This content is emailed weekly to leaders in special education and Section 504. Each newsletter contains tips and resources on a variety of topics that are meant to keep you informed and up to date. Please consult your district attorney if you are looking for legal advice.  

This week’s email includes links to information on:

Section 504
Long COVID under Section 504 and the IDEA
Section 504 and Students with Disabilities
Protecting Students with Disabilities

December 2021 Legal Update
School district mask mandate and special education teachers’ lack of regular certification

Dyslexia
Dyslexia Affects Children’s Processing Beyond Just Reading 

Student Anxiety5 ways to help special education students manage testing anxiety

Twice Exceptional
Gifted, ADHD, or Both?

Autism Strategies
Teaching Reading and Spelling to Students with Autism   

OSPI
Updated Continuous Learning 2.0: Absences due to quarantine
Updated Special Education COVID Q&A

Upcoming Classes and Events

• 12/4 | Blueprint of a PBIS Classroom
  
• 12/8 | Dyslexia & Literacy Instruction: Sound/Symbol Correspondence
  
• 12/8-16 | Engaging Challenging Conversation 
• 1/11| What Dog do You Have in the Fight Today?
  
• 1/12 | Dyslexia & Literacy Instruction: Syllabification & Orthography
  
• 1/12-13 Foundations of Effective Teaming
  
• 1/13 | Explicit Literacy Instruction for Students with Dyslexia and Others Who Struggle to Read and Write
• 1/13 | Coding LRE in Pre-K IEPs
  
• 1/11-31 | Operating from the Third Side: Supporting Others to Navigate Conflict
  
• 2/9-17 | Engaging Challenging Conversations
  
• 2/25 & 26 | SLP Reconnect: An Education and Networking Event for School-Based SLPs
  
• 3/1-2 | Foundations of Effective Teaming
  
• 3/8-22 | Operating from the Third Side: Supporting Others to Navigate Conflict
  
• 4/20-28 | Engaging Challenging Conversations
  
• 5/2-16 | Operating from the Third Side: Supporting Others to Navigate Conflict
  
• 5/12 & 13 | Dyslexia Beyond Awareness