The SLO SELPA's Community Advisory Committee met and adopted goals: increasing parent ed, expanding community outreach, increasing LEA connections, and increasing legislative advocacy for students with disabilities. Thank you CAC!!

CASA volunteers at SLO SELPA's Surrogate Parent workshop. SELPA appreciates your volunteerism and support for Students with Disabilities. #SLOCASA

Diane, Kim, Amber, Deborah and Lori attended the RTC Networking and Vendor Fair in Rancho Cucamonga. So much information; thanks for going, gathering and bringing this back to your colleagues in SLO SELPA.

Michelle Austin and Julie Laserre collaborate on Assistive Technology resources at the SLO SELPA AT cohort.

More AT learning! Related Service Providers from SLO SELPA districts - 3rd of 7 day Assistive Technology course with Diagnostic Center of Central California.

Have you ever used Liberating Structures to facilitate group problem solving? We learned how in this intro to problem solving with Dr. Eric Olsen. Great process!

Dr. Clayton Cook, 12/18/18 - Strategies for System-wide Behavior Support. Target audience is District and Site Admin, Intervention Staff and School Counselors. See you there!

Loretta Butterfield shares Trauma Informed Practices with Santa Rosa eager and engaged participants.

Many thanks to Michelle Austin and Laura Lavery, Diagnostic Center Central for session 4 of 7 for SLO SELPA's Assistive Tech certification. Participants learned about tools to make reading accessible for all students. Three more power packed sessions to come!

Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham met with SLO Superintendents, Special Education Directors and County Office Administrators to share successes with CTE funding, human trafficking and more. Thank you Assemblyman Cunningham, for remembering Special Education!

Super successful 3rd Annual SLO SELPA AAC Academy! Big thanks to Michelle Austin, Diagnostic Center Central, our volunteer educators and our families and peers. We loved Del Mar Elementary and the Museum of Natural History, too! Thanks for hosting us, SLO Coastal! San Luis Coastal USD

Welcome back to another amazing school year. Check out our video on what to do for that first week of school. youtu.be/rhbXn5h706I Good luck this week and remember "A teacher affects eternity, and can never tell where the influence stops." Henry Brooks Adams

We appreciate SLO SELPA's Community Advisory Committee members for their contributions. Thank you Julie London and Christine Scholl.

This is a must see. Carlo Rossi has so much knowledge to pass on and it's free with dinner and childcare. What could be any better. See you there!

Another great day of presenting with the Teacher Induction Program. Wonderful to be part of the team.

Who did the Sp Ed Directors in SLO SELPA select as January director of the month? Terry Hollen, Paso Robles JUSD, passes on the honor to Dee Dee Mello-Wisch, Templeton USD. Congrats Dee Dee! You've earned it.

TIP teachers learn strategies on how to support students with disabilities from SLO SELPA and our 805 CAPTAIN cadre.

SLO SELPA is grateful for this fabulous group of School-Based Occupational Therapists. As a community of practice, they are examining practices to ensure students can succeed in the learning environment. Thank you, OTs, for your commitment in this important work!

(9)Please reflect and adjust throughout this process. Like I said before, we will not figure this out in the next couple of months. We are all going to make lots of mistakes. Now is a great time to learn from them. Hoping that next year will be full of many + changes in edu.

Love the ballot tracking!