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SSEPAC Speakers and Workshops
CURRENT SEMINARS
PAST SEMINARS 2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR
Date: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Topic: EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING
Speaker: Steve Kaplan***
Location: Sharon High School Library
SSEPAC invites you to a presentation to learn about how to help your child with organization and time management. Steve will be discussing how to recognize and help your child with issues related to executive functioning.
*** Steve Kaplan, Director of the Special Education Department of Sharon
Executive Function Presentation
Executive Function Handouts
Weekly homework assignment sheet
Date: Thursday April 29, 2010 7-9pm
Topic: RTI - Response to Intervention
Speaker: Steve Kaplan****
Location: Cottage Street School Library
SSEPAC invites you to a presentation to learn about RTI - Response to Intervention. What is RTI?
- RTI - Response to Intervention is the practice of:
- providing high-quality instruction/intervention matched to student needs
and - using learning rate over time and level of performance
to - make important educational decisions.
It allows teachers to monitor ALL students’ academic and behavioral progress before a student is in need of special education services. Teachers use brief, frequent assessment probes to keep track of students and then flexibly group them according to the areas identified as needing more support.
- It is based on the following principles:
- Procedural steps followed sequentially
- Implementation of scientifically based interventions
- Frequent data collection
- Decision-making based on student performance
**** Steve Kaplan, Director of the Special Education Department of Sharon
Date: Thursday March 11, 2010 7-9pm
Topic: "SCHOOL STRESS"/ANXIETY
Speaker: Virginia Hershman**
Location: Heights Elementary School Library
SSEPAC invites you to a presentation to learn how to help your child with SCHOOL STRESS. Virginia will be discussing how to recognize the signs of anxiety; how to help your child cope better with school work, homework and tests; and how to effectively communicate with school professionals. Handouts will be provided.
** Virginia Hershman, LICSW, and a Certified School Adjustment Counselor
Anxiety/"School Stress" Handouts
Date: Thursday December 3, 2009 7-9pm
Topic: New Assistive Technology Software
Location: Sharon High School Library
SSEPAC invites you to a presentation on the new Don Johnston assistive technology writing software that will be available in all classrooms, grades 2 through 12. This software supplements core content and contains an organizer called Draft Builder.
Date: Thursday November 19, 2009 7-9pm
Topic: Parent's Rights Seminar
Location: Sharon Middle School Library
SSEPAC invites you to a seminar on Parent's rights for their children as regards special education. This presentation will be conducted by Steve Kaplan Director of Student Services, Special Education Department.
Date: Thursday October 15, 2009 7-9pm
Topic: Meet and Greet
Location: Sharon High School Library
SSEPAC invites all parents of Sharon High School students receiving special education services to a meet and greet with
Cheryl Fisher Sharon High School Special Education Administrator
to discuss
“High School Expectations and Happenings”.
Here are copies of the handouts that were available at the seminar on October 8th. Handouts .
Date: Thursday October 8, 2009 7-9pm
Speaker: Olga Soler*
Topic: Non-Medicinal Treatments for Attention
Deficit Disorder and Dyslexia
Location: Sharon High School Library
Please join us on Thursday October 8, 2009 to hear Olga Soler, Program Specialist of 5 Complimentary Therapies at the Hallowell Center .
She will be discussing the latest in drug free therapies for the spectrum of Dyslexia to Autism (with ADD/ADHD and dyspraxia in between). There is a lot of information in this program about the brain and the impact of these therapies on it. There will also be many handouts.
* Ms. Soler has degrees in Education, Communications and Psychology. She is a Therapeutic Artist with an emphasis in movement.
