WWSN PTA

ALT Webinar Presentation Presenter: IEP Coach and Advocate We are pleased to share with you this presentation from our new WW-SNPTA resource, a bilingual IEP Coach and Advocate who is also a special needs mom. She has been an advocate in the special needs community for over 13 years. Her thoughts on her role: “My role as the IEP Coach is to guide, assist and create powerful/meaningful IEP, student centered and ensuring that our kids are being prepared for the future. My collaborative approach = success for the students. I help special needs families and the entire IEP team navigate the IEP journey with a plan, creating functional goals and preparing the child for the future!” Read more about this Webinar Presentation at https://wwsnpta.ptboard.com

ALT Thursday,January 20, 2021 Dist200 Special Needs Resources Webinar Presentation Presenter: Erica Ekstrom, Dist200 Executive Director Special of Education One of the many advantages of membership to our WW-SNPTA is the opportunity to send questions to our presenters to be addressed at their webinars/video presentations. As always, your privacy will be honored and questions sent will be anonymous. Members will be given the opportunity to ask their questions and Mrs. Ekstrom will have a video presentation with answers to member questions to be viewed at your convenience. A survey for presentation questions will be sent to members the week of January 10 to give members the opportunity to send in questions for Mrs. Ekstrom to address at the presentation. The presentation will be divided into the following sessions (links will be sent to member emails): Session 1: 6:30 pm-7:30pm, Early Childhood – Middle School Session 2: 7:45 pm-8:45 pm, High School - Transition

ALT Hello WW-SNPTA family, I’m so sorry but I will have to postpone today’s meeting. I have an emergency family situation and I will not be able to hold the meeting. We will send an alternate date, TBD. Thank you for your patience, Tess Bradley WW-SNPTA president

ALT Our WW-SNPTA executive team and chairs are powered by dedicated volunteers from our WW-SNPTA family. We need your help to continue our work to help our children. We serve the entire District200 (all schools: EC, elementary, middle,high schools, including Outplacement &Transition. We need volunteers with a sincere desire to help our exceptional and beloved children. to collaborate to provide information & support to parents of children with special needs, so that they can help their children maximize their potential. to provide awareness to our community of the many special needs to help all children understand and appreciate challenges faced by children with special needs. to sponsor workshops & speakers on topics that can help better advocate for exceptional children and topics that can help parents better understand aspects of special needs If you’re interested in a volunteer position or would like to hear more information, please fill out the following link or QR Code.

ALT Hello Wheaton Warrenville Special Needs family, We hope that this email finds you and your family well. We are excited to share with you an upcoming presentation from Dr. Rhiannon Law, a Chicago Pediatric Neuropsychologist. April presentation: from Northshore Pediatric Therapy. Topic: Neuro Processing testing and all related subjects: Autism, ADD, ASD, ADHD, Anxiety, & Depression. Testing is available for children and adults. One of the many advantages of membership to our WW-SN PTA is the opportunity to send questions to our presenters to be addressed at their presentations. If you are not a member visit https://wwsnpta.ptboard.com or use our QR Code. If you have a question (s) that you would like Dr. Law to address, please fill out the survey found on https://wwsnpta.ptboard.com by Wednesday, April 28,2021. As always, your privacy will be honored & questions sent will be anonymous. Dr Law will have a video presentation with answers to your questions to be viewed via video.

ALT Important note: on voting for the Board of Education Candidates. We would like to share the insightful videos from 6 D200 candidates regarding responses from WWSN PTA member Survey. Thank you candidates for your time &dedication to respond on short notice. https://tinyurl.com/snptaboedoc

ALT Hello Special Needs Families and community. We have reached out to our 10 Board of Education candidates and have requested a video reply with regards to questions/concerns from our members of our Wheaton Warrenvile Special Needs PTA. This school year, WWSNPTA members have had the opportunity to participate with the following surveys and Q/A: 1.ReOpening plan Collaboration Questions Update & For Outplacement Info 2. Board of Education Candidate Survey & Responses Other advantages of being a member are opportunities to learn about resources and events for our special needs children via our newsletters and video presentations of resources in our surrounding area and opportunities. If you were f you were previously a member, please use the email that you signed up in previous years. Newly, you can sign up/login using Google or Facebook. We welcome you to join our WWSNPTA https://wwsnpta.ptboard.com

ALT The National Center on Health Physical Activity and Disability is conducting a survey The National Center on Health Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD) is conducting a survey to gather information about the needs of parents of students with disabilities around schooling during the current COVID-19 health situation. This survey will help NCHPAD understand the needs of parents of students with disabilities who receive services through schools. The survey will be open until October 8th.

ALT ReOpening collaboration for Special Education; July 21st Q&A Details With the first day of school for grades 1-12 scheduled for August 17th and Early Childhood/Kindergarten scheduled for August 18th. Our District is in need of our registration input for our children by the end of July. The District is aware that parents need answers to their questions before being able to commit to registration. Due to the overwhelming number of questions with reopening plans and the need to prepare our staff and schools. Q&A zoom sessions will be offered instead of presentations to address our concerns. The following Q&A sessions are scheduled as follows below. Monday, July 20th Please note: that this session is open to all and not Special Education specific. However, Erica Ekstrom, Executive Director of Special Education will be present on the panel to answer Special Education related questions for those in attendance. 6 to 7 EC and Elementary Focus 7:15 to 8:15pm Middle School and High School

ALT Tuesday, July 21st, 6 to 7 pm Focus: Special Education Erica Ekstrom, Executive Director of Special Education will be answering questions. Please send your questions for July 21st session to [email protected] . This Q&A will be recorded to allow viewing at your convenience for those unable to attend. Parents/Guardians will also be able to send their questions during the Q&A. Due to the time constraint, we are gathering as many questions as possible ahead of time and are highly recommending that you send questions to the email. We will keep track of your questions and keep a record of questions answered during the Q&A. Questions will be grouped as follows. Use one of the categories below in the email subject line to help us group your questions(s) accordingly. 1. General Questions (questions that can apply to all ) 2. IEP 3.504 4. Transition 5. Outplacement If you have a question, that you would like a follow-up. Please let us know.Names will NOT be mentioned unless requested.

ALT ReOpening plans and collaboration for Special Education Presentations In an effort to address questions/concerns with regards to school reopening plans, WW SN PTA and District200 are collaborating to schedule presentations of ReOpening plans for special education and IEP/504 programming. As well, allow time for questions and answers. We are also collaborating to answer questions/concerns for our outplacement families. Once we have more details, this information will be shared ASAP. Links to presentations will be sent to our WW SN PTA community. Thank you for your patience as we work through the details. With respect, WW SN PTA Executive Committee