tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112749892024-03-07T14:58:53.995-08:00IEPadvocate4youCarol Sadler<br>
Special Education Consultant/Advocate<br>
770-442-8357<br>
1105 Rock Pointe Look<br>
Woodstock, GA 30188<br>
CarolSadler@bellsouth.net<br>
www.IEPadvocate4you.com<br>
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I am a lay Parent Advocate assisting parents of children with disabilities in school IDEA, 504 and SST meetings. I am a former CHADD and LDA Coordinator, graduate of the 1st GA Advocacy Office PLSP legal training course and most importantly parent of two children with various disabilities.Carol Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116344655110226802noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11274989.post-73878718112636600032018-09-10T16:49:00.001-07:002018-09-10T16:49:23.945-07:00Senate Study Update and CALL TO ACTION<div class=WordSection1><div id=ygrp-mlmsg><div id=ygrp-msg><div id=ygrp-text><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Info. From Decoding Dyslexia Georgia! Please get involved to make change here in GA!!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Advocacy & Consulting Services - IEPadvocate4you <br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Carol Sadler, Special Education Consultant/Advocate <br>GA Advocacy Office PLSP I Graduate <br>770-442-8357 <br>1105 Rock Pointe Look <br>Woodstock, GA 30188 <br><a href="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net" title="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net">CarolSadler@bellsouth.net</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/" title="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/">www.IEPadvocate4you.com</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/" title="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/">http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>IEPadvocate4you</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> also now on <b>Facebook, LinkedIn</b> and <b>Twitter</b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964">https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you">http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>"There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people." ---- Thomas Jefferson</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>"Refrain from Restraining, Secluding and Corporal Punishment" & "</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Aversives are Abusive and Dehumanizing</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>" ---- Carol Sadler, Advocate</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>GNET="GetNoEducation/Therapy"="PsychoNOed"="Jail without Jury or Trial"="Imprisonment without Legal Representation"</span></b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> Carol & GA Advocates</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>RTI="Refusal to Identify"</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> students who need Special Education support and services. Carol Sadler</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED <br>Information contained in this communication is confidential and privileged. It is not meant to represent legal or medical advice, but rather advice given based on my knowledge as a trained Parent Advocate by the GA Advocacy Office, Council of Parent Advocates & Attorneys, CHADD, LDA, the GA DOE Parent Mentor program as an invited guest and the special education attorneys that I often work with on educational matters. Please do not forward without my permission.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Colleen O'Toole [<a href="mailto:decodingdyslexiageorgia@gmail.com">mailto:decodingdyslexiageorgia@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 10, 2018 3:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> Colleen Beguiristain<br><b>Subject:</b> Senate Study Update and CALL TO ACTION</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p>If you did not get a chance to see the live stream video from the first meeting- click the link below to watch it. Senator Millar clearly states Georgia is late to the game! He states that only 1 out of 3 students read proficiently by 3rd grade in the state of Georgia! Despite legislative efforts to mandate reading by 3rd grade! He states that we are the only state in the Southeast doing nothing for Dyslexia! I think he is serious about change for Dyslexics!<o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="https://livestream.com/accounts/25225500/events/8321724" target="_blank">Senate Study Committee Meeting Aug. 17th at 10Am </a><o:p></o:p></p><p><b>As the Study Committee prepares for its second meeting on Sept. 14th, we would like to ask supporters to take the time to email the three Senators on the committee to let them know why this an important issue to you. Watch the video and give them your feedback re: the direction of the committee- be thoughtful and KIND in your responses to these Senators- they have the power to make or break us this session!</b><o:p></o:p></p><p>The Senators are Chairman Fran Millar (<a href="mailto:fran.millar@senate.ga.gov" target="_blank">fran.millar@senate.ga.gov</a>), Senator Gloria Butler (<a href="mailto:gloria.butler@senate.ga.gov" target="_blank">gloria.butler@senate.ga.gov</a>), and Senator Matt Brass (<a href="mailto:matt.brass@senate.ga.gov" target="_blank">matt.brass@senate.ga.gov</a>).<o:p></o:p></p><p><b>Please also EMAIL YOUR SENATORS let them know you are following the Senate Study Committee On Dyslexia and that you hope they are too- and that you are hopeful they will support our efforts in ensuring better outcomes for Dyslexic students in the public school systems!</b><o:p></o:p></p><p>Here is the agenda for this week's Senate Study Panel, September 14th at 10 am in room 307 of the Coverdell Legislative Building <b>If you can, please consider attending the meeting in person as well. There will be time for public comment. If you cannot attend, you can livestream the meeting.</b> <o:p></o:p></p><p>10:00am Chairman Millar – purpose, direction, emails from constituents, future dates and introductions of speakers<o:p></o:p></p><div><p>ªªª<o:p></o:p></p><p>10:10am Public testimony - Sign-up is before the meeting starts. Please arrive a few minutes early to sign-up.<o:p></o:p></p><p>ªªª<o:p></o:p></p><p>10:30am Susan Adams, Deputy Commissioner for Pre-K and Instructional Support Services<o:p></o:p></p><p>Georgia Department of Early Childcare and Learning (DECAL)<o:p></o:p></p><p>Dyslexia Identification and Services in Georgia<o:p></o:p></p><p>10:45am Q&A<o:p></o:p></p><p>ªªª <o:p></o:p></p><p>10:50am Dr. Marti Venn - Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs<o:p></o:p></p><p>University System of Georgia (USG)<o:p></o:p></p><p>Teacher training and preparation<o:p></o:p></p><p>11:05am Q&A <o:p></o:p></p><p>ªªª<o:p></o:p></p><p>11:10am Stephen Pruitt – President - SREB<o:p></o:p></p><p>Samantha Durrance- Policy Analyst - SREB<o:p></o:p></p><p>Southern Regional Education Board – SREB<o:p></o:p></p><p>What other states are doing for dyslexia<o:p></o:p></p><p>12:00pm Q&A<o:p></o:p></p><p>ªªª<o:p></o:p></p><p>12:15pm Chairman Millar - Remarks and closing.<o:p></o:p></p><p>We appreciate the speakers for their time and commitment to this effort; Dr. Leslie Stuart, Dr. Caitlin Dooley and Dr. Jennifer Lindstrom. They did a great job painting a picture of what Dyslexia is, what it looks like in the public school system and the issues around lack of knowledge about Dyslexia and the need for teacher training. Thank you to everyone who has been following, commenting and supporting our efforts- we are hopeful! <o:p></o:p></p><p>Sincerely, <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Heather, Tina and Colleen</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Decoding Dyslexia GA</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><a href="http://www.decodingdyslexiaga.com" target="_blank">www.decodingdyslexiaga.com</a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Colleen O'Toole 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IEPadvocate4you <br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Carol Sadler, Special Education Consultant/Advocate <br>GA Advocacy Office PLSP I Graduate <br>770-442-8357 <br>1105 Rock Pointe Look <br>Woodstock, GA 30188 <br><a href="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net" title="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net">CarolSadler@bellsouth.net</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/" title="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/">www.IEPadvocate4you.com</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/" title="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/">http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>IEPadvocate4you</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> also now on <b>Facebook, LinkedIn</b> and <b>Twitter<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964">https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you">http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people." ---- Thomas Jefferson<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"Refrain from Restraining, Secluding and Corporal Punishment" & "</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>A</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>versives are Abusive and Dehumanizing</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>" ---- Carol Sadler, Advocate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>GNET="GetNoEducation/Therapy"="PsychoNOed"="Jail without Jury or Trial"="Imprisonment without Legal Representation"</span></b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Carol & GA Advocates<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>RTI="Refusal to Identify"</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> students who need Special Education support and services. Carol Sadler<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED <br>Information contained in this communication is confidential and privileged. It is not meant to represent legal or medical advice, but rather advice given based on my knowledge as a trained Parent Advocate by the GA Advocacy Office, Council of Parent Advocates & Attorneys, CHADD, LDA, the GA DOE Parent Mentor program as an invited guest and the special education attorneys that I often work with on educational matters. Please do not forward without my permission.</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> ADDA Webinar Series! [mailto:info@add.ccsend.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>ADDA Webinar Series!<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 06, 2018 2:04 PM<br><b>To:</b> carolsadler@bellsouth.net<br><b>Subject:</b> {ADDA Webinar} Two Kinds of Brains<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div id=rootDiv><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://r20.rs6.net/on.jsp?a=1101667662585&r=3&c=b61ec990-3688-11e3-9d5a-d4ae52712b64&d=1131215548537&ch=b7919370-3688-11e3-9e35-d4ae52712b64&ca=0a2acfdf-e406-4364-b5ee-6d6d4f133969&o=https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif"><o:p></o:p></p><div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=1 height=5 id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=610 valign=top style='width:366.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK1"><tr><td valign=top style='padding:9.0pt 3.0pt 9.0pt 3.0pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 4.8pt 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:4.8pt 0in 5.4pt 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>September 12, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>"Two Kinds of Brains"<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>with CoachRudy Rodriguez<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#585858' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK2"><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:.6pt .6pt .6pt .6pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 9.0pt 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 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style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:.6pt'><img border=0 width=5 height=1 id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK4"><tr><td valign=top style='padding:4.8pt 12.0pt 5.4pt 12.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>"Two Kinds of Brains"<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:.6pt'><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:9.0pt 12.0pt 9.0pt 12.0pt;height:.6pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:.6pt'><td style='background:#585858;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:.6pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:.6pt'><img border=0 width=5 height=1 id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK6"><tr><td valign=top style='padding:4.8pt 12.0pt 5.4pt 12.0pt'><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'>We commonly refer these days to the ADD/ADHD brain and the neurotypical non-ADD/ADHD brain these days. The two types of brains are distinct and operate differently in many ways. This seminar will explain the distinction between the 'Convergent' and the 'Divergent' types of brains and their relationship to executive function. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'>This seminar will explore why we operate so differently in the world and why certain institutions, organizations, and corporations don't fit our brain type. I will also discuss why we excel in certain skills and fields of employment. This seminar will also help your significant other to understand who you are and why you operate so differently in the home and the world. I will introduce you to a simple design that will bring the pieces of our complex puzzle together. I will also refer to Thom Hartman's concept of Hunters vs. Farmers. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'>I guarantee you'll, and your significant other will enjoy this presentation.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></blockquote></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Learning Objectives:</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>As a result of this activity, the participant will have a clear understanding of the distinctions between the Convergent vs. the Divergent type brains.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'><br> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>As a result of this activity, the participant will be prepared to explain the distinct brain types and their relationship to executive function.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'><br> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>As a result of this activity, the participant and their significant others will have tools for a different discussion about their brain differences in the home and the world.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:.6pt'><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:9.0pt 12.0pt 9.0pt 12.0pt;height:.6pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:.6pt'><td style='background:#585858;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:.6pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:.6pt'><img border=0 width=5 height=1 id="_x0000_i1030" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK8"><tr><td valign=top style='padding:4.8pt 12.0pt 5.4pt 12.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:9.0pt 10.2pt 9.0pt 12.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=220 style='width:132.0pt'><tr><td width="1%" style='width:1.0%;padding:0in 0in 6.0pt 9.0pt'><p 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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Wednesday: September 12, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=s1><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Time: </span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=s1><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>9:00 PM Eastern </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=s1><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>8:00 PM Central</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=s1><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>7:00 PM Mountain</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=s1><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>6:00 PM Pacific</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>10:00 PM Atlantic <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>10:30 PM Newfoundland<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Here is a <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001qSmSYnfaEQu1OZUxw948EwGmUxd-l0iHLgUTxX_hHje8NRWQCD4oNKS4rBUvYNhMNZdVUlqqeTXQaWS7Rv1ICGEuc9B2EqHfKI0PYAb8cKeefjFcm5wrH4K9E0WYzIoIzmbnoH2TnkwbxZdPAjz3Gp7KmzQWG2f2rGnpyVPfKdjEEmmBEARrdmSKNpfk43fgo0P4sHUBRgZiBD84P3GRbf7Iz0mepZ_Rye_T64_bTAmhl-STe-WgaiSiWL3zlhSWqSr33UCZM7huAZOGvd5i3qdxnDc7VTmkASGs7rVNZYr6dK_-g7-DNITXIreJMUDW&c=ibblHXIMBRg8L5_LuQqnMF8U4YHs76PuZvipypS1nvxJcFClL1b2hg==&ch=-mRu4f6dlpe1nlTcJTblJyfgFJlxCNgtLOWi8clyRJSZdWrz9Ji1dA==" target="_blank">timezone converter </a>so you can adjust to your own time zone.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Where</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>This is an online event.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:red'>You'll receive the URL the morning of the event.</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table 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To attend a webinar, simply click on the webinar you'd like to attend under "Upcoming Webinars" and then enter your email address. Log in information will be emailed to you on the day of the event. Enjoy!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:red'><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001qSmSYnfaEQu1OZUxw948EwGmUxd-l0iHLgUTxX_hHje8NRWQCD4oNKtU0cn-HBHmyLa2BS9QxsxINn0tuuugFN9Pbx04QAdNnewVS35ShJf6C1D7CUn09Lfa2L-IPrQbKzCGYquqInre5mqDL6RyavvPhFKh7hd8vnEntC-bsfa1m4HUGZrCnEEYaTD3gwIDc3HspN0ASAuw0QUANYMRyNSTfLQqrMEK2X2cM21GUh9J6Ur6ZcUc3CXdKvper6A4Nsa8P5P7Ta8PNaXqoOdgYIrwATiPfYXNKA5k5eu8X8eo2Mbxk1oKQ-enpIXcLbsuElgJAMmJIKg=&c=ibblHXIMBRg8L5_LuQqnMF8U4YHs76PuZvipypS1nvxJcFClL1b2hg==&ch=-mRu4f6dlpe1nlTcJTblJyfgFJlxCNgtLOWi8clyRJSZdWrz9Ji1dA==" target="_blank"><span style='color:red'>ADDA Members Register HERE</span></a></span></strong><span 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CoachRudy has worked with ADHD clients since 1981 and was personally diagnosed with ADHD in 1993. CoachRudy blends years of clinical knowledge, ADHD expertise, coaching skills and personal life experience as an adult living with ADHD to help his clients lead productive healthy lives.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>CoachRudy provides specialized services including individual and group coaching to adults who are challenged issues of ADHD, Executive Function, time and organizational management. He also presents workshops, webinars and seminars for professionals and the general ADHD population.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:.6pt'><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:9.0pt 12.0pt 9.0pt 12.0pt;height:.6pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:.6pt'><td style='background:#585858;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:.6pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:.6pt'><img border=0 width=5 height=1 id="_x0000_i1037" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#E9E9E9;display:table' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK16"><tr><td valign=top style='padding:4.8pt 12.0pt 5.4pt 12.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'>ADDA Always Delivers the Best Information from the Best ADHD Professionals</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#585858'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'>ADDA Webinars are $9.95 each. 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PLEASE SHARE AND COMMENTS.<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>PLEASE SHARE AND COMMENT. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Advocacy & Consulting Services - IEPadvocate4you <br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Carol Sadler, Special Education Consultant/Advocate <br>GA Advocacy Office PLSP I Graduate <br>770-442-8357 <br>1105 Rock Pointe Look <br>Woodstock, GA 30188 <br><a href="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net" title="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net">CarolSadler@bellsouth.net</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/" title="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/">www.IEPadvocate4you.com</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/" title="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/">http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>IEPadvocate4you</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> also now on <b>Facebook, LinkedIn</b> and <b>Twitter<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964">https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you">http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people." ---- Thomas Jefferson<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"Refrain from Restraining, Secluding and Corporal Punishment" & "</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>A</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>versives are Abusive and Dehumanizing</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>" ---- Carol Sadler, Advocate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>GNET="GetNoEducation/Therapy"="PsychoNOed"="Jail without Jury or Trial"="Imprisonment without Legal Representation"</span></b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Carol & GA Advocates<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>RTI="Refusal to Identify"</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> students who need Special Education support and services. Carol Sadler<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED <br>Information contained in this communication is confidential and privileged. It is not meant to represent legal or medical advice, but rather advice given based on my knowledge as a trained Parent Advocate by the GA Advocacy Office, Council of Parent Advocates & Attorneys, CHADD, LDA, the GA DOE Parent Mentor program as an invited guest and the special education attorneys that I often work with on educational matters. Please do not forward without my permission.</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><h2 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>The US Department of Education Requests Comments Before it Removes Regulations and Guidance<o:p></o:p></h2><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i>From the CHADD Public Policy Committee</i></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-9LhCluMWiPkYUkQuS3xrOySGf_lM2myJw0PPkmWRuN5gDAatc-Xw1BV4nSWROchbcEcRZ-iofMiU-Teiga7BM45q17MPqgYmmkC92Mr0Zu3iVj02N6RQP-C9behgTS3hN6G/s1600/aaron-burden-60068.jpg" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=320 height=226 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-9LhCluMWiPkYUkQuS3xrOySGf_lM2myJw0PPkmWRuN5gDAatc-Xw1BV4nSWROchbcEcRZ-iofMiU-Teiga7BM45q17MPqgYmmkC92Mr0Zu3iVj02N6RQP-C9behgTS3hN6G/s320/aaron-burden-60068.