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"Placement Isn't a Choice: Understanding your Legal Requirements for LRE" "Placement Isn't a Choice: Understanding your Legal Requirements for LRE"
Tennessee Association of Administrators in Special Education (TAASE) Fall Legal Conference; Pigeon Forge, TN
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
“From Policy to Practice: Legal Updates for School-Based Teams"
Green River Regional Educational Cooperative; Bowling Green, KY
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
Least Restrictive Environment; Using Evaluation Data to Develop Compliant IEPs
2026 Pennsylvania Department of Education's Bureau of Special Education Conference; Hershey, PA
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
Trends in Case Law Across the State
Supervisors of Special Education in Middle Tennessee's Spring Conference; Buchanan, TN
Presenter: Angel McCloud & Deanna Arivett
Keynote: “The Year’s Top Education Cases” & Other Special Education Topics TBD
Connecticut Council of Administrators in Special Education (ConnCASE) 2026 Legal Issues Conference; Mystic, CT
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
“From Goals to Growth: Improving IEP Progress Monitoring"
LRP’s National Institute on Legal Issues of Educating Individuals with Disabilities; New Orleans, LA
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
Ethical & Legal Considerations for School Mental Health Providers
Project RAISE Mental Health Conference; Nashville, TN
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
Topics: 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
“Hot Topics in Special Education Law for School Psychologists”
School Psychology Department Guest Speaker: Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
Presenter: Deanna Arivett
“FAPE & LRE for Students with Disabilities”
Educational Psychology Department Guest Speaker (Virtual), Miami University, Oxford, OH
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
“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 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 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 Arivett and Angel McCloud
Staying Out of Hot Water: Legal Compliance with Student Disability Laws, Arkansas Association of
Education Administrators,
Webinar
Presenter: Deanna 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Arivett
"Bullying and Special Education,"
2018 Tennessee Association for Administrators in Special
Education Fall Legal Conference
Presenter: Deanna 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 and Deanna Arivett
"School Safety: Conduct by Students with Disabilities,"
2018 Tennessee Association for
Administrators in Special Education Spring Legal Conference
Presenter: Deanna Arivett