October 6th from 8:30 to 3:30 at 1560 Broadway, 19th Floor Conference Room Denver, CO 80202.

Attendees must stay for the duration to earn credit hours.

Skills for Encouraging Productive Conversations and Resolving Conflict -

• Understanding trust and consensus within special education

• Knowing key components of IDEA

• Identify tools to support meaningful participation of all team members – especially parents

• Understand how and why conflict occurs in the IEP process

• Learn important communication skills and develop active listening techniques

• Learn ways to guard against assumptions

• Identify ways to Balance the Power in a meeting