Workshop Description:

The CSE/CPSE Chairperson Training is made up of 10 modules: Regulatory Foundations, Referral, Evaluation, Eligibility, IEP Recommendation/Development, IEP Implementation, Annual Review, Reevaluation, Effective Meetings and Preschool Special Education. Please note the last day of the training will be devoted to Committee on Preschool Special Education​​

The goals of this training are to provide CPSE/CSE Chairpersons with information to enhance their knowledge and skills to:
1. Understand the special education process as delineated in New York State Education Law and Regulations;
2. Perform specific responsibilities as Chairperson of the Committee;
3. Develop practices that encourage parental involvement and cultivate home-school partnerships; and
4. Identify strategies for the Committee to make high quality decisions that will result in an individualized education program (IEP) that meets State requirements and will result in educational benefit to the student.

Please note there will be some required pre-work for the modules that must be completed prior to training.

July 19th Focus: CPSE Process

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Workshop Description:

Positive Solutions for Families is an evidence-based, parent training series for families of early childhood age children and professionals working with those families. Each session will provide information on how to promote children's social and emotional skills, understand their challenging behaviors, and use positive approaches to help children learn appropriate behavior at home, school or in community settings. Parents and professionals will gain general information on key strategies that may be used with all children at the early childhood stage of development including:
● The importance of building positive relationships with children
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Workshop Description:

This in-person symposium focuses on evidence-based practices to improve outcomes for our youngest learners. Topics include classroom management including using function-based thinking to support positive behavior and decreasing challenging ones; explicit instruction strategies to engage our youngest learners; and strategies to enhance family engagement to strengthen the home school connection.

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Workshop Description:

This training package is designed for district/building level administrators to gain a better understanding of the process related to discipline for students with disabilities, with a focus on DCIP as per the part 201 of the Commissioner's Regulations. This professional development supports the administrator's understanding of the regulatory requirements, as they relate to DCIP.

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Workshop Description:

This virtual symposium focuses on evidence-based practices to improve outcomes for our youngest learners. Topics include classroom management including using function-based thinking to support positive behavior and decreasing challenging ones; explicit instruction strategies to engage our youngest learners; and strategies to enhance family engagement to strengthen the home school connection.

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Workshop Description:

Develop your equity and cultural lens by exploring the dimension of equity and Cultural Responsive Education as a practice that recognizes the mind-body connection involved in learning. Explore differences between multicultural education, social justice education, and culturally responsive pedagogy and review how concepts of Equity in your organization's policies and procedures take shape.

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Workshop Description:

This workshop provides an overview of the primary adult agency providers available and the services offered by each. It is meant to increase student and family knowledge of, and connection with appropriate, referral options and processes. The goal is to increase appropriate referrals as these supports are shown to correlate with improved outcomes for students with disabilities.

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Workshop Description:

The purpose of this interactive workshop is for families/parents and caregivers to gain a foundational understanding of the Committee on Special Education (CSE) process and the Individualized Education Program (IEP) development process, including the roles and responsibilities of the CSE, the various components of the IEP, and the transition planning process. Please bring your child's IEP if they have one, we will have blank copies available as well. We will go through every line on the IEP and explain what it means and how you can contribute!!

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Workshop Description:

This workshop on Explicit Vocabulary Instruction (EVI) helps us support and meaningfully engage ALL learners. Importantly, EVI has several attributes, including


Having a substantial impact for diverse groups of students across all grade levels and settings.
Its appropriateness for teaching both academic and non-academic concepts.
The ease with which it can be embedded into Tier 1 instruction in both general and special education classrooms.
It being an approach that integrates listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
It being an important component of Specially Designed Instruction for students with disabilities.

We will explore principles, steps, and strategies of EVI and word selection, including tiered vocabulary.

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Workshop Description:

This training package is designed for district/building level administrators to gain a better understanding of the process related to discipline for students with disabilities, with a focus on DCIP as per the part 201 of the Commissioner's Regulations. This professional development supports the administrator's understanding of the regulatory requirements, as they relate to DCIP.

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Positive Solutions for Families is an evidence-based, parent training series for families of early childhood age children and professionals working with those families. Each session will provide information on how to promote children's social and emotional skills, understand their challenging behaviors, and use positive approaches to help children learn appropriate behavior at home, school or in community settings. Parents and professionals will gain general information on key strategies that may be used with all children at the early childhood stage of development including:
● The importance of building positive relationships with children
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Workshop Description:

Participants will build fluency with the science of behavior that provides the theoretical foundation on which Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs) and Behavior Intervention Plan (BIPs) are based. They will acquire the skills necessary to complete the FBA process and develop the skills necessary to create, implement, and progress monitor the BIP. The training information provided will ensure that all participants acquire a skill set that aligns with the New York State Education Department P-12: Office of Special Education Part 200 regulations.

- Understanding the Behavior Pathway
- Build fluency with the theoretical foundations on which FBAs and BIPs are based (i.e., the behavioral pathway)
- Conducting the Functional Behavior Assessment
- Understand and develop the skills necessary to complete the FBA; learn the components of the Competing Behavior Pathway (CBP) from which to develop the BIP; how to incorporate family knowledge and involvement with the Long Island Family and Community Engagement Center (FACE)
- Using the Competing Behavior Pathway to Develop the Behavior Intervention Plan Identify interventions based upon the Competing Behavior Pathway
- Implementation and Progress Monitoring of the Behavior Intervention Plan Develop the skills necessary to 1) ensure the BIP is implemented with fidelity and 2) progress monitor a student's response to the plan with regard to changes in both the problem and replacement/desired behaviors.

