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Events and Workshops for Parents / Talleres y Eventos Para Padres
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Child Find
If you suspect that your child may have a disability, please contact your local school district at the number listed on the flyer.
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Next Superintendents' Council Meeting
Date: Thursday, February 23, 2023
Time: 8:30 am
Location: Westside Union School District41914 50th Street WestQuartz Hill, CA 93536Next Community Advisory Committee
Date / Fecha: 2/22/2023; 5:00-6:30 pm
Antelope Valley SELPA38345 30th St EastSuite B-2Palmdale, CA 93550
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Click below to register:
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Best Practices in Nonbiased Assessment of EL w/ Potential Development Language Disorder
This information-packed seminar will help attendees gain dozens of practical, Monday-morning materials and strategies for serving ELs with language impairment. The presenter will discuss ways to facilitate continued first language development to support acquisition of English skills, especially academic English. Participants will learn how to utilize culturally responsive materials and strategies that affirm and support diversity. Participants will receive ideas for collaborating with other professionals to support ELs with language impairment across school settings.
Presented by: Celeste Roseberry-McKibbin, Ph.D., CCC-SP
Date/Time: 2/24/2023 from 8:30-2:30 pm
Cost: $25.00
Location: Virtual
Register HERE
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From Suspected Disabilities to Placement and Services: It All Starts with the Assessment Report
This workshop will go into detail about every aspect of the assessment process including how to identify and thoroughly evaluate each area of suspected disability, integrate and analyze various forms of data within the assessment report, and document a thorough eligibility analysis. Sample language will be provided for each section of the assessment report and emphasis will be placed on aspects that increase the defensibility of the assessment. Additionally, this workshop will address how the assessment results inform goals, accommodations, placement, and services.
Presented by: Dr. Derek Ihori
Date/Time: 2/21/2023 from 8:30-11:30 am
Cost: Free
Location: West San Gabriel Valley SELPA
11204 Asher St.,
El Monte, CA. 91731Register HERE
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Healing Trauma in Students to Improve Educational Outcomes
How does the experience of trauma change a child’s thoughts, feelings and behaviors? How can we help them to heal so that they can trust us to educate them? How do we manage the behaviors so that we can educate children? What are the most effective sensory, movement and cognitive behavioral approaches to emotionally regulating children? Join Dr. Christina Reese as she presents Healing Trauma in Students to Improve Educational Outcomes.
Presented by: Dr. Christina Reese
Date/Time: 3/14/2023 from 9:00-3:00 pm
Cost: Free
Location: Endowment Center
1000 N Alameda Street
Los Angeles, CA. 90012Registration opens 1/9/2023
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California Dyslexia Initiative 2022–2023 Expert Webinar Series: Understanding Dyslexia & Literacy
Learn more about identifying risk factors, setting up effective MTSS/RTI school systems to prevent reading difficulties, and delivering research-based instruction to support and remediate struggling learners and students with dyslexia.
Location: Zoom
Cost: Free
Dates:
9/12/2022 from 3:00-4:00 pm: Building Systems that Support Struggling Readers and Students with Dyslexia
10/13/2022 from 3:00-4:00 pm: Screening and Assessments Across Tiers of an MTSS Framework
11/9/2022 from 3:00-4:00 pm: Dyslexia, Structured Literacy, and Equity
1/12/2023 from 3:00-4:00 pm: Supporting Diverse Learners with Intervention in an MTSS Framework
2/9/2023 from 3:00-4:00 pm: Teaching Language Comprehension in a Structured Literacy Approach
3/9/2023 from 3:00-4:00 pm: Teaching Word Recognition in a Structured Literacy Approach
5/11/2023 from 3:00-4:00 pm: Teaching Writing in a Structured Literacy Approach
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Connecting the Dots in the Remainder of the IEP
Placement, Services, Accommodations, Modifications, and Notes (3 Part Series)
Connecting the Dots is an IEP essential to developing an IEP that provides a free appropriate public education (“FAPE”). We will continue our discussion of connecting the dots across three additional sessions by completing the IEP with the offer of placement and services (including least restrictive environment, transportation, emergency circumstances, and extended school year), special factors, and accommodations/modifications.
