Upcoming Trainings

This webinar will be translated into Spanish

Este seminario web será traducido al español

Description: 

In this workshop we discuss building your planning team for the future, the steps necessary for creating 2 plans in one (yours and your loved ones) and the unique planning tolls necessary to plan for the future. We will also briefly discuss the differences between special needs trusts and ABLE accounts.

Descripción:
En este taller discutiremos cómo formar tu equipo de planificación para el futuro, los pasos necesarios para crear 2 planes en uno (el tuyo y el de tu ser querido), y las herramientas de planificación únicas necesarias para prepararte para el futuro. También hablaremos brevemente sobre las diferencias entre los fideicomisos para necesidades especiales y las cuentas ABLE.

Presenters:

Kacy Seitz and Missy Burback have a combined over 35 years of experience in financial services and 29 years experience as special needs moms. they have a passion for helping families like theirs and building more secure futures for individuals with special needs and their families. They not only hold designations in special needs financial planning but travel the country educating advisors on how to plan correctly for special families.

Presentadoras
Kacy Seitz y Missy Burback cuentan con más de 35 años de experiencia combinada en servicios financieros y 29 años como madres de personas con necesidades especiales. Ambas tienen una gran pasión por ayudar a familias como las suyas y construir futuros más seguros para individuos con necesidades especiales y sus familias. Además de tener certificaciones en planificación financiera para necesidades especiales, viajan por el país educando a asesores sobre cómo planificar correctamente para familias especiales.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn to build your planning team and who should be on it
• Learn about the unique planning steps necessary for planning for yourself and your loved one at the same time.
• Learn about special needs trusts and ABLE accounts

Objetivos de aprendizaje

• Aprender a formar tu equipo de planificación y quiénes deben integrarlo.
• Aprender sobre los pasos únicos necesarios para planificar para ti mismo y para tu ser querido al mismo tiempo.
• Conocer los fideicomisos para necesidades especiales y las cuentas ABLE.

Description:
Join us as we present a new resource from WI FACETS, the Transition IEP Checklist.  Written to provide more detail on the transition section of our IEP Checklist, this stand-alone publication serves as an excellent resource for the transition process for students with disabilities who have IEPs.  This guide is intended for both parents and youth alike and provides organizational outlines and many transition resources.

During this training, transition-age students and their parents will learn important transition and postsecondary terms, tips on how to prepare for the transition IEP meeting, what to expect in a transition IEP meeting, how to stay engaged and motivated throughout the transition process, and self-advocacy tools and resources for students.

Learning Objectives:

• Important transition and postsecondary terms
• Tips on how to prepare for the transition IEP meeting
• Know what to expect in a transition IEP meeting
• How to stay engaged and motivated throughout the transition process
• Self-advocacy tools and resources for students

Presenter:

Ann Zielke is the Parent Training and Information Center Trainer for WI FACETS. As a parent who understands firsthand the complexity of navigating the special education system in Wisconsin, she is passionate about the importance of accessible and informative parent education and training. She is a fierce advocate for her daughter and all children with disabilities and she looks forward to serving families across the state with WI FACETS.

Description: 

During this session, families and educators will learn practical strategies they can use to support young children in developing early literacy skills. These strategies include talking to children regularly, singing songs to build rhythm and vocabulary, introducing writing through playful activities, engaging in meaningful conversations, modeling effective language use, and sharing the joy of reading books together. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of how everyday interactions and simple, enjoyable activities can nurture a child’s communication skills and set them on the path to becoming confident, enthusiastic readers.

Presenter:

Nicole Aldworth is an Early Learning Consultant and CLASS instructor for the Early Childhood Education licensure program at CESA 2. She also works with the Early Learning Technical Assistance and Implementation Grant as an Early Literacy Specialist. Nicole has almost 20 years of classroom experience working with young children and their families. She holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in the field of Early Childhood Education and Early Childhood Special Education. Supporting educators in best practices for providing rich and engaging, developmentally appropriate learning opportunities that all children can access is a passion of hers.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the Connection Between Communication and Early Literacy
• Identify Practical Strategies to Support Early Literacy

Descripción: 

Cada niño que sea elegible para la educación especial debe tener un Programa de Educación Individualizado (IEP) vigente al comienzo de cada año escolar. Este módulo continúa desde la Redacción del IEP-Parte 1 y cubre hasta las dos primeras secciones del documento del IEP: Sección I. Información del estudiante (Fortalezas del estudiante; Logro Académico y Desempeño Funcional Actual; Factores Especiales; Preocupaciones de los Padres y Estudiante; Efectos de la Discapacidad; Necesidades relacionadas con la Discapacidad) y Sección II. Participación Familiar.

Objetivos de aprendizaje:

• Los participantes podrán reconocer componentes importantes de la sección de información del estudiante del IEP.
• Los participantes podrán determinar dónde y cómo el IEP puede incluir las preocupaciones de los padres y los estudiantes.
• Los participantes podrán identificar cómo el IEP puede incluir formas de involucrar a las familias en el IEP de su hijo.

Presentadora:

Nathaly Silva especialista bilingüe en WI FACETS. Soy mama de un niño con una discapacidad, él tiene Autismo y es no verbal y se lo difícil que puede ser navegar la educación especial por eso pienso que aprender lo más que se pueda sobre la condición de sus hijos y sobre la educación especial puede ayudar mucho para ser un mejor defensor de sus hijos.

Description:

This workshop will provide information about how to recruit and grow your special education teaching staff at a district level. Dr. Nancy F. Molfenter will discuss a variety of innovative ways to partner with local colleges and universities to provide training to individuals who are interested in becoming special education teachers. Specific strategies described will include the following, Student Services Grow Your Own program, partnership with Edgewood College to reduce the cost of obtaining special education licensure, and the Accelerated Licensure in Special Education (ALSE) partnership with UW-Madison.

Presenter:

Dr. Nancy Molfenter is the Associate Superintendent of Student Services with the Madison Metropolitan school district. Nancy holds a Ph.D. in Special Education from UW-Madison. Prior to working at the Madison school district, Nancy was a special education teacher, case manager, and transition teacher. Nancy also worked as a special education teacher supervisor and on the Special Education team at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. In addition, Nancy serves as an adjunct instructor, teaching courses to aspiring special educators. Nancy is passionate about inclusive special education and efforts to reduce disproportionality in special education and discipline in schools.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn about different types of partnerships between local school districts and universities.
• Learn about finding mechanisms through local partnerships and district funds to provide affordable pathways to achieve licensure and post-secondary degrees.
• Learn about potential challenges that may arise when creating partnerships with outside organizations.