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Workshop Description:

It is never too early to start promoting your child's vocabulary development! In this workshop on "Explicit Vocabulary Instruction for Parents: How to Support Your Child's Vocabulary Development,” you will learn what you can easily do at home to strengthen your child's vocabulary knowledge. This workshop will teach you simple techniques that you can implement at home that will support and meaningfully engage all learners in developing their vocabulary, leading to stronger verbal, reading, and writing skills. Participants will be able to demonstrate the importance of vocabulary instruction for their children in the elementary grades by being able to incorporate explicit vocabulary instruction in their home.

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Workshop Description:

This interactive workshop is intended to provide participants with an overview of student involvement in the Individualized Education Program (IEP) process. Participants will identify ways to meaningfully engage and promote their child's participation in IEP development and CSE meetings. Materials and resources to promote self determination and student involvement will be reviewed.

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Workshop Description:

This workshop was developed to provide families/parents and caregivers an overview of the process for developing an Individual Education Program (IEP) using a collaborative approach. The workshop provides a review of all areas of the IEP and the information that a parent, family and/or caregiver can share with the Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) regarding their child's performance and disability related needs. Please bring your child's IEP if they have one, we will have blank copies as well. We will go through every line on the IEP and explain what it means and how you can contribute!! Participants will: Identify the various preschool components of the IEP Identify the family's role in the development of the IEP Review tools and resources that can enhance family engagement during the IEP process.

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Workshop Description:

When students feel like they belong at school, they have fewer absences, fewer disciplinary infractions, higher graduation rates, as well as increased engagement, self-esteem, and attitudes. Join this interactive workshop to understand how affirming learning environments improve student outcomes and develop strategies for creating welcoming and affirming learning environments where students can better succeed.

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Workshop Description:

The purpose of this interactive workshop is for families/parents and caregivers to gain a foundational understanding of the Committee on Special Education (CSE) process and the Individualized Education Program (IEP) development process, including the roles and responsibilities of the CSE, the various components of the IEP, and the transition planning process. Please bring your child's IEP if they have one, we will have blank copies available as well. We will go through every line on the IEP and explain what it means and how you can contribute!!

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Chairpersons Only

Workshop Description:

Our collegial circle is a Professional Learning Community made up of CPSE Chairpersons, Special Education Early Childhood Service Providers, members of the Departments of Health, the Long Island Regional Partnership Center and the Long Island Family and Community Engagement Center. Members of the circle come together on a monthly basis to discuss a common goal, need, interest, or question in order to improve their professional practice.

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Workshop Description:

Our collegial circle is a Professional Learning Community made up of CPSE Chairpersons, Special Education Early Childhood Service Providers, members of the Departments of Health, the Long Island Regional Partnership Center and the Long Island Family and Community Engagement Center. Members of the circle come together on a monthly basis to discuss a common goal, need, interest, or question in order to improve their professional practice.

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Workshop Description:

This interactive workshop will provide participants with an in-depth understanding of the transition planning process and the components within a transition-focused IEP. Attendees will deepen their understanding of best practices and evidence-based strategies related to quality transition services and planning.

Participants will: - Identify key components of high-quality Transition IEPs and understand the transition planning process.
- Identify key elements of the Present Levels of Performance; transition needs and course of study; the Coordinated Set of Activities; and the components needed to develop and write measurable postsecondary goals
- Identify the components needed to develop and write measurable annual goals that support each of the measurable postsecondary goals
- Ensure student participation in the development of a transition IEP and parent involvement in the transition planning process
- Describe the role of agencies and promote interagency collaboration
- Be able to directly apply and implement these practices to ensure student success with postsecondary goals

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Workshop Description:

This training package is designed for district/building level administrators to gain a better understanding of the process related to discipline for students with disabilities, with a focus on DCIP as per the part 201 of the Commissioner's Regulations. This professional development supports the administrator's understanding of the regulatory requirements, as they relate to DCIP.

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Workshop Description:

Explicit instruction helps us support and meaningfully engage ALL students. It has quite an impact on diverse groups of students across all grade levels, in general and special education classrooms who are learning both academic and non-academic concepts. For all students, including students with disabilities and English Learners, it provides an approach that integrates listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and can be used in pre teaching and reteaching content and skills. For students with disabilities, it is also an important component of Specially Designed Instruction.

We will spend time in the areas below (and more!):
- breaking down concepts and skills to logically sequence lessons and craft clear objectives
- providing students with necessary schema and background knowledge, on which to build new understandings
- planning for guided and supported practice through modeling, demonstrating, thinking aloud, active engagement, scaffolding, and fading supports
- being responsive to student needs through formative assessment and providing informative and actionable feedback
- building independence and generalization within lessons and through periodic review, practice, and application

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Workshop Description:

Special Education Quality Assurance (SEQA) conducts the State Performance Plan (SPP) 13: Secondary Transition compliance review in the Fall of the school year a district is scheduled for monitoring of SPP Indicator 13 (in accordance with the six-year monitoring cycle). The purpose of this training is to review key concepts of this compliance review to ensure districts are developing individualized education programs (IEPs) for students aged 15 and over that meet SPP Indicator 13 compliance requirements. Districts are required to complete this training the school year prior to undergoing this review. This training is focused on meeting compliance for SPP Indicator 13.

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Workshop Description:

This workshop is for anyone interested in learning more about the special education process. It also provides the needed training, as required by NYSED, to become an approved Parent Member of the CPSE/CSE. This workshop provides an overview of regulatory guidance related to the special education process, eligibility, and IEP development.

Participants will:
- Gain a foundational understanding of the special education process
- Understand the role and requirements of the additional Parent Member
- Learn techniques and strategies to become an effective participant in the CPSE/CSE process

This workshop meets the NYSED requirement of being trained to be an additional parent member of the CPSE/CSE. A letter of successful completion will be provided for you to share with your district representatives.

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Workshop Description:

The Nassau Transition Consortium is a Professional Learning Community made up of Nassau County High School Transition Coordinators. Members of the consortium come together on a monthly basis to discuss common goals, needs, interests, and/or questions in order to improve professional transition practices on Long Island.

