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Atty Erin D. Gilsbach, Esq. Presents:


Drafting Defensible IEPs

Program Description:

This intensive and interactive (and fun!) 2-day workshop is designed to provide a comprehensive look at common issues related to the IEP process and give participants the tools they need to draft truly effective IEPs. In this seminar, we will cover the entire IEP process, including drafting, running IEP meetings, working with parents, and more! The presenter, Erin D. Gilsbach, Esq., a nationally-recognized school law attorney and legal trainer, provides a detailed analysis of caselaw trends and what types of factors often spark special education litigation.  The workshop topics range from dealing with difficult parents, establishing an environment that encourages parental participation, writing legally-defensible IEP goals, analyzing and improving SDIs and Modifications; designing legally-defensible transition plans that are truly meaningful; and more. 

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This training session is designed to be comprehensive and interactive. Participants will receive workbooks that they will need to complete and will participate in a number of drafting and revision exercises. This session is ideal for anyone wishing to obtain a better understanding of legal defensibility issues surrounding the IEP process and wanting to explore legally-defensible IEP process best practices and to practice legally-defensible IEP-writing skills.


Who Should Attend?

  • Special Education Directors

  • Special Education Supervisors

  • Special Education Case Managers

  • Special Education Teachers

  • Any/All School Personnel (S&L, OT, PT, Etc.) Involved in IEP Planning


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Upcoming IEP Workshop Dates:

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December 4-5, 2025

February 19-20, 2026

June 4-5, 2026

August 20-21, 2026

October 1-2, 2026

December 3-4, 2026


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Upcoming Dates:
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2025 Dates:

December 4-5, 2025

2026 Dates:

February 19-20, 2026

June 4-5, 2026

August 20-21, 2026​

October 1-2, 2026

December 3-4, 2026

Upcoming Dates:
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2025 Dates:
December 1, 2025
2026 Dates:
​March 17, 2026
May 26, 2026
September 22, 2026
December 2, 2026
Upcoming Dates:
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2025 Dates:
December 2, 2025
2026 Dates:
March 16, 2026
May 27, 2026
September 21, 2026
December 1, 2026

About the Presenter

Erin D. Gilsbach, Esq.

Founder and Executive Director

Erin D. Gilsbach, Esq., is EdLaw Interactive’s Founder and Executive Director. A nationally-recognized speaker on a wide variety of school law topics, Atty. Gilsbach has dedicated her career to ensuring that schools have all of the resources that they need to comply with the wide variety of federal and state laws to which they are subject. Her vast knowledge of school law as well as her informative (and entertaining!) speaking style make her a highly sought-after speaker schools and education-related organizations. Her approach is practical and often hands-on, and she uses a multi-modal approach in her school law trainings. Atty. Gilsbach has been a practicing school law attorney for the past 20 years, where she has exclusively represented schools of all types, including public school districts, public charter schools, parochial schools, and private schools. Prior to entering private practice, Atty. Gilsbach worked for three years at the PA Department of Education’s Office of Chief Counsel, and, prior to that, she taught public high school English. Voted by her peers as a Rising Star Attorney in SuperLawyers and Philadelphia Magazines for 5 consecutive years, Atty. Gilsbach has served as President of the PA School Boards Association (PSBA) Solicitor’s Association and as a member of the Board of Directors of the National School Boards Association’s (NSBA) Council of School Attorneys (COSA). She has also authored three books and many school law articles. She has been a frequent presenter and collaborator for many state and national organizations, including PA, NY, and IL state Departments of Education; the National Business Institute (NBI); the Pennsylvania Bar Institute; the PA, NY, and ND School Boards Associations; PSBA’s School Solicitor’s Association; NSBA; COSA; the PA Bar Institute; the PA Association of Student Assistance Professionals, and multiple school nursing associations across the country. She has provided trainings for hundreds of public, charter, and non-public schools throughout the U.S.

 

Atty. Gilsbach serves as the presenter for all EdLaw Interactive trainings. In addition to providing in-house trainings and prepared trainings on dozens of school law topics, she is also able to provide custom trainings for schools seeking to provide school law instruction to their staff members on specific school law issues. If you are interested in hosting a training at your school, please contact her by submitting an inquiry through our HOST A TRAINING feature.

While many of our EdLaw Interactive programs are offered on-site at schools in Pennsylvania and nationwide, we offer a number of sessions right here in our beautiful training studio in Slatington, PA. We offer a number of different hands-on workshops, lunch & learns, and multi-day training sessions. Visit our website (edlawinteractive.com) to see our current offerings, or contact us to inquire about hosting a private school law training for your school or group. Meals are provided at our full-day sessions, and a wide variety of snacks and beverages are always available. Our trainings, while intensive in scope and materials, are designed to be a retreat from the daily grind and a relaxing and rewarding experience school professionals. We foster an environment where educators and school leaders can meet and interact while learning critical information regarding their legal obligations and best practices for avoiding litigation. We promise you will enjoy our beautiful retreat, and we hope you will join us soon for this one-of-a-kind school law training experience! Visit us regularly at edlawinteractive.com to see what's new and upcoming!

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