San Joaquin County Office of Education



San Joaquin County Office of Education

Special Education Local Plan Area

Kathleen Skeels, Assistant Superintendent

Special Education, SELPA Director October 2009

STAFF DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN

This is a summary of many upcoming staff development opportunities. For more information please contact the person listed.

October 2009

Oct 2 Understanding Special Education: What Paraducators Need to Know • Presenter: Cathy Thoni, Diagnostic Center, Northern California • Location: Elk Grove SELPA • For more information contact Kevin Schaefer at either kschaefe@ or 916-686-7780.

Oct 2-3 The Help Group SUMMIT 2009: Advances and Best Practices in Autism - Learning Disabilities - ADHD • Presenter: The Help Group • Location Skirball Cultural Center,

Los Angeles, CA • For more information please contact Cheryl Raver at either

craver@ or 818-779-5212.

Oct 5 Legally Compliant IEP’s • Presenters: Marcy Gutierrez, Attorney; Dr. Sandee Kludt, SJCOE SELPA consultant; Tara Sisemore-Hester, Coordinator of Autism Services, Valley Mountain Regional Center • Location: ESC Bldg. - Burwood Auditorium • 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. • For information regarding registration, please contact Patti Farhat at 209-468-4928.

Oct 5 Community Advisory Committee - CAC • Parental Support (Respite Services, Parent’s Well Being, Sibling Interactions, Family Relationships) • Presenters: Ann Cirimele & Sandi Sanborn, Family Resource Network - FRN • Location: SJCOE - ESC Bldg, Chartville 1 • Business meeting 6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. • 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. For information regarding registration, please contact Patti Farhat at 209-468-4928.

Oct 6 Middle and High School Transition Portfolios • Presenters: Renee A. Dawson & Priscilla Harvell, Diagnostic Center, Northern California • Location: Humboldt Del Norte SELPA • For more information please contact Bettina Blackwell at either 707-445-7068 or bblackwell@humboldt.k12.ca.us.

Oct 6 Curriculum Relevant Therapy: An Update • Presenter: Diann Grimm, Diagnostic Center, Northern California • Location: West Contra Costa SELPA • For more information please contact Ora Anderson at either oanderson@wccusd.k12.ca.us or 510-741-2801.

Oct 7 Writing an Effective IEP for Your Child with Special Needs • Presenters: Area VI Board and Family Resource Network (FRN) • Location: Amador County GSA Building, 12200-B Airport Road, Jackson, CA • 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. • Reservation required, for reservation please call 800-847-3030 • FREE childcare is available by contacting First 5 Amador at 209-257-1092.

Oct 8 Teaching Student’s with Autism • Presenters: Ann England & Rebecca Steinberger, Diagnostic Center, Northern California • Location: Santa Clara County Office of Education

• For more information, please contact Linda McCabe at either linda_mccabe@ or 408-453-6725.

Oct 13 Cross Training for the Battelle Developmental Inventory, 2nd Edition & The Woodcock-Johnson III NU Tests of Cognitive Abilities • Presenter: Kary O. Jessup, Ph.D., Riverside Publishing Company • Location: ESC Bldg. - Burwood 1 • 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. • For information regarding registration, please contact Patti Farhat at 209-468-4928.

Oct 13-14 Teacher Boot Camp - Promising Practices w/ Urban Community • Presented by: California Advisory Council on Education Events (CACEE) • Location: San Diego, CA •

For more information please contact Diane Haney at either info@ or 619-822-4382.

Oct 15 Trends and Updates in Special Education • Presented by: Art Cernosia, Esq. • Location: Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, 17225 Jersey Ave., Lemoore, CA 93245 • 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. • For more information contact Crystal Laux at either claux@kings.k12.ca.us or

559-589-2633.

Oct 15 Engaging Students with Special Needs and Challenges in Service Learning • Presenter: Betty Berger • Location: San Joaquin County Office of Education, ESC Bldg, 2707 Transworld Dr., Stockton, CA • For more information please contact Veray Wickham at 209-468-9021 or Laura Burruel at 209-468-9121.

Oct 20 Self Regulation Foundations Module California Preschool Instructional Networks (CPIN) • Presented by Delta Sierra Region 6 (CPIN) • Location: Mel & Faye’s Diner, 31 Hwy 49/88, Jackson, CA 95642. • 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. • For more information please contact Kristin Ruiz at either kruiz@ or 209-468-9295.

Oct 22 The Key to Dropout Prevention: How to Implement a Freshman Transition Course in the 8th or 9th Grade • Presenter: Academic Innovations • Location: Doubletree Hotel, 2001 Point West Way, Sacramento, CA • For more information please contact Amanda Lake at either Amanda@ or 800-967-9220, ext. 15.

Oct 22-24 Self-Regulation and Learning: New Approaches to Therapeutic Intervention • Presenter: Association of Educational Therapists • Location: Los Angeles, CA • For more information please contact the Executive Director at either aet@ or 310-909-1490.

Oct 27 Self Regulation Foundations Module • Presented by: Delta Sierra Region 6 California Preschool Instructional Networks (CPIN) • Location: Tuolumne County Office of Education, 175 S. Fairview Lane, Sonora, CA 95370 • 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. • For more information please contact Kristin Ruiz at either kruiz@ or 209-468-9295.

Oct 29 LSH Fall Energizer - Fluency Treatment • Presenter: Peter Ramig, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Professor & Associate Chair, Dept. Speech and Language & Hearing Sciences, University

of Colorado • Location: ESC Bldg. - Burwood Auditorium • 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. • For information regarding registration, please contact Patti Farhat at 209-468-4928.

November 2009

Nov 2 Community Advisory Committee - CAC • Strategies for Appropriate Community Interactions • Presenter: Tracy Suyeyasu, Young Adult Transition Teacher • Location: SJCOE - ESC Bldg, Burwood 1 • 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. • Business meeting 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. • For information regarding registration, please contact Patti Farhat at 209-468-4928.

Nov 4 Building Bridges – Transitioning Your Child from the Early Start Program • Location: Family Resource Network (FRN), Sherwood Executive Center, 5250 Claremont Ave., Stockton • 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. • For more information please contact FRN at 800-847-3030.

Please access the San Joaquin County Office of Education's home page at for additional workshop

information under the Calendar of Events, and California Department of Education at dcc-cde.

The Staff Development Bulletin is a publication of the San Joaquin SELPA, P. O. Box 213030, Stockton, CA 95213-9030. Margaret St. George - Editor and Kimberly Andreasen - Desktop Publisher. Published monthly during the school year. Submissions of staff development opportunities are welcome and must be received by the 15th day of the month prior to publication.

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