Presented by: Jennifer Rowe-Gonzalez
Date/Time:
Part 1: March 8, 2023 from 3:00-4:30 pm
Part 2: March 15, 2023 from 3:00-4:30 pm
Part 3: March 20, 2023 from 3:00-4:30 pm
Cost: Free
Location: Virtual
Register HERE
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Dyslexia Training Series
Presenter: Daniel Silberstein, M.Ed., Diagnostic Center, Northern California (DCN)
Recommended audience: Special Education and General Education teachers, reading specialists, para-educators, school psychologists, speech pathologists, administrators, and families.
Registration: There is NO COST for this training series (sponsored by Diagnostic Center, Northern California, and California Dyslexia Initiative). Each session has a separate registration link. Register for one, two, or all three!
December 14, 2022 from 3:30-4:30 pm (Zoom): Screening and Early Intervention for Struggling Readers and Students with Dyslexia
February 1, 2023 from 3:30-4:30 pm (Zoom): Assessing Dyslexia
March 8, 2023 from 3:30-4:30 pm (Zoom): Academic Interventions: Intensifying Instruction for Struggling Readers and Students with Dyslexia
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Dyslexia Training Series (2nd Series Added Due to Popular Demand)
Presenter: Daniel Silberstein, M.Ed., Diagnostic Center, Northern California (DCN)
Recommended audience: Special Education and General Education teachers, reading specialists, para-educators, school psychologists, speech pathologists, administrators, and families.
Registration: There is NO COST for this training series (sponsored by Diagnostic Center, Northern California, and California Dyslexia Initiative). Each session has a separate registration link. Register for one, two, or all three!
March 20, 2023 from 3:30-4:30 pm (Zoom): Screening and Early Intervention for Struggling Readers and Students with Dyslexia
April 17, 2023 from 3:30-4:30 pm (Zoom): Assessing Dyslexia
May 15, 2023 from 3:30-4:30 pm (Zoom): Academic Interventions: Intensifying Instruction for Struggling Readers and Students with Dyslexia
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Establishing and Maintaining Highly Collaborative and Compliant Part C to B Transition
Interagency Collaboration Training Series
This will be a six-part series (see dates below) during which exemplary practices and resources will be shared with the opportunity to discuss each topic in order to emulate practices in your region. The final four sessions will provide guidance and technical assistance to support development and implementation of effective interagency agreements.
You may attend any and/or all session dates for topics of interest (please register separately for each session).
Location: Virtual
Dates/Times:
January 30, 2023 from 11:30-12:30 pm: Exploring Successes and Challenges in Referrals from Parc C to Part B
April 24, 2023 from 11:30-12:30 pm: Exploring Successes and Challenges in the Enrollment Process from Part C to Part B
August 28, 2023 from 11:30-12:30 pm: Leveraging and Expanding Interagency Collaborations and Communications
November 6, 2023 from 11:30-12:30 pm: Documenting Informal Agreements on Practices to Define Responsibilities
January 29, 2024 from 11:30-12:30 pm: Utilizing Templates to Memorilize Regional Agreements
April 29, 2024 from 11:30-12:30 pm: Implementing Interagency Agreements and Best Practices for Cycles of Staff (Training on the Agreement, Local Implementation, and Parent Transition Resources/Support)
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Understanding the Invisible Learning Disability
Educational and Behavioral Interventions for Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
A 5-part virtual book study and lecture series to support educators and families in the implementation of SB 1016.
Features: Ron Powell, Ph.D. and Sheri Wilkins, Ph.D.
Dates/Times: All sessions will take place from 11:30-1:30 pm
February 27, 2023
March 13, 2023
April 3, 2023
April 24, 2023
May 22, 2023
Cost: $249.00 plus a 2.25% service fee
Register HERE
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Universal Pre-Kindergarten Seeds of Change: Nurturing Inclusive Family & Community Empowerment
The Supporting Inclusive Practices team, in collaboration with the California Preschool Instructional Network (CPIN), is excited to bring you a virtual Universal Pre-Kindergarten series that combines voices of experience with practical strategies for building strong, inclusive partnerships to support our youngest learners and their families. Join us as we explore the importance of inclusive practices to empower families and children with disabilities, English Language Learners, and those who have experienced adversity.
Register HERE
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free
Dates: 3:00- 5:00 PM (PST)
January 18th, 2023 February 1st, 2023
March 1st, 2023 January 25th, 2023
February 8th, 2023 March 8th, 2023
