Seattle Schools Community Forum

Via Soup for Teachers Facebook page. Please join us Monday, May 23 at 7:00 pm for the next general meeting of the Seattle Special Education PTSA at JSCEE. Teachers, parents/guardians, students and community partners all welcome.  There will be guest speakers talking about different home and community based interventions and resources for our students. We will be joined by Mika Rollin, BCBA, Dr Nicole Swedberg talking about Dyslexia , Louisa Hall and Melissa Morrissette from Sound Mental Health.  Members will also be voting both for the 2016-17 Spec Ed PTSA budget and the 2016-17 Special Ed Board.  Hope to see you there! Great TED talk on inclusion in classrooms and why it's important. " 'Special' means separate."

The district has released the report from Accelify Consulting on the state of Special Education in Seattle Schools.  It will officially be released at a family meeting tonight.  The name of the report is Foundation for a Brighter Future: Essential Needed Improvements in Special Education in Seattle. Special Education Community Meeting Tuesday, July 22, 2014 6:30 - 8:30 pm 2445 3rd Avenue South - Auditorium A family meeting hosted by Seattle Public Schools and the TIERS Group to hear the results of an evaluation of special education services, recommendations and the revised comprehensive corrective action plan.  See here for the flyer with additional information . Report from Accelify Consulting (TIERS) Report Appendix I do not believe I know enough about the current state/needs of the SPS Special Education system to give a lot of comments on this report.  I invite parents/teachers who DO know more to please weigh in. What is fascinating is how many o...

Seattle SpEd PTSA April Meeting 7 pm Monday, 4/28/2014 Rm 2700, JSCEE  2445 3rd Ave Seattle's SODO neighborhood Dr. Nicole Swedberg will present practical tips and information on: