Virtual Conference, March 8th, 2025, with The Federation for Children with Special Needs of Massachusetts. Visions of Community is a disability-related conference, bringing together families, youth and professionals who support and advocate for children with disabilities. There will be workshop offered a multiple languages and a disability resource fair.
Sample of some of the workshops offered:
- Empowering BIPOC Voices
- Education for all: What about students experiencing state custody?
- Early Literacy in Massachusetts
- Preparando Crianças com Deficiência para o Sucesso Bilíngue: Desmistificando Mitos e Potencializando o Desenvolvimento Acadêmico
- Health Care and Emergency Planning for Students with Special Health Care Needs
- Supporting Military Families
- SSI and Other Key Public Benefits for Children with Special Health Needs
- Basic Fundamentals of Mental Health
- When a Child’s Mental Health Interferes with Their Ability to Learn: Special Education Eligibility, Services, and Placement for Students with Emotional Disabilities
- Resources and Strategies for Navigating the Path to Adulthood
- 新「個人化教育計劃」表格：有何不同？家庭該如何準備？
- Access and Advocacy for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
- Advocating para la Cultura Latina
- Creating Unity Within Cultural Differences
- MassHealth – O Que Todos Nós Precisamos Saber
- Get the Facts to Keep Youth Out of Courts and Detention
- Transition Planning for Students with Chronic Mental Health Challenges
- Change the Conversation on School Refusal: Lessons from Working with Pathological Demand Avoidance
- Special Education Law Updates
- Intersection of race, culture and special education
- Disciplina e Suspensão
- Healing Generational Trauma: Strengthening Parent-Child Relationships
- Bridging the Gap: Harnessing Empathy and Executive Function for ADHD Success
- Executive Functioning Supports for Neurodiverse Learners
- Massachusetts Anti-bullying Law: IEP and Schoolwide Strategies to Prevent Bullying of Students with Disabilities
- Introduction to the New IEP Form
- A Person Centered Transition Plan
- Supporting Language Access for Multilingual Families – What Educators Need to Knows
Keynote Speakers:
Jules Edwards is an Anishinaabe writer, gardener, accountant, and disability justice advocate.
Dr. Myisha R. Rodrigues, executive leader and licensed mental health counselor
* To register or for more information about the 2025 speakers and workshops, visit https://fcsn.org/visions-of-community-conference/