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Workshop Description:

Develop your equity and cultural lens by exploring the dimension of equity and Cultural Responsive Education as a practice that recognizes the mind-body connection involved in learning. Explore differences between multicultural education, social justice education, and culturally responsive pedagogy and review how concepts of Equity in your organization's policies and procedures take shape.

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Workshop Description:

All café sessions will offer support in Spanish. Please contact us at post-cci@liu.edu for flyers of additional workshops for Spanish speaking families, guardians, and caregivers.
Are you looking for information or have questions?
Are you interested to learn more about topics around special education?
Are you looking to connect with other parents of children with disabilities?
Are you looking for a resource or referral? Training opportunities? Have questions about your child's IEP? Then these meetings are for you!

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Workshop Description:

This 3-module workshop series is designed for PreK to 12th grade educators who would like more information on classroom management strategies within a positive behavior support framework. Topics addressed include:
Part 1 - Building Relationships/Creating a Positive Environment Rules, Expectations, Routines, and Procedures
Part 2- Arranging the Physical Environment, Active Supervision, Behavior Specific Praise, and Multiple Opportunities to Respond
Part 3 - Class wide Group Contingencies and The Continuum of Response Strategies for Challenging Behaviors

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Workshop Description:

Do you want to know how to write a Quality IEP? How to align all parts of the IEP so that it is developed in a way to support students with disabilities to make progress toward general education? Participants will develop their understanding of the components of a quality IEP designed to provide students with disabilities access to the general education curriculum.

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Workshop Description:

This interactive workshop will provide foundational information related to what quality transition assessment is and why it is important, transition assessments that can inform each of the measurable postsecondary goal areas of education/training, employment, and independent living, and how to utilize the information gathered through transition assessment to develop quality transition-focused Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). The Essentials introduces transition assessment, reviews transition assessments for education and training, employment, and independent living, and utilizes a case scenario activity to review using transition assessment results to develop the IEP.

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Workshop Description:

This interactive workshop will provide participants with an overview of universal screening and how to adopt this practice in their schools. Content is applicable to work with all general education students within a tiered model of academic support (e.g., MTSS and RTI) as well as students receiving special education services. This workshop covers the essential knowledge and skills necessary to understand the importance and core features of universal academic screening as well as modeling and practice with feedback on implementing universal screening.

This workshop includes two main components:
1. Training (PPT) focused on providing focused instruction, modeling, and guided practice in implementing universal screening
2. An application/work day (optional, but encouraged) for independent practice

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Workshop Description:

How does the way educators treat students based on their expectations impact student outcomes? Research suggests that students of varying backgrounds often face stereotypes and biases that negatively impact their performance. During this interactive workshop, develop strategies and explore how centering identities, harnessing strengths and interests, meeting students' individual needs, and engaging families fosters high expectations and rigorous instruction leading to improved student outcomes.

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What do you need to know about discipline procedures and students with disabilities? This interactive workshop is designed for district/building level administrators to gain a better understanding of the process related to discipline for students with disabilities as per the Part 201 of the Commissioner's Regulations. This professional development supports the administrator's understanding of the regulatory requirements and the administrative responsibilities, as they relate to discipline, and are aligned to state law to ensure district compliance. Participants will increase their knowledge of policies, regulations, and best practices related to suspension, removal, and behavioral supports related to implementing discipline for students with disabilities.  

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Workshop Description:

TThe purpose of this interactive workshop is to provide participants with an overview of what progress monitoring for academics is and how to implement this practice with individual students. Content is applicable to work with all general education students within a tiered model of academic support (e.g., MTSS, RTI) and students receiving special education services. The content covers the essential knowledge and skills needed to understand the importance and core features of progress monitoring, as well as modeling and practice with feedback on implementing progress monitoring. Participants are given an opportunity for independent work with support from the presenters.

At the conclusion of this training, participants should be able to:
- Describe the purpose of progress monitoring
- Define progress monitoring
- Identify the steps for implementing progress monitoring at the individual student level

Please note, this workshop contains a second part in the format of independent work that will be provided during the listed session.

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Workshop Description:

This interactive workshop will provide participants with an in-depth understanding of the transition planning process and the components within a transition-focused IEP. Attendees will deepen their understanding of best practices and evidence-based strategies related to quality transition services and planning.

Participants will: - Identify key components of high-quality Transition IEPs and understand the transition planning process.
- Identify key elements of the Present Levels of Performance; transition needs and course of study; the Coordinated Set of Activities; and the components needed to develop and write measurable postsecondary goals
- Identify the components needed to develop and write measurable annual goals that support each of the measurable postsecondary goals
- Ensure student participation in the development of a transition IEP and parent involvement in the transition planning process
- Describe the role of agencies and promote interagency collaboration
- Be able to directly apply and implement these practices to ensure student success with postsecondary goals

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Workshop Description:

The CSE/CPSE Chairperson Training is made up of 10 modules: Regulatory Foundations, Referral, Evaluation, Eligibility, IEP Recommendation/Development, IEP Implementation, Annual Review, Reevaluation, Effective Meetings and Preschool Special Education. Please note the last day of the training will be devoted to Committee on Preschool Special Education​​

The goals of this training are to provide CPSE/CSE Chairpersons with information to enhance their knowledge and skills to:
1. Understand the special education process as delineated in New York State Education Law and Regulations;
2. Perform specific responsibilities as Chairperson of the Committee;
3. Develop practices that encourage parental involvement and cultivate home-school partnerships; and
4. Identify strategies for the Committee to make high quality decisions that will result in an individualized education program (IEP) that meets State requirements and will result in educational benefit to the student.

Please note there will be some required pre-work for the modules that must be completed prior to training.

