“Gimme The Works” 2026
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Date/Time
Date(s) - 12/03/2026 - 12/04/2026
All Day
Price (per registrant)
$395.00
Location
Doubletree by Hilton Austin
6505 Highway 35 N
Austin, TX
Conference Topics:
- “When Behavior Becomes a Barrier to Learning, How Much is Too Much?”: Navigating Behavior, Discipline and More Restrictive Placements in Special Education
- “Untangling the Behaviors When a Student is Both ED and Socially Maladjusted”: How to Distinguish Disability-Related Behaviors from Social Maladjustment During an MDR
- “Whose Job it is Anyway?”: Social Skills in the IEP, Who Should Provide and How to Make it Meaningful
- “When Rights Collide”: Navigating the Balance Between Disability Rights, Police Involvement, Staff, and the Protection of Others
- “Threat Assessments to MDR”: Connecting the Dots for Bulletproof Manifestation Determinations
- “This Ain’t No Party, This Ain’t No Disco!”: Providing Services to Students with Disabilities at the DAEP
- “Put it in Writing!”: Drafting Dazzlingly, Defensible Deliberations
- “Show Me the Way to go Home”: When, Where and How to Effectively Provide Homebound Student Services and Transition a Student Back to School
- “Minutes, Models & Mandates”: Getting Related Services Right from Evaluation to IEP
- “The Paper Trail”: Providing Parents the Right Records Under FERPA and IDEA
- “Over 2,000 Complaints Filed Last Year”: How to Effectively Respond to a Special Education Complaint – Common Issues, Documentation, and Response Strategies
- “When the School Year Never Ends”: Making Sound and Defensible ESY Decisions Including Eligibility, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Regression and Recoupment, and Individualized Services
Who Should Attend:
NELI conferences are open to all school personnel. Whether you’re in special education, general education, or school administration, this conference is designed for:
- Special Education Directors
- DAEP Personnel
- Principals/Administrators
- Superintendents
- Educational Diagnosticians
- 504 Personnel
- Special Education Personnel
- General Education Personnel
- Counselors
- Teachers
- LSSPs
- Charter School Personnel
- Board Members