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>The US Department of Education has issued a list of regulations and guidance to eliminate under Executive Order 13777, "Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda." CHADD has become aware that the ADHD Guidance is on this list. The Department is asking for public comments about which regulations and guidance to keep, remove, or modify. CHADD appreciates this opportunity and would like everyone to show support for protecting students' rights. If you want to tell the Department how important the ADHD Guidance is to our children, you can submit your own comments asking the US Department of Education to retain the ADHD Guidance—officially called the "Dear Colleague Letter and Resource Guide on ADHD"— as active guidance.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/1zR3WNSTnvY?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" target="_blank">Aaron Burden</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" target="_blank">Unsplash</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><h3><br>Background information on the ADHD Guidance<o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><br><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'>On July 26, 2016, <span style='background:white'>the Office of Civil Rights of the US Department of Education issued guidance to every public school district in the country about the implementation of </span>Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 <span style='background:white'>for students with ADHD. The Guidance provides clear technical assistance that helps teachers understand the nature of ADHD and how effectively to provide education services to students with ADHD, consistent with the requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).</span></span><br><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif";background:white'>For example, the Guidance describes certain behaviors that could indicate a student has ADHD and should cause a school district to consider conducting an evaluation.</span><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'> Among other things, t<span style='background:white'>he Guidance states that a student with ADHD may need behavioral and executive function supports. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'>Section 504 is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability </span></b><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'>in programs or activities receiving Federal financial assistance, including public elementary and secondary schools as well as charter schools. The US Department of Education enforces Section 504 through OCR. </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'>On February 24, 2017, President Trump signed Executive Order 13777, "Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda," which directs federal agencies to identify regulations and guidance to eliminate. <b>The Department of Education has issued a list of regulations and guidance it is considering.</b> <b>The ADHD Guidance is on this list.</b> The Department of Education is asking for public comments about which regulations and guidance to remove, keep, or modify. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'>CHADD worked hard to obtain the ADHD Guidance to protect the civil rights of students with ADHD from preschool through<b><i> </i></b>high school. CHADD provided significant input to Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Education. Through its Public Policy Committee, CHADD maintained ongoing and active discussion with OCR from November 2013 through July 2016. Based on the results of a survey that we conducted with our membership, we shared the concerns of our members about the implementation of Section 504 and the effects on their children. In response to many requests from OCR, we provided scientific research findings and other knowledge about ADHD. For more information, <a href="http://chaddleadershipblog.blogspot.com/2016/07/education-department-issues-guidelines.html" target="_blank">read</a> our previous blog on the ADHD Guidance.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'>What YOU can do</span><o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'><br>We cannot lose this Guidance now! We must tell the Department of Education how important this guidance is to students with ADHD.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'>Until September 20, 2017, everyone has the opportunity to weigh in with the Department of Education and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to show support for protecting students' rights. CHADD will submit <a href="http://www.chadd.org/Portals/0/Content/CHADD/NRC/Advocacy/Docket%20ID%20ED-2017-OS-0074_CHADD%27s%20Comments.pdf" target="_blank"><b>our comments</b></a> urging Secretary DeVos to keep the guidance<b><i>.</i></b></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'>Individuals can submit comments as well. If you want to tell the Department how important the ADHD Guidance is to our children, <b>you can submit your own comments </b><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/08/11/2017-16876/evaluation-of-existing-regulations" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a><b> asking the US Department of Education to retain the ADHD Guidance—officially called the "Dear Colleague Letter and Resource Guide on ADHD"— as active guidance</b>.<br> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'>NOTE: </span></i></b><b><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'>At the top of your comments you MUST INCLUDE these three things: </span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'>"Docket ID: ED-2017-OS-0074"</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'>The <b>full official name of the guidance</b>: The "Dear Colleague Letter and Resource Guide on ADHD"</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'>This link to where the guidance can be found on the website of the U.S. Department of Education: <a href="https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-201607-504-adhd.pdf" target="_blank">https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-201607-504-adhd.pdf</a></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'>Remember, if you want to submit comments, <b>you must <span style='background:white'>take action before September 20!</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><h3><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'>HOW TO SUBMIT A COMMENT</span><o:p></o:p></h3><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2'><b><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'>Submit it </span></b><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/08/11/2017-16876/evaluation-of-existing-regulations" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a><b> before 11:59 PM ET Wednesday, September 20, 2017.</b></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'>Click on the green "SUBMIT A FORMAL COMMENT" button on the top right hand side and the comment form will open. You can type a comment directly into the box or just write "see attached comment" and upload a Word or PDF document after pressing the button.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'>You will then be asked to add information about yourself.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'>Check the preview to see how your comments will appear once submitted, and then check the box: "I read and understand the statement above."</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'>Finally, hit "SUBMIT COMMENT" on the bottom of the form.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo7'><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'>You're done! Your comments will appear on <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/%20" target="_blank">https://www.federalregister.gov/</a> alongside all of the other comments received.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h3><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif";color:red'>Comment Deadline 11:59 PM ET Wednesday, September 20, 2017</span><o:p></o:p></h3></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br /> <table style="border-top: 1px solid #D3D4DE;"> <tr> <td style="width: 55px; padding-top: 13px;"><a href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank"><img src="https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-green-avg-v1.png" alt="" width="46" height="29" style="width: 46px; height: 29px;" /></a></td> <td style="width: 470px; padding-top: 12px; color: #41424e; 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Carol Sadler<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED <br>Information contained in this communication is confidential and privileged. It is not meant to represent legal or medical advice, but rather advice given based on my knowledge as a trained Parent Advocate by the GA Advocacy Office, Council of Parent Advocates & Attorneys, CHADD, LDA, the GA DOE Parent Mentor program as an invited guest and the special education attorneys that I often work with on educational matters. Please do not forward without my permission.</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcMRLZLrZ5HWgePqpbMSELK6OeXkgezV0EQIUOYkozxNDI5r2DZ94huE75n9uSZXabcVgMO76HqzTMR7W5r7U88e4Ef1rXNA-P6EffVS88g9p4_WsfR4SXJiQ8CFmi6R2vzRES/s1600/2017+Bluff+dinner-703945.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcMRLZLrZ5HWgePqpbMSELK6OeXkgezV0EQIUOYkozxNDI5r2DZ94huE75n9uSZXabcVgMO76HqzTMR7W5r7U88e4Ef1rXNA-P6EffVS88g9p4_WsfR4SXJiQ8CFmi6R2vzRES/s320/2017+Bluff+dinner-703945.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6451589795006677426" /></a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Chalkboard","serif";color:black'>View a clip from our DVDs, Real Life ADHD & Father to Father at</span></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Chalkboard","serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.chrisdendy.com">www.chrisdendy.com</a></span></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div>Carol Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116344655110226802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11274989.post-76196864438441793702017-07-27T20:48:00.001-07:002017-07-27T20:48:36.843-07:002017 CHADD/ADDA Annual International Conference on ADHD in Atlanta<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNBJPY5kM4Vz9BEzPL355wX4J-b4w6GvGyNpoXYbrDrNmvNUpH31skpzQHtj4shdRRy06u4BBmSr0zpq7qTfut8QDgmxRXeGpG4zvYga-Mwu92WufK4mGca0RMqn5qtIt1Kxk5/s1600/email-sig-banner-2017-conference-chadd-register-now-300px-4.4.2017-716844.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNBJPY5kM4Vz9BEzPL355wX4J-b4w6GvGyNpoXYbrDrNmvNUpH31skpzQHtj4shdRRy06u4BBmSr0zpq7qTfut8QDgmxRXeGpG4zvYga-Mwu92WufK4mGca0RMqn5qtIt1Kxk5/s320/email-sig-banner-2017-conference-chadd-register-now-300px-4.4.2017-716844.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6447663821847377698" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4pjFBz9swpgsmyxxezCyuXcxGlpW6YMqXu8tdUhc0gUWFL4iyKf1oskiCUid5cWelyxn6vqX1i3iz3YxB_a1APvidNWMq7wiBs1PurJqooL3JKFCNAefy8DSSNy9r1DOh-T8/s1600/email-sig-banner-2017-conference-chadd-register-now-570px-4.4.2017-718626.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4pjFBz9swpgsmyxxezCyuXcxGlpW6YMqXu8tdUhc0gUWFL4iyKf1oskiCUid5cWelyxn6vqX1i3iz3YxB_a1APvidNWMq7wiBs1PurJqooL3JKFCNAefy8DSSNy9r1DOh-T8/s320/email-sig-banner-2017-conference-chadd-register-now-570px-4.4.2017-718626.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6447663827694611058" /></a></p><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Dear All, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>I am sending you information about the 2017 CHADD/ADDA International Conference on ADHD, which will be in Atlanta, GA November 9-12. Please distribute widely. This is a wonderful opportunity to train individuals, staff, parents and adults in GA about ADHD. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>This ADHD Conference can be used to train teachers and special education staff, police departments, justice office staff, hospital staff, Dr. offices, etc. Please print and put in Dr. offices, give to patients, send to schools; Colleges; teachers; Principals; School Districts Spec. Ed. Departments; PTA/PTO’s; Private Schools; clinics; hospitals; disability organizations; disability groups and FB pages; mental health agencies; police departments; etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>This year, the ADHD conference will be a joint effort between CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and ADDA (Attention Deficit Disorder Association) and we are expanding our programming. For example, we have more sessions per day, and we have been adding talks on teens and young adults, particularly for issues related to post-secondary education. We also have added a half day on Sunday that is just for adults with ADHD.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>We would greatly appreciate any support you can provide to help promote the conference. I have attached a joint press release from Michael MacKay, the president of CHADD and Duane Gordon, president of ADDA, as well as the conference artwork, which could be added to your website/e-mail. Please spread the word through all of your networks? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Here’s a link to the registration page for the conference: <a href="https://events.bizzabo.com/204371"><span style='color:black'>https://events.bizzabo.com/204371</span></a>. Please use it to register yourself, and share it with others.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Also support these wonderful organizations with your membership. <a href="http://www.chadd.org/Membership.aspx">http://www.chadd.org/Membership.aspx</a> & <a href="https://add.org/adda-membership/">https://add.org/adda-membership/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Thanks for any support you can provide to promote!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Advocacy & Consulting Services - IEPadvocate4you (and former CHADD Coordinator)<br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Carol Sadler, Special Education Consultant/Advocate <br>GA Advocacy Office PLSP I Graduate <br>770-442-8357 <br>1105 Rock Pointe Look <br>Woodstock, GA 30188 <br><a href="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net" title="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net"><span style='color:blue'>CarolSadler@bellsouth.net</span></a> <br><a href="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/" title="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/"><span style='color:blue'>www.IEPadvocate4you.com</span></a> <br><a href="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/" title="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/"><span style='color:blue'>http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>IEPadvocate4you</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> also now on <b>Facebook, LinkedIn</b> and <b>Twitter<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964"><span style='color:blue'>https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people." ---- Thomas Jefferson<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“Refrain from Restraining, Secluding and Corporal Punishment" & "</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>A</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>versives are Abusive and Dehumanizing</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>” ---- Carol Sadler, Advocate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'>GNET="GetNoEducation/Therapy"="PsychoNOed"="Jail without Jury or Trial"="Imprisonment without Legal Representation"</span></b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Carol & GA Advocates<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>RTI="Refusal to Identify"</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> students who need Special Education support and services. Carol Sadler<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED <br>Information contained in this communication is confidential and privileged. It is not meant to represent legal or medical advice, but rather advice given based on my knowledge as a trained Parent Advocate by the GA Advocacy Office, Council of Parent Advocates & Attorneys, CHADD, LDA, the GA DOE Parent Mentor program as an invited guest and the special education attorneys that I often work with on educational matters. Please do not forward without my permission.</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3JlSDfRq3CbEZh00xKY-aKT76ZFUaoJqfqCo8LKEIuToxuS6MlTB9lTLzFKXdUdtTUnowcrP8urV5cOAJKGo3YXUFCpzSD4sTv2_T86UYE6dx5ZC8hkWI_wjWXqftjBVLwA6u/s1600/image001-720162.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3JlSDfRq3CbEZh00xKY-aKT76ZFUaoJqfqCo8LKEIuToxuS6MlTB9lTLzFKXdUdtTUnowcrP8urV5cOAJKGo3YXUFCpzSD4sTv2_T86UYE6dx5ZC8hkWI_wjWXqftjBVLwA6u/s320/image001-720162.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6447663833984394194" /></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div>Carol Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116344655110226802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11274989.post-85951773887216861642016-10-18T10:38:00.000-07:002016-10-18T10:39:25.205-07:00We need your voice! Re: GNET's<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Information from Leslie Lipson at GAO regarding the GNET programs. We need your voice! Please share widely!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Advocacy & Consulting Services - IEPadvocate4you <br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Carol Sadler, Special Education Consultant/Advocate <br>GA Advocacy Office PLSP I Graduate <br>770-442-8357 <br>1105 Rock Pointe Look <br>Woodstock, GA 30188 <br><a href="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net" title="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net">CarolSadler@bellsouth.net</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/" title="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/">www.IEPadvocate4you.com</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/" title="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/">http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>IEPadvocate4you</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> also now on <b>Facebook, LinkedIn</b> and <b>Twitter<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964">https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you">http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people." ---- Thomas Jefferson<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“Refrain from Restraining, Secluding and Corporal Punishment & A</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>versives are Abusive and Dehumanizing</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>” ---- Carol Sadler, Advocate<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>GNET=<b>G</b>et<b>N</b>o<b>E</b>ducation/<b>T</b>herapy=PsychoNOed=Jail without Jury or Trial=Imprisonment without Legal Representation</span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Carol & GA Advocates<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED <br>Information contained in this communication is confidential and privileged. It is not meant to represent legal or medical advice, but rather advice given based on my knowledge as a trained Parent Advocate by the GA Advocacy Office, Council of Parent Advocates & Attorneys, CHADD, LDA, the GA DOE Parent Mentor program as an invited guest and the special education attorneys that I often work with on educational matters. Please do not forward without my permission.</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Dear Parents/Families, (please forward to your networks)<br><br>If your child is currently attending a GNET program, has been in a GNET program, or has struggled to get quality supports for behavioral-related disabilities in your neighborhood school, you are likely aware that the United States Department of Justice filed a Complaint against the State of Georgia about Georgia violating the American’s with Disabilities Act by operating a segregated, state-wide program offering an inferior education on August 23, 2016: <a href="http://bit.ly/2bxN2Em">http://bit.ly/2bxN2Em</a>. <br>In somewhat related news, the Georgia Department of Education (GADOE) is in the preliminary stages of drafting a new state rule governing the GNET program and services, and they want to hear from you. They are hosting three regional feedback meetings to get your input on the proposed draft rule regarding how Georgia provides supports for behavioral-related disabilities and the current GNETS programs.<br><br>Below are the dates and times for the feedback meetings:<br><br>Gainesville, GA Date: October 24, 2016 Time: 3pm – 6pm <br>Tifton, GA Date: October 27, 2016 Time: 3pm – 6pm<br>Fayetteville, GA Date: October 28, 2016 Time: 3pm – 6pm<br><br>At these meetings, speakers will have 3 minutes to share their thoughts on the draft of the new proposed rule. If you cannot attend any of these meetings and want to provide public feedback, you can email your comments to <a href="mailto:GNETrule@doe.k12.ga.us">GNETrule@doe.k12.ga.us</a> and <a href="mailto:llipson@thegao.org">llipson@thegao.org</a> .(Please see the attached flyer for more specific details about the meetings. Also attached is the new draft rule and the current rule.) </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><br>GAO would like to support families as you develop your speaking points, and invite you to join us in one of two informational conference calls, where we will discuss the draft proposed rule and upcoming feedback meetings. These conference calls will be held on Thursday October 20, 2016 at 12pm -1pm and 6pm-7pm. If you are interested in joining us for one of the conference calls, please <span style='background:yellow'>email <a href="mailto:llipson@thegao.org">llipson@thegao.org</a> with your RSVP </span>and we will send the call-in information. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><br>As a preview to the draft proposed rule and our conference calls, the draft proposed rule does not do away with the GNETS as a separate and distinct program where students who need behavioral-related support "belong" to the GNETS program and attend GNETS classrooms or separate buildings, nor does it change the current segregated funding structure; however, it does give the option of local school districts to request assistance from the GNETS program to provide "GNETS services" to students in their own zoned/neighborhood schools. However, it gives no guidance or structure for parents or schools to access these supports. Again, please see the attached for the text of the new draft rule. Additionally, giving comment about your experience struggling to receive appropriate services in a GNETS or at a local neighborhood school would be helpful. <br><br>We hope to hear from you on a conference call this Thursday.<br><br>Leslie K. Lipson<br>Of Counsel<br>Georgia Advocacy Office<br>One West Court Square, Suite 625<br>Decatur, GA 30030<br>(404) 885-1234<br><a href="http://www.thegao.org">www.thegao.org</a><br><a href="mailto:llipson@thegao.org">llipson@thegao.org</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Carol Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116344655110226802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11274989.post-32247437270698288902015-07-20T15:20:00.000-07:002015-07-20T15:21:00.473-07:00DOJ Meetings on GA GNETS<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>From Leslie Lipson, GAO – Please forward to others!!