Summer Camps, Day and Sleep Away for all children. It’s almost that time of year.

March 25, 2010

AccessSportAmerica Adaptive Water Sports Program. In Boston, Canton and Duxbury. Offered to children on the Autism Spectrum by the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation. Activities include windsurfing, canoeing, surfing, water-skiing and more. For more information call 508-270-8855 or email  cchirco@flutiefoundation.org .
 
Boy Scouts of America, Milton, MA, 617-615-0004. Offers inclusive recreational activities. www.bsaboston.org.
Camp Arrowhead, Natick, MA. [...]

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Special Education Action Alert – H. 487 Special Education Attorney’s Fees Bill

March 25, 2010

SPECIAL EDUCATION ALERT
Call Your Representative and Senator Now and Ask Them to SupportH. 487—Special Education Attorney’s Fees Bill
—An Act Relative to Equal Educational Opportunities for Students with Disabilities—
 What You Can Do—ACT NOW! Call your Representative and Senator and ask them to Support H.487-         Let them know that by supporting H.487 they will:         Ø  Reduce litigation costs [...]

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Urban PRIDE Workshops for Spring 2010

March 5, 2010

Grove Hall Branch Library 41 Geneva Ave., Dorchester, MAThursday, March 18th, 5:30-7:30pm: Topic TBAThursday, April 8th, 5:30-7:30pm: Rosie D.: What Parents Need to KnowSaturday, March 27th:10:00-2:00pm: New Intensive Workshop: Special Ed and your Basic Rights and Understanding Your Child’s IEP Part I&IIThursday, May 13th: 5:30am-7:30pm: Topic TBA
Mattapan Branch Library 13590 Blue Hill Ave., Mattapan, MA
Saturday, [...]

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House passes HR 4247 (re: seclusion and restraint)

March 5, 2010

This afternoon, the House passed H.R. 4247, formerly known as “Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act” in a vote of 262-153. The bill seeks to create Federal standards that limit the use of restraints and seclusions on children in schools receiving Federal funding.
On suspension of the House rules, the House took up floor [...]

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Parent’s Notice of Procedural Safeguards

February 18, 2010

We are posting a revised Parent’s Notice of Procedural Safeguards (English version) (PNPS) at: http://www.doe.mass.edu/sped/prb/. This PNPS includes new wording that matches the changes made under federal law about a parent’s rights to revoke their consent for services. This PNPS replaces the April 11, 2008 English PNPS. The Department will [...]

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Summer programs for children at www.eliotschool.org

February 5, 2010

Summer Programs for Childrenat the Eliot School of Fine and Applied ArtsJoin Us for Weeks of Creative Fun this Summer!Woodworking and Creative Art Programs for ages 6-8, 9-12 and 12-14Each day is divided in half, from 9am-noon and 12:30-3:30pm, with supervised lunch between.Register for full or half days. Each week is different, sign up for [...]

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Important Dates and Deadlines from Boston Public Schools

February 4, 2010

First Round Registration ends February 5, 2010. If you haven’t registered your kindergartener, 6th or 9th grader for the 2010-2011 school year, be sure to get to a Family Resource Center and register now! Remember, it does not matter when in the first round that you register – just that you do so by February [...]

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A Panel on Inclusion – Feb 4th at 6:30pm – English High School Auditorium

January 28, 2010

Hello. Please join the Special Education Parents Advisory Council next Thursday, Feb 4, at 6:30 for our biggest event of the year:  A Panel on Inclusion.  This event will feature four principals from well-known inclusion schools, as well as Dr. Bill Henderson, former principal of the O’Hearn (now Henderson) School.  Superintendent Carol Johnson, members of [...]

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