SPS hosts Regional Sped Meetings

Update: in other Special Education news, The Olympian is reporting that in the Legislature that the House passed this bill:

New rules would govern how school employees can restrain or isolate special-education students under a bill that passed the state House Monday.

Under House Bill 1240, restraint and isolation could no longer be part of a school’s pre-established plan for responding to misbehavior by a student with a disability. Instead, such methods would be “permitted only when reasonably necessary to control spontaneous behavior that poses an imminent likelihood of serious harm.”

HB 1240 passed the House on a 68-29 vote Monday. The bill, which now goes to the Senate, would also require school districts to report annually to the state how often their employees restrain or isolate students. 

Additionally, school districts would need to adopt policies to reduce their use of restraint or isolation.

Read more here: http://www.theolympian.com/2015/03/02/3603832_house-passes-bill-to-limit-restraint.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy


Read more here: http://www.theolympian.com/2015/03/02/3603832_house-passes-bill-to-limit-restraint.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy
Once again, Rep. Gerry Pollet was a champion for this bill.

end of update


Somehow I missed this but the district is having regional meetings on Special Education with the first one tonight.  
  • Southeast, March 2, 6-7 pm. Aki Kurose MS
  • Northeast, March 16, 6-7 pm. Roosevelt HS
  • Central, April 6, 6-7 p.m. Washington MS
  • West Seattle, April 20. West Seattle HS
  • Northwest, May 11, 6-7 pm. Ballard HS
The Special Education Department will be hosting regional meeting for families and community to learn about changes that are happening with special education in Seattle Public Schools. We want to listen to you and hear your questions.

“Please join Wyeth Jessee, executive director of special education; Michaela Clancy, director of special education; Kari Hanson, director of school-based special education services; Margo Siegenthaler, SPS special education ombudsman; the regional supervisor for your area; and special education staff.”

The attached flyer details meeting times and locations, and includes translations for Spanish, Somali, Chinese, and Vietnamese.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Hmm, I am a parent with a student in special eduationc and I haven't heard about this at all. Not a good sign, though I suppose I could have missed something somehow. Did other parents get any notice?
--IEP parent
Anonymous said…
Don't worry. It will all be lies. No point in going. Much better to attend a special education ptsa.

Speddie
Anonymous said…
The meeting posting was in the Special Education Family Newsletter, dated Feb. 19th. But, wait, I see on the special ed website that you have to sign up to receive on of those. Gosh, I wonder what else I am missing?

Casey

Popular posts from this blog

Tuesday Open Thread

Why the Majority of the Board Needs to be Filled with New Faces

Who Is A. J. Crabill (and why should you care)?