I have been in contact with Rep. ALice Peisch's office. I plan to talk with her about the lack of ins. benefits for various disabilites when it comes to...
Thank you for doing this. As many of you know, it is almost impossible to get insurance coverage (for OT, social skills groups etc) with a diagnosis of...
Alice has been a great supporter of Special Needs. She has chaired Advisory, School Committee and was even Town Clerk. She know's what she and we are talking...
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Apr 1, 2008 10:53 pm
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Hi, Does anyone else get the runaround when trying to obtain copies of your child's records? Any suggestions to help facilitate getting it? Has anyone ever...
Alison, The Mass State Website has information on it somewhere, (it has been a while since I saw it), about the their participation in getting insurance...
Maria: In my experience you need to request copies of your child's records in writing. The request should be sent to the head of SPED at the Elementary or MS...
I got this from the Framinghan PAC- its a great roundup of events happening around the area for Autism awareness month. Jeanine ... I got this from the...
FYI As part of the School Committee presentation of the budget tonight, there were at least 2 if not 3 slides on Special Education, Tuition and Transportation....
I saw Alice tonight at Town Meeting. She said she would be happy to speak to the PAC, name the place and time! ... From: Kate Kane-Leach To:...
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... I have been repeatedly frustrated in my attempts for records. I made a written request last year, and there were 19 email attempts from WPS to narrow the...
Oh, that sounds familiar! They keep telling me what is not considered part of the student record - I keep telling them to send me what is the student record,...
Saw this ad for a BCBA on Craig's list: Wellesley Public Schools K-8 Behavior Analyst Provide direct and indirect support and training to students, staff and...
Hi everyone, who should invite her to a meeting? Thoughts on which meeting, an agenda we might have? ( concerns re insurance coverage, issuesin Wellesley,...
... Hi Alison, We are transitioning leadership now. Tere Ramos and I (Patti Jeanne Barry) have just met with the outgoing presidents, introduced ourselves at...
Please see the below post for information regarding a study at UMass. Melissa Maslin contacted me with a request to post to the list to seek participants. ...
Hi, Are there any schools in Wellesley that have proper Learning Centers, or Resource Rooms, with dedicated Special Educators who pull kids out of inclusion...
Maria: There are Learning Centers at WMS and WHS. Students are not pulled out of their classes. Rather they have scheduled periods during the day like any...
Schofield has the ISP and PSP programs with dedicated special educators and dedicated learning center.? I do not know what space is set aside for the other...
... Centers, or Resource Rooms, with dedicated Special Educators who pull kids out of inclusion either alone or in small groups to work on whatever they need...
Maria, I know that at Fiske, there is a dedicated special educator just for kindergarten who works 4 full days per week, just with kindergarten students. She...
I seem to recall that the way Sprague was constructed there is a small room between every 2 classrooms that was used for small group instruction by special...
There is a special resource room at Hunnewell where the speech therapist and special educators work with kids individually. Deb ... You rock. That's why...
Does anyone have a child at Upham who gets pulled out regularly to get individualized instruction in a type of Learning Center room? Thanks, Maria Sent via...
Brendan is serviced in the classroom with occasionally small groups with the sped liason, OT or PT in a sped room at Upham. Most elementaries in the metro...