negotiation Strategies in a Special Education Context
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Open to download resource.
2.2 Effective Negotiation Strategies in a Special Education Context with Michele Scavongelli and Tim Sindelar
Open to view video. | 80 minutes
Open to view video. | 80 minutes
Few special education disputes see the inside of a courtroom, despite the widespread belief that this is a litigious process. At every step along the way, the opportunity for negotiation between families and school districts exists. The sooner in the process a satisfactory resolution to a dispute can be arrived at, the sooner a student will gain access to needed services. Congress, in amending the IDEA, encouraged the use of mediation for settling disputes. This session provides attorneys, advocates and parents effective strategies for "getting to yes" in Team meetings, mediation, resolution meetings and settlement discussions
PDF of Slide Deck For Trial Tactics From A Trial Lawyer
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Open to download resource.
White Paper for Trial Tactics From A Trial Lawyer
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Open to download resource.
5.1 - Trial Tactics from a Trial Lawyer
Open to view video. | 80 minutes
Open to view video. | 80 minutes
This session will review various trial strategies from pleading to closing argument to better present a due process case.
1.2 White Paper IEEs to Due Process Winning Expert Strategies
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Open to download resource.
1.2 PowerPoint - IEEs to Due Process Winning Strategies
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Open to download resource.
1.2 IEE's to Due Process Winning Expert Strategies
Open to view video. | 80 minutes
Open to view video. | 80 minutes
Experts are a critical factor in special education cases, discrimination cases, Title IX cases, sexual assault cases and pretty much all cases. Courts and statutes say that Parents are entitled to have an equal footing at IEP’s and court proceedings when it comes to experts at hearing- that really isn’t panning out the way we hoped. Court’s routinely give deference to educators for more “face-time”. Choosing your expert early on can really make or break your ability to identify your child’s needs or convince a judge at a hearing and win!
4.5 White Paper: Preparing Witnesses to Testify at Due Process Hearings
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Open to download resource.
4.5 PDF of Slide Deck: Preparing Witnesses to Testify at Due Process Hearings
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Open to download resource.
Webinar: Preparing Witnesses to Testify at Due Process Hearings
Open to view video. | 80 minutes
Open to view video. | 80 minutes
This session provides strategies and practical tips to efficiently prepare lay and expert witnesses to testify credibly in due process hearings and other forums. The session covers interviewing and selecting potential witnesses, preparing them for direct examination, voir dire, and cross-examination, and discusses strategic considerations for preparing nontraditional witnesses.
Presenter
Stacey K. Eunnae
PDF of Slide Deck - 2.4 Let's Make a Deal Negotiating IDEA Settlement Agreements
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Open to download resource.
White Paper - 2.4 Let's Make a Deal Negotiating IDEA Settlement Agreements
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Open to download resource.
2.4 Let's Make a Deal Negotiating IDEA Settlement Agreements
Open to view video. | 75 minutes
Open to view video. | 75 minutes
White Paper - 1.5 How to Lose: Dealing with Adverse Administrative Decisions
Open to download resource.
Open to download resource.
PDF of Slide Deck - 1.5 How to Lose: Dealing with Adverse Administrative Decisions
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Open to download resource.
1.5 HOW TO LOSE Dealing with Adverse Administrative Decisions with Jean Murrell Adams and David M. Grey
Open to view video. | 75 minutes
Open to view video. | 75 minutes
4.3 White Paper: Justice in Numbers: Systemic and Class Action Litigation for Students with Disabilities
Open to download resource.
Open to download resource.
4.3 PDF of Slide Deck: Justice in Numbers: Systemic and Class Action Litigation For Students with Disabilities
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Open to download resource.
4.3 - Justice in Numbers: Systemic and Class Action Litigation for Students with Disabilities
Open to view video. | 80 minutes
Open to view video. | 80 minutes
This panel presents three case studies to explore the promises and challenges of systemic and class action litigation under the IDEA. Attendees gain insights and key takeaways to help advance systemic civil rights litigation for students with disabilities.
Chelsea Sullivan
Kaitlin Banner
Marja Plater
