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August 12/19, 2022 (9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.): This 2 day training is intended for OTs/COTAs and PTs/PTAs who are new to working in the school setting. Working in the school setting is a whole different world compared to a medical setting. This training will cover basic information to ease the transition and help you be ready for the new school year. Please note that you must attend both days to receive CEU credit. The specific agenda will be available prior to the event.

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August 26, 2022 (9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.): This session will discuss how to utilize the Functional Scheme assessment designed by Dr. Lilli Nielsen to determine Active Learning students' functioning profile and learn how to use that information when developing students' Present Levels of Academic And Functional Performance (PLAAFP) statements and Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals. Participants will also have time to discuss how to ensure IEP goals and Active Learning instruction align with the general curriculum.

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August 31, 2022 (9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.): High-quality Early Childhood Special Education classrooms provide students with opportunities for exploration and discovery through the use of hands-on experiences in learning centers. The Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines suggests that the following seven super centers are most effective for little learners: ABC, Creativity, Construction, Library and Listening, Math and Science, Pretend and Learn, and Writing. Activities within the seven super centers should be planned, purposeful, and playful in order to ensure they target skills students need to be successful and builds on the student’s current level of understanding. During this make and take session, participants will create thematic fall activities that can be immediately taken and implemented into an Early Childhood Special Education or Prekindergarten classroom. Participants will collaborate to align these activities to the Prekindergarten guidelines and use the Early Childhood Outcomes Document to scaffold activities for all learners.

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August 31, 2022 (English: 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. Spanish: 12:45 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.): Participants will join a facilitated walk through the Notice of Procedural Safeguards so that you can gather information that will help you understand your parental rights under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) so that you can advocate effectively for your child.

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September 6, 2022 (9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.): The Walsh Gallegos Toolbox 4.2 provides the next level of practical strategies for dealing with disruptive, dangerous or violent students in compliance with Special Education laws.

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September 9, 2022 (9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.): A panel of your peers will share their best practices, opportunities, and barriers to establishing and maintaining a Section 504 program. This meeting will support building relationships, collaboration and engagement with not only other 504 coordinators, but also other programs within your district or charter school. This meeting although designed for Section 504 Coordinators, others such as your dyslexia and MTSS coordinators, evaluation personnel and school nurses will benefit as well.

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Cycle 12 SLP Master’s Degree Information Meeting

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

4:30-7:00 pm

Attendance at one of the information meetings is a mandatory part of the application process. September 7th will be the last information meeting for the Cycle 12 application window.

Application window will be open August 15th, 2022 through October 15th, 2022. Cycle 12 classes begin May 2023!

For questions or additional information, please contact Pam Sepulvado, pam.sepulvado@region10.org

Join us August 16, 2022, at 12:15 p.m. (CST) for this free statewide webinar to gather information about child find and receive helpful tips you can use to request an evaluation for special education services for your child. Click here to register.

Supplemental Special Education Services (SSES) are $1,500 one-time on-line grants for eligible parents/caregivers of eligible students served by special education that have been impacted by COVID-19 school closures.

Families of eligible students can use the on-line accounts to obtain educational materials and resources and/or services such as additional speech therapy or other specific services. Watch the video below to learn more.

Then look no further than the Child Find, Evaluation, and ARD Supports Network or the Student-Centered Transitions Network! Each of these networks house stand-alone guidance documents, useful templates, recorded webinars, and asynchronous courses on a variety of compliance and best practice topics.

The SPEDTex Resource Locator is your gateway to special education resources. From accommodations to transition and everything in between, the SPEDTex Resource Locator lets you tailor your search by topic, audience, language and type. Click here to search for resources.

Do you have a technical assistance request that requires a call or web chat? Please complete the form below to request technical assistance and/or professional development(PD) from the Region 10 Special Populations team. A team member will be in touch with you soon following the submission of your request.

Email: special.pops@region10.org
Website: https://www.region10.org/programs/special-education-services/overview/
Location: 904 Abrams Road, Richardson, TX, USA
Phone: 972-348-1700
Twitter: @R10sped