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Learning Support-Special Education Services Virtual Learning Workshops For Parents & Families
We are pleased to offer an extended series of workshops to provide parents/guardians with useful information and assist in navigating your child’s virtual instruction. All sessions will take place virtually via Zoom and be led by NPS staff. Please register by clicking on the registration link under each workshop. A confirmation with a Zoom link and mobile dial-in information will be sent following the registration. Registration for all sessions close at 12 noon on the day prior to the event. A recording of each workshop will be made available on the Learning Support-Special Education Services website the week after it is presented.
District-Wide Program Series
*Parents/guardians of students whose IEP team has determined that a majority of their needs are best met in a special education setting/classroom as their least restrictive environment.
September 28 - October 28, 2020
Mondays from 12 to 1 p.m., and Wednesdays from 6 to 7 p.m.
These workshops are designed for parents of students receiving Special Education Services in the District-Wide Program. District-Wide Program is composed of more restrictive classrooms for students of varying disability categories for which IEP teams have determined that the student requires more support in the special education setting. If your student is served primarily in the general education inclusion setting, the parent workshops in the Inclusion Series (see below) may be more appropriate. Sessions will be led by Senior Coordinators and Teacher Specialists. See list of workshops and times.
Telepractice Series
*Parents/guardians of students who receive Speech and Language, Occupational Therapy, and/or Physical Therapy and are participating in telepractice during virtual school.
September 22 - October 29, 2020
Tuesdays from 6 to 7 p.m., and Thursdays from 12 to 1 p.m.
This series of Telepractice workshops will provide useful information and assist in navigating your child’s virtual delivery of Speech, OT, and PT services. Sessions will be led by Candace Delpino, CCC-SLP, Teacher Specialist and Kelly Orvin, PT, MHS, Lead Therapist for the OT and PT Department. Registration for all sessions close at 12:00 p.m. (noon) on the day prior to the event. See list of workshops and times.
Inclusion Series
*Parents/guardians of students who receive the majority of their special education services in the general education classrooms as a collaboration between the general and special education teachers.
September 30 - October 29, 2020
Wednesdays from 12 to 1 p.m., and Thursdays from 6 to 7 p.m.
The Inclusion Series is for parents of students of any disability category who participates in the general education setting and receives a majority of their special education support as a collaboration with the general education teachers/classrooms (inclusion). Sessions will be led by Senior Coordinators and Teacher Specialists. See list of workshops and times.