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hey Advocates, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I want to thank SO MANY of you for contacting us concerning your ability to assist with the advocacy surrounding the Department of Justice Letter of Finding that our state is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. There are multiple ways to be involved, and I am writing to invite you into the process. The Letter of Finding can be accessed here: <a href="http://www.ada.gov/olmstead/olmstead_cases_list2.htm"><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://www.ada.gov/olmstead/olmstead_cases_list2.htm</span></a>. This is an incredible first step, and there is still much to be done during the negotiation and hopeful settlement regarding children returning to our neighborhood schools with smart, individualize supports. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The Department of Justice (DOJ) will visit Georgia during the week of July 26 and meet with families and students who have been in the GNETS or avoided the GNETS. They want to hear from stakeholders. I know that we have a community of advocates ready and willing to tell the government what we need in our state to have students supported in their neighborhood schools. If you cannot attend any of the meetings arranged in Georgia (see below for times and locations), the DOJ may be able to accommodate your schedule by meeting you at a different venue or speaking with you on the phone. Please contact Torey Cummings at the DOJ at (202) 305-4204 or <a href="mailto:Torey.Cummings@usdoj.gov"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Torey.Cummings@usdoj.gov</span></a> with questions or requests regarding how your voice can be heard. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> Locations and times:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Sun., July 26 at 5:30PM, Decatur Courtyard by Marriott, 130 Clairemont Ave., Decatur, Georgia 30030<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Mon., July 27 at 1:00PM, Decatur Courtyard by Marriott <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Mon., July 27, daytime Dublin location to be determined<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Mon., July 27 at 6:00PM, Gainesville Fairfield Inn and Suites, 1755 Browns Bridge Rd., Gainesville, GA 30501<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Mon., July 27 at 6:00PM, Macon Marriott City Center, 240 Coliseum Dr., Macon, GA 31217<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Tues., July 28 at 6:00PM, Athens Springhill Suites, 3500 Daniells Bridge Road, Athens, GA 30606<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Tues., July 28 at 6:00PM, Savannah Marriott Riverfront, 100 General McIntosh Blvd., Savannah, GA 31401<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Weds., July 29, morning McDonough/Griffin Location to be determined<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Another way to be involved would be for families and/or students to speak to the media about their experience in the segregated schooling and lack of access to positive inclusive opportunities. Please email or call the Outreach Director Timothy Pratt (<a href="mailto:tpratt@thegao.org">tpratt@thegao.org</a> 404.85.1234) if you are interested in this opportunity. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Please Forward this email to other interested individuals because we are going to need to come together as a community to hold to the promise of a quality education in the "most integrated setting" for all.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> Leslie K. Lipson<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Program Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Georgia Advocacy Office<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>One Decatur Town Center<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>150 E. Ponce de Leon Ave., Suite 430<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Decatur, GA 30030<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>(404) 885-1234<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://www.thegao.org/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.thegao.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <span style='color:white'>._,_.___<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" noshade style='color:#E3E3E3' align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal>Posted by: Leslie Lipson <<a href="mailto:LLipson@thegao.org">LLipson@thegao.org</a>> <o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" noshade style='color:#E3E3E3' align=center></div></div>Carol Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116344655110226802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11274989.post-19545381669392826742015-07-15T18:32:00.000-07:002015-07-15T18:33:04.263-07:00DOJ Finds State of GA Violates Federal Law with (GNETS) Separate and Unequal Educational System for Children with Disabilities<div class=WordSection1><div id=ygrp-mlmsg><div id=ygrp-msg><div id=ygrp-text><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt;line-height:14.5pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#141823'>GREAT NEWS for GA students in GNETS!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt;line-height:14.5pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#141823'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt;line-height:14.5pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#141823'>From <a href="https://www.facebook.com/leslie.lipson"><span style='color:#3B5998;text-decoration:none'>Leslie Kulbersh Lipson</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#141823'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#141823'>- From the US Department of Justice: "On July 15, 2015, the United States sent its findings to the State of Georgia stating that the State’s administration of the Georgia Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support (GNETS) program violates Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act by unnecessarily segregating students with disabilities from their peers in school. The State fails to ensure that students with behavior-related disabilities receive services and supports that could enable them to remain in, or return to, the most integrated educational placements appropriate to their needs."<a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2F1.usa.gov%2F1MaDdeq&h=mAQFTwW7m&enc=AZPRJD0PxTRVdVm7tnr62qWtAepGu07Epf6qMuBcDrP1SehfzvjHlOMIxVy0W7NYFAhd-SCXiL4SmeueF2AV6WfR5YLpjkMVUwQsU1ZnTgtqoZbp_NBdpDELQRieZM3ezDiKKpne_d_ZbKFosZ7cvKcxoNFjMe_-eP46w241Z-L2xA&s=1" target="_blank"><span style='color:#3B5998;text-decoration:none'>http://1.usa.gov/1MaDdeq</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>DOJ Finds State of Georgia Violates Federal Law with Separate and Unequal </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Educational System for Children with Disabilities</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Decatur, Ga., July 15 -- The State of Georgia has violated federal disability rights law by placing thousands of children with “behavior-related disorders” such as autism in a separate and unequal educational system, a Department of Justice investigation released today said.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Students with disabilities are unlawfully segregated from their peers in Georgia and denied educational opportunities as a result, the DOJ’s letter of findings said. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>The result: “school is like a prison,” one child said. “It’s a warehouse for kids the school system doesn’t want or know how to deal with,” a parent told investigators.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>The federal government finds the state to be in violation of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Georgia is the only state with an entirely separate, state-funded system for educating students with disabilities. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <span style='color:black'>“Georgia has created a whole culture of throwing kids away with this system,” said Ruby Moore, executive director of the Georgia Advocacy Office, which provided information about the issue to the DOJ throughout its two-year investigation. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>The federal agency’s findings concern the Georgia Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support, or GNETS, a statewide network created in 1970 that consists of two dozen centers serving about 5,000 children with at least $70 million in state and federal funds, plus additional locally- and federally-funded services. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>The network denies students equal access to resources widely available in public schools, such as physical education, art, music, gifted classes, electives -- or even regular interactions with teachers, as much of the instruction, particularly at the high school level, is online. They don’t have the opportunity to interact socially with other children in their communities and school systems, including at such events as football games, dances and other events important to children. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'>Families also reported feeling “pushed” or “forced” into the GNETS program after one or several incidents involving their children. Investigators uncovered cases such as a public school student who was disciplined for being “verbally disruptive,” suspended for ten days, and then sent to GNETS. In another case, a student had been doing well with in-school supportive services in another state, only to have those services denied upon arriving to Georgia, with GNETS the only option offered his family.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>The DOJ also found the network’s facilities to be “inferior,” often outdated and lacking such basic infrastructure as central air conditioning, as well as educational resources such as science labs and libraries, and extracurricular facilities such as gyms and playgrounds. Some of the GNETS facilities are actually located in buildings that were formerly used as segregated schools ultimately deemed illegal under Brown v. Board of Education. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>“Placing children with disabilities in a separate system doesn’t promote emotional and behavioral development and learning, is contrary to best practices in the field, and is against the letter and spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act,” Moore said. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>The GAO is the federally-designated protection and advocacy system for people with disabilities in Georgia. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'> <span style='color:black'> *******</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>For further information, please contact: Ruby Moore, executive director, the Georgia Advocacy Office, Tel. 404-885-1234.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>The DOJ Letter of Finding can be found here: <a href="http://www.ada.gov/olmstead/documents/gnets_lof.pdf">http://www.ada.gov/olmstead/documents/gnets_lof.pdf</a></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div style='margin-top:7.5pt' id=fromDMARC><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" noshade style='color:#E3E3E3' align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal>Posted by: Leslie Lipson <<a href="mailto:LLipson@thegao.org">LLipson@thegao.org</a>> <o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" noshade style='color:#E3E3E3' align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Previous information posted about GNETS on IEPadvocate4you Blog:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2013/01/federal-education-officials-looking.html">http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2013/01/federal-education-officials-looking.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2012/10/important-ga-gnet-notice.html">http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2012/10/important-ga-gnet-notice.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2010/12/ga-gnet-audit.html">http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2010/12/ga-gnet-audit.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2010/12/ga-gnetpsychoed-center-appalling-audit.html">http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2010/12/ga-gnetpsychoed-center-appalling-audit.html</a></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div>Carol Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116344655110226802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11274989.post-15424751666461229782015-04-21T11:58:00.000-07:002015-04-21T13:08:20.109-07:00Paula Merritt Hopewell Fulton County Abuse Cover-up - Macedonia Concerned Parents<div class="WordSection1">
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It has come to my attention that the Fulton County IST involved in the Hopewell Middle School Abuse and Cover-up of special needs students by teacher Melanie Pickens, Paula Merritt is moving from Mountain Road Elementary School as Asst. Principal to Macedonia Elementary School in Cherokee County GA. I wrote to Dr. P with my concerns in 2011 when she was hired by the district.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Several parents from Macedonia have now contacted me with concerns regarding Paula Merritt’s involvement in the Hopewell scandal and cover-up and are concerned about her being an administrator in their school. I agree and believe that parents should be concerned, esp. since Asst. Principals are typically over Special Education services. After what I have read in these reports, everyone should be concerned!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Macedonia Concerned Parents will be meeting at the </b><b>Woodmont Golf Club dining room ( <a href="http://www.woodmontgolfclub.com/">http://www.woodmontgolfclub.com/</a> ) in Cherokee County at 12:30 tomorrow 4/22/15 for lunch and are inviting any other concerned parents or advocates to join them. Anyone interested in more information can contact Sarah Gallagher <a href="mailto:gsg22605@comcast.net">gsg22605@comcast.net</a> .<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I know that some parents are writing letters to the Cherokee County School Board. I’m attaching 2 files regarding one case filed and pending against Paula Merritt.<o:p></o:p></div>
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You can also view previous information, articles, and investigation reports related to this abuse and cover-up on my Blog at:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Please share this information widely with others in GA Schools, esp. Cherokee and Fulton Counties. We must never forget.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Carol Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116344655110226802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11274989.post-66347066678005055592015-04-21T07:41:00.001-07:002015-04-21T07:41:46.696-07:00Melanie Pickens Abuse Case - Rulings Conflict on Insurance for Teacher Accused of Abusing Special-Ed Students<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>More regarding the Melanie Pickens/Hopewell School/Fulton County abuse and cover-up case:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chris Vance, Special Education Attorney<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>CHRIS E. VANCE, P.C.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Suite 100</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'>2415 Oak Grove Valley Road, N.E.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Atlanta, Georgia 30345</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'>(404) 320-6672 - Tel</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'>(404) 320-3412 - Fax</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'>(404) 313-3800 - Cell</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglEJNgypJhIAhi5yd3hZkuvAzuLZx_mR15rm3mHicHKea5Hj7-cdbQX4r7WzGsKNtyTNpLwPaOpBcU28UmOEfxikJOOkYsq1Z7IqRbWpxJUTdfjMGtfEy6Bgqvmg_M3vsc7ksF/s1600/image001-706697.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglEJNgypJhIAhi5yd3hZkuvAzuLZx_mR15rm3mHicHKea5Hj7-cdbQX4r7WzGsKNtyTNpLwPaOpBcU28UmOEfxikJOOkYsq1Z7IqRbWpxJUTdfjMGtfEy6Bgqvmg_M3vsc7ksF/s320/image001-706697.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6140202530546297938" /></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Rulings Conflict on Insurance for Teacher Accused of Abusing Special-Ed Students<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>http://www.dailyreportonline.com/id=1202723626300/Rulings-Conflict-on-Insurance-for-Teacher-Accused-of-Abusing-SpecialEd-Students?slreturn=20150321101344<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Lawyer Chris Vance’s client would be able to collect from a teacher’s insurance policy on claims of abuse, but in a separate case, a different court took the opposite stance.John Disney/Daily Report <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Divergent rulings mean a disabled student who claims she was mistreated by a teacher will not be able to collect on the teacher's insurance policy, but other students bringing similar claims against the same teacher may get a chance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A recent ruling by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney says that some claims against former Fulton special education teacher Melanie Pickens are covered under a policy issued to her as part of her membership in the Professional Association of Georgia Educators. McBurney's March 20 ruling is at odds with a federal district court judge's ruling, upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit last year, which said the claims wouldn't be covered by Pickens' insurance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Michael Rust of Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, who has been handling the insurance company's fight against covering the teacher, called the matter one of the "least boring" insurance coverage issues in which he's been involved. He said his client hadn't decided whether to appeal the part of McBurney's ruling allowing coverage. "I thought the judge wrestled with it," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>McBurney didn't rule completely for the autistic student whose case was before him. The student's lawyer, Chris Vance of Atlanta, said, "What matters to us is there is insurance coverage."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A disabled student who lost on the coverage issue at the Eleventh Circuit, however, now must hope to prevail on her claims against the Fulton County School District, according to that student's lawyer, Craig Jones of The Orlando Firm in Decatur. "It's the only way we're going to recover," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The former Fulton special ed teacher has faced criminal charges over her work at Hopewell Middle School in North Fulton, although another Fulton judge and an appellate panel has found her immune from criminal liability. While teaching a class of several children with various physical and mental disabilities, prosecutors say, Pickens confined students in a restrictive chair, either in the classroom or alone. They also accuse her of "slamming" a child against school walls and lockers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>According to McBurney's order in the insurance coverage case, the evidence before him showed that Pickens would yell at Vance's client—who sometimes loudly giggled to himself or spontaneously sat on the floor—calling him "retard," "little shit" or "little fucker."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Criminal charges against Pickens included cruelty to children and false imprisonment. Pickens' criminal defense attorney, B.J. Bernstein, has said Pickens did the best she could "with a tough situation and a difficult situation."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>After an evidentiary hearing, Fulton Superior Court Judge Henry Newkirk dismissed the criminal charges against Pickens under a state statute immunizing educators from criminal liability over discipline administered in good faith. A Georgia Court of Appeals panel upheld that ruling last month, rejecting District Attorney Paul Howard Jr.'s arguments that Pickens' actions were neither discipline nor taken in good faith. He has asked the Georgia Supreme Court to review the matter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Meanwhile, families of several of Pickens' former students have sued her and other school personnel, raising claims such as denial of constitutional rights, assault and battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A sticking point in some of the civil cases has been insurance coverage for Pickens under the policy issued to her by National Casualty Co. In multiple cases, the insurer has filed separate declaratory judgment actions against Pickens and the student plaintiffs, arguing that it does not have to defend Pickens or indemnify her for any judgment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>According to Rust, the insurance company's lawyer, the policy has a $1 million coverage limit. The policy contains several exclusions, including for criminal acts, intentional acts or sexual misconduct. But the criminal and intentional act exclusions contain exceptions for "corporal punishment," meaning claims over corporal punishment usually would be covered under the policy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>n April 2014, U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash granted summary judgment to National Casualty in one of the insurance coverage cases. He said the insurance company was relieved of liability under the intentional acts exclusion because the student had alleged "deliberate" acts by Pickens. In a footnote, Thrash said neither the student nor Pickens had argued that Pickens' acts constituted "corporal punishment."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The student's attorney in a motion for reconsideration argued that part of the basis of the student's substantive due process claim was that Pickens violated the student's "right under the Fourteenth Amendment to be free from excessive corporal punishment," but Thrash denied that motion. The Eleventh Circuit panel of Judges Gerald Tjoflat, Charles Wilson and Robin Rosenbaum affirmed Thrash.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>In Fulton County in March, following a bench trial in the case over insurance coverage for claims brought by another student, McBurney issued a final decision on coverage. McBurney said all of Pickens' alleged conduct was intentional and some may also have been criminal, but he said National Casualty must defend and indemnify Pickens to the extent claims are based on acts of corporal punishment. He distinguished between acts that met his definition of corporal punishment—"the physical punishment Pickens meted out on [the student] in immediate response to his perceived misconduct"—and the "many" instances of "abuse" of [the student] that were unprovoked by the boy's behavior or addressed behavior that Pickens herself instigated by "harassing" him.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>"Those times when Pickens would accost—verbally or physically—an otherwise tranquil [student] and incite him, so that Pickens could then further abuse him by 'punishing' him for a disruption that she fomented, were not instances of corporal punishment and are excluded from coverage," wrote McBurney. "Similarly, when Pickens would slap, grab or confine [the student] for no reason at all—i.e., when there was no arguable corrective purpose to her actions—she was engaging in abuse that garners no coverage under plaintiff's policy."