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Connecting Families: Let’s talk IEP!
Connecting Families: Let’s talk IEP!
Feedback is Welcome – Let’s talk IEP! To change the language of this website and form, click on the language widget above. Para cambiar el idioma de este sitio web y el formulario, haga clic en el widget de idioma de arriba. Para alterar o idioma deste
Charla de la comunidad latina de FCSN
Charla de la comunidad latina de FCSN
Charla de la comunidad latina de FCSN (Ruth de la Cruz Coordinadora del Grupo de Padres Latinos de FCSN, nos reunimos el primer jueves de cada mes para traer actualizaciones de los proyectos de FCSN, responder preguntas y a veces aprovechar la oportunidad para hacer capacitaciones o
Basic Rights: Evaluation and Eligibility
Basic Rights: Evaluation and Eligibility
Host: Quincy SEPAC This presentation is a comprehensive introduction into special education laws and procedures. We will delve into the purpose of the law, referrals, evaluations, and the team meeting process including determining eligibility. Further discussion will focus on services, placement, and what to do when you
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RTSC Online Orientation Training
RTSC Online Orientation Training
Become a Special Education Decision-Maker for a Child in State Custody Volunteers, known as Special Education Surrogate Parents (SESPs), serve as appointed educational special decision-makers for students in the custody of the Department of Children and Families (DCF). SESP volunteers have the legal authority of a parent or
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Basic Rights: Transition Planning
Basic Rights: Transition Planning
Host: Chelmsford Special Education Parent Advisory Council (CSEPAC) This presentation addresses the planning involved when a student is of transition age. The importance of planning, the roles of both parent/guardian and student and the student’s post-secondary vision. We will discuss how to prepare for the transition planning
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SESP Weekly Check-In
SESP Weekly Check-In
SESP Weekly Zoom Meeting All SESPs are welcome. This will be an open zoom meeting format with RTSC support staff facilitating conversations around general questions that are common among Special Education Surrogate Parents (SESPs). For questions, contact us at rtsc@fcsn.org.
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Basic Rights: Transition Planning
Basic Rights: Transition Planning
Host: Hoosac Valley Regional School District This presentation addresses the planning involved when a student is of transition age. The importance of planning, the roles of both parent/guardian and student and the student’s post-secondary vision. We will discuss how to prepare for the transition planning meeting, the
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Discipline and Suspension Training
Discipline and Suspension Training
This training describes different types of disciplinary offenses, the school responsibilities for discipline, range of consequences for rule violations, the difference between suspensions, expulsions, and emergency removals, different categories of suspensions, procedures for out of school suspensions and expulsions, and legal protections for students on IEPs including
Family Focus Group with MRC
Family Focus Group with MRC
This event will have simultaneous interpretation in the following languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, and Haitian Creole The Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC) and the Office of Individual and Family Engagement are partnering with FCSN to engage families of students in the post-secondary transition process. If you are thinking about
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RTSC Online Orientation Training
RTSC Online Orientation Training
Become a Special Education Decision-Maker for a Child in State Custody Volunteers, known as Special Education Surrogate Parents (SESPs), serve as appointed educational special decision-makers for students in the custody of the Department of Children and Families (DCF). SESP volunteers have the legal authority of a parent or
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Trauma Training for SESPs
Trauma Training for SESPs
This training will offer a systematic approach to looking at Developmental Childhood Trauma as it impacts our students in the child welfare system. This interactive training will study trauma’s effects on the academic and social/emotional learning of a student and the impact on their IEP. This training
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RTSC Online Orientation Training
RTSC Online Orientation Training
Become a Special Education Decision-Maker for a Child in State Custody Volunteers, known as Special Education Surrogate Parents (SESPs), serve as appointed educational special decision-makers for students in the custody of the Department of Children and Families (DCF). SESP volunteers have the legal authority of a parent or
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SESP Weekly Check-In
SESP Weekly Check-In
SESP Weekly Zoom Meeting All SESPs are welcome. This will be an open zoom meeting format with RTSC support staff facilitating conversations around general questions that are common among Special Education Surrogate Parents (SESPs). For questions, contact us at rtsc@fcsn.org.
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Transition Planning Training
Transition Planning Training
This presentation provides an understanding of the transition planning process, including why transition planning is important, services that could be included, who is eligible, student and parent/SESP roles in transition planning, and the role of student’s vision. We will discuss how to prepare for a transition planning
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RTSC Online Orientation Training
RTSC Online Orientation Training
Become a Special Education Decision-Maker for a Child in State Custody Volunteers, known as Special Education Surrogate Parents (SESPs), serve as appointed educational special decision-makers for students in the custody of the Department of Children and Families (DCF). SESP volunteers have the legal authority of a parent or
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SESP Weekly Check-In
SESP Weekly Check-In
SESP Weekly Zoom Meeting All SESPs are welcome. This will be an open zoom meeting format with RTSC support staff facilitating conversations around general questions that are common among Special Education Surrogate Parents (SESPs). For questions, contact us at rtsc@fcsn.org.
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Summer 2022 Online 5-Day Parent Training Consultant Institute (PCTI)
Register Now! The Parent Consultant Training Institute (PCTI) is an intensive training program designed to provide all parents and professionals with a solid foundation in special education laws, procedures, and related subjects. Class size is limited, so register early! The training generally consists of 40-54 hours of
RTSC Online Orientation Training
RTSC Online Orientation Training
Become a Special Education Decision-Maker for a Child in State Custody Volunteers, known as Special Education Surrogate Parents (SESPs), serve as appointed educational special decision-makers for students in the custody of the Department of Children and Families (DCF). SESP volunteers have the legal authority of a parent or
Trauma em Português
Trauma em Português
Registre-se Uma série de conversas sobre traumas. Questões sobre traumas causados por violência doméstica, abuso sexual, questões psicológicas, questões de género, bem como a situação de imigrar e reconstruir uma vida numa cultura que não é a sua..
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SESP Weekly Check-In
SESP Weekly Check-In
SESP Weekly Zoom Meeting All SESPs are welcome. This will be an open zoom meeting format with RTSC support staff facilitating conversations around general questions that are common among Special Education Surrogate Parents (SESPs). For questions, contact us at rtsc@fcsn.org.