Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) and the Fairfax County government are teaming up again this year to solicit community input to help meet a significant...
PEATC has been asked by the US Department of Education to collect information from families to consider as they prepare for their monitoring visit to the...
September is National Emergency Preparedness month and the Fairfax Area Disability Services Board has invited Terry Akins of CERT to talk about how CERT...
A group of advocacy organizations have launched an initiative to help people with disabilities join the workforce. The Campaign for Disability Employment has...
An Illinois university is offering students with disabilities or serious illness the opportunity to pursue an education in a flexible environment. At DePaul...
Future Quest - a free career & college forum for students with disabilities, parents and professionals - Saturday, November 21, 2009 at George Mason University...
Do you want to attend a workshop with your middle/high school-age student? Join us on Saturday, October 3, for What You Need 2 Know - Strategies for School...
The Parent Resource Center has posted the October Newsletter, go to http://www.fcps.edu/cco/prc/documents/OctoberNewsletter-PRC.pdf. Join us at the Parent...
FCPS is looking to improve its website, making it more user friendly and helpful for parents, to include the type and accessibility of the information posted....
The Office of Special Education Instruction (OSEI) will offer an applied behavior analysis (ABA) Parent Workshop on October 13, 2009, Modifying Behaviors in...
The Advisory Committee for Students with Disabilities (ACSD) will hold its monthly meeting on October 14, 2009 in room 1600 at the Gatehouse Administrative...
White House Press Release 10/5/09 Washington, D.C. – President Obama today announced that his Administration is taking several steps to ensure that there is...
Assistive Technology Services (ATS), part of the Office of Special Education in Fairfax County Public Schools' Department of Special Services, will host its...
Citizens are invited to provide their input to help meet a significant projected budget deficit for FY 2011 by attending an upcoming community dialogue...
There will be a New Family Open House TONIGHT at 7:30pm at The offices of the Autism Society and The Arc of Northern Virginia at 98 N. Washington Street in...
The Washington Post is doing a story about the VGLA and its impact on overall test scores. A reporter is interested in getting more parents' perspectives on...
Systematic Training for Effective Parenting of Teens Program (STEP-Teen) is being offered by the Lake Braddock / West Springfield Community Coalition. This...
Three school districts near Kansas City, Mo., feature elective programs in which students tutor their peers with special needs in academic and real-world...
AMC Entertainment and the Autism Society of America are hosting a special showing of "Where the Wild Things Are" on Saturday, October 17, 2009 from 10:00 am...
Assistive Technology Services (ATS) will be sponsoring the Real Assistive Technology for Everyone (R.A.T.E.) conference for staff and parents on Saturday,...
Join us at the Parent Resource Center for our annual Disability Awareness Open House on Thursday, October 29 from 10 am - 3 pm. Review the extensive resources;...
The IRIS Center offers special education resources and materials--validated instructional strategies, research-to-practice strategies, best practice...
The Fairfax County School Board is considering numerous program and position cuts totaling $162 million and over 1,700 positions in an effort to balance a...
Fairfax Partnership for Youth is sponsoring a Bulling Prevention Symposium on Saturday, Oct 31, 9 am-1:30 pm at the Fairfax County Government Center -- with...
The 2009 Real Assistive Technology for Everyone Conference (R.A.T.E. 09), sponsored by Assistive Technology Services (DSS), will be held on November 7, 2009 at...
The Parent Resource Center November Newsletter is available at http://www.fcps.edu/cco/prc/documents/PRCNovemberNewsletter.pdf The PRC will hold its annual...
Virginia's Board of Education wants the state to set new staffing rules that would provide caseload limits for teachers of students who are disabled and set...
