Seattle Schools Sponsoring Learning Disabilities Workshop
This workshop has been rescheduled to JUNE 10
(formerly scheduled for May 19)
"Understanding Learning Disabilities"
For this workshop, Seattle Public Schools is partnering with
Open Doors for Multicultural Families.
This workshop will be beneficial to parents whose children have a hard time with listening/paying attention, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, math, social skills, or have been diagnosed with a Specific Learning Disability. Examples of Learning Disabilities include ADHD, Dyslexia, etc.
You will learn:
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Aki Kurose Middle School Library
3928 S. Graham St
Seattle, WA 98118
If you have questions you may contact:
FREE supervised children's activities
FREE food and refreshments
FREE language support
For language support, contact:
Spanish: (253) 495-4392 (Yissel O.)
Somali: (253) 245-7304 (Hodan M.)
Korean: (253) 407-9501 (Min C.)
Japanese: (425) 753-6122 (Miho O.)
Russian: (206) 973-9974 (Olga L.)
This workshop will be beneficial to parents whose children have a hard time with listening/paying attention, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, math, social skills, or have been diagnosed with a Specific Learning Disability. Examples of Learning Disabilities include ADHD, Dyslexia, etc.
You will learn:
- What are Learning Disabilities?
- Signs of Learning Disabilities
- What kind of support is available at school?
- What can parents do at home?
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Aki Kurose Middle School Library
3928 S. Graham St
Seattle, WA 98118
ONLINE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED:
http://multiculturalfamilies.org/wordpress/events/parent-workshop-learning-disabilities/ If you have questions you may contact:
- Olga at olgal@multiculturalfamillies.org or
- Open Doors office at 253-216-4479
- Margo at masiegenthaler@seattleschools.org
FREE supervised children's activities
FREE food and refreshments
FREE language support
For language support, contact:
Spanish: (253) 495-4392 (Yissel O.)
Somali: (253) 245-7304 (Hodan M.)
Korean: (253) 407-9501 (Min C.)
Japanese: (425) 753-6122 (Miho O.)
Russian: (206) 973-9974 (Olga L.)
Comments
SPS finally provided one, of sorts, who is also more a parent liaison. (Most likely part of their strategy to save face after the OSPI Comprehensive Corrective Action Plan). Once SPS announced Margo Sieganthaler in the position, I continued to stress the importance of the parent education piece.
So, am glad to see this happening. As for conflict resolution, that is yet to be seen.
I really have to question why that particular supervisor = SPED data breach = NO SDI at Roosevelt or Stevens is running the show, maybe it's punishment.
It's completely ironic that She will be speaking about Specific Learning Disabilities because several schools under her watch have failed so miserably to serve that particular group.
Am I being too harsh?
parent
SPS, however, is a different story. I hate to be so pessimistic about SPS but I actively advise families with LD children to refuse help from SPS and get it on the outside instead. And, no, this isn't just an option for those who can "afford it" (although that helps). Health insurance will often cover some treatment. And Google is a more reliable source of information than my experiences with SPS. The science/neuroscience behind learning disabilities is amazing and the education sector is very far behind. In addition, a good majority of these diagnoses are manufactured by the education folks. The "disability" may instead be the inability to conform to a poorly administered educational environment. In what sane world do we diagnosis children BEFORE diagnosing their environments or holding the adults accountable? That doesn't mean that some children don't need specific sorts of instruction and environments (I am parent to 1), but is diversity always disability? From what I can tell at SPS, it is cheaper to label children than to foster a variety of different learning environments for all different kinds of learners. The outreach of SPS to a vulnerable population is terrifying. If SPS really wanted to help, they would send experts, like the WABIDA (for dyslexia) or a similar organization. But they might provide information that is contrary to SPS policy. ADHD is another story all together and for the most part can be a fantastic skill set if nurtured properly. It's a big problem, though, if your teacher just wants you to sit and be quiet.
MuchIre