Special Education Parental Advisory Council
Weston SEPAC
WELCOME!
The Weston Special Education Parent Advisory Council (Weston SEPAC) is an all parent volunteer group of that promotes a network for parents of children with disabilities to provide a forum to share information, support, provide resources and discuss important issues.
We provide educational presentations for parents and teachers of special needs and typical students. We meet with school administration and school committee members to give our input on policies and programs that impact our children. We promote and raise awareness of children with special needs. We meet with our state representative to share and discuss information to advocate for children with disabilities.
November/December 2020
Welcome back to the 20/21 School Year! The Weston SEPAC (Special Education Parent Advisory Council) has some upcoming events.
MEETING: SEPAC Business Meeting Agenda -click here Monday November 23, 2020 9:00AM
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Meeting ID: 884 9630 4669
Passcode: 813973
PREVIOUS EVENTS:
SEPTEMBER
MEETING: SEPAC Business Meeting –Click here for agenda – Wednesday September 30, 2020 at 7:00PM Minutes Pending Approval
OCTOBER
PRESENTATION: “Executive Functioning in Remote Learning” – POSTPONED from Oct 8th to now Wednesday October 28th – 7 pm – Elise Wulff (MEd, Program Manager at Aspire) will be speaking about how to support your child’s executive functioning during this time of remote and hybrid learning. Registration is free thanks to Wayland PTO sponsorship. Weston SEPAC members WELCOME to attend Click Here for Presentation Slides Stuck Help Handout
PRESENTATION: “Back to School 2020: Advocating for your Student’s Special Education Rights During Covid-19” –Wednesday October 14, 2020 at 7:00PM –Co-hosted with Wayland SEPAC- Attorneys Lillian Wong and Allison Boscarine from Wong & Boscarine LLC will present on DESE updates, Special Education Services during Remote or Hybrid, health Safety & Learning at School, Covid Compensatory Claims and Questions. Click Here for Presentation Slides
SEPAC BOARD 2020-2021
Co-Chairs: Lisa Lappi & Kathy Davidoff
Secretary: Maija Cirulis-Gooch
Treasurer: Becky Dempsey
Member at Large: Vicky Gifford, Jeannette Velasquez, Lornece Tull, Michelle Galloway
School Committee Liaison: Rachel Stewart
School & Program Liaisons:
High School: Kathy Davidoff & Lisa Lappi
Middle School: Becky Dempsey, Lornece Tull, Michelle Galloway
Field School: Mija Cirulis-Gooch
Country School: Vicky Gifford
Woodland School: Jeanette Velasquez
Out of District: Kathy Davidoff & Becky Dempsey
METCO: Lornece Tull & Michelle Galloway
Remote Learning Academy-Lornece Tull
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"Complicating matters, discipline strategies look different when students aren’t in a brick-and-mortar classroom. Instead of teachers sending students to the principal’s office or to an in-school suspension room, they’re more likely to mute a student’s audio on Zoom or turn off a student’s video.
Or, they might send the student to a temporary Zoom “break-out room,” apart from the rest of the class.
Those actions aren’t likely to be recorded as formal suspensions, but in a way, they are still removals from the learning environment if they last for significant amounts of time, such as an hour or more, said Dan Losen, director of the Center for Civil Rights Remedies at UCLA."
How school discipline — and student misbehavior — has changed during the pandemic
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Suspending students when they're not attending class in person can be a complicated process.The Health Connector open enrollment period started on November 1, 2020 and goes through January 23, 2021. The Health Care For All HelpLine can help people apply for the state programs over the phone. The HelpLine is available Monday through Thursday 7 am to 5 pm, and Friday from 8 am to 3 pm at 1-800-272-4232. Assistance is available in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
HCFA is hosting the first virtual health insurance enrollment event TODAY, Saturday, November 21st from 10 am - 3 pm to help people apply for MassHealth, Health Connector and Health Safety Net coverage.
During this virtual event you can get support in two ways:
Call the HCFA HelpLine at 1-800-272-4232
Or face-to-face via Zoom using this link
(Meeting ID: 921 2799 5041, Passcode: 471777)
Please feel free to share these flyers with the communities you work with and your network:
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Don't wait to get help enrolling in health coverage!
Hannah Frigand
Director of Education & Enrollment Services
Health Care For All
hfrigand@hcfama.org, (617) 275-2901