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Contact UsTopics: Top Education Cases," Records Requests & Amendments: All Things FERPA," "2025 Legislative
Updates," "Complying with Homebound Regulations," "Threat Assessments, Dangerous Behaviors, & Students
with Disabilities," "Obligations & Challenges related to ABA & Behavioral Requests," "Discipline & MDR
Meetings," "Section 504: Discrimination Claims," "Playing the Role of LEA with Parental
Requests"
Arivett Law Education Legal Conference, Franklin,
TN
Presenters: Deanna Arivett & Angel McCloud
"Top 10 Legal Considerations in School Mental Health Services"
Project RAISE Mental Health
Conference; Murfreesboro, TN
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
“Analyzing your LRE Decision: Is it Clearly the Least Restrictive Alternative?"
LRP’s
National Institute on Legal Issues of Educating Individuals with Disabilities; Phoenix, AZ
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
Keynote: “The Year’s Top Education Cases,” "All Things ABA: Obligations for FAPE & ADA Access," "Artificial Intelligence: Using Robots in Special Education" Connecticut Council of Administrators in Special Education (ConnCASE) 2025 Legal Issues Conference; Mystic, CT
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
"Strong Foundation: Using Appropriate Evaluations to Develop Compliant IEPs"
LRP Media Group:
Education Webinars
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
“Confidentiality of Records for School-based Mental Health Providers" & "Mental Health Disabilities in
Schools: A Review of Recent Case Law."
Project RAISE-University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Virtual
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
“Top Education Cases 2023-2024,” "Least Restrictive Environment: Analysis of 6th Circuit Case Law,"
"2024 Legislative Updates," "State Administrative Complaint Trends," "Providing FAPE during Staffing
Shortages," "Title IX Regulations- Case Scenarios," "Manifestation Determinations."
Arivett
Law Education Legal Conference, Franklin, TN
Presenters: Deanna Arivett & Angel McCloud
“Schools in Crisis: How to Trim the Fat and Still Provide Students with FAPE”
LRP’s National
Institute on Legal Issues of Educating Individuals with Disabilities; Savannah, GA
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
Keynote: “The Last Year’s Top Case Law,” “FAPE and Staffing Shortages: Bridging the Gap,” and “Section
504: Avoiding Discrimination and FAPE claims”
Connecticut Council of Administrators in
Special Education (ConnCASE) 2024 Legal Issues Conference; Mystic, CT
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
"What is Due Process...Really? The Preparation, the Hearing, and After" – December 4th
“All Things
ABA: Obligations to Provide FAPE” – December 5th
Tennessee Association of Administrators in
Special Education (TAASE) Fall Legal Conference; Pigeon Forge, TN
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
“Free Appropriate Public Education for Students with Disabilities”
Educational Psychology
Department Guest Speaker (Virtual), Miami University, Oxford, OH
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
“Top Education Cases 2022-2023,” “School Refusals: Identifying your Legal Requirements for FAPE,”
“Legislative Updates 2023,” “All things ABA: Obligations for FAPE, to excuse ABA related absences, and
to pay for private ABA services,” “Section 504: All you Need to Know,” “Child Find Post-Pandemic,”
“Evaluations & Eligibility Determinations:Making Legally Defensible Decisions.”
Arivett Law
Education Legal Conference, Franklin, TN
Presenters: Deanna Arivett, Angel McCloud, & Macey Woldt
The Year's Top Education Cases
Tennessee Association of Administrators in Special Education
(TAASE) Spring Conference, Lebanon, TN
Avert Predetermination Claims when Parents Request Private School, Residential Placements
LRP National Institute; New Orleans, Louisiana
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
“Last Year’s Top Special Education Case Law,” “Child Find Obligations: Whether to suspect a disability
post-pandemic,” and “How to thrive (not just survive) when dealing with challenging student behavior and
post-pandemic employee issues”
Connecticut Council of Administrators in Special Education,
Annual Legal Conference; Mystic, Connecticut
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
“Hot Topics in Special Education Law for School Psychologists”
School Psychology Department
Guest Speaker: Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
“Hot Topics in Special Education Law for School Psychologists”
School Psychology Department
Guest Speaker: Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
“Behavior Management Strategies: Developing Legally Defensible FBAs and BIPs”
LRP Webinar
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
“When to Evaluate: Identifying the Triggers for Child Find,” “Collecting Legally Defensible Data”
TAASE; Gatlinburg, TN
TAASE; Gatlinburg, TN
“Hot Topics in Special Education Law for School Psychologists,”
Florida Association of
School Psychologists Annual Conference.
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
“Legislative Updates,” “How to Navigate Due Process Cases and Other Legal Proceedings,” “Manifestation
Determinations,” “FBAs and BIPS”
Supervisors of Special Education: Middle Tennessee
District
Presenter: Deanna Arivett & Angel McCloud
“Top Education Cases 2021-2022,” “Understanding ESY” “Legislative Updates 2022,” “Behavior & Discipline”
“Homebound,” “Title IX,” “Compensatory Education”
Arivett Law Legal Education Conference,
Pigeon Forge, TN.