July 19th Focus: CPSE Process

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Workshop Description:

The goal of this interactive workshop is to bring together a variety of stakeholders who are united by their passion for improving post-school outcomes for students with disabilities and determined to learn how to purposefully plan together to increase the likelihood of positive outcomes.

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Workshop Description:

This interactive workshop offers an overview of challenging behaviors, the behavior pathway, and how to apply the function-based thinking process to challenging behavior. Function-based thinking is a Tier 1 support that can be used for all students, that requires teachers to informally gather data on student behavior, analyze the behavioral data, use the behavior pathway to determine the function or "why” of the behavior, and match interventions to the function of the student's behavior. Professionals will leave with an understanding of how to observe, analyze, and intervene on challenging behaviors.

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Workshop Description:

With the increased numbers of English Language Learners disproportionately identified as students with disabilities, this workshop series provides an overview of policies and practices that address the issue. District leaders and staff will engage in the review of core concepts to support foundational understanding with the opportunity to put theory into practice in reviewing concepts of language difference and disability, the identification process, and more.

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Self-Determination is a research-based predictor of post-school success in the areas of education, employment, and independent living. The purpose of this interactive workshop is to foster and support the development of self-determination skills for students of all ages and ability levels utilizing a collaborative school and family approach. It provides participants with foundational concepts, resources, and strategies to implement and incorporate practices that promote the development of self-determination throughout a student's day, across all settings and at all ages. This workshop will provide an overview of what self-determination is and why it is important; the concept of Self-Determination across the lifespan; and student involvement in the Individual Education Program (IEP) Process. *This workshop is required in order to enroll in the workshop, How to Foster Self-Determination for All Students: Resources & Implementation.

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Workshop Description:

This interactive workshop is intended to develop participants' working knowledge of the components of SDI, the rationale for using SDI, using SDI alongside other instructional strategies, and selecting appropriate SDI based upon student needs and characteristics.

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Workshop Description:

The issue of in and out-of-school suspensions of all students, including students with disabilities, who demonstrate escalated classroom behavior, has become controversial and divisive leaving many staff members at odds. This training package, designed for building level administrators and teachers, is intended to help participants understand that exclusionary practices have significant short and long-term negative effects on academic, social-emotional, health and wellness, and family outcomes of students, and there are alternative approaches to discipline that lead to improved student outcomes. Participants will ground themselves in a common understanding of suspension, removal, and discipline, as well as influences, impacts, policies, and procedures that contribute to the on-going suspension crisis in schools today. Participants will learn and explore effective research-based strategies for responding to student behavior and appropriate alternatives to suspension, which have significantly fewer negative impacts on student or family outcomes.

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Our collegial circle is a Professional Learning Community made up of CPSE Chairpersons, Special Education Early Childhood Service Providers, members of the Departments of Health, the Long Island Regional Partnership Center and the Long Island Family and Community Engagement Center. Members of the circle come together on a monthly basis to discuss a common goal, need, interest, or question in order to improve their professional practice.

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Workshop Description:

This interactive workshop highlights the essential skills necessary to consider all students' needs as they relate to instructional practices. Instructors will be guided to utilize ongoing data collection to intensify reading instruction using evidence-based strategies. Participants will be exposed to skill-based, fluency-based, and performance-based learning deficits and will determine which interventions should be applied for each. Facilitators will discuss how this practice can be applied across all academic areas.

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Special Education Quality Assurance (SEQA) conducts the State Performance Plan (SPP) 13: Secondary Transition compliance review in the Fall of the school year a district is scheduled for monitoring of SPP Indicator 13 (in accordance with the six-year monitoring cycle). The purpose of this training is to review key concepts of this compliance review to ensure districts are developing individualized education programs (IEPs) for students aged 15 and over that meet SPP Indicator 13 compliance requirements. Districts are required to complete this training the school year prior to undergoing this review. This training is focused on meeting compliance for SPP Indicator 13.

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This workshop was developed to provide families/parents and caregivers an overview of the process for developing an Individual Education Program (IEP) using a collaborative approach. The workshop provides a review of all areas of the IEP and the information that a parent, family and/or caregiver can share with the Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) regarding their child's performance and disability related needs. Please bring your child's IEP if they have one, we will have blank copies as well. We will go through every line on the IEP and explain what it means and how you can contribute!! Participants will: Identify the various preschool components of the IEP Identify the family's role in the development of the IEP Review tools and resources that can enhance family engagement during the IEP process.

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Participants will build fluency with the science of behavior that provides the theoretical foundation on which Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs) and Behavior Intervention Plan (BIPs) are based. They will acquire the skills necessary to complete the FBA process and develop the skills necessary to create, implement, and progress monitor the BIP. The training information provided will ensure that all participants acquire a skill set that aligns with the New York State Education Department P-12: Office of Special Education Part 200 regulations.

- Understanding the Behavior Pathway
- Build fluency with the theoretical foundations on which FBAs and BIPs are based (i.e., the behavioral pathway)
- Conducting the Functional Behavior Assessment
- Understand and develop the skills necessary to complete the FBA; learn the components of the Competing Behavior Pathway (CBP) from which to develop the BIP; how to incorporate family knowledge and involvement with the Long Island Family and Community Engagement Center (FACE)
- Using the Competing Behavior Pathway to Develop the Behavior Intervention Plan Identify interventions based upon the Competing Behavior Pathway
- Implementation and Progress Monitoring of the Behavior Intervention Plan Develop the skills necessary to 1) ensure the BIP is implemented with fidelity and 2) progress monitor a student's response to the plan with regard to changes in both the problem and replacement/desired behaviors.

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This interactive workshop will provide participants with an in-depth understanding of the transition planning process and the components within a transition-focused IEP. Attendees will deepen their understanding of best practices and evidence-based strategies related to quality transition services and planning.

