Administration Meeting
SEPAC / Administration Meeting
with Dr. Faye Brady, Director of Student Services and Special Education.
May 28th 1PM-2PM
Middle School, Amherst
Agenda
1. Introductions - Meet the new SEPAC Executive Board
2. Brainstorming for the 2013-14 SEPAC/District Goals
3. Other Business
Submitted by Birdie Champ on Thu, 05/23/2013 - 17:45
May 2013 Meeting
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May Meeting (En Espanol tambien, aqui.) Elections! Come see how together we can be strong! Date: Thursday, May 9 2013 |
Submitted by Birdie Champ on Wed, 05/01/2013 - 10:18
Event: Change a Student's Life!
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UPCOMING TRAINING Change a student’s life this spring SESP Orientation Date: Thursday, May 9 2013 |
Submitted by Birdie Champ on Mon, 04/29/2013 - 08:42
Event: The Executive Functioning of Your Child's Brain
| May 2, 6:30, Hatfield Elementary School |
Submitted by Birdie Champ on Mon, 04/29/2013 - 08:07
See Temple Grandin!
 (Dr. Grandin's new book, The Autistic Brain, will be released in May 2013) |
Conference! Conference! Conference! April 19th in Fitchberg, MA
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Submitted by Birdie Champ on Wed, 04/03/2013 - 11:17
April Meeting
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Meeting Friday, April 5th, 2013, held at the Bangs Community Center (70 Boltwood Walk) in Amherst, room 101, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. |
Submitted by Birdie Champ on Wed, 04/03/2013 - 09:06
March Meeting
All are welcome to attend a Special Education PAC meeting to be held this coming weekend.
WHEN: Saturday, March 16th, 2013, 8:30 a.m.
Submitted by Birdie Champ on Wed, 03/13/2013 - 10:13
Budget Cuts and Special Education
The following is a letter posted to the School Committee in anticipation of the coming (2/26/13) School committee meeting. On the previous day (2/25/13) the Executive Board of the Special Education PAC brought this issue to Dr. Faye Brady, whose response was that no paraprofessionals would be taken from students needing them for special education purposes.
Good evening Maria and members of the School Committee,
Submitted by Birdie Champ on Tue, 02/26/2013 - 17:39
Sensory Friendly Films at Cinemark
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A sensory-friendly movie has the lights brought up, sound turned down, and is not in 3D. Some individuals with sensory processing disorders become easily overstimulated in theaters. Does your child have a sensory processing disorder? Have you participated in the sensory-friendly films at Cinemark? Dylan at the Gazette would like to talk to you about it. On February 19th, Dylan asked the Special Education PAC: |
Submitted by Birdie Champ on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 13:30
Spring Meeting 2/19/13
The Special Education PAC will be meeting Tuesday, 2/19 at 9:00 a.m. in Thorne's Guitar Studio, 233 North Pleasant Street, Amherst (behind the Loose Goose). All welcome!
We hope to discuss the following agenda items:
New business
Future potential workshops
Membership
Potential partnership with Umass master's program students regarding inclusion in k12
Welcoming new families
Submitted by Birdie Champ on Sat, 02/16/2013 - 13:14
Meet New Student Director
Come and Meet Dr. Faye Brady!
The Special Education PAC is pleased to sponsor a Meet and Greet on November 14th, 7pm-8pm, room 13 at the Amherst Regional High School.
We hope you can come! Babysitting available
Submitted by Birdie Champ on Sun, 10/28/2012 - 12:39
Basic Rights Workshop (Derechos Basicos)
(Versión en español abajo.)
BASIC RIGHTS
in Special Education
WORKSHOP
The Basic Rights workshop provides families with an introduction to their rights and responsibilities under:
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
• Massachusetts Special Education Law and
• No Child Left Behind (NCLB).
This workshop is designed to help parents learn to be effective partners with their child’s school to decide their child’s eligibility for special education, and to plan, make decisions and monitor their child’s progress in school.
Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Submitted by Birdie Champ on Fri, 10/12/2012 - 09:40
License ABA Therapists
Please call your State Senator today and express your
support for legislation to license Applied Behavior
Analysts
Your voice can play a critical role in ensuring children
and people with disabilities in Massachusetts have
access to quality ABA services and professionals.
AFAM is lending support to SB2217, "An Act relative to
the licensure of applied behavior analysts," that would
create a board of licensure for Applied Behavioral
Analysts capable of licensing and regulating the
practice of ABA in Massachusetts. This legislation is
currently before the Senate Committee on Ways and
Submitted by Birdie Champ on Thu, 07/19/2012 - 18:31
Thanks to School Committee
(The following is a letter submitted to the Amherst Bulletin, 7/19/2012)
Submitted by Birdie Champ on Thu, 07/19/2012 - 18:28
