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Seminar 3: Repeat Broadcast of Ask A Lawyer—Special Education Series as seen on Berks Community Television, February 20, 2007

Video Segment 1: Eligibility For Special Education, Early Intervention and Pre-School Services
| Length: 10:33 min.

Includes:

      • Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
      • Services Based Upon Peer-Reviewed Education

Video Segment 2: Timing of IEP Meetings (Caller Question)
| Length: 9:31 min.

Includes:

      • Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) Continued
      • Least Restrictive Environment
      • Transition Services

Video Segment 3: Requesting a Special Education Evaluation (Caller Question)
| Length: 12:03 min.

Includes:

      • Supports For children with Special Needs
      • Extended School Year
      • Categories of Disabilities for Special Education, Including Behavioral/Emotional Issues

Video Segment 4: Notice of Evaluation Procedures to Parents (Caller Question)
| Length: 19:40 min.

Includes:

      • ChildFind
      • Medical Assistance For all Children with Disabilities
      • Other Health Impairment
      • Attendance at IEP Meetings
      • Services under Section 504 and Chapter 15 Service Plans
      • More ChildFind
      • Compensatory Education

Video Segment 5: Due Process Proceedings
| Length: 5:44 min.

Includes:

      • Independent Evaluations
      • Specific Learning Disability, Response to Intervention, and Scientifically-Based Educational Programs

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