Participants will: - Identify key components of high-quality Transition IEPs and understand the transition planning process.
- Identify key elements of the Present Levels of Performance; transition needs and course of study; the Coordinated Set of Activities; and the components needed to develop and write measurable postsecondary goals
- Identify the components needed to develop and write measurable annual goals that support each of the measurable postsecondary goals
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The purpose of this training is to help participants gain skills to develop measurable goals in the Individual Education Program (IEP). Participants will learn the regulations related to goal writing, how to develop observable language for the goal and how to determine the specific components that measure progress in the goal. The training will also focus on the importance of well written, data-based present levels of performance as the foundation of the goals.

Participants will be able to:


• Describe the relationship between identified needs in the data-based present levels of performance and prioritized measurable annual goals.


• Explain each of the four components of measurable annual goals.


• Evaluate the quality of current measurable annual goals and develop new measurable annual goals that match the Quality Indicators in order to improve student outcomes.

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Workshop Description:

Participants will: - Identify and understand key components of high-quality Transition IEPs and understand the transition planning process
- Utilize available case study to apply concepts
- Utilize optional IEP mapping templates to use in tandem with their own active student IEP
- Be able to directly apply and implement today's concepts into practice with an increased understanding

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Workshop Description:

Our collegial circle is a Professional Learning Community made up of CPSE Chairpersons, Special Education Early Childhood Service Providers, members of the Departments of Health, the Long Island Regional Partnership Center and the Long Island Family and Community Engagement Center. Members of the circle come together on a monthly basis to discuss a common goal, need, interest, or question in order to improve their professional practice.

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Workshop Description:

It is never too early to start promoting your child's vocabulary development! In this workshop on "Explicit Vocabulary Instruction for Parents: How to Support Your Child's Vocabulary Development,” you will learn what you can easily do at home to strengthen your child's vocabulary knowledge. This workshop will teach you simple techniques that you can implement at home that will support and meaningfully engage all learners in developing their vocabulary, leading to stronger verbal, reading, and writing skills. Participants will be able to demonstrate the importance of vocabulary instruction for their children in the elementary grades by being able to incorporate explicit vocabulary instruction in their home.

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Workshop Description:

This interactive workshop is intended to provide participants with an overview of student involvement in the Individualized Education Program (IEP) process. Participants will identify ways to meaningfully engage and promote their child's participation in IEP development and CSE meetings. Materials and resources to promote self determination and student involvement will be reviewed.

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Workshop Description:

This two-part workshop addresses the following:
Module 1: Six Models of Co-Teaching
Participants will be able to:
- understand co-teaching as a service delivery model.
- learn the 6 models of co-teaching and how to effectively implement them.
- gain skills for matching the co-teaching models to elements of their lessons.
- identify a co-teaching model in a given scenario.
Module 2: Building Your Co-Teaching Team
Participants will be able to:
- utilize the unique contributions of co-teaching partners to ensure high quality education and appropriate accommodations for diverse learners
- identify key components of an effective co-teaching partnership
- describe the three Co's of co-teaching that contribute to an effective partnership
- utilize reflection tools to continually strengthen a co-teaching partnership
Module 3: Planning for Instruction
Participants will be able to:
- understand that co-planning is critical to the success of the co-teaching structure
- gain knowledge of how to effectively and efficiently co-plan
- describe the various types of co-planning that co-teachers might use
- co-plan a lesson that uses the co-teaching models to address student needs and provide equitable access for all students

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Workshop Description:

The purpose of this interactive workshop is for families/parents and caregivers to gain a foundational understanding of the Committee on Special Education (CSE) process and the Individualized Education Program (IEP) development process, including the roles and responsibilities of the CSE, the various components of the IEP, and the transition planning process. Please bring your child's IEP if they have one, we will have blank copies available as well. We will go through every line on the IEP and explain what it means and how you can contribute!!

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Workshop Description:

This interactive workshop helps administrators gain a greater understanding of what the Science of Reading has determined to be the foundational skills needed to become a proficient reader.  Participants will explore current instructional practices in reading and the impact they have on reading proficiency.  This workshop will also provide context for the importance of effective reading instruction and the impact that it has on equity for all students. To overcome equity barriers, school leaders need to support educators in utilizing systemic, explicit instruction to teach the skills supported by the science of reading.  This training also highlights ineffective practices and why those may not be working; this is intended to inform leadership support of teachers implementing research-based and effective reading instruction.

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Workshop Description:

How does the way educators treat students based on their expectations impact student outcomes? Research suggests that students of varying backgrounds often face stereotypes and biases that negatively impact their performance. During this interactive workshop, develop strategies and explore how centering identities, harnessing strengths and interests, meeting students' individual needs, and engaging families fosters high expectations and rigorous instruction leading to improved student outcomes.

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Workshop Description:

This workshop is intended to develop participants' basic understanding of SDI. SDI means adapting what is taught and/or the manner in which instruction is provided to meet the student's unique needs. SDI provides students with different avenues to acquire content knowledge; process information, construct meaning, and/or make sense of ideas. Through SDI, teaching and materials are adapted so that each student can learn effectively, regardless of differences in ability. Join us to learn more!!

Participants will:
Understand the concepts of SDI
Understand both federal and state regulation around SDI
Be able to examine what SDI might look like in the classroom and in the home
Understand your value as an engaged and meaningful partner in the special education process and education of your child

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Special Education Quality Assurance (SEQA) conducts the State Performance Plan (SPP) 13: Secondary Transition compliance review in the Fall of the school year a district is scheduled for monitoring of SPP Indicator 13 (in accordance with the six-year monitoring cycle). The purpose of this training is to review key concepts of this compliance review to ensure districts are developing individualized education programs (IEPs) for students aged 15 and over that meet SPP Indicator 13 compliance requirements. Districts are required to complete this training the school year prior to undergoing this review. This training is focused on meeting compliance for SPP Indicator 13.

