Natick, MA, December 13th, 2019. The Special Needs Advocacy Network will host Russell Johnston, Senior Associate Commissioner and State Director of Special Education.. He will provide an update on the latest initiatives in special education[...]

Sudbury, MA, January 8th, 2019. The Sudbury Special Education Parent Advisory Council will host Representative Carmine Gentile, who will join the SEPAC’s board meeting to update attnedees on recent and pending educational legislation. * Find[...]

Sudbury, MA, January 15th, 2019. The Sudbury Special Education Parent Advisory Council will host a workshop that goes beyond the basic rights to look at what comes next – Beyond the Basics: How to Navigate[...]

Billerica, MA, January 21st, 2020. Free and open to the Public. A speaker from the Federation for Children with Special Needs, will introduce and discusses  the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) and how children with[...]

Waltham, MA, January 29th, 2019. Free and open to the public. Dr. Lynn Meltzer will present “Executive Function Strategies: Fostering Success and Reducing Stress.” Hear about the important role that executive function processes play in students’[...]

Braintree High School, Braintree, MA, February 4th, 2020. Free and open to the Public. A speaker from the Federation for Children with Special Needs, will introduce and discusses  the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) and[...]

Taunton, MA, February 6th, 2020. Suspensions & Discipline in Special Education is a workshop that identifies school responsibilities for discipline, range of consequences for rule violations, difference between suspensions, expulsions and emergency removals, procedures for out[...]

Longmeadow High School, Longmeadow, MA , February 11th, 2020. Free and open to the Public. A speaker from the Federation for Children with Special Needs, will introduce and discusses  the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS)[...]

Stoneham High School, Stoneham, MA, February 26th, 2020. Suspensions & Discipline in Special Education is a workshop that identifies school responsibilities for discipline, range of consequences for rule violations, difference between suspensions, expulsions and emergency removals,[...]

Ashland, MA, March 24th, 2020. Free and open to the Public. A speaker from the Federation for Children with Special Needs, will introduce and discusses  the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) and how children with[...]

North Reading, MA, March 24th, 2020. Free and open to the Public. A speaker from the Federation for Children with Special Needs, will introduce and discusses  the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) and how children[...]

Worcester, April 4th – May 9th, 2020. Free. The Children’s Art and Recreation Experience is for children with moderate special needs ages for ages 6+, while Horizon theater and music program is for teens. Student[...]

Ashland, MA, April 7th, 2020. The Ashland Special Education Parent Advisory Council will host a licensed psychologist who has been working in and with schools for over 20 years. She has extensive experience with school-age[...]

Westwood, MA, April 23rd, 2020. This workshop provides an overview of specific legal requirements pertaining to the unique learning needs of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). *  There will be an emphasis on the requirement[...]

Ashland, MA, May 14th, 2020. The Ashland Special Education Parent Advisory Council will host Scott O’Donnell,  a Special-Needs Advocate whose youngest son was diagnosed with Dyslexia. He has completed the Parent Consultant Institute Training through[...]