The Requirement to Conduct FBAs and to Develop and Implement BIPs: What Does the Law Provide and What Do Courts and Agencies Say?

This presentation is being co-sponsored by the Center for Leadership in Disability at Georgia State University, the GSU College of Law, and the Emory Autism Center (EAC). The EAC is a Behavior Analyst Certification Board approved continuing education provider. We are pleased to offer 3 BACB Type II Ethics CEUs.

This presentation will provide an overview of what the law provides regarding the requirement to conduct FBAs and to develop and implement BIPs for students with disabilities. In addition, this session will explore court and agency decisions regarding those requirements, as well as challenges to the content and quality of FBAs and BIPs as it relates to the provision of a free appropriate public education.

Julie J. Weatherly, Esq is the owner of Resolutions in Special Education, Inc. with attorneys in Birmingham and Mobile, Alabama and Naples, Florida. Julie is a member of the State Bars of Alabama and Georgia, and for over 33 years, has provided legal representation and consultative services to school districts and other agencies in the area of educating students with disabilities. She has been a member of the faculty for many national and state legal institutes and is a frequent speaker at special education law conferences. Julie has developed a number of videotape training series on special education law and has been published nationally as a part of her trainings, workshops and seminars. She is the author of the legal update article for the National CASE quarterly newsletter and is a member of LRP’s Special Education Attorneys Advisory Council. In June of 1996, Julie appeared with Leslie Stahl on CBS news program “60 Minutes” to discuss the cost of meeting the legal requirements of the IDEA. In 1998, she was honored by Georgia’s Council for Exceptional Children as Georgia’s Individual who had Contributed Most to Students with Disabilities and, in April 2012, Julie received the National CASE Award for Outstanding Service.

CLE, BCBA, and NASP CEUs are available for this presentation, for $15 ($5/hour).

LPCA & NASW CEUs have been applied for.

Upon registering, you will have the opportunity to anonymously submit a question to Ms. Weatherly about FBAs/BIPs and the law.

Refund policy: Please be aware that there are no refunds for this event.