From Emotions to Advocacy Training in OKC on Sept. 4, 2025 – Register Now

This Wrightslaw From Emotions to Advocacy Conference, a Wrightslaw training program featuring Pat Howey, is being sponsored by Sooner SUCCESS. The program will be held at the Innovation Hall, located at 316 NE Ninth Street in Oklahoma City, OK.

In the From Emotions to Advocacy training program (one day, 6 hours), you learn how to take an active role in managing your child’s special education. You’ll learn about the five key sections in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), what our child’s test scores mean, and how to develop SMART IEPs. You will learn how to prepare for meetings, the gentle art of disagreeing, and how to maintain healthy working relationships with the school. You will learn:

• about IDEA – Sections 1400, 1401, 1412, 1414 and 1415
• using the Bell Curve to understand your child’s strengths and needs
• using a parent agenda
• how to build healthy working relationships with school personnel
• how to document information that may prevent or resolve disputes
• how to participate as an equal member of your child’s IEP Team

All Wrightslaw programs are designed to meet the needs of parents, educators, health care providers, advocates and attorneys who represent children with disabilities regarding special education. The program is not disability specific.

Conference fee includes a light breakfast, lunch, a Wrightslaw highlighter pen, three Wrightslaw books – Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 3nd Edition, Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition, and Wrightslaw: All About IEPs provided the morning of the conference. Wrightslaw will provide the three books to each attendee in the adobe.pdf format as well. The three print and pdf books retail for $113.60.

Register Online: Click here to register online.

Flyer: Download and share the training flyer.

Scholarships: Limited scholarships are available to Oklahoma parents of children with disabilities or special needs. Apply here for parent a scholarship.

Accommodations: Attendee can specify accommodations during the registration process as well as emailing sooner-success |at| ouhsc.edu.

Questions? Contact the sponsors by calling 405-271-2710 or emailing sooner-success |at| ouhsc.edu or by fax 405-271-2711.

See you in Oklahoma!