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The student's civil lawsuit, which is pending before U.S. District Judge Timothy Batten Sr., has been stayed during the criminal appeal, but Vance said she will move to have the stay lifted because, "These witnesses are forgetting."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Rust, the insurance company's lawyer, said a key difference between the case decided by McBurney and that decided by the Eleventh Circuit is that McBurney was presented evidence by the student's lawyer that created a factual dispute over whether Pickens' actions were to punish the student or simply abuse him, while Thrash was not.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Jones, the lawyer who lost the coverage issue at the Eleventh Circuit, attributed the difference in the court opinions to busy federal judges not paying attention, noting declaratory judgment actions over insurance are generally "mind-numbingly boring."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Jones said the irony in the case is that Pickens was granted immunity from prosecution because the courts concluded she was engaged in discipline, which he equated with corporal punishment. "In order to win our case, we have to show that this was excessive corporal punishment," said Jones, "yet the court has said that we don't have coverage under a policy that covers corporal punishment."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Freeman Mathis & Gary lawyer Mary Ann Ackourey, who is representing Pickens in the civil cases under her insurance policy, declined to comment on the merits of the suits.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Advocacy & Consulting Services - IEPadvocate4you <br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Carol Sadler, Special Education Consultant/Advocate <br>GA Advocacy Office PLSP I Graduate <br>770-442-8357 <br>1105 Rock Pointe Look <br>Woodstock, GA 30188 <br><a href="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net" title="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net"><span style='color:blue'>CarolSadler@bellsouth.net</span></a> <br><a href="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/" title="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/"><span style='color:blue'>www.IEPadvocate4You.com</span></a> <br><a href="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/" title="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/"><span style='color:blue'>http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>IEPadvocate4you</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> also now on <b>Facebook, LinkedIn</b> and <b>Twitter<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964"><span style='color:blue'>https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people." ---- Thomas Jefferson<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“Refrain from Restraining, Secluding and Corporal Punishment & A</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>versives are Abusive and Dehumanizing<span style='color:black'>” ---- Carol Sadler, Advocate<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>GNET=<b>G</b>et<b>N</b>o<b>E</b>ducation/<b>T</b>herapy=PsychoNOed=Jail without Jury or Trial=Imprisonment without Legal Representation<i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED <br>Information contained in this communication is confidential and privileged. It is not meant to represent legal or medical advice, but rather advice given based on my knowledge as a trained Parent Advocate by the GA Advocacy Office, Council of Parent Advocates & Attorneys, CHADD, LDA, the GA DOE Parent Mentor program as an invited guest and the special education attorneys that I often work with on educational matters. Please do not forward without my permission.</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div>Carol Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116344655110226802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11274989.post-69195497466117447232015-04-19T19:44:00.000-07:002015-04-19T19:45:15.764-07:00Jake Marshall Civil Court Case - More on the Fulton School System & Pickens Abuse<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Below (click on the link Final Order and Judgment) is the final decision in the Jake Marshall/Melanie Pickens VS National Casualty Company civil court case.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Melanie Pickens, while employed by the Fulton County School District, was a member of the Professional Association of Georgia Educators ("PAGE"). Through her PAGE membership, Pickens had insurance coverage through Plaintiff (National Casualty Company. It is her policy with Plaintiff that was at issue in this case.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Casualty Company sued Pickens and Jake Marshall to try to prove that her abuse of Jake Marshall was not covered under her policy with PAGE, therefore NCC would not be liable for any lawsuit brought by Jake Marshall (this would have then impacted the other children in Hopewell/Pickens class).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chris Vance, Jake’s attorney, argued that while Melanie Pickens abused Jake Marshall, it was still Corporal Punishment. Corporal Punishment was covered under the PAGE policy. They won.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is a big win for Jake and the other children abused by Melanie Pickens in the Fulton County Hopewell Middle School.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here is previous links to the Pickens Abuse Cases. You can read the Fulton County Investigation Report and GA Professional Standards Report:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2014/01/melanie-pickens-abuse-case-update.html">http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2014/01/melanie-pickens-abuse-case-update.html</a> (Gag warning, the abuse was horrific. 30 educators knew and did not report. It was a huge cover-up in Fulton County Schools.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please distribute to others. We must never forget to keep this from happening again!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Advocacy & Consulting Services - IEPadvocate4you <br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Carol Sadler, Special Education Consultant/Advocate <br>GA Advocacy Office PLSP I Graduate <br>770-442-8357 <br>1105 Rock Pointe Look <br>Woodstock, GA 30188 <br><a href="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net" title="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net">CarolSadler@bellsouth.net</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/" title="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/">www.IEPadvocate4You.com</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/" title="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/">http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>IEPadvocate4you</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> also now on <b>Facebook, LinkedIn</b> and <b>Twitter<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964">https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you">http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people." ---- Thomas Jefferson<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“Refrain from Restraining, Secluding and Corporal Punishment & </span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Aversives are Abusive and Dehumanizing” ---- Carol Sadler, Advocate<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>GNET = <b>G</b>et<b>N</b>o<b>E</b>ducation/<b>T</b>herapy = PsychoNOed = Jail without Jury or Trial = Imprisonment without Legal Representation</span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED <br>Information contained in this communication is confidential and privileged. It is not meant to represent legal or medical advice, but rather advice given based on my knowledge as a trained Parent Advocate by the GA Advocacy Office, Council of Parent Advocates & Attorneys, CHADD, LDA, the GA DOE Parent Mentor program as an invited guest and the special education attorneys that I often work with on educational matters. Please do not forward without my permission.</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id=ygrp-mlmsg><div id=ygrp-msg><div id=ygrp-text><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>From Chris Vance – Attorney for Jake Marshall<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Please distribute widely.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>We must do everything possible</span> to prevent this ever happening again.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> Five years, three schools, at least 30 educators ….<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> Chris <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>P.S. The attached decision did not delve into AT ALL the abuse of other children or the sexual abuse. It was only the horrific abuse of Jake at one school.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>CHRIS E. VANCE, P.C.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Suite 100<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>2415 Oak Grove Valley Road, N.E.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Atlanta, Georgia 30345<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>(404) 320-6672 - Tel<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>(404) 320-3412 - Fax<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>(404) 313-3800 - Cell<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:white'>._,_.___<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#628C2A'>Attachment(s) from Chris Vance</span></b> | <span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/GA-ChildrensNetwork/attachments/356837349;_ylc=X3oDMTJyNHJoZHM4BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEwNTMwNzc0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTk1OTg0MgRzZWMDYXR0YWNobWVudARzbGsDdmlld09uV2ViBHN0aW1lAzE0Mjc5NDU0MTY-"><span style='text-decoration:none'>View attachments on the web </span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in' id=attach-count><b><span style='color:#628C2A'>1 of 1 File(s) </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='margin-top:1.5pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;float:left'><div><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=32 height=32 id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://l.yimg.com/kq/static/images/yg/img/doc/generic16x16.gif" alt="http://l.yimg.com/kq/static/images/yg/img/doc/generic16x16.gif"><a href="https://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/10530774/313162126/name/FINAL%20ORDER%20AND%20JUDGMENT%2Epdf" title="FINAL ORDER AND JUDGMENT.pdf"><span style='text-decoration:none'>FINAL ORDER AND JUDGMENT.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div style='margin-top:7.5pt' id=fromDMARC><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" noshade style='color:#E3E3E3' align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal>Posted by: "Chris Vance" <<a href="mailto:chris@chrisvancepc.com">chris@chrisvancepc.com</a>> <o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" noshade style='color:#E3E3E3' align=center></div></div></div></div></div>Carol Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116344655110226802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11274989.post-63727018870185085762015-02-25T06:58:00.001-08:002015-02-25T06:58:53.033-08:00Fulton/Hopewell/Melanie Pickens - Family suing Fulton County teacher accused of abuse<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>FYI – </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#141823;background:white'>More on the Fulton/Hopewell/Melanie Pickens abuse case.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#141823;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><a href="http://shar.es/1Wjej9">http://shar.es/1Wjej9</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p>The case of a former Fulton County special education teacher accused of abusing students was back before a judge Tuesday, this time because the company that insured the teacher is refusing to pay any future claims associated with her alleged actions.<o:p></o:p></p><p>This message was sent using ShareThis (<a href="http://www.sharethis.com">http://www.sharethis.com</a>) <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Advocacy & Consulting Services - IEPadvocate4you <br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Carol Sadler, Special Education Consultant/Advocate <br>GA Advocacy Office PLSP I Graduate <br>770-442-8357 <br>1105 Rock Pointe Look <br>Woodstock, GA 30188 <br><a href="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net" title="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net">CarolSadler@bellsouth.net</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/" title="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/">www.IEPadvocate4You.com</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/" title="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/">http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>IEPadvocate4you</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> also now on <b>Facebook, LinkedIn</b> and <b>Twitter<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964">https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you">http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people." ---- Thomas Jefferson<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“Refrain from Restraining, Secluding and Corporal Punishment & A</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>versives are Abusive and Dehumanizing</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>” ---- Carol Sadler, Advocate<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>GNET=<b>G</b>et<b>N</b>o<b>E</b>ducation/<b>T</b>herapy=PsychoNOed=Jail without Jury or Trial=Imprisonment without Legal Representation</span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED <br>Information contained in this communication is confidential and privileged. It is not meant to represent legal or medical advice, but rather advice given based on my knowledge as a trained Parent Advocate by the GA Advocacy Office, Council of Parent Advocates & Attorneys, CHADD, LDA, the GA DOE Parent Mentor program as an invited guest and the special education attorneys that I often work with on educational matters. Please do not forward without my permission.</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:white'>___<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div>Carol Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116344655110226802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11274989.post-54515234438926020082014-01-16T07:46:00.000-08:002014-01-16T07:47:13.412-08:00Melanie Pickens Abuse Case Update - Fulton Hopewell Middle School <div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>See information below from attorney Chris Vance. Please attend and share this information on other lists and FB pages. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Background information on Melanie Pickens abuse of special needs students at Fulton’s Hopewell Middle School (Warning - it is so horrific gag trigger) – ALL parents esp. in Fulton County Schools should read this information – see what your tax $$’s are paying for:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'><a href="http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2013/08/fulton-co-schools-incurs-1-million-in.html"><span style='color:black'>http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2013/08/fulton-co-schools-incurs-1-million-in.html</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'><a href="http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2013/08/fulton-county-schools-offered-hush.html"><span style='color:black'>http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2013/08/fulton-county-schools-offered-hush.html</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Fulton County Schools Investigation Report<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'><a href="http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulton-county-report-of-investigation.html"><span style='color:black'>http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulton-county-report-of-investigation.html</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>GA Professional Standards Commission Investigation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'><a href="http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2011/08/gpsc-investigation-report-of-melanie.html"><span style='color:black'>http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2011/08/gpsc-investigation-report-of-melanie.html</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Melanie Pickens Proposed Termination (although she resigned)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'><a href="http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulton-county-proposed-termination.html"><span style='color:black'>http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2011/08/fulton-county-proposed-termination.html</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'><a href="http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2012/02/favorable-decision-in-aw-vs-fulton.html">http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2012/02/favorable-decision-in-aw-vs-fulton.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'><a href="http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2011/08/abuse-cover-up-on-spec-needs-students.html"><span style='color:black'>http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2011/08/abuse-cover-up-on-spec-needs-students.html</span></a></span></b><b><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></b><b><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'><a href="http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2011/08/treatment-of-disabled-students.html">http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2011/08/treatment-of-disabled-students.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Advocacy & Consulting Services - IEPadvocate4you <br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Carol Sadler, Special Education Consultant/Advocate <br>GA Advocacy Office PLSP I Graduate <br>770-442-8357 <br>1105 Rock Pointe Look <br>Woodstock, GA 30188 <br><a href="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net" title="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net">CarolSadler@bellsouth.net</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/" title="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/">www.IEPadvocate4You.com</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/" title="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/">http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>IEPadvocate4you</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> also now on <b>Facebook, LinkedIn</b> and <b>Twitter<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964">https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you">http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people." ---- Thomas Jefferson<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“Refrain from Restraining, Secluding and Corporal Punishment & A</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>versives are Abusive and Dehumanizing</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>” ---- Carol Sadler, Advocate<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>GNET=<b>G</b>et<b>N</b>o<b>E</b>ducation/<b>T</b>herapy=PsychoNOed=Jail without Jury or Trial=Imprisonment without Legal Representation</span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED <br>Information contained in this communication is confidential and privileged. It is not meant to represent legal or medical advice, but rather advice given based on my knowledge as a trained Parent Advocate by the GA Advocacy Office, Council of Parent Advocates & Attorneys, CHADD, LDA, the GA DOE Parent Mentor program as an invited guest and the special education attorneys that I often work with on educational matters. Please do not forward without my permission.</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>From Chris Vance, Attorney for Special Needs Students abused in Melanie Picken’s classroom at Hopewell Middle School.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>On January 27, 2014 at 9 a.m. a motions calendar will be held, and during that time, Melanie Pickens’ motion to dismiss will be heard. Pickens’ attorney is arguing that Pickens is immune from criminal prosecution for abusing disabled children for 3 years (she actually has been reported to have done so for 5 years), arguing Pickens is immune from prosecution. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br>The argument is that Pickens putting children restrained to chairs in rooms by themselves in the dark was done in “good faith.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The facts of what Pickens did is so much worse to me than what Fulton County is claiming, and for her attorney to assert immunity is an <i>outrage to society</i>. In civil cases, an attorney who makes assertions in bad faith can be held liable, but it seems that criminal defense attorneys can make any bad faith argument and not be held accountable, wasting tax payer money and insulting the poor children so horrifically abused.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>In any event, it is important for the Honorable Henry M. Newkirk and the media to see that <b><i><u>WE WILL NOT TOLERATE SUCH ABUSE OF OUR DISABLED CHILDREN. We MUST stand together and unite.<o:p></o:p></u></i></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The motions calendar begins at 9 a.m., and everyone really needs to be there by 8:30. I pray the courtroom will fill quickly and the hall overflow – we MUST stand up to public school abuse.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The location is as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Superior Court of Fulton County<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Judge Henry Newkirk’s Courtroom (just ask going in the door where it is)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>136 Pryor Street SW<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Atlanta, GA 30303<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Please attend and have everyone you know who cares attend.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>ABC and CBS Atlanta will be present if Judge Newkirk allows their presence. We need to all stand together on this one – these children were so abused, and my estimates indicate that at least 35-50 educators knew about the abuse, beginning from 2002 to 2007. If you read the over 20,000 documents regarding the abuse, you would not sleep well at night, to say the least, and these children will never recover.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Please share this email with anyone and everyone who cares about disabled children. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Please try your best to be present.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Chris <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>CHRIS E. VANCE, P.C.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Suite 100<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>2415 Oak Grove Valley Road, N.E.