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Workshop Description:

This interactive workshop provides foundational information related to what quality transition assessment is and why it is important, transition assessments that can inform each of the measurable postsecondary goal areas of education/training, employment, and independent living, and how to utilize the information gathered through transition assessment to develop quality transition-focused Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). This workshop is helpful to participants who would like more detailed information and examples to learn to use transition assessment results in writing transition portions of the IEP.

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The purpose of this workshop is to help participants gain a greater understanding of the Science of Reading; specifically, what phonological awareness is and how crucial this skillset is to the foundation of reading success. Participants will explore which skills to teach when, and how to teach these skills for students to master phonological awareness. The workshop will also provide context for the importance of using assessments to improve the effectiveness of phonological instruction for students. To overcome equity barriers, educators need to focus on systemic, explicit instruction to teach the skills supported by the science of reading.

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Workshop Description:

This workshop addresses transition assessments for students with significant disabilities.

Participants will:
- Learn research that supports transition assessment for students with significant disabilities
- Review transition assessments for students with significant disabilities
- Learn how to write transition assessment results for students with significant disabilities for transition planning

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This interactive workshop will provide participants with an in-depth understanding of the development of transition in the Present Levels of Performance and their connection to the components within a transition-focused IEP. Attendees will deepen their understanding of best practices and evidence-based strategies related to quality transition services and planning.

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This workshop will facilitate the understanding and appropriate use of test accommodations for students with disabilities, in order to provide access to and participation in general education curriculum and in courses that will prepare them to take and pass required examinations.

Participants will:
- Understand the purpose of test accommodations
- Define test accommodations
- Identify types of test accommodations
- Learn about the decision-making process
- Learn how test accommodations are documented in the IEP
- Understand roles in supporting a student with their test accommodations
- Recognize that instructional accommodations used in the classroom should be aligned with the testing accommodations provided during assessment

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Workshop Description:

This training is a follow-up to the Overview of Specially Designed Instruction. It will explore the application of Specially Designed Instruction in classroom scenarios, lesson planning and in IEPs. Participants should have attended the Overview of SDI professional development session previously or have a strong knowledge of the principles of SDI.

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Workshop Description:

The transition from early intervention to preschool special education services can be a time of excitement, but it can also be a source of anxiety. Transitions are made easier when families and providers understand the process. This workshop is designed to provide participants with the information they need so they have a better understanding of the committee on preschool special education process. Please contact CCI at post-cci@liu.edu for flyers written in Spanish to be shared with families.

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Workshop Description:

This interactive workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of the development of Measurable Postsecondary Goals and their connection to the transition planning process and the other components within a transition-focused IEP. Attendees will deepen their understanding of best practices and evidence-based strategies related to quality transition services and planning.

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Workshop Description:

This interactive workshop will help participants gain a greater understanding of the Science of Reading; specifically, what phonics and word recognition is and how crucial this skill set is to the foundation of reading success. Participants will explore which skills to teach when, and how to teach these skills for students to master phonics and word recognition. The workshop will also provide context for the importance of using assessments to improve the effectiveness of phonics instruction for students. To overcome equity barriers, educators need to focus on systemic, explicit instruction to teach the skills supported by the science of reading.

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Workshop Description:

The purpose of the Family Guide to Transition Planning-Preparing Students with Disabilities for Life After High School is to assist families in understanding the transition planning process specifically from high school to life after high school. When families are knowledgeable about the transition process and invited to participate by Educational Organizations (EOs), students with disabilities experience improved post-school outcomes in the areas of employment, postsecondary education, and independent living.

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The goal of this interactive workshop is to bring together a variety of stakeholders who are united by their passion for improving post-school outcomes for students with disabilities and determined to learn how to purposefully plan together to increase the likelihood of positive outcomes.

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Workshop Description:

The transition from preschool to kindergarten can be a time of excitement but it can also be a source of anxiety. Transitions are made easier when families and providers understand the process. This interactive workshop will help participants to understand the transition process, to be an active member of the transition team, to understand the difference between services in CPSE and CSE, and to understand the purpose of an Individualized Education Program (IEP). Please contact CCI at post-cci@liu.edu for flyers written in Spanish to be shared with families.

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Workshop Description:

This workshop on Explicit Vocabulary Instruction (EVI) helps us support and meaningfully engage ALL learners. Importantly, EVI has several attributes, including


Having a substantial impact for diverse groups of students across all grade levels and settings.
Its appropriateness for teaching both academic and non-academic concepts.
The ease with which it can be embedded into Tier 1 instruction in both general and special education classrooms.
It being an approach that integrates listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
It being an important component of Specially Designed Instruction for students with disabilities.

We will explore principles, steps, and strategies of EVI and word selection, including tiered vocabulary.

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Workshop Description:

This interactive workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of the development of the Coordinated Set of Transition Activities and their connection to the transition planning process and the other components within a transition-focused IEP. Attendees will deepen their understanding of best practices and evidence-based strategies related to quality transition services and planning.

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Workshop Description:

When students feel like they belong at school, they have fewer absences, fewer disciplinary infractions, higher graduation rates, as well as increased engagement, self-esteem, and attitudes. Join this interactive workshop to understand how affirming learning environments improve student outcomes and develop strategies for creating welcoming and affirming learning environments where students can better succeed.

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Description:

Please join us in an informal setting to discuss and reflect on any number of topics related to teaching and learning. Are you interested in sharing evidence-based strategies and ideas that could engage and support students of all abilities? Join us in this casual forum where we share experiences and ideas on:

Phonemic Awareness and Phonics
Fluency
Vocabulary Development
Reading Comprehension
Explicit Instruction
Academic Screeners
Intervention and Progress Monitoring

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Workshop Description:

The transition from early intervention to preschool special education services can be a time of excitement, but it can also be a source of anxiety. Transitions are made easier when families and providers understand the process. This workshop is designed to provide participants with the information they need so they have a better understanding of the committee on preschool special education process. Please contact CCI at post-cci@liu.edu for flyers written in Spanish to be shared with families.

