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This month Zenia Sanchez Fuentes from Terris, Pravlik & Millian, LLP will discuss the rights of HSCSN members both under Medicaid regulations and its contract with the District and how to enforce them, including how to receive services pending an appeal or fair hearing. She will also discuss the breadth and scope of the EPSDT (early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services) benefit under Medicaid and how to best request services.

AJE PARENT TRAINING - Understanding the Special Education Process   This workshop introduces parents to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and prepares parents for special education. The materials cover school district responsibility and parental rights as well as what to expect at an IEP/MDT meeting. AJE will offer this introduction to the Special...

AJE PARENT TRAINING - IEP Workshop Series - Understanding the different parts of an IEP Description:Participants will receive a brief overview of the Special Education Process and will review the different parts of the IEP and their role in your child's education.  Other sessions will go into more detail about different parts of the IEP document and...

This training is part of a series of trainings for parents of children with special health care needs - Working Effectively with your Child's Health Care Professionals. AJE will offer a training for parents about supporting their children with special health care needs the last Wednesday of the month from 3:30pm to 5:00pm

Lunch & Learn - Student and Parent Rights, and the DC Opportunity Scholarship (the DC Voucher Program) Description:AJE’s Lunch & Learn Public Policy Forum: Designed with YOU in Mind! Our informal monthly public policy forum brings together local professionals and advocates for a discussion on special topics impacting students with disabilities and their families, and...

AJE PARENT TRAINING - Effective Advocacy for Parents

This workshop provides parents with information on defining advocacy, how to improve advocacy skills, and how parent advocacy can lead to systemic changes.

AJE will offer this training on Effective Advocacy for Parents  every odd-numbered month (January, March, May, July, September, November) on the 3rd Tuesday of the month.

AJE PARENT TRAINING - IEP Workshop Series - Understanding different parts of an IEP Description:Participants will receive a brief overview of the Special Education Process and will review the different parts of the IEP and their role in your child's education.  Other sessions will go into more detail about different parts of the IEP document and process. ...

This training is part of a series of trainings for parents of children with special health care needs.

10th Annual Voices of Change Conference: Secondary Transition FOR DC Youth BY DC Youth Join the DC Youth Leadership Network as we work collaboratively to equip transition age youth with disabilities with the knowledge and skills to lead self-determined lives through opportunities to LEARN, LEAD, and ACT. The focus of the 10th Annual Voices of Change...

Lunch & Learn - Talk with attorneys Julia Garrison & Lewis Bossing from the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law about  M.J. v. District of Columbia Our informal monthly public policy forum brings together local professionals and advocates for a discussion on topics impacting students with disabilities and their families, and gives participants a chance to...