Logging In to the Attendee Website:
Step 1: Access the login page here.
Step 2: Enter your info.ย You’ll be prompted to enter your first name, last name, and email address. Then clickย Next.
Step 3: Verify your account.ย You’ll either receive an email and text message containing a verification code, or just an email. Read it, then return to your browser, enter the code, and clickย Log in.
You’ll be logged in and takenย toย the Virtual National Convention Home page.
NOTE:ย Verification codes can only be used once and expire after 24 hours. If you’re logging in on multiple devices,ย you’ll receive a new verification code for each
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Logging In From the Event App
Step 1: Download the app. Access the App Store or Google Play Store and search for the “Cvent Events” app. Once you’ve found the app, download it.
Step 2: Open the Cvent Events App and in the search bar type inย “The 2021 Virtual PWSA | USA National Convention.”
Step 3: Download the event.ย Tap theย ย icon to download the event.
If prompted, enter the event ID and tapย Download event.
Step 4: Enter your info. If you aren’t automatically prompted to log in, tap theย Profileย tab at the bottom of the screen, thenย Log in.
Enterย your first name, last name, and email. Thenย tap the arrow.
Step 5: Verify your account.ย You’ll either receive an email and text message containing a verification code or just an email. Read it, then return to the app, enter the code, and tap the arrow.
After entering the verification code,ย you’ll be logged in and takenย toย the event’s Home page, or back to the Profile tab.
NOTE:ย Verification codes can only be used once and expire after 24 hours. If you’re logging in on multiple devices, you’ll receive a new verification code for each.”
Perry A. Zirkel has written more than 1,500 publications on variousย aspects of school law, with an emphasis on legal issues in special education.ย He writes a regular column for NAESPโsย Principalย magazine and NASPโsย Communiquรฉย newsletter, and he did so previously forย Phi Delta Kappanย andย Teaching Exceptional Children.
Jennifer Bolander has been serving as a Special Education Specialist for PWSA (USA) since October of 2015. She is a graduate of John Carroll University and lives in Ohio with her husband Brad and daughters Kate (17), and Sophia (13) who was born with PWS.
Dr. Amy McTighe is the PWS Program Manager and Inpatient Teacher at the Center for Prader-Willi Syndrome at the Childrenโs Institute of Pittsburgh. She graduated fromย Duquesne University receiving her Bachelorโs and Masterโs degree in Education with a focus on elementary education, special education, and language arts.
Evan has worked with the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA) since 2007 primarily as a Crisis Intervention and Family Support Counselor. Evans works with parents and schools to foster strong collaborative relationships and appropriate educational environments for students with PWS.
Staci Zimmerman works for Prader-Willi Syndrome Association of Colorado as an Individualized Education Programย (IEP) consultant. Staci collaborates with the PWS multi-disciplinary clinic at the Childrenโs Hospital in Denverย supporting families and school districts around the United Statesย with their childโs Individual Educational Plan.
Founded in 2001, SDLC is a non-profit legal services organization dedicated to protecting and advancing the legal rights of people with disabilities throughout the South. It partners with the Southern Poverty Law Center, Protection and Advocacy (P&A) programs, Legal Services Corporations (LSC) and disability organizations on major, systemic disability rights issues involving the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the federal Medicaid Act. Recently in November 2014, Jim retired.