Program Details
2025-07-29 13:05:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2025-07-29 13:05:00
3.25h CLE Credits
Intermediate
3.25
1:05 pm - 1:50 pm ESTThis session explores the clinical foundations of autism spectrum disorder, including the shift from medical to social models of disability and the neurodiversity movement. Attendees will learn about DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria, early signs and behavioral characteristics, and the distinction between medical diagnosis and school identification processes.
Rebecca Martinez
Robert Meagher
Maxine Checchi
Norma Francullo
Marc G. Mucciolo
Sherry Wilds
Amie Baek 2:00 pm - 3:40 pm ESTA comprehensive examination of the federal legal framework governing students with disabilities, focusing on IDEA Part B, Section 504, and the ADA. This session covers the 13 eligibility classifications, landmark Supreme Court cases including Endrew F., IEP development best practices, and strategic approaches to litigating autism-related claims involving evaluations, placements, and methodology disputes.
Rebecca MartinezRobert MeagherMaxine ChecchiNorma FranculloMarc G. MuccioloSherry WildsAmie Baek 3:40 pm - 4:50 pm ESTThis session guides attendees through the continuum of dispute resolution options, from facilitated IEP meetings and mediation to formal due process hearings. Participants will learn the procedural steps for filing complaints, navigating resolution sessions, preparing witnesses, understanding stay-put provisions, and pursuing appropriate remedies including compensatory services and attorney’s fees.
Rebecca MartinezRobert MeagherMaxine ChecchiNorma FranculloMarc G. MuccioloSherry WildsAmie BaekDr. Rebecca Martinez is a licensed psychologist specializing in adult autism evaluations, with particular focus on neurodivergent adults who may have been overlooked or misdiagnosed earlier in life. She runs an online private practice and serves as a tenured faculty member at a major research university in the Midwest.
Dr. Robert Meagher is a practicing school psychologist since 1988 with extensive experience in the NYC school system conducting evaluations, representing the district at IEP meetings, mediations, and due process hearings.
Maxine Checchi is a practicing special education attorney in New York and New Jersey with over 25 years of experience in the NYC school system as a teacher, school psychologist, impartial hearing representative, and supervisor.
Norma Francullo is a Special Education and Guardianship Attorney in New Jersey and New York with over 25 years of legal practice, bringing personal experience as a parent of a child with Dyslexia and sibling of a developmentally disabled adult.
Marc G. Mucciolo is an experienced education law attorney in New Jersey with over seventeen years of practice focusing primarily on special education law, general education law, insurance litigation, and employment law.
Experienced disability civil rights attorney who has represented clients with disabilities for over 20 years in access to services cases under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and education cases under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Amie Marie Baek is an Associate Attorney for K Altman Law with a deep commitment to education law and client advocacy, combining legal credentials with hands-on experience working with exceptional children.
Dr. Rebecca Martinez is a licensed psychologist specializing in adult autism evaluations, with particular focus on neurodivergent adults who may have been overlooked or misdiagnosed earlier in life. She runs an online private practice and serves as a tenured faculty member at a major research university in the Midwest.
Dr. Robert Meagher is a practicing school psychologist since 1988 with extensive experience in the NYC school system conducting evaluations, representing the district at IEP meetings, mediations, and due process hearings.
Maxine Checchi is a practicing special education attorney in New York and New Jersey with over 25 years of experience in the NYC school system as a teacher, school psychologist, impartial hearing representative, and supervisor.
Norma Francullo is a Special Education and Guardianship Attorney in New Jersey and New York with over 25 years of legal practice, bringing personal experience as a parent of a child with Dyslexia and sibling of a developmentally disabled adult.
Marc G. Mucciolo is an experienced education law attorney in New Jersey with over seventeen years of practice focusing primarily on special education law, general education law, insurance litigation, and employment law.
Experienced disability civil rights attorney who has represented clients with disabilities for over 20 years in access to services cases under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and education cases under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Amie Marie Baek is an Associate Attorney for K Altman Law with a deep commitment to education law and client advocacy, combining legal credentials with hands-on experience working with exceptional children.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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