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Workshop Description:

The purpose of this interactive workshop is to educate families of students with disabilities on the essential information regarding NYSAA including, what NYSAA is, what the test entails, and how it will impact a student's postsecondary planning and opportunities.

Families will:
- review the state assessment options.
- identify the purpose and structure of NYSAA.
- become familiar with the process for determining whether a student is eligible for NYSAA.
- explore student exit options and how a NYSAA designation impacts students' postsecondary planning, including graduation.

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Workshop Description:

This workshop was developed to provide families/parents and caregivers an overview of the process for developing an Individual Education Program (IEP) using a collaborative approach. The workshop provides a review of all areas of the IEP and the information that a parent, family and/or caregiver can share with the Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) regarding their child's performance and disability related needs. Please bring your child's IEP if they have one, we will have blank copies as well. We will go through every line on the IEP and explain what it means and how you can contribute!! Participants will: Identify the various preschool components of the IEP Identify the family's role in the development of the IEP Review tools and resources that can enhance family engagement during the IEP process.

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Workshop Description:
This workshop will facilitate the understanding and appropriate use of test accommodations for students with disabilities, in order to provide access to and participation in general education curriculum and in courses that will prepare them to take and pass required examinations.

Participants will:
- Understand the purpose of test accommodations
- Define test accommodations
- Identify types of test accommodations
- Learn about the decision-making process
- Learn how test accommodations are documented in the IEP
- Understand roles in supporting a student with their test accommodations
- Recognize that instructional accommodations used in the classroom should be aligned with the testing accommodations provided during assessment

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Workshop Description:

This workshop is for anyone interested in learning more about the special education process. It also provides the needed training, as required by NYSED, to become an approved Parent Member of the CPSE/CSE. This workshop provides an overview of regulatory guidance related to the special education process, eligibility, and IEP development.

Participants will:
- Gain a foundational understanding of the special education process
- Understand the role and requirements of the additional Parent Member
- Learn techniques and strategies to become an effective participant in the CPSE/CSE process

This workshop meets the NYSED requirement of being trained to be an additional parent member of the CPSE/CSE. A letter of successful completion will be provided for you to share with your district representatives.

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Workshop Description:

The transition from preschool to kindergarten can be a time of excitement but it can also be a source of anxiety. Transitions are made easier when families and providers understand the process. This interactive workshop will help participants to understand the transition process, to be an active member of the transition team, to understand the difference between services in CPSE and CSE, and to understand the purpose of an Individualized Education Program (IEP). Please contact CCI at post-cci@liu.edu for flyers written in Spanish to be shared with families.

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Workshop Description:

This interactive workshop is intended to provide participants with an overview of student involvement in the Individualized Education Program (IEP) process. Participants will identify ways to meaningfully engage and promote their child's participation in IEP development and CSE meetings. Materials and resources to promote self determination and student involvement will be reviewed.

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Chairpersons Only

Workshop Description:

Our collegial circle is a Professional Learning Community made up of CPSE Chairpersons, Special Education Early Childhood Service Providers, members of the Departments of Health, the Long Island Regional Partnership Center and the Long Island Family and Community Engagement Center. Members of the circle come together on a monthly basis to discuss a common goal, need, interest, or question in order to improve their professional practice.

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Workshop Description:

The purpose of this interactive workshop is for families/parents and caregivers to gain a foundational understanding of the Committee on Special Education (CSE) process and the Individualized Education Program (IEP) development process, including the roles and responsibilities of the CSE, the various components of the IEP, and the transition planning process. Please bring your child's IEP if they have one, we will have blank copies available as well. We will go through every line on the IEP and explain what it means and how you can contribute!!

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Workshop Description:

The goal of this interactive workshop is to bring together a variety of stakeholders who are united by their passion for improving post-school outcomes for students with disabilities and determined to learn how to purposefully plan together to increase the likelihood of positive outcomes.

​​

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- PLEASE CLICK THE LINK IN YOUR CONFIRMATION EMAIL TO COMPLETE REGISTRATION, AND RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK FOR THIS OFFERING!

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Workshop Description:

Please join us to learn how to foster vocabulary development at home. This interactive workshop is intended for caregivers of preschool and school-age children (with and without disabilities) to learn the importance of vocabulary instruction and ways to incorporate explicit instruction and vocabulary instruction at home. Other participants are welcome to join in consideration of building home-school connections.

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Workshop Description:

This workshop was developed to provide families/parents and caregivers an overview of the process for developing an Individual Education Program (IEP) using a collaborative approach. The workshop provides a review of all areas of the IEP and the information that a parent, family and/or caregiver can share with the Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) regarding their child's performance and disability related needs. Please bring your child's IEP if they have one, we will have blank copies as well. We will go through every line on the IEP and explain what it means and how you can contribute!! Participants will: Identify the various preschool components of the IEP Identify the family's role in the development of the IEP Review tools and resources that can enhance family engagement during the IEP process.

​​

Chairpersons Only

Workshop Description:

Our collegial circle is a Professional Learning Community made up of CPSE Chairpersons, Special Education Early Childhood Service Providers, members of the Departments of Health, the Long Island Regional Partnership Center and the Long Island Family and Community Engagement Center. Members of the circle come together on a monthly basis to discuss a common goal, need, interest, or question in order to improve their professional practice.

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- PLEASE CLICK THE LINK IN YOUR CONFIRMATION EMAIL TO JOIN THE ZOOM MEETING FOR THIS OFFERING!

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Workshop Description:

The transition from early intervention to preschool special education services can be a time of excitement, but it can also be a source of anxiety. Transitions are made easier when families and providers understand the process. This workshop is designed to provide participants with the information they need so they have a better understanding of the committee on preschool special education process. Please contact CCI at post-cci@liu.edu for flyers written in Spanish to be shared with families.

