Education/Special Education
The Employer Webinar Series provides in-depth information on recruiting, hiring and retaining qualified individuals with disabilities. Leaders in the field will share their experience and success in promoting the inclusion of people with disabilities in the workforce. This series enhances employers’ knowledge and increase awareness of practical methods of increasing diversity in the workplace through [...]
From Laine Tulipano (ltulipano@comcast.net)—Watertown SEPAC president:
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
The Watertown SEPAC Presents
Transition; Planning the Next Steps for Youth 14-22
Michelle Martin-Fallon
This workshop addresses the issues related to designing the right curriculum and supports throughout high school so that the student will be on the right track for becoming self-sufficient and living independently after graduation. Information and [...]
Watertown Special Education Parent Advisory Council
2009-2010 Calendar
Meetings held at the Cunniff School Library, 246 Warren St. 5 PM
Lowell School Library 175 Orchard St.
September 16, 2009: Watertown Programming and Plans for 2009-2010
Director of Student Services, Elisabeth Schaefer, will talk about the new programming for students with disabilities in Watertown. Faculty who will provide services to students [...]
Good news from today’s—3/29—Boston Globe/West Weekly section:
BOOST FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION – School officials have gotten some good news from the state. The town is in line to collect $385,258 in federal funds to help pay for special education support and care for students in the district. The money, which is expected to be handed out [...]
The Watertown SPEDPAC 5th Annual Awards Ceremony will be held April 7 beginning at 7:00 pm at The Charles Mosesian Theater Arsenal Center for the Arts. Following the presentation ceremony will be a showing of the film ‘Including Samuel’ sponsored by Watertown School Committee and the Watertown SPEDPAC.
Photojournalist Dan Habib [...]
Eugene Pfeifer, Northeast Territory Manager with Eschenbach Optik, http://www.eschenbach.com will be giving a hands-on demonstration of magnifiers, telescopes, filters, video magnifiers and non-optical aids from the Eschenbach collection of high quality products. If you would like to learn more about these low vision devices and their uses, please come to this free presentation.
Where: [...]
January 14th there will be a basic rights workshop in Watertown – provides families with an introduction to their rights and responsibilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Massachusetts Special Education Law and No Child Left Behind (NCLB). It is designed to help parents learn how to be effective partners with the school, [...]
WORKSHOP—EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS BEGINS AT HOME
On Saturday, October 18, at 10 a.m., the Watertown Commission on Disability and Watertown’s Emergency Management Coalition are sponsoring a workshop on how to plan for emergencies. The workshop will be held at the Watertown Free Public Library, 123 Main Street, in the Watertown Savings Bank meeting room.
Should you attend this [...]
On October 8th at 7:00 PM, the Watertown SPEDPAC will present a talk by Dr. David Perna on managing anger in adolescents. This talk will be held at the Lowell Elementary School Library at 175 Orchard St, Watertown, MA. Dr.. David Perna is a psychologist who created the Anger Management Program at [...]
Film Screening Scheduled September 24th, 2008 6:30 pm
at the Cambridge Friends School
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Most people have probably seen a disabled person and pondered these questions. Young children often wonder and ask these developmentally appropriate questions and many adults have difficulty answering.
During the last decade, classroom teacher, Maggie Doben, has worked with early [...]
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