• We provide various information sessions or workshops throughout the school year for families. We offer a wide range of topics such as how to help your child with homework, organizational skills for those with weak executive functioning skills, behavioral expectations, internet safety, mental health, and bullying.
• We provide free consultative services for families who may be experiencing problems with their child at home or at school. We sit with families and listen carefully to their concerns, and offer recommendations on how to best work with your child at home, or with your child's teacher or school to address school concerns. We work closely with families of children with special needs through the special education process so they can be an informed and active member of their child's special education team.
• We maintain a free lending library full of learning resources that reinforce elementary literacy and math skills, social skills, and early childhood education skills. We provide books, DVDs and brochures for parents and caretakers about behavior, emotions, special education topics, and various parenting topics. We also provide information on various community agencies that assist with financial needs, mental health, and the care of adults with disabilities.

Never been to the PRC Library? Check out our PRC Virtual Library Tour to see some of the exciting new resources we have available to all of our families in Spotsylvania County!

Our library is open from 8-4pm, Monday through Friday. Parents are welcome to come in to check out resources, or contact us to send requested resources to your child's school. Visit our library catalog to see our growing collection of resources, books, and eBooks! https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/43326

The Code Read Dyslexia Network's ‘Get Onboard for Dyslexia’ Campaign encourages those impacted by dyslexia to soar!

The campaign aims to promote a new type of aeroplane, one that provides everything a dyslexic needs to navigate their world successfully: acknowledgement, support and empowerment. Get Onboard and soar to a better future where all people with dyslexia are acknowledged through early identification; supported with evidence based teaching and accommodations, and empowered by equal access to opportunity. Download the Code Read Dyslexia Awareness paper plane template with your child and discuss how they too can soar to a better future!

Want to know more about the plans for 2022’s October Awareness Month? Visit https://codereadnetwork.org/get-involved/getonboard/.

With the passage of the Virginia Literacy Act (VLA) in the 2022 General Assembly, Virginia is taking the lead nationwide to improve early literacy outcomes for Virginia’s young learners. Through the VLA, the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) will support school divisions through a multi-year effort with tools, resources, technical assistance and funding.

Beginning in the 2024-2025 school year:

• Every student in kindergarten to grade three will receive core literacy instruction based in scientifically based reading research and evidence based literacy instruction, as defined in the VLA. Students will also receive evidence-based instruction and intervention, as outlined in an individualized student reading plan, if they do not meet literacy benchmarks.
• Every family will have access to online resources to support literacy development at home, and will be able to participate in the development of their child’s student reading plan, if their child does not meet literacy benchmarks.
• Every teacher will use evidence-based literacy curriculum, assess student learning using approved literacy screeners, use student-level data to inform instruction and intervention, and participate in pre-service preparation or training on evidence-based literacy instruction.
• Every reading specialist, in consultation with classroom teachers, will coordinate and oversee intervention for students not meeting literacy benchmarks, and will develop and monitor student progress on student reading plans, working closely with families and teachers.
• Every division will develop a literacy plan, ensure the use of evidence-based literacy curriculum, staff enough reading specialists to support intervention needs, and provide professional development to support teachers, reading specialists, and principals.

Learn more about the VLA here: https://doe.virginia.gov/instruction/english/literacy/vla/index.shtml

• Berkeley Elementary School - "Reading Under the Evening Sky" Family Night

Join us for a family night of reading

under the evening sky

Who: All Berkeley students with family members and Berkeley staff

What: Bring your blankets, sleeping bags, flashlights, lanterns, and of course something to read

When: Thursday Oct 13th from 6:00-7:00 (rain date Oct 20th)

Where: In the back field of Berkeley Elementary (playground will be closed)

Why: To enjoy a fun night of reading on a beautiful fall evening. So pack your blankets, flashlights/lanterns and your favorite books and join us. Participants will receive a hotdog, bag of chips and a bottle of water. Every student who comes to the event can also pick a free book to take home.

• Battlefield Elementary - September 15 Families were invited to Battlefield Elementary Title I Orientation and Academic Night, September 15, with Dinner provided. Title I Program information was shared. As well as Reading and Math stations that provided bookmarks with talking tips for parents to discuss reading and math work with their children. A Spanish Interpreter was provided.

• Harrison Road Elementary and Spotswood Elementary - September 21 & 22 Thank you to all of the Harrison Road & Spotswood Elementary families on September 21st and 22nd that joined a fantastic family engagement night. Parents and students engaged in a variety of hands-on STEM challenges such as building a spaghetti tower to hold a marshmallow, building bridges to hold 2lbs., coding with Mice and Ozobots and creating an airplane that can fly 20 feet.

• Livingston Elementary - September 27 Families at Livingston Elementary were invited to attend our First Annual PTTO Pizza Night on September 27, 2022! The Livingston community was able to engage with staff and each other over a pizza dinner. In addition, families were able to learn more about our Title I program, the Parent Resource Center, and their student's classroom through interactive presentations given by staff and teachers. It was a fun night for all, and all students in attendance were able to go home with a free book!

  
  

• Salem Elementary - September 29 Salem Elementary invited their families for an evening of fun, September 29th. Title I information was shared as well as providing math and literacy stations to learn and enjoy. Pizza was provided and students were able given some new learning games to take home.

  
  

Supported decision making (SDM) is a tool that allows people with disabilities to retain their decision making capacity by choosing supporters to help them make choices. A person using SDM selects trusted advisors, such as friends, family members, or professionals, to serve as supporters. The supporters agree to help the person with a disability understand, consider, and communicate decisions, giving the person with a disability the tools to make her own, informed, decisions. For more information: https://thearcofnova.org/workshops/#lunch-learn

Register here to attend: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwpceysrT4iHtLq8xMpk521618VpRN1L7rJ

Free to attend, but reservations are required: https://tinyurl.com/ParagonEvents

SAVE THE DATE - Rock Out Knock Out Homelessness is scheduled for November 4 from 1-4pm and November 5 from 8am-8pm at the Southpoint Walmart. Donations collected will directly support the Treasure House. More information is forthcoming.

Transition planning for a student’s future begins as early as elementary school with career awareness and exploration activities. In Virginia, formal transition planning begins through the IEP process the year the student turns 14 and drives the development of the IEP.

The Fredericksburg Area Council on Transition (FACT) has developed a comprehensive transition guide that helps break down transition in an easy to understand format, and gives families, staff and community members access to various local community and state agencies that assist individuals with transition.

SCPS participates in an ongoing process of identifying and evaluating children ages birth to twenty-one who are suspected of having a disability.

Any child who is identified as having a disability and qualifies as in need of special education is entitled to a free, appropriate public education designed to meet his/her needs. Early identification assists parents, students and schools in the design of appropriate educational services. Referrals can be made by anyone concerned with the child's educational performance including the parent, child's teacher, community agency or a school official.

For additional information, contact:

Birth - age 2: PEID (Parent Education Infant Development)

(540)371-2712

Age 2 - 5 prior to entrance to kindergarten: Early Childhood Special Education Office

(540)582-7020

For school age children: Call your neighborhood school or

Office of Student Support Services (540)834-2500, extension 1005

Monday-Friday

8am-4pm

Courtney Seely, Teacher Facilitator

Sandy Sprague, Parent Facilitator

Jordana Neylon, Administrative Assistant

Email: prc@spotsylvania.k12.va.us
Website: https://www.spotsylvania.k12.va.us/prc
Location: 7409 Brock Rd, Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA 22553, USA
Phone: 540-582-7060
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spotsyprc
Twitter: @SCSPRC