​​

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Workshop Description:

This workshop provides an overview of the primary adult agency providers available and the services offered by each. It is meant to increase student and family knowledge of, and connection with appropriate, referral options and processes. The goal is to increase appropriate referrals as these supports are shown to correlate with improved outcomes for students with disabilities.

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Workshop Description:

This workshop was developed to provide families/parents and caregivers an overview of the process for developing an Individual Education Program (IEP) using a collaborative approach. The workshop provides a review of all areas of the IEP and the information that a parent, family and/or caregiver can share with the Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) regarding their child's performance and disability related needs. Please bring your child's IEP if they have one, we will have blank copies as well. We will go through every line on the IEP and explain what it means and how you can contribute!! Participants will: Identify the various preschool components of the IEP Identify the family's role in the development of the IEP Review tools and resources that can enhance family engagement during the IEP process.

​​

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Workshop Description:

This workshop is for anyone interested in learning more about the special education process. It also provides the needed training, as required by NYSED, to become an approved Parent Member of the CPSE/CSE. This workshop provides an overview of regulatory guidance related to the special education process, eligibility, and IEP development.

Participants will:
- Gain a foundational understanding of the special education process
- Understand the role and requirements of the additional Parent Member
- Learn techniques and strategies to become an effective participant in the CPSE/CSE process

This workshop meets the NYSED requirement of being trained to be an additional parent member of the CPSE/CSE. A letter of successful completion will be provided for you to share with your district representatives.

​​

Important Housekeeping Items:

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Workshop Description:

The purpose of this interactive workshop is for families/parents and caregivers to gain a foundational understanding of the Committee on Special Education (CSE) process and the Individualized Education Program (IEP) development process, including the roles and responsibilities of the CSE, the various components of the IEP, and the transition planning process. Please bring your child's IEP if they have one, we will have blank copies available as well. We will go through every line on the IEP and explain what it means and how you can contribute!!

​​

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Workshop Description:

Self-Determination is a research-based predictor of post-school success in the areas of education, employment, and independent living. The purpose of this interactive workshop is to foster and support the development of self-determination skills for students of all ages and ability levels utilizing a collaborative school and family approach. It provides participants with foundational concepts, resources, and strategies to implement and incorporate practices that promote the development of self-determination throughout a student's day, across all settings and at all ages. This workshop will provide an overview of what self-determination is and why it is important; the concept of Self-Determination across the lifespan; and student involvement in the Individual Education Program (IEP) Process. *This workshop is required in order to enroll in the workshop, How to Foster Self-Determination for All Students: Resources & Implementation.

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Workshop Description:

This workshop is intended to develop participants' basic understanding of SDI. SDI means adapting what is taught and/or the manner in which instruction is provided to meet the student's unique needs. SDI provides students with different avenues to acquire content knowledge; process information, construct meaning, and/or make sense of ideas. Through SDI, teaching and materials are adapted so that each student can learn effectively, regardless of differences in ability. Join us to learn more!!

Participants will:
Understand the concepts of SDI
Understand both federal and state regulation around SDI
Be able to examine what SDI might look like in the classroom and in the home
Understand your value as an engaged and meaningful partner in the special education process and education of your child

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Workshop Description:

Positive Solutions for Families is an evidence-based, parent training series for families of early childhood age children and professionals working with those families. Each session will provide information on how to promote children's social and emotional skills, understand their challenging behaviors, and use positive approaches to help children learn appropriate behavior at home, school or in community settings. Parents and professionals will gain general information on key strategies that may be used with all children at the early childhood stage of development including:
● The importance of building positive relationships with children
● The importance of play on building those positive relationships
● Understanding how to make expectations clear for children
● Learning how to teach problem-solving skills
● Identifying the meaning of challenging behavior
● Identifying supports for use with children during daily routines

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Workshop Description:

The goal of this interactive workshop is to bring together a variety of stakeholders who are united by their passion for improving post-school outcomes for students with disabilities and determined to learn how to purposefully plan together to increase the likelihood of positive outcomes.

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Workshop Description:
This interactive workshop provides information on the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the New York State Education Department (NYSED) regarding Special Education Mediation to encourage the use of this voluntary process statewide. This training will include the following topics: Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): The Basics, Resolving Disputes Under IDEA and IDEA Special Education Basic Mediation Procedures.

Mediation is a highly effective process to resolve issues relating to special education. In 2014- 2015, of those cases that proceeded to a mediation session in New York State, 88% resulted in agreement between parents and school districts. In mediation, the focus is on establishing collaboration and communication between the parties. In addition, mediation is provided at no cost to the parents and school district and is a less adversarial and time consuming way of resolving disputes.

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Workshop Description:

Please join us to learn how to foster vocabulary development at home. This interactive workshop is intended for caregivers of preschool and school-age children (with and without disabilities) to learn the importance of vocabulary instruction and ways to incorporate explicit instruction and vocabulary instruction at home. Other participants are welcome to join in consideration of building home-school connections.

​​

Workshop Description:

The goal of this interactive workshop is to bring together a variety of stakeholders who are united by their passion for improving post-school outcomes for students with disabilities and determined to learn how to purposefully plan together to increase the likelihood of positive outcomes.

​​

Important Housekeeping Items:

- PLEASE CLICK THE LINK IN YOUR CONFIRMATION EMAIL TO COMPLETE REGISTRATION, AND RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK FOR THIS OFFERING!

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Workshop Description:

The purpose of the Family Guide to Transition Planning-Preparing Students with Disabilities for Life After High School is to assist families in understanding the transition planning process specifically from high school to life after high school. When families are knowledgeable about the transition process and invited to participate by Educational Organizations (EOs), students with disabilities experience improved post-school outcomes in the areas of employment, postsecondary education, and independent living.

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