Education/Special Education
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 [...]
From Stephanie Sawyer-Ames:
Please come if you’re available!
Sarah Ward on Executive Functioning
The SEPAC is hosting Sarah Ward, a charismatic and well known speaker, who will discuss executive function deficits. Ms. Ward has over 13 years’ experience in diagnostic evaluations, treatments and case management of people with a wide range of developmental and acquired brain-based learning difficulties [...]
Arts therapy group begins
An Expressive Arts Therapy Group for siblings of children with disabilities starts April 29, over the course of eight weeks. Siblings of children with disabilities age 8 to 12 years old will meet at the Hosmer Elementary School in Watertown, for an hour and a half each Tuesday.
Siblings will get to experiment [...]
Envision the Future … Transition from School to Adult Life
For a child who is visually impaired, blind, deafblind, and may or may not have additional disabilities, transitioning into adult life requires careful planning, skill building, and preparation on multiple levels.
To help in this endeavor, on March 29, 2008, the Perkins School for the Blind will [...]
When: Wednesday, February 27 6-8 pm
What: Social Concerns – People Centered Design as a Tool for Change
Presenter: Rama Gheerawo Innovation Leader and Research Fellow at the Helen Hamlyn Centre
Where: Institute for Human Centered Design Adaptive Environments 200 Portland Street Boston
Summary: Centering design around people can significantly increase corporate competitiveness and value, while acting [...]
From Stephanie Sawyer-Ames of the Watertown Special Education Parent Advisory Council:
The SEPAC meeting dates are a bit different for February and March – they’re only a week apart. Our March meeting is co-sponsored with Arlington and is in Arlington. Both are great speakers. Catch them if you can!
- February 27, 2008: It’s a Mad, Mad [...]
Check out Watertown Special Education Parent Advisory Council events for the rest of the 2007/2008 school year at the Watertown Tab (Wicked Local) website.
Siblings of children with disabilities will meet at the Cunniff Elementary School in Watertown for an hour and half each Tuesday starting on January 8 for eight weeks.
Siblings will get to experiment and play through various activities with dram and music improvisation, voice, creative writing and visual art. at the end of the series, families [...]
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