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Atlanta, Georgia 30345<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>(404) 320-6672 - Tel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>(404) 320-3412 - Fax<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>(404) 313-3800 - Cell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div>Carol Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116344655110226802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11274989.post-50183660492863321232013-11-22T05:42:00.001-08:002013-11-22T05:42:48.294-08:00FW: Apply for Partners in Policymaking<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>FYI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Advocacy & Consulting Services - IEPadvocate4you <br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Carol Sadler, Special Education Consultant/Advocate <br>GA Advocacy Office PLSP I Graduate <br>770-442-8357 <br>1105 Rock Pointe Look <br>Woodstock, GA 30188 <br><a href="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net" title="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net">CarolSadler@bellsouth.net</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/" title="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/">www.IEPadvocate4You.com</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/" title="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/">http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>IEPadvocate4you</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> also now on <b>Facebook, LinkedIn</b> and <b>Twitter<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964">https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you">http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people." ---- Thomas Jefferson<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"Refrain from Restraining, Secluding and Corporal Punishment & A</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>versives are Abusive and Dehumanizing</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>" ---- Carol Sadler, Advocate<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>GNET=<b>G</b>et<b>N</b>o<b>E</b>ducation/<b>T</b>herapy=PsychoNOed=Jail without Jury or Trial=Imprisonment without Legal Representation</span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED <br>Information contained in this communication is confidential and privileged. It is not meant to represent legal or medical advice, but rather advice given based on my knowledge as a trained Parent Advocate by the GA Advocacy Office, Council of Parent Advocates & Attorneys, CHADD, LDA, the GA DOE Parent Mentor program as an invited guest and the special education attorneys that I often work with on educational matters. Please do not forward without my permission.</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> rita=aadd.org@mail.salsalabs.net [mailto:rita=aadd.org@mail.salsalabs.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>All About Developmental Disabilities<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 21, 2013 10:12 AM<br><b>To:</b> carolsadler@bellsouth.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Apply for Partners in Policymaking<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white'><tr><td style='padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border:outset gray 2.25pt'><tr><td style='border:inset white 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=626 style='width:469.5pt;background:white'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=72Li4%2BzDkeXBpT3a1DtuPB%2BY7yP0BjHf"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50972/images/AADD_Public%20Policy_600px_3.jpg" alt="header image"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:maroon'>Partners in Policymaking is currently taking applications for the 2014 class.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br> <br>Advocates strengthen communities, and the Partners in Policymaking training is the most comprehensive educational curriculum on how to effectively advocate and make your voice heard in Georgia.<br></span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter" /> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0" /> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0" /> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1" /> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2" /> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth" /> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight" /> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1" /> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2" /> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth" /> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0" /> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight" /> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0" /> </v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" /> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t" /> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='position:absolute;margin-left:248.8pt;margin-top:0;width:300pt;height:153pt;z-index:251658240;mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50972/images/class%20photo.JPG" /> <w:wrap type="square"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=400 height=204 src="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50972/images/class%20photo.JPG" align=right v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"><![endif]><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#005698'><br>The Benefits:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>• Connect with national and state experts on developmental disabilities<br>• Understand current issues and best practices <br>• Learn about policy and legislative processes <br>• Network with others from across the state to create positive change<br><br><b><span style='color:#005698'>The Goal:</span></b> to establish and maintain positive and productive partnerships between individuals using services and policymakers who can influence change.<br> <br><b><span style='color:#005698'>Who Should Apply?:</span></b> Self – advocates, parents of children with developmental disabilities and family members. If you are looking to develop your advocacy skills, strengthen your community and create positive change for people with disabilities throughout Georgia, then apply for Partners in Policymaking! <br></span><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><br></span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#005698'>Dates:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> March 14-16 and April 25-27</span><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>35 persons will be selected to participate in the Georgia Partners class. Limited scholarships are available for travel and personal supports. Sessions are held at the AADD offices in downtown Decatur.</span><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:maroon'>To apply, please complete the online application </span></b><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:maroon'><a href="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zCjYK%2BFVWGndEIkbtmAfMB%2BY7yP0BjHf"><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#005698'>here</span></b></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:maroon'> <b>by January 31, 2014.</b></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br> <br>If you have any questions or need assistance with your application, please contact </span><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><a href="mailto:heidi@aadd.org"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#005698'>Heidi Fernandez</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> at (678) 445-4664.</span><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#666666'>All About Developmental Disabilities<br>125 Clairemont Avenue | Suite 300 | Decatur, Georgia 30030<br><br></span><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://www.salsalabs.com/?email"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://hq.salsalabs.com/salsa/images/Salsa-empowered-bug_RGB45px.png" alt="empowered by Salsa"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/TrackImage?key=2187556005"><o:p></o:p></p></div>Carol Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116344655110226802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11274989.post-28080314473469427832013-11-20T09:01:00.000-08:002013-11-20T09:02:04.532-08:00Nominations for the COPAA Diane Lipton Award Due December 2, 2013<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>FYI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Advocacy & Consulting Services - IEPadvocate4you <br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Carol Sadler, Special Education Consultant/Advocate <br>GA Advocacy Office PLSP I Graduate <br>770-442-8357 <br>1105 Rock Pointe Look <br>Woodstock, GA 30188 <br><a href="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net" title="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net">CarolSadler@bellsouth.net</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/" title="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/">www.IEPadvocate4You.com</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/" title="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/">http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>IEPadvocate4you</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> also now on <b>Facebook, LinkedIn</b> and <b>Twitter<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964">https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you">http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people." ---- Thomas Jefferson<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"Refrain from Restraining, Secluding and Corporal Punishment & A</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>versives are Abusive and Dehumanizing</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>" ---- Carol Sadler, Advocate<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>GNET=<b>G</b>et<b>N</b>o<b>E</b>ducation/<b>T</b>herapy=PsychoNOed=Jail without Jury or Trial=Imprisonment without Legal Representation</span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED <br>Information contained in this communication is confidential and privileged. It is not meant to represent legal or medical advice, but rather advice given based on my knowledge as a trained Parent Advocate by the GA Advocacy Office, Council of Parent Advocates & Attorneys, CHADD, LDA, the GA DOE Parent Mentor program as an invited guest and the special education attorneys that I often work with on educational matters. Please do not forward without my permission.</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><img border=0 width=182 height=57 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.copaa.org/resource/resmgr/images/copaa_logo_cmyk.gif" alt="COPAA Logo"><b> </b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i>Protecting the Civil Rights of Students with Disabilities and their Families</i></b><o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></i></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p> Dear Carol:<o:p></o:p></p><p> The COPAA Awards Committee is now accepting Nominations for the<i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> Diane Lipton Award for Outstanding Advocacy</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p><a href="http://www.copaa.org/link.asp?e=CarolSadler@bellsouth.net&job=1112778&ymlink=1838878&finalurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbancroft%2Eberkeley%2Eedu%2Fcollections%2Fdrilm%2Fcollection%2Fitems%2Flipton%2Ehtml"></a><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter" /> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0" /> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0" /> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1" /> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2" /> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth" /> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight" /> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1" /> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2" /> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth" /> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0" /> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight" /> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0" /> </v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" /> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t" /> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Photograph of Diane Lipton, 1994, taken by Ken Stein" href="http://www.copaa.org/link.asp?e=CarolSadler@bellsouth.net&job=1112778&ymlink=1838878&finalurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbancroft%2Eberkeley%2Eedu%2Fcollections%2Fdrilm%2Fcollection%2Fitems%2Flipton%2Ehtml" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:75pt;height:112.5pt;z-index:251658240;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f" o:button="t"> <v:imagedata src="http://www.copaa.org/resource/resmgr/images/lipton.jpg" /> <w:wrap type="square"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.copaa.org/link.asp?e=CarolSadler@bellsouth.net&job=1112778&ymlink=1838878&finalurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbancroft%2Eberkeley%2Eedu%2Fcollections%2Fdrilm%2Fcollection%2Fitems%2Flipton%2Ehtml"><img border=0 width=100 height=150 src="http://www.copaa.org/resource/resmgr/images/lipton.jpg" align=left hspace=12 alt="Photograph of Diane Lipton, 1994, taken by Ken Stein" v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"></a><![endif]><a href="http://www.copaa.org/link.asp?e=CarolSadler@bellsouth.net&job=1112778&ymlink=1838878&finalurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbancroft%2Eberkeley%2Eedu%2Fcollections%2Fdrilm%2Fcollection%2Fitems%2Flipton%2Ehtml"></a>Each year as part of the Annual Conference, COPAA honors the memory of Diane Lipton, a tireless advocate for children with disabilities for over two decades, with the Diane Lipton Award for Outstanding Advocacy. Diane began as a parent-advocate on behalf of her own daughter, Chloe, who had been placed in a segregated school, separated from her peers without disabilitiesby a chain link fence. Diane became an attorney for the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), where she championed the civil rights of children with disabilities. She advised President Clinton on special education issues and helped shape the laws prohibiting schools from segregating children with disabilities. In memory of Diane, COPAA honors individuals who are exceptionally dedicated to the rights of children with disabilities. <o:p></o:p></p><p>The Diane Lipton Award is given at the Saturday Awards Luncheon, this year on March 8, 2014 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront. <o:p></o:p></p><p>Previous recipients of the Diane Lipton Award have included Wendy Byrnes (2006), Kathleen Boundy (2007), Judith Gran (2008), Ellen Chambers (2009), Warren J. Sinsheimer (2010), Joseph Tulman (2011), Dorene J. Philpot (2012) and Terrie A. Rymer (2013). <o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="http://www.copaa.org/link.asp?e=CarolSadler@bellsouth.net&job=1112778&ymlink=1838878&finalurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbancroft%2Eberkeley%2Eedu%2Fcollections%2Fdrilm%2Fcollection%2Fitems%2Flipton%2Ehtml">Learn more about Diane and her accomplishments</a> at the UC Berkeley's website on the Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement.<o:p></o:p></p><p><b>Award Criteria:</b><o:p></o:p></p><p>The Diane Lipton Award recognizes outstanding achievement by a member of the special education advocacy community. The following criteria will be considered by the Awards committee (note that the questions that follow each criterion are not all-inclusive but are listed as examples to help those who are nominating a person better complete the application and to help the Committee better assess the nominees):<o:p></o:p></p><p><b>Direct interaction/effect: </b>What kind of direct work does the nominee do on behalf of students or children with disabilities and/or their families? Does the nominee have a professional relationship with or on behalf of students with disabilities or their families, such as attorney-client, therapist-client, mentor-mentee, etc.? Does the nominee's advocacy work take the form of direct care or direct services? How does the nominee's advocacy work have a direct effect on specific children and their families? Does the nominee's work have an impact beyond his or her individual clients?<o:p></o:p></p><p><b>NOTE</b>: All nominees must meet the above criterion. In order to be eligible for the Diane Lipton Award, nominees must also meet at least one of the following criteria:<o:p></o:p></p><p><b>Education/Public awareness efforts</b>: How does the nominee educate others regarding their rights and assist them in advocating for themselves? How does the nominee promote awareness about specific disabilities, disability rights, special education, the law, person-first language, etc.?<o:p></o:p></p><p><b>Legislation/Public Policy</b>: How does the nominee inspire positive change in local, state or national policy to further the rights of people with disabilities? Is the nominee involved in grassroots organizing efforts? More formal legislative or administrative policy efforts?<o:p></o:p></p><p><b>Championing a Cause</b>: Has the nominee championed specific causes within special education, such as a particular issue or children with a particular disability? Does the nominee serve on committees or boards dedicated to particular issues or disabilities? Does the nominee dedicate him or herself to particular areas such as under-served rural or non-English speaking families?<o:p></o:p></p><p><b>Litigation</b>: Does the nominee litigate special education/disability cases? What have been the outcomes of the cases? Do the nominee's case results have an impact beyond his or her individual clients?<o:p></o:p></p><p><b>NOTE:</b> In addition to these criteria, the committee shall consider any other relevant Information about the nominee as submitted by the nominator(s). <b>Please provide complete and detailed information</b>, including your contact information. The COPAA Awards Committee reserves the right to ask for clarification or additional information from the nominator (s). <o:p></o:p></p><p>Nominations should be submitted to <a href="mailto:awards@copaa.org">awards@copaa.org</a> by December 2, 2013. <o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p> <img border=0 id="_x0000_i1031" src="http://www.copaa.org/resource/resmgr/images/copaa_footer.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div>Carol Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116344655110226802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11274989.post-14828744108791885932013-11-20T08:31:00.001-08:002013-11-20T08:31:16.342-08:00COPAA - 5 Minute Action Alert: Support Ratification of the CRPD!<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>FYI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Advocacy & Consulting Services - IEPadvocate4you <br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Carol Sadler, Special Education Consultant/Advocate <br>GA Advocacy Office PLSP I Graduate <br>770-442-8357 <br>1105 Rock Pointe Look <br>Woodstock, GA 30188 <br><a href="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net" title="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net">CarolSadler@bellsouth.net</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/" title="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/">www.IEPadvocate4You.com</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/" title="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/">http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>IEPadvocate4you</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> also now on <b>Facebook, LinkedIn</b> and <b>Twitter<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964">https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you">http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people." ---- Thomas Jefferson<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"Refrain from Restraining, Secluding and Corporal Punishment & A</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>versives are Abusive and Dehumanizing</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>" ---- Carol Sadler, Advocate<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>GNET=<b>G</b>et<b>N</b>o<b>E</b>ducation/<b>T</b>herapy=PsychoNOed=Jail without Jury or Trial=Imprisonment without Legal Representation</span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED <br>Information contained in this communication is confidential and privileged. It is not meant to represent legal or medical advice, but rather advice given based on my knowledge as a trained Parent Advocate by the GA Advocacy Office, Council of Parent Advocates & Attorneys, CHADD, LDA, the GA DOE Parent Mentor program as an invited guest and the special education attorneys that I often work with on educational matters. Please do not forward without my permission.</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><img border=0 width=182 height=57 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.copaa.org/resource/resmgr/images/copaa_logo_cmyk.gif" alt="COPAA Logo"><b>POLICY ALERT</b> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i>Protecting the Civil Rights of Students with Disabilities and their Families </i></b><o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></i></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p> Dear Carol:<o:p></o:p></p><p><b>The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)</b> is an international disability treaty that was inspired by U.S. leadership in recognizing the rights of people with disabilities. The CRPD is a vital framework for creating legislation and policies around the world that embrace the rights and dignity of all people with disabilities. The CRPD is the first human rights treaty of the 21<sup>st</sup> century and the first international treaty to address disability rights globally. The CRPD sets out clarity of the obligations of nations to promote, protect and ensure the rights of persons with disabilities. The treaty promotes equal rights for people with disabilities in all areas of life including employment, education, access to politics and justice, and full inclusion in cultural events, leisure and sports. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was the model for the CRPD, which values of independence and respect and concept of reasonable accommodation are echoed throughout the treaty.<o:p></o:p></p><p>The United States signed the CRPD in 2009. On December 4, 2012 the United States Senate considered the ratification of the CRPD but fell 5 votes short of the super-majority vote required (ratification of a treaty requires a 2/3 vote of the U.S. Senate). In 2013, the Senate Committee on U.S. Foreign Relations has held one hearing and has scheduled a second for Thursday, November 21, 2013. Read the treaty <a href="http://www.copaa.org/link.asp?e=CarolSadler@bellsouth.net&job=1112598&ymlink=1838486&finalurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eun%2Eorg%2Fdisabilities%2Fconvention%2Fconventionfull%2Eshtml">here</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p><b>COPAA sent a letter of support to the entire Senate urging ratification of the CRPD</b>. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is aligned squarely with the core of COPAA's mission. The treaty recognizes that all persons are equal before the law; prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability; and guarantees equal legal protection. It is an international statement that the rights guaranteed in the IDEA, the ADA, Olmstead, etc. are sacrosanct and part of international law. <o:p></o:p></p><p>Some opponents have indicated that the treaty undermines current U.S. law, however, the fact is that the treaty protects existing law and regulation, stating in Article 4: <i>Nothing in the present Convention shall affect any provisions which are more conducive to the realization of the rights of persons with disabilities and which may be contained in the law of a State Party or international law in force for that State. There shall be no restriction upon or derogation from any of the human rights and fundamental freedoms recognized or existing in any State Party to the present Convention pursuant to law, conventions, regulation or custom on the pretext that the present Convention does not recognize such rights or freedoms or that it recognizes them to a lesser extent.</i><o:p></o:p></p><p>Furthermore, during consideration of the CRPD by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 2012, legal experts who served under both Republican and Democratic administrations testified that the treaty is consistent with the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Rehabilitation Act, the Architectural Barriers Act, and numerous other federal statutes. <o:p></o:p></p><p><b>Tomorrow, November 21st-- 9:30 am, there is a 2nd Hearing in the United States Senate. </b><o:p></o:p></p><p><b>You Can Watch it Live on C-SPAN -or- You can stream it live on your computer <a href="http://www.copaa.org/link.asp?e=CarolSadler@bellsouth.net&job=1112598&ymlink=1838486&finalurl=http%3A%2F%2Fr20%2Ers6%2Enet%2Ftn%2Ejsp%3Ff%3D001NbKx1SybE6Ys%5FDpRJ399%5FcyEKy%5Fu5ERX%5Fnp9dOIprCBQNIpj5B24MlHcSKP9kd4nY4%5FKtFDWiQi75wALN%2DTuQ%5FJ96O8JvfciB1zUu6BkzW2drWtvj2ivLnpghJYcx%2DHF0iyexZPiL0q%2DGT10W14DwHVN7v7tuvhCW3eJ0Mkd7bKmItvOgqDwEUSCWEZTTdrpPKsHGhJXeRduybW%2Dt6avZTDML3FwrkjL0zlMRG%5FqYUkviDQ%2DZSqrsYuvb4Thc%5FWLKqDFLKKbHvpRmvWxqYZN6w%3D%3D%26c%3Di06Dlclu%5FFihiv5coAvqwKYebIa%2D8o%5FIbDC40ao4N%5Fa4ETrDw%2DOROQ%3D%3D%26ch%3DXBkBq%5FHeLzjWtLakEzGg3ivK%2DobLh3LDGCrXTxdnaC%5FyPmCmzhyRew%3D%3D" target="_blank">HERE</a> </b><o:p></o:p></p><p><b>RAISE YOUR VOICE – Support Ratification of the Treaty!!</b><o:p></o:p></p><p>The CRPD's Senate leaders, the disability community and its allies remain committed to bringing the treaty to the Senate Floor but <b><i>we need to tell every Senator to ratify the Disability Treaty! </i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p> To send your Senator an email, visit this official <a href="http://www.copaa.org/link.asp?e=CarolSadler@bellsouth.net&job=1112598&ymlink=1838486&finalurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Esenate%2Egov%2Fgeneral%2Fcontact%5Finformation%2Fsenators%5Fcfm%2Ecfm">page</a>, or call the Capital switchboard at<b>(202) 224-3121.</b><o:p></o:p></p><p><b>Please take 5 minutes and send your Senators a clear message today - Support Ratification of the CRPD!! </b><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Help us spread the word -online version <a href="http://www.copaa.org/link.asp?e=CarolSadler@bellsouth.net&job=1112598&ymlink=1838486&finalurl=https%3A%2F%2F%2Fcopaa%2Esite%2Dym%2Ecom%2Fnews%2F146648%2FSupport%2DRatification%2Dof%2DCRPD%2Ehtm" target="_blank">here </a>or feel free to forward this email. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1030" src="http://www.copaa.org/resource/resmgr/images/copaa_footer.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></div>Carol Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116344655110226802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11274989.post-14805289936329421242013-11-11T09:22:00.001-08:002013-11-11T09:22:55.106-08:00Consent for AT Evaluations - GA DOE Oct. 2013 Friday Blast<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>GA DOE October 2013 Friday Blast (e-mail to Special Education Directors)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Special-Education-Services/Documents/Friday%20Email%20Blasts/October%2013%20Friday%20Email%20Blast.pdf">http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Special-Education-Services/Documents/Friday%20Email%20Blasts/October%2013%20Friday%20Email%20Blast.pdf</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(included in the link above)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=Default><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Consent for Assistive Technology Evaluations: </span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=Default><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>If an assistive technology evaluation is requested as part of an initial evaluation it must be completed within 60 calendar days. The evaluation would be covered under the initial consent for evaluation. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>However, if the assistive technology evaluation is requested subsequent to the initial evaluation, after the student has been placed, has an IEP, and is receiving special education services, then a new consent for evaluation should be signed and the evaluation should be completed within a reasonable timeline. While reasonable is not defined, best practice would be to strive to complete any subsequent evaluation in 60 calendar days. In some instances, extension of assistive technology evaluation timelines may be necessary considering the complexity of the student and the need for extended trial use of assistive technology tool(s).<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Advocates Advice<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Please notice, reference above is AT Evaluations, NOT screenings or consults or referral, etc. I’ve been hearing again, esp. several times from Fulton Co. that they do not do AT “Evaluations”. Obviously, the GA DOE is clarifying they must do “evaluations” so put your request in writing and/or request in a recorded IEP meeting that you are requesting an EVALUATION, not a screening, have your request documented in the minutes and check the minutes to be sure it states “AT Evaluation”, and parents should sign a Consent for Evaluation since it IS an evaluation (so request a Consent to Evaluate Form) and make sure “AT Evaluation” is specifically listed on the Consent to Evaluate Form.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>I also love that DOE clarified that <i>“while reasonable is not defined, best practice would be to strive to complete any subsequent evaluation in 60 calendar days”.</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Advocacy & Consulting Services - IEPadvocate4you <br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Carol Sadler, Special Education Consultant/Advocate <br>GA Advocacy Office PLSP I Graduate <br>770-442-8357 <br>1105 Rock Pointe Look <br>Woodstock, GA 30188 <br><a href="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net" title="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net"><span style='color:blue'>CarolSadler@bellsouth.net</span></a> <br><a href="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/" title="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/"><span style='color:blue'>www.IEPadvocate4You.com</span></a> <br><a href="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/" title="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/"><span style='color:blue'>http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>IEPadvocate4you</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> also now on <b>Facebook, LinkedIn</b> and <b>Twitter<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964"><span style='color:blue'>https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people." ---- Thomas Jefferson<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“Refrain from Restraining, Secluding and Corporal Punishment & A</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>versives are Abusive and Dehumanizing<span style='color:black'>” ---- Carol Sadler, Advocate<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>GNET=<b>G</b>et<b>N</b>o<b>E</b>ducation/<b>T</b>herapy=PsychoNOed=Jail without Jury or Trial=Imprisonment without Legal Representation<i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED <br>Information contained in this communication is confidential and privileged. It is not meant to represent legal or medical advice, but rather advice given based on my knowledge as a trained Parent Advocate by the GA Advocacy Office, Council of Parent Advocates & Attorneys, CHADD, LDA, the GA DOE Parent Mentor program as an invited guest and the special education attorneys that I often work with on educational matters. Please do not forward without my permission.</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div>Carol Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116344655110226802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11274989.post-26461719384236227212013-11-11T08:34:00.000-08:002013-11-11T08:35:16.998-08:00(GATE) Assistive Technology Seminar 12/6/13<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.75pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:#EDEFF4'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#333333'>Parents and Advocates may be interested in attending also!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.75pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:35.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1;background:#EDEFF4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#333333'>Georgia Assistive Technology in Education (GATE) Assistive Technology Seminar:<br>The second annual GATE Assistive Technology Seminar will be hosted by the Metro Atlanta Assistive Technology Consortium in collaboration with Georgia Tools for Life. This one-day seminar, Friday, December 6, 2013, is free and held at the Fulton County Schools Instructional Technology Center in Atlanta. The GATE Seminar is open to educators, therapists, parents and community members to gather and learn about Assistive Technology. There will be a variety of sessions focusing on best practices, product demonstrations and classroom implementation strategies. Please send the attached GATE Flyer to school personnel in your district and encourage all interested staff to attend. Registration closes the end of next week, November 15th, so you might want to suggest that interested staff go ahead and register.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#333333'>There is a brochure at to bottom of the GA DOE Nov. 2013 Friday Blast </span><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333'><a href="http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Special-Education-Services/Documents/Friday%20Email%20Blasts/November%2013%20Friday%20Email%20Blast.pdf">http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Special-Education-Services/Documents/Friday%20Email%20Blasts/November%2013%20Friday%20Email%20Blast.pdf</a> </span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#333333'>to the GATE Flyer for those parents or advocates who may be interested in attending. <b>Be aware that registration closes 11/15</b></span><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Advocacy & Consulting Services - IEPadvocate4you <br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Carol Sadler, Special Education Consultant/Advocate <br>GA Advocacy Office PLSP I Graduate <br>770-442-8357 <br>1105 Rock Pointe Look <br>Woodstock, GA 30188 <br><a href="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net" title="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net"><span style='color:blue'>CarolSadler@bellsouth.net</span></a> <br><a href="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/" title="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/"><span style='color:blue'>www.IEPadvocate4You.com</span></a> <br><a href="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/" title="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/"><span style='color:blue'>http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>IEPadvocate4you</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> also now on <b>Facebook, LinkedIn</b> and <b>Twitter<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964"><span style='color:blue'>https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people." ---- Thomas Jefferson<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“Refrain from Restraining, Secluding and Corporal Punishment & A</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>versives are Abusive and Dehumanizing<span style='color:black'>” ---- Carol Sadler, Advocate<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>GNET=<b>G</b>et<b>N</b>o<b>E</b>ducation/<b>T</b>herapy=PsychoNOed=Jail without Jury or Trial=Imprisonment without Legal Representation<i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED <br>Information contained in this communication is confidential and privileged. It is not meant to represent legal or medical advice, but rather advice given based on my knowledge as a trained Parent Advocate by the GA Advocacy Office, Council of Parent Advocates & Attorneys, CHADD, LDA, the GA DOE Parent Mentor program as an invited guest and the special education attorneys that I often work with on educational matters. Please do not forward without my permission.</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div>Carol Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116344655110226802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11274989.post-58847967988520781342013-09-17T10:11:00.001-07:002013-09-17T10:14:10.090-07:00Dyslexia & the Achievement Gap - Town Hall Discussion<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>FYI</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> – Please share widely!!</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Advocacy & Consulting Services - IEPadvocate4you <br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Carol Sadler, Special Education Consultant/Advocate <br>GA Advocacy Office PLSP I Graduate <br>770-442-8357 <br>1105 Rock Pointe Look <br>Woodstock, GA 30188 <br><a href="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net" title="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net">CarolSadler@bellsouth.net</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/" title="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/">www.IEPadvocate4You.com</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/" title="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/">http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>IEPadvocate4you</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> also now on <b>Facebook, LinkedIn</b> and <b>Twitter<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964">https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you">http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people." ---- Thomas Jefferson<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“Refrain from Restraining, Secluding and Corporal Punishment & A</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>versives are Abusive and Dehumanizing</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>” ---- Carol Sadler, Advocate<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>GNET=<b>G</b>et<b>N</b>o<b>E</b>ducation/<b>T</b>herapy=PsychoNOed=Jail without Jury or Trial=Imprisonment without Legal Representation</span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED <br>Information contained in this communication is confidential and privileged. It is not meant to represent legal or medical advice, but rather advice given based on my knowledge as a trained Parent Advocate by the GA Advocacy Office, Council of Parent Advocates & Attorneys, CHADD, LDA, the GA DOE Parent Mentor program as an invited guest and the special education attorneys that I often work with on educational matters. Please do not forward without my permission.</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id=ygrp-mlmsg><div id=ygrp-msg><div id=ygrp-text><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>Come help us spotlight dyslexia as a learning disorder that impacts every cultures.</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>Control+Click the link here to RSVP and for more information: <a href="http://www.dyslexia.yale.edu/AtlantaRSVP" target="_blank">www.dyslexia.yale.edu/AtlantaRSVP</a></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>--------------------------------------------------------------<span style='color:#1F497D'>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFuzhcB5Oi0_ML3t1jdB8m2n2v1YNQVnOhTP9nSm1dD6zskClzxmakh6x2y6FDejeUXEPRN3bwTUoM1B2YDcFzO30lM5ElhdN1b3RuCHZXPPpHl2G5GAbOPiAEABUDeqMBQ4y0/s1600/image003-750091.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFuzhcB5Oi0_ML3t1jdB8m2n2v1YNQVnOhTP9nSm1dD6zskClzxmakh6x2y6FDejeUXEPRN3bwTUoM1B2YDcFzO30lM5ElhdN1b3RuCHZXPPpHl2G5GAbOPiAEABUDeqMBQ4y0/s320/image003-750091.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5924641315638732434" /></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:white'>__._,_.___<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><a name=TopText><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#628C2A'>Attachment(s) from Leslie Lipson</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in' id=attach-count><b><span style='color:#628C2A'>1 of 1 File(s) </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='margin-top:1.5pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;float:left'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgTTGnKjJMgzS3mYsTRjLSWC1WcP_4S0g0x3YT9eYxiQzb36aKEo7vwNM3fBCuKot1sUFXCmzfUAjJ-yy7pyNgEwX0ivdHufyxAkOWHMrVymvGWlsB61BO4x50s13QBupDBNsM/s1600/%257EWRD000-753003.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgTTGnKjJMgzS3mYsTRjLSWC1WcP_4S0g0x3YT9eYxiQzb36aKEo7vwNM3fBCuKot1sUFXCmzfUAjJ-yy7pyNgEwX0ivdHufyxAkOWHMrVymvGWlsB61BO4x50s13QBupDBNsM/s320/%257EWRD000-753003.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5924641327849223986" /></a></span><a href="http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/19741392/1657097210/name/MDAI_AtlantaInvite_Final%2Epdf" title="MDAI_AtlantaInvite_Final.pdf"><span style='text-decoration:none'>MDAI_AtlantaInvite_Final.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div>Carol Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116344655110226802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11274989.post-78829346201368174322013-09-17T10:11:00.000-07:002013-09-17T10:12:09.158-07:00Decoding Dyslexia in GA!<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>FYI – Information about Decoding Dyslexia in GA!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please share with others!!!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Advocacy & Consulting Services - IEPadvocate4you <br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Carol Sadler, Special Education Consultant/Advocate <br>GA Advocacy Office PLSP I Graduate <br>770-442-8357 <br>1105 Rock Pointe Look <br>Woodstock, GA 30188 <br><a href="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net" title="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net">CarolSadler@bellsouth.net</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/" title="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/">www.IEPadvocate4You.com</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/" title="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/">http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>IEPadvocate4you</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> also now on <b>Facebook, LinkedIn</b> and <b>Twitter<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964">https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you">http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people." ---- Thomas Jefferson<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“Refrain from Restraining, Secluding and Corporal Punishment & A</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>versives are Abusive and Dehumanizing<span style='color:black'>” ---- Carol Sadler, Advocate<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>GNET=<b>G</b>et<b>N</b>o<b>E</b>ducation/<b>T</b>herapy=PsychoNOed=Jail without Jury or Trial=Imprisonment without Legal Representation<i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED <br>Information contained in this communication is confidential and privileged. It is not meant to represent legal or medical advice, but rather advice given based on my knowledge as a trained Parent Advocate by the GA Advocacy Office, Council of Parent Advocates & Attorneys, CHADD, LDA, the GA DOE Parent Mentor program as an invited guest and the special education attorneys that I often work with on educational matters. Please do not forward without my permission.</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Decoding Dyslexia is a national grass roots movement driven by families concerned with the limited access to educational interventions for dyslexia. Georgia officially joined this movement in March 2013.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>We attended a great conference in NY- hosted by the Yale Center for Creativity and Dyslexia. We listened to the great wisdom of Drs. Bennett and Sally Shaywitz. They spoke to us about what Dyslexia is and what type of interventions are necessary to re-mediate it and that those interventions are available- but that the school systems across the nation are not implementing them- nor are they properly identifying students who need them! This needs to change! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Approximately 1 in 5 children are dyslexic! That is about 6 students in the average class in the US who struggle to read!! These children are left to feel STUPID- That should not be! In fact usually its quite the opposite! Dyslexic children are above average to superior intelligence!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>We also heard from some very well educated mom's from Texas- which is supposed to have the "best laws for dyslexics" and they do have some great laws- that are NOT being adhered to by the public school system- the mothers of these dyslexic children told their stories about their struggle to get their kids proper remediation in TX- unfortunately their story was no different than many others we heard from all over the US.<br><br>So where does that leave DD movement?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>We were left with a grass roots movement to empower parents and ignite change.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>1<sup>st</sup> Empower parents through knowledge of what Dyslexia IS and how to remediate it! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>2nd- Tell our story - to everyone - teachers, administrators, boards of ed, superintendants, legislators, etc.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>3rd- Visit legislators and participate in advocacy at the state level - share a consistent message as other DD states are giving and ask them to join the Dyslexia Caucus. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>4th- Support legislation that makes sense for our dyslexic students<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>If you are interested in joining our network- please “Like” us on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Decoding-Dyslexia-Georgia/311796792280407">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Decoding-Dyslexia-Georgia/311796792280407</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>T</span>o volunteer, email us at <a href="mailto:decodingdyslexigeorgia@gmail.com">decodingdyslexigeorgia@gmail.com</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Be looking for information on our upcoming meetings and events- to be posted on our FB page. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><br>Colleen Beguiristain<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>Founding Member, DDGA</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div>Carol Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116344655110226802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11274989.post-37594897626953694492013-08-22T14:42:00.001-07:002013-08-22T14:42:35.768-07:00Fulton County Schools offered hush money to keep student abuse secret<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Bombshell testimony in Garrett Lee’s Due Process Hearing today.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Advocacy & Consulting Services - IEPadvocate4you <br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Carol Sadler, Special Education Consultant/Advocate <br>GA Advocacy Office PLSP I Graduate <br>770-442-8357 <br>1105 Rock Pointe Look <br>Woodstock, GA 30188 <br><a href="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net" title="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net"><span style='color:blue'>CarolSadler@bellsouth.net</span></a> <br><a href="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/" title="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/"><span style='color:blue'>www.IEPadvocate4You.com</span></a> <br><a href="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/" title="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/"><span style='color:blue'>http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>IEPadvocate4you</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> also now on <b>Facebook, LinkedIn</b> and <b>Twitter<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964"><span style='color:blue'>https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people." ---- Thomas Jefferson<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“Refrain from Restraining, Secluding and Corporal Punishment & A</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>versives are Abusive and Dehumanizing<span style='color:black'>” ---- Carol Sadler, Advocate<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>GNET=<b>G</b>et<b>N</b>o<b>E</b>ducation/<b>T</b>herapy=PsychoNOed=Jail without Jury or Trial=Imprisonment without Legal Representation<i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED <br>Information contained in this communication is confidential and privileged. It is not meant to represent legal or medical advice, but rather advice given based on my knowledge as a trained Parent Advocate by the GA Advocacy Office, Council of Parent Advocates & Attorneys, CHADD, LDA, the GA DOE Parent Mentor program as an invited guest and the special education attorneys that I often work with on educational matters. Please do not forward without my permission.</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/23231159/mother-fulton-county-schools-offered-hush-money-to-keep-student-abuse-secret">http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/23231159/mother-fulton-county-schools-offered-hush-money-to-keep-student-abuse-secret</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Mother: Fulton County Schools offered hush money to keep student abuse secret<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Posted: Aug 22, 2013 1:56 PM EDT Updated: Aug 22, 2013 4:03 PM EDT </span></i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>By Jeff Chirico - <a href="mailto:jeff.chirico@cbsatlanta.com?body=http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/23231159/mother-fulton-county-schools-offered-hush-money-to-keep-student-abuse-secret" target="_self" title=""><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#888888'>email</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://wgcl.images.worldnow.com/images/23231159_BG1.jpg" title=""><span style='color:#888888'><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:22.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:11.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right;background:white'><b><u><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'><a href="http://wgcl.images.worldnow.com/images/23231159_BG1.jpg" title=""><span style='color:white'> <o:p></o:p></span></a></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><a href="http://wgcl.images.worldnow.com/images/23231159_BG1.jpg" title=""><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#888888'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhn6LyGpWQpClYlLc4qufCT3eKNwqlNe1_YDPVr-OxbVEnLKE1byhL5zwKWvxtfwxILE0EQTyWX7lu8YlWrtGXwEPckI6pF1SlhDqCHnPPHtvZlxcYv-nZq7-MSP9JiPVFcL_w/s1600/image001-755769.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhn6LyGpWQpClYlLc4qufCT3eKNwqlNe1_YDPVr-OxbVEnLKE1byhL5zwKWvxtfwxILE0EQTyWX7lu8YlWrtGXwEPckI6pF1SlhDqCHnPPHtvZlxcYv-nZq7-MSP9JiPVFcL_w/s320/image001-755769.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5915062275634561954" /></a></span></span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>FULTON COUNTY, GA (CBS ATLANTA) - <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The mother of a disabled boy allegedly abused at a Fulton County middle school said the district offered her $200,000 to settle a lawsuit if she wouldn't talk about the abuse. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;display:none'>Vance represents three disabled former students of Melanie Pickens, a former special-education teacher at Hopewell Middle School in Milton from 2004 to 2007.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;display:none'>Pickens was arrested and charged with physically and mentally abusing her students by shoving them into lockers, screaming into their ears, passing gas in their faces and restraining and isolating them in the dark. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;display:none'>The school district settled one lawsuit brought by a former student for an undisclosed amount but according to Vance, Fulton County Schools has declined to offer similar settlements to other victims, which forces the families to take the district to court.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;display:none'>"The only people who are benefiting are the lawyers. It's ridiculous," said Mark Lee. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;display:none'>Lee's son Garrett, 22, can't talk and was diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder after spending three years in Pickens' classroom. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;display:none'>Lee said Fulton County Schools has refused to pay what he believes is appropriate therapy to help Garrett recover from the abuse. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;display:none'>"For the senior officials to be dragging their feet and not taking action on this and to help these poor children is crazy. The first thing we should be doing is, help the children. They are the ones who suffered," said Lee.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;display:none'>"I need professional help for him and I'm not able to give him everything he needs," said Shayne Lee, Garrett's mother. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;display:none'>In a statement to CBS Atlanta News, the school board said, "We take our responsibility to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars very seriously. It would be fiscally irresponsible and a waste of taxpayers' dollars to accept legal demands that are far beyond what is appropriate." <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;display:none'>Vance, who represents Garrett Lee, said his family is not asking for anything unreasonable and accused the district's attorneys of dragging out the process and incurring additional costs by refusing to allow previous testimony and depositions to be used in an upcoming hearing. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;display:none'>"Even if they didn't want to agree that they owed this child any education, if they wouldn't fight the facts that are already known we would probably save $400,000," said Vance. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;display:none'>In a court hearing next week, the school district will argue that Lee's suit should be dismissed because it was filed outside the statute of limitations. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;display:none'>Vance told CBS Atlanta News that the district is mistaken and pointed out the district still has not notified parents of the alleged abuse that occurred more than six years ago. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;display:none'>A hearing on Pickens' criminal charges is scheduled for January. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;display:none'>Here is the full statement provided by the Fulton County Board of Education:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;display:none'>Fiscal responsibility of taxpayer dollars is always a priority for the Fulton County school board. The school board is extremely diligent and cautious about how funds are spent. If you've followed our recent budget season, you know that we adopted a new budgeting approach that closely aligns funding to district priorities – forcing staff to develop budgets from the bottom up and based on demonstrated need rather than approving incremental increases or decreases. We take our responsibility to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars very seriously. In regards to the legal matter you referenced, we are obligated to follow a process to determine what's appropriate. It would be fiscally irresponsible and a waste of taxpayers' dollars to accept legal demands that are far beyond what is appropriate. </span></i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;display:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;display:none'>Copyright 2013 </span></i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;display:none'><a href="http://www.cbsatlanta.com/"><i><span style='color:#888888'>WGCL-TV</span></i></a><i> (Meredith Corporation). All rights reserved.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"I guess that would be considered hush money," said Judy Marshall, whose son Jake attended Hopewell Middle School in Milton from 2004 to 2007. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Marshall said she turned down the deal to protect other students. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"I don't want this to happen to some other child and if nothing is done to stop other events like this, that would continue to happen," said Marshall.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Former special education teacher Melanie Pickens was indicted last year on child abuse charges after a CBS Atlanta News investigation revealed the Fulton County School District covered up the abuse and Fulton County School police repeatedly failed to investigate it. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>A Fulton County Schools spokeswoman denied the district offered the Marshalls hush money. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Marshall's attorney Chris Vance said, "the school district in informal negotiations offered to pay Judy and John Marshall $200,000 if they wouldn't talk about what happened at Hopewell."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"Its part of the larger scheme that Fulton County [Schools] has done in this case. Allow [the abuse], promote it and once it finally gets out, hide it, obscure it and try to ensure no one knows what they did," said Vance. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>After rejecting the offer, the Marshalls settled with the district for an undisclosed sum.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Pickens pled not guilty and is awaiting trial. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>MOREAdditional Links <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/23150465/fulton-co-schools-incurs-1-million-in-legal-bills-fighting-families-of-abused-children"><span style='color:#888888'>Fulton Co. Schools incurs $1 million in legal bills in student abuse case</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><a href="http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/23150465/fulton-co-schools-incurs-1-million-in-legal-bills-fighting-families-of-abused-children"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#888888;text-decoration:none'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfld0Q91IrfhoronWIo7mVZ1PqQGVFPUsdcsZgzUXTXYvzHRDnpoO2oDLdMdQqLCzI7X3NtgqxjYvdwXtJ6t6Vve_lB_2V2JU7N6hVGAE6SHS2NTv99N-5_Hlpw2tjS1ExwdJb/s1600/image002-758105.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfld0Q91IrfhoronWIo7mVZ1PqQGVFPUsdcsZgzUXTXYvzHRDnpoO2oDLdMdQqLCzI7X3NtgqxjYvdwXtJ6t6Vve_lB_2V2JU7N6hVGAE6SHS2NTv99N-5_Hlpw2tjS1ExwdJb/s320/image002-758105.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5915062283127203298" /></a></span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"It's an abject waste," said attorney Chris Vance, of the estimated $1 million the Fulton County School District has incurred defending itself against lawsuits brought by former students allegedly abused by their teacher.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"It's one thing to litigate vigorously a case. It's another to abuse the entire process and that's what I believe the Fulton County School District is doing," claimed Vance. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:9.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div>Carol Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116344655110226802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11274989.post-63356463357364458972013-08-22T14:35:00.001-07:002013-08-22T14:35:32.034-07:00Fulton Co. Schools incurs $1 million in legal bills in student abuse case<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks to CBSAtlanta for continued coverage in the Fulton Co. School District Hopewell horrific abuse and cover-up of a classroom of severely disabled children. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Residents in Fulton Co., GA should be aware of the waste of their tax payer dollars…………..<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Advocacy & Consulting Services - IEPadvocate4you <br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Carol Sadler, Special Education Consultant/Advocate <br>GA Advocacy Office PLSP I Graduate <br>770-442-8357 <br>1105 Rock Pointe Look <br>Woodstock, GA 30188 <br><a href="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net" title="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net"><span style='color:blue'>CarolSadler@bellsouth.net</span></a> <br><a href="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/" title="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/"><span style='color:blue'>www.IEPadvocate4You.com</span></a> <br><a href="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/" title="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/"><span style='color:blue'>http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>IEPadvocate4you</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> also now on <b>Facebook, LinkedIn</b> and <b>Twitter<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964"><span style='color:blue'>https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people." ---- Thomas Jefferson<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“Refrain from Restraining, Secluding and Corporal Punishment & A</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>versives are Abusive and Dehumanizing<span style='color:black'>” ---- Carol Sadler, Advocate<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>GNET=<b>G</b>et<b>N</b>o<b>E</b>ducation/<b>T</b>herapy=PsychoNOed=Jail without Jury or Trial=Imprisonment without Legal Representation<i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED <br>Information contained in this communication is confidential and privileged. It is not meant to represent legal or medical advice, but rather advice given based on my knowledge as a trained Parent Advocate by the GA Advocacy Office, Council of Parent Advocates & Attorneys, CHADD, LDA, the GA DOE Parent Mentor program as an invited guest and the special education attorneys that I often work with on educational matters. Please do not forward without my permission.</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Fulton Co. Schools incurs $1 million in legal bills in student abuse case<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/23150465/fulton-co-schools-incurs-1-million-in-legal-bills-fighting-families-of-abused-children">http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/23150465/fulton-co-schools-incurs-1-million-in-legal-bills-fighting-families-of-abused-children</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Posted: Aug 15, 2013 5:51 PM EDT Updated: Aug 16, 2013 6:31 PM EDT </span></i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>By Jeff Chirico - <a href="mailto:jeff.chirico@cbsatlanta.com?body=http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/23150465/fulton-co-schools-incurs-1-million-in-legal-bills-fighting-families-of-abused-children" target="_self" title=""><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#888888'>email</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>FULTON COUNTY, GA (CBS ATLANTA) - <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"It's an abject waste," said attorney Chris Vance, of the estimated $1 million the Fulton County School District has incurred defending itself against lawsuits brought by former students allegedly abused by their teacher.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"It's one thing to litigate vigorously a case. It's another to abuse the entire process and that's what I believe the Fulton County School District is doing," claimed Vance. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Vance represents three disabled former students of Melanie Pickens, a former special-education teacher at Hopewell Middle School in Milton from 2004 to 2007.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Pickens was arrested and charged with physically and mentally abusing her students by shoving them into lockers, screaming into their ears, passing gas in their faces and restraining and isolating them in the dark. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The school district settled one lawsuit brought by a former student for an undisclosed amount but according to Vance, Fulton County Schools has declined to offer similar settlements to other victims, which forces the families to take the district to court.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"The only people who are benefiting are the lawyers. It's ridiculous," said Mark Lee. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Lee's son Garrett, 22, can't talk and was diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder after spending three years in Pickens' classroom. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Lee said Fulton County Schools has refused to pay what he believes is appropriate therapy to help Garrett recover from the abuse. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"For the senior officials to be dragging their feet and not taking action on this and to help these poor children is crazy. The first thing we should be doing is, help the children. They are the ones who suffered," said Lee.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"I need professional help for him and I'm not able to give him everything he needs," said Shayne Lee, Garrett's mother. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>In a statement to CBS Atlanta News, the school board said, "We take our responsibility to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars very seriously. It would be fiscally irresponsible and a waste of taxpayers' dollars to accept legal demands that are far beyond what is appropriate." <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Vance, who represents Garrett Lee, said his family is not asking for anything unreasonable and accused the district's attorneys of dragging out the process and incurring additional costs by refusing to allow previous testimony and depositions to be used in an upcoming hearing. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"Even if they didn't want to agree that they owed this child any education, if they wouldn't fight the facts that are already known we would probably save $400,000," said Vance. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>In a court hearing next week, the school district will argue that Lee's suit should be dismissed because it was filed outside the statute of limitations. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Vance told CBS Atlanta News that the district is mistaken and pointed out the district still has not notified parents of the alleged abuse that occurred more than six years ago. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>A hearing on Pickens' criminal charges is scheduled for January. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Here is the full statement provided by the Fulton County Board of Education:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:9.0pt;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Fiscal responsibility of taxpayer dollars is always a priority for the Fulton County school board. The school board is extremely diligent and cautious about how funds are spent. If you've followed our recent budget season, you know that we adopted a new budgeting approach that closely aligns funding to district priorities – forcing staff to develop budgets from the bottom up and based on demonstrated need rather than approving incremental increases or decreases. We take our responsibility to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars very seriously. In regards to the legal matter you referenced, we are obligated to follow a process to determine what's appropriate. It would be fiscally irresponsible and a waste of taxpayers' dollars to accept legal demands that are far beyond what is appropriate. </span></i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div>Carol Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116344655110226802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11274989.post-89023788614317406552013-08-21T12:38:00.001-07:002013-08-21T12:38:30.505-07:00ACT: Third of high school grads not college ready<div class=WordSection1><div id=ygrp-mlmsg><div id=ygrp-msg><div id=ygrp-text><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>SHOCKING??