MEETING DATE:
Tuesday, April 10th - 7-9pm - RPD Community Room (tentative)
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NEW BOARD! 2018 NAMES AND EMAILS HERE!
LOCAL SUMMER CAMP INFORMATION
TRIUMPH CENTER
CAMP STARFISH
Camp S.A.I.L., from EMarc (Ages 13-18)
Creative Living Summer Camp (Ages 18+)
SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM (Ages 9-22)
EPILEPSY CAMP
FOR MORE CAMPS CLICK HERE:
Reading SEPAC 2018-19 | BUSINESS MEETING DATES
UPDATED - Thursday, September 13th - 7-9pm - RMHS Library Media Center
Tuesday, October 9th - 7-9pm - RPD Community Room
BASIC RIGHTS October 24th at 7PM in Reading Police Station Community Room
Tuesday, November 13th - 7-9pm - RMHS Library Media Center
Agenda: https://www.readingma.gov/school-committee/agenda/2018-11-13-special-education-advisory-council
Tuesday, December 11th, 7-9pm - RMHS Library Media Center (CANCELLED)
Tuesday, January 8th - 7-9pm - RPD Community Room (tentative)
Tuesday, March 12th, 7-8:30pm - Special Ed "Meet and Greet" RMHS Library Media Center (confirmed)
Tuesday, April 10th - 7-9pm - RPD Community Room (tentative)
Tuesday, May 14th, 7-9pm - RMHS Library Media Center (tentative)
Tuesday, June 11th , 7-9pm - RMHS Library Media Center (tentative)
Peg Dawson M.D
Austin Prep Event
March 25, 2019
Professional Training - Smart but Scattered: Improving Executive Skills to Promote School Success
How Executive Skills Create Successful Students
To Register Email: blythe.grossberg@austinprep.org
Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents by Lyn Lyons
March 28, 2019 7-9PM
NORTH READING
Temple Grandin - Speaker on Autism
April 4th@ 7:00 PM
Nashua South high School
https://www.templegrandin.com
Updated page 3/21/19 3:03PM
Did you know if your child has a disability, they qualify for MassHealth?
Find accommodations and help at https://www.understood.org/
NEED HELP? LOOK HERE
https://mabhaccess.com/CBHI.aspx
The mission of the Reading Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) is to work for the understanding of, respect for, and support of, all children with special needs in the community. To that end, they will work to:
*Promote a network of parents of children with special needs, and provide a
forum to share information
*Advise the Director of Student Services, School Committee, and
Superintendent on special education programs and policies, and parent
and teacher training needs
*Promote communication and sharing of information between SEPAC
members, local, state and national organizations, councils and groups, as
well as within the community to encourage understanding, acceptance and
inclusion of students with special needs
*Provide informational workshops to parents, educators, students and
professionals
• FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
• FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS CALL CENTER
• ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER ASSOCIATION
• NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY
• ADULT AUTISM PARENT HANDBOOK
• GENETICS EDUCATION MATERIAL FOR SCHOOL SUCCESS
• INTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION
• DECODING DYSLEXIA MASSACHUSETTS
• PARENTING CHILDREN WITH ADHD
• AMERICAN SPEECH & LANGUAGE HEARING ASSOCIATION
• SCOUT INFORMATION CLEARING HOUSE ON BLINDNESS & VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
• NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS
• NATIONAL CENTER FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES
• COUNCIL OF PARENTS ADVOCACY AND ATTORNEY
• NEVER GIVE UP
• DYSLEXIA KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
• PROCESS FOR CHILDREN WITH EPILEPSY
Below are recommendations from other parents and google.
The district and/or SEPAC is not responsible for any information gathered from these listed professionals. Use at your own risk.
THIS PAGE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS: PLEASE EMAIL US YOUR SUGGESTIONS
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS
DEVELOPMENTAL PEDIATRICIANS
SPEECH
CHILD PSYCHOLOGISTS
ABA THERAPY
ADVOCATES
THERAPISTS
CENTERS
CAMPS
TUTORS