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Show Workshop for parents of handicapped A workshop for parents of handicapped handicap-ped children will be held Thursday, March 20 at the Uintah School District Board Room, 635 West 200 South, at 7 p.m. in Vernal. All students receiving special education educa-tion services between the ages of 5 and 21 are required by law (Public Law 94-142) to have an Individualized Education Program, commonly called IEP. Parents may be active participants par-ticipants in the educational programming programm-ing and placement of their handicapped child. This workshop is designed to better prepare parents to be active members of the IEP process. The workshop is supported by a grant from the Utah State Board of Education to the Utah Association for Retarded Citizens. Similar workshops have and will be conducted throughout the stale of Utah. All parents of children receiving special education services are encouraged en-couraged to attend. Although the workshop is designed for parents, professionals pro-fessionals working with special education educa-tion and related services are invited and also encouraged to attend. |