<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Advocacy & Consulting Services - IEPadvocate4you <br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Carol Sadler, Special Education Consultant/Advocate <br>GA Advocacy Office PLSP I Graduate <br>770-442-8357 <br>1105 Rock Pointe Look <br>Woodstock, GA 30188 <br><a href="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net" title="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net">CarolSadler@bellsouth.net</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/" title="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/">www.IEPadvocate4You.com</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/" title="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/">http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>IEPadvocate4you</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> also now on <b>Facebook, LinkedIn</b> and <b>Twitter</b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964">https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you">http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> <i>"There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people." ---- Thomas Jefferson</i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>“Refrain from Restraining, Secluding and Corporal Punishment & A</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>versives are Abusive and Dehumanizing<span style='color:black'>” ---- Carol Sadler, Advocate</span></span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>GNET=<b>G</b>et<b>N</b>o<b>E</b>ducation/<b>T</b>herapy=PsychoNOed=Jail without Jury or Trial=Imprisonment without Legal Representation<i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> </span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED <br>Information contained in this communication is confidential and privileged. It is not meant to represent legal or medical advice, but rather advice given based on my knowledge as a trained Parent Advocate by the GA Advocacy Office, Council of Parent Advocates & Attorneys, CHADD, LDA, the GA DOE Parent Mentor program as an invited guest and the special education attorneys that I often work with on educational matters. Please do not forward without my permission.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://www.ajc.com/ap/ap/education/act-only-quarter-of-grads-ready-for-all-subjects/nZTyG/">http://www.ajc.com/ap/ap/education/act-only-quarter-of-grads-ready-for-all-subjects/nZTyG/</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <b><span lang=EN style='font-size:24.0pt'>ACT: Third of high school grads not college ready</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=cmcredit><span lang=EN>By PHILIP ELLIOTT </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=cmsource><span lang=EN>The Associated Press </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=cmdateline><span lang=EN>WASHINGTON — </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN>Almost a third of this year's high school graduates who took the ACT tests are not prepared for college-level writing, biology, algebra or social science classes, according to data the testing company released Wednesday.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN>The company's annual report also found a gap between students' interests now and projected job opportunities when they graduate, adding to the dire outlook for the class of 2013.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN>"The readiness of students leaves a lot to be desired," said Jon Erickson, president of the Iowa-based company's education division.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN>The ACT reported that 31 percent of all high school graduates tested were not ready for any college coursework requiring English, science, math or reading skills. The other 69 percent of test takers met at least one of the four subject-area standards.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN>Just a quarter of this year's high school graduates cleared the bar in all four subjects, demonstrating the skills they'll need for college or a career, according to company data. The numbers are even worse for black high school graduates: Only 5 percent were deemed fully ready for life after high school.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN>The report's findings suggest that many students will struggle when they arrive on campus or they'll be forced to take remedial courses — often without earning credits — to catch their peers.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN>The data reveal a downturn in overall student scores since 2009. Company officials attribute the slide to updated standards and more students taking the exams — including many with no intention of attending two- or four-year colleges.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN>In terms of careers, the report found a chasm between what students want to study and where they might find jobs down the road. ACT compared federal Bureau of Labor Statistics projections with their own questionnaires and found insufficient student interest in the five fastest-growing industries with workers who require some college.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN>For instance, the government estimates that 17 percent of job openings in 2020 will be in education fields but only 6 percent of test takers told ACT they wanted a job there. Computer and information technologies will account for 11 percent of openings in 2020, but only 2 percent of students indicated they want a career in that industry.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN>The government estimates 9 percent of job openings will be in sales and marketing, community services and management fields. ACT reports that 2 percent of test takers are interested in sales and marketing, 7 percent in community services and 6 percent in management.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN>The ACT report is based on the 54 percent of high school graduates this year who took the exams. Roughly the same percentage took the SAT — the other major college entrance exam — and many students took both tests. Those who took only the SAT were not included in the report.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN>Under ACT's definition, a young adult is ready to start college or trade school if he or she has the knowledge to succeed without taking remedial courses. Success is defined as the student's having a 75 percent chance of earning a C grade and a 50 percent chance of earning a B, based on results on each of the four ACT subject areas, which are measured on a scale from 1 to 36 points.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN>Of all ACT-tested high school graduates this year, 64 percent met the English benchmark of 18 points that predicts success in a composition course. In science, 36 percent scored 23 or higher, the benchmark for success in a college biology course. In math, 44 percent met the 22-point baseline to predict success in an algebra course. And in reading, 44 percent met the 22 point threshold that indicates readiness for an introductory social science course.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN>Only 26 percent of students met the benchmarks for all four sections of the ACT test.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN>Of the 1.7 million students who took the 215-question ACT exam, as many as 290,000 were within 2 points of meeting at least one of the four readiness thresholds.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN>"There is a group that's on the fence," Erickson said. "With a little further instruction or motivation, perhaps some additional remediation or refreshing some of their past skills, they may be able to achieve that benchmark."</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN>When the testing agency broke down the results by race, fault lines emerged. Just 5 percent of black students are ready for college work in all four areas. Among American Indians, 10 percent are ready in all subjects, while 14 percent of Hispanics are ready. Pacific Islanders post a 19 percent readiness rate for all four subjects. White students have a 33 percent rate, and 43 percent of Asian-American students are ready for studies in all four subjects.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN>Students from all racial backgrounds did best in English and worst in science.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN>Some states and school districts have begun requiring more students to take the tests. About 22 percent more students took the ACT test in 2013 than in 2009. In the past four years, ACT has increased its share of the test market, climbing from 45 percent of high school graduates in 2009 to 54 percent this year.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN>ACT said it updated its benchmarks for success in reading and science this year to better reflect what students need to know. The percentage of students with reading skills needed to succeed after graduation slid from 53 in 2009 to 44 this year, while science readiness scores climbed from 28 percent in 2009 to 36 percent this year. Both differences may have been caused in part by changes in the benchmarks.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN>In English, readiness scores slid from 67 percent in 2009 to 64 percent this year. In math, scores increased slightly, from 42 percent in 2009 to 44 percent this year. The benchmarks were not changed for either of those subjects.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div>Carol Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116344655110226802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11274989.post-32289074473545609412013-07-12T07:06:00.000-07:002013-07-12T07:07:07.877-07:00PLEASE ATTEND - FULTON COUNTY ABUSE CASE - Please share this notice <div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>FYI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Advocacy & Consulting Services - IEPadvocate4you <br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Carol Sadler, Special Education Consultant/Advocate <br>GA Advocacy Office PLSP I Graduate <br>770-442-8357 <br>1105 Rock Pointe Look <br>Woodstock, GA 30188 <br><a href="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net" title="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net">CarolSadler@bellsouth.net</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/" title="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/">www.IEPadvocate4You.com</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/" title="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/">http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>IEPadvocate4you</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> also now on <b>Facebook, LinkedIn</b> and <b>Twitter<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964">https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you">http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people." ---- Thomas Jefferson<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“Refrain from Restraining, Secluding and Corporal Punishment & A</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>versives are Abusive and Dehumanizing</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>” ---- Carol Sadler, Advocate<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>GNET=<b>G</b>et<b>N</b>o<b>E</b>ducation/<b>T</b>herapy=PsychoNOed=Jail without Jury or Trial=Imprisonment without Legal Representation</span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED <br>Information contained in this communication is confidential and privileged. It is not meant to represent legal or medical advice, but rather advice given based on my knowledge as a trained Parent Advocate by the GA Advocacy Office, Council of Parent Advocates & Attorneys, CHADD, LDA, the GA DOE Parent Mentor program as an invited guest and the special education attorneys that I often work with on educational matters. Please do not forward without my permission.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> GA-ChildrensNetwork@yahoogroups.com [mailto:GA-ChildrensNetwork@yahoogroups.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Vance<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 11, 2013 9:31 PM<br><b>To:</b> GA-ChildrensNetwork@yahoogroups.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [GA-ChildrensNetwork] PLEASE ATTEND - FULTON COUNTY ABUSE CASE - Please share this notice [1 Attachment]<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div id=ygrp-mlmsg><div id=ygrp-msg><div id=ygrp-text><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>[<a href="#TopText"><span style='text-decoration:none'>Attachment(s)</span></a> from Chris Vance included below]</span></b> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Monday, <b><i><u>August 5, a hearing will be held at 9:30 a.m.</u></i></b> for Melanie Pickens, who was indicted on 12 counts of child cruelty and child abandonment for her abuse of disabled children attending Fulton County School District. Attached is the indictment.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The families of the disabled children abused have been informed that the criminal defense attorney for former FCSD teacher Melanie Pickens will be asking for a continuance, and the families strongly object to further delay in this matter. They believe it is way past time Pickens be held criminally liable for what they believe to be her horrific abuse of and crimes against their children. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>It is important for the families to be supported at the hearing for all to see how important this is to our community. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Doubtful Pickens will be there, but her attorney will and the media has stated it will be there (ABC and CBS Atlanta and possibly CNN). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The more attention brought to public school child abuse of disabled children in GA, the more we increase public awareness of just how significant a problem this is. Many are advocating for cameras in special ed classrooms in GA, and while this may seem impossible right now, I recall thinking over a decade ago that it would be very difficult to ever stop public school seclusion rooms in GA and that has been accomplished.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The hearing should not be long at all, <b><i><u>but your appearance would be most appreciated by all the families involved.</u></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Here is the address:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Fulton County Superior Courthouse<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Judge Newkirk’s Courtroom (ask at front desk which floor/courtroom)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Superior Court of Fulton County<br>136 Pryor Street, S.W.<br>Atlanta, Georgia 30303<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Anyone needing a ride can ride with me if they can get to the address below by 8:30 a.m. Just email me off list. I’m sure the families will also give rides – most will be coming from N. Fulton County area.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>PLEASE SHARE THIS MESSAGE WITH EVERYONE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING AND WITH ANY LIST SERVICE for special needs children.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Chris <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>CHRIS E. VANCE, P.C.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Suite 100<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>2415 Oak Grove Valley Road, N.E.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Atlanta, Georgia 30345<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>(404) 320-6672 - Tel<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>(404) 320-3412 - Fax<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>(404) 313-3800 - Cell<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:white'>__._,_.___<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><a name=TopText><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#628C2A'>Attachment(s) from Chris Vance</span></b><o:p></o:p></a></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in' id=attach-count><b><span style='color:#628C2A'>1 of 1 File(s) </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='margin-top:1.5pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;float:left'><div><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://l.yimg.com/kq/static/images/yg/img/doc/pdf16x16.gif"><a href="http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/10530774/1440459571/name/State%20vs%20Melanie%20Pickens%20%28Indictment%29%2Epdf" title="State vs Melanie Pickens (Indictment).pdf"><span style='text-decoration:none'>State vs Melanie Pickens (Indictment).pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p></div>Carol Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116344655110226802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11274989.post-81904795691446082632013-07-11T17:57:00.001-07:002013-07-11T17:57:36.508-07:00Georgia Advocacy Office: Free Advocacy Training and Support Project<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>FYI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Advocacy & Consulting Services - IEPadvocate4you <br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Carol Sadler, Special Education Consultant/Advocate <br>GA Advocacy Office PLSP I Graduate <br>770-442-8357 <br>1105 Rock Pointe Look <br>Woodstock, GA 30188 <br><a href="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net" title="blocked::mailto:CarolSadler@bellsouth.net">CarolSadler@bellsouth.net</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/" title="blocked::http://www.iepadvocate4you.com/">www.IEPadvocate4You.com</a> <br><a href="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/" title="blocked::http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/">http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>IEPadvocate4you</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> also now on <b>Facebook, LinkedIn</b> and <b>Twitter<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964">https://www.facebook.com/pages/IEPadvocate4you-Carol-Sadler-Special-Education-ConsultantAdvocate/139597000964</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you">http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsadleriepadvocate4you</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people." ---- Thomas Jefferson<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“Refrain from Restraining, Secluding and Corporal Punishment & A</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>versives are Abusive and Dehumanizing</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>” ---- Carol Sadler, Advocate<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>GNET=<b>G</b>et<b>N</b>o<b>E</b>ducation/<b>T</b>herapy=PsychoNOed=Jail without Jury or Trial=Imprisonment without Legal Representation</span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED <br>Information contained in this communication is confidential and privileged. It is not meant to represent legal or medical advice, but rather advice given based on my knowledge as a trained Parent Advocate by the GA Advocacy Office, Council of Parent Advocates & Attorneys, CHADD, LDA, the GA DOE Parent Mentor program as an invited guest and the special education attorneys that I often work with on educational matters. Please do not forward without my permission.</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div id=ygrp-mlmsg><div id=ygrp-msg><div id=ygrp-text><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Georgia Advocacy Office (GAO)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Free Advocacy Training and Support Project</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>August 7, 2013</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://www.ciclt.net/ul/gcdd/GAOflyer_application_13.pdf" title="CLICK HERE">CLICK HERE</a> to view or print the flyer and application.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Georgia Advocacy Office has a free self advocacy training and support project. You have to RSVP by July 30 and there is only 30 spots available. fill out the application and <strong><u>send by July 30</u></strong>. See the below or the attached:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Self Advocacy Discussion</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><p><b>Wednesday, August 7, 2013</b> <o:p></o:p></p><p><b>2:00pm to 3:30pm</b> <o:p></o:p></p><p><b>Georgia Advocacy Office</b> <o:p></o:p></p><p><b>150 East Ponce de Leon Ave., Suite 430</b> <o:p></o:p></p><p><b>Decatur, GA 30030</b> <o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p><b>Do you have a self-advocacy project that you would like to undertake but are not sure of how to go about doing it? </b>The Georgia Advocacy Office (GAO) wants to support you in your efforts. <o:p></o:p></p><p>GAO staff attorney Julie Kegley and nationally-known self advocate Cheri Mitchell will provide technical support and expertise during this one-time discussion. <o:p></o:p></p><p>Come with your ideas about issues you would like to discuss. Some examples of things you might want technical support with include the following: <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>•The light at the crosswalk near your house doesn’t stay green long enough, and you want to change it so that people with disabilities, including you, can have enough time to cross.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>•There is no curb cut at a street you need to cross.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>•Your favorite restaurant is inaccessible.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>•There are no accessible parking spots at your apartment complex.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>•The bus stop near your home is not accessible.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p>You feel that you have been discriminated against by a state or local government and/or a private business. If you would like to attend, <u>please complete the enclosed application</u> and return it to Marie Selby at the GAO by July 31, 2013 (see contact information on next page). Attendance will be limited to 30 people.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p><em><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Please note that attendance at this discussion does not mean the GAO will provide legal representation to you on your self-advocacy work; nor does the GAO make any representation that attendance at this discussion will result in a favorable outcome for you in your self-advocacy</span></em><o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>Application <o:p></o:p></p><p><strong>Please fill out and return by July 30, 2013 to</strong><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Marie Selby</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Georgia Advocacy Office</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>150 E. Ponce de Leon Ave., Suite 430</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Decatur, GA 30030</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Phone: <a href="tel:%28404%29%20885-1234" target="_blank">(404) 885-1234</a>; Fax: <a href="tel:%28404%29%20378-0031" target="_blank">(404) 378-0031</a>; e-mail: <u><a href="mailto:mselby@thegao.org" target="_blank">mselby@thegao.org</a></u></span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Name:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Address:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Contact phone and e-mail:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>What type of self-advocacy project would you like to do?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Please list any reasonable accommodations you will need in order to fully participate:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Are you a member of any self-advocacy organizations? Please list:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>What self-advocacy training have you had?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:blue'>Note: This information is being sent on behalf of Georgia Advocacy Office (GAO). Please direct all questions and comments directly to Marie Selby at 404-885-1234 or email <a href="mailto:mselby@thegao.org"><span style='font-weight:normal'>mselby@thegao.org</span></a>. 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