From Laine Tulipano of the Watertown Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) Happy New Year!!! We are writing to ask for your help and immediate action to make a good thing happen. Yes, it is vacation time… and yes, WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP NOW! We had to postpone our first session for lack of [...]
Posted on Mon 3 Jan 2011 by Carol in category Education/Special Education, Events/Learning
Meetings are 5:00 – 7:00 PM at the Cunniff Elementary School library, 246 Warren St., unless otherwise noted. For meetings at the Cunniff School, bring your kids. Child care, pizza, beverages, and fresh baked goods will be provided. Thursday January 13 2011: Improving Executive Functioning Skills: Overview and Practical Strategies Leigh-Anne Postizzi and Julie Sella [...]
Posted on Wed 15 Dec 2010 by WCOD Editor in category Disability News, Education/Special Education, Special Education Parent Advisory Council
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Watertown Special Education Parent Advisory Council 2010 – 2011 Calendar Meetings are 5:00 – 7:00 PM at the Cunniff Elementary School library, 246 Warren St., unless otherwise noted. For meetings at the Cunniff School, bring your kids. Child care, pizza, beverages, and fresh baked goods will be provided. Thursday September 30 2010: An Evening [...]
Posted on Mon 15 Nov 2010 by WCOD Editor in category Education/Special Education, Events/Learning, Special Education Parent Advisory Council
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010: 6th Annual Awards Night & Responding Versus Reacting to Your Kids: Key Principals and Techniques for Effective Parenting Charlie Appelstein *Please note: The Watertown Commission on Disability is providing ASL interpreters and CART on screen for this event. This is an uplifting evening to honor all that is great in Special [...]
Posted on Sun 28 Mar 2010 by WCOD Editor in category Education/Special Education, Special Education Parent Advisory Council
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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 [...]
Posted on Tue 2 Feb 2010 by WCOD Editor in category Education/Special Education, Events/Learning
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 [...]
Posted on Sun 10 Jan 2010 by WCOD Editor in category Education/Special Education, Special Education Parent Advisory Council
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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 [...]
Posted on Mon 19 Oct 2009 by WCOD Editor in category Education/Special Education, Special Education Parent Advisory Council
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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 [...]
Posted on Sun 29 Mar 2009 by Carol in category Disability News, Education/Special Education
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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 rarely thought about inclusion [...]
Posted on Wed 18 Mar 2009 by WCOD Editor in category Disability News, Education/Special Education, Events/Learning
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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: Easter [...]
Posted on Wed 4 Feb 2009 by WCOD Editor in category Disability News, Education/Special Education, Events/Learning
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