Upcoming Trainings

This webinar will focus on what high-quality inclusive practices look like in preschool. We will explore how families can facilitate the access, participation, and appropriate support needed for preschool inclusion.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will examine what high-quality inclusive practices look like in preschool.
• Participants will explore how they can facilitate inclusion in preschool for their students.

Presenter: Sue Erickson, MSE serves as a Wisconsin Statewide Early Learning Technical Assistance and Implementation Specialist. Sue began her career 30 years ago as an early childhood special education teacher and has since worked in many settings as an inclusive teacher and then as a program support teacher for the CESA #12 region of Wisconsin. Currently, She is supporting school districts around Wisconsin with inclusive practices for preschoolers with IEPs. Her education, experience, and passion lie with those children and their families and supporting the highest quality inclusion environments possible for their education and care.

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 de la Serie de Mini Módulos del IEP cubre los procedimientos de las leyes federales y estatales relacionadas con el IEP, que incluyen: Línea de Tiempo del IEP, los miembros del Equipo del IEP, los avisos de las reuniones del IEP, la excusa de asistir a la reunión de los miembros del equipo del IEP,la revisión anual de las metas del IEP, la hoja de portada del IEP y una descripción general de las secciones del documento del IEP.

Objetivos de aprendizaje:

• Los participantes podrán describir el cronograma del IEP, los miembros del equipo del IEP y los avisos de las reuniones.
• Los participantes podrán tratar el tema de la excusa de miembros del equipo del IEP de la reunión del IEP.
• Los participantes podrán identificar las secciones del documento del IEP.

Presentador: WI FACETS.

Sponsor: Connect SPED Parent Group, Superior WI. (Virtual).

Contact: Lisa Peterson [email protected] or call 218.730.7402

The rule change for the identification of an emotional behavioral disability went into effect December 1, 2021. This session will review why the rule was changed, the basics of a comprehensive special education evaluation, and the changes in the rule, including the assessment requirements and additional considerations. It will also cover the parent’s role in the special education evaluation process.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will understand the reason for the rule change.
• Participants will understand the changes to the rule, including the assessment requirements.
• Participants will understand the parent’s role in the special education evaluation process. 

Presenters: Tim Peerenboom – Prior to joining DPI as School Psychology Consultant, Tim served as a School Psychologist, Autism Specialist, and Director of Special Education and Pupil Services. He has experience working with children aged 3-21 in a variety of public education service models in urban, rural and suburban school districts.

Eva Shaw is a consultant on the special education team at the Wisconsin DPI. Her role focuses on work related to social and emotional learning, autism, and emotional behavioral disabilities, positive behavioral interventions and supports for students with IEPs, and alternatives to exclusionary practices.