Your educational institution is hosting a workshop aimed at improving the understanding and implementation of special education rights and practices. You will adopt a role most aligned with your future career goals and present the following information from the lens of that role during the open session at the meeting.

Choose one of the following roles:

• Special Education Teacher
• School Administrator
• School Counselor
• Parent of a Student with Disabilities
• Special Education Advocate

In your initial post,

• Prepare a script of important information you would like to deliver to your audience during this address.
• Describe, from your role’s perspective, the procedural rights of children and their families in early learning environments.
• Discuss the purpose and typical processes involved in a due process hearing within your role’s context.
• Outline how a student's problem behavior should be addressed in his or her IEP.
• Explain the following about manifestation determination.
  • What is meant by manifestation determination?
  • When should it be performed?
  • Who should perform it?
• Share procedural and substantive due process rights regarding school disciplinary procedures.