Presenter: Deanna Arivett, Angel McCloud & Macey Woldt
"When to Evaluate: Identifying the Triggering Events for Child Find,"LRP's National Institute on Legal Issues of Educating Individuals with Disabilities, Louisville, KY
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
"The Year's Top Special Education Case Law," "Progress Monitoring Data: What's required, relevance in determining FAPE, and significance during the pandemic" & "Prior Written Notices: What to include, why to include, and tips for writing legally defensible PWNS," Connecticut Council of Administrators in Special Education Annual Legal Issues Virtual Conference
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
"This Year's Top Educations Cases," "Case Study: 'Individualized' Education Program" & "Educating Students with Disabilities During the Pandemic" Arivett Law Virtual Webinar
Presenter: Deanna Arivett, Angel McCloud and Macey Woldt
Collecting Legally Defensible Data, Utah Institute on Special Education Law Conference
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
Top Education Cases for 2020; TItle XI: Gender Identity; Child Find; COVID 19: Data Collection, FAPE & Contingency Plans; Legislative Updates, Arivett Law Webinar
Presenter: Deanna Arivett, Angel McCloud and Macey Woldt
Is your Data Collection Trending in the Right Direction?: Legally Defensible Data Collection During COVID-19, Ask the Experts: Section 504, and Impact of Private BCBAs on the Provision of Behavior Services for School Districts: Whether in School or Providing Online Instruction, LRPs National Institute on Legal Issues of Educating Individuals with Disabilities; Webinar
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
COVID-19 Implications for Students with Disabilities, TAASE; Webinar
Presenter: Deanna L. Arivett
"The Year's Top Special Education Cases" & "COVID-19: The Legal Obligations and Ramifications of Hybrid and Distance Learning,” Connecticut Council of Administrators in Special Education Annual Legal Issues Conference, Farmington, CT
Presenter: Deanna L. Arivett
Behavior Discipline, TAASE
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
COVID-19: Implications for Students with Disabilities; Legislative Updates; New Obligations Under Title IV; Top Case Law for the Last Year, Arivett Law Webinar
Presenter: Deanna Arivett and Angel McCloud
Wading through Legal Waters of Behavior, Discipline, and Manifestation Determinations: Tips and Tricks for Making Legally Defensible Decisions & Navigating Child Find, Evaluations, and Eligibility: Legal Issues Faced by School Psychologists, Mid-South Fall Convention, Webinar
Presenter: Deanna L. Arivett and Angel McCloud
Staying Out of Hot Water: Legal Compliance with Student Disability Laws, Arkansas Association of Education Administrators, Webinar
Presenter: Deanna L. Arivett
Preparing for the 2020-2021 School Year during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Determining Special Education Needs and Compensatory Education, Arivett Law Webinar
Presenter: Deanna L. Arivett and Angel McCloud
Special Education Assessments during COVID-19 Pandemic & Compensatory Education After COVID-19 School Closures, Arkansas Association of Special Education Administrators, Virtual Conference
Presenter: Deanna L. Arivett
A World in Repair: Compensatory Education after the COVID-19 Pandemic, LRP’s National Institute on Legal Issues of Educating Individuals with Disabilities, Webinar
Presenter: Deanna L. Arivett
Developing Appropriate Section 504 Plans: The Ins and Outs of Providing FAPE and Reasonable Accommodations, Tennessee Association for Administrators in Special Education, Pigeon Forge, TN
Presenter: Deanna L. Arivett
Bullying and Students with Disabilities: How to avoid liability for disability-based harassment and FAPE claims, Tennessee Association for School Administrators in Special Education, Pigeon Forge, TN
Presenter: Deanna L. Arivett
School Safety: Managing Dangerous Behaviors Under IDEA, Tennessee Association for School Administrators in Special Education, Pigeon Forge, TN
Presenter: Angel McCloud
Arivett Law Education Legal Conference, Pigeon Forge, TN
Presenter: Deanna L. Arivett and Angel McCloud
"Legal Issues Faced by Certifying Specialists: Child Find, Evaluations, and Eligibility," LRP's National Institute on Legal Issues of Educating Individuals with Disabilities, Orlando, FL
Presenter: Deanna L. Arivett
"Legally Defensible IEP Team Decisions in Light of Endrew F.," 2019 Tennessee Association for Administrators in Special Education Spring Conference, Lebanon, TN
Presenter: Deanna L. Arivett
"The Year's Top Special Education Cases" & "Avoiding Legal Pitfalls: Identification and Provision of Services to Students with Executive Functioning Deficits," Connecticut Council of Administrators in Special Education Annual Legal Issues Conference, Farmington, CT
Presenter: Deanna L. Arivett
"Evaluations and Eligibility Determinations: Making Decisions that will Hold Water" & "Avoiding Procedural Issues that Deny FAPE," Georgia Council of Administrators of Special Education Conference, Athens, GA
Presenter: Deanna L. Arivett
"Bullying and Special Education," 2018 Tennessee Association for Administrators in Special Education Fall Legal Conference
Presenter: Deanna L. Arivett
"IDEA Boot Camp: Tools of the Trade for Today's Special Educator," LRP's National Institute on Legal Issues of Educating Individuals with Disabilities, Dallas, TX
Presenter: Melinda Jacobs & Deanna L. Arivett
"School Safety: Conduct by Students with Disabilities," 2018 Tennessee Association for Administrators in Special Education Spring Legal Conference
Presenter